Windows 7 to Include Automatic Game Update Check

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  I always wondered why Windows couldn't have a lean mode to boot into, where only essential drivers and su... : transmetal
  • That would be a great idea and see no reason why it couldn't be done hell they could even make it xbox da... : abjectblitz

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  Same, unlike some people who just bitch and don't give a reason why they do not like it. : valcan_s
  • Exactly. Or they cite false reasons like "it uses more memory, look at task manager" without realizing w... : Richese
  • Irony. : mizeriq
• Me too. : Wisp!
• A lilke it a lot better after SP1 :) : kiloblaster
• I love Vista. Sure it still has some quirks here and there, but name one OS (and if you do name one, you ... : Lycronis
• So do I. Nothing to complain, except that they did a 32-bit version of it too. Same mistake again with Wi... : droveri
• Of course you clearly like the 'rice' factor : biofrog
• The only concrete reason for hating Vista is because people are too familiar with XP : Djsoulshot
• I really love XP. : Lukiopimp

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  makes sense. vista flopped so they're racing to get something rebranded out : thebigbeefsandwich
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    Vista is hardly a flop. : IndigoAK
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      The MS employees I spoke to said it was a flop. Srsly. : jeffcox111
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        So, one out of 100,000 employees at MSFT said it was a flop... : hotel96
        • 2 actually. So its conclusive. : jeffcox111
    • Even Ballmer said Vista is a "work in progress". Since it's Ballmer, that's pretty much the same as admit... : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • for MS it is. they want everyone on their new OS, not half the market left behind. : thebigbeefsandwich
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      They lost alot of $$$ on it. That could be considered a flop. : BorenKets123
      • Link on this? : SpikeMeister
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  lets hope they learn from their mistakes (as in we're the customers not the h/w manufactures) : special agent smith
  • Screw the customers. New tabs in Visual Studio will open on the left and if you don't like it you can fu... : Mr Milquetoast
• If they manage to hold that time frame it would be a little over 3 years between Vista and Windows 7. ... : nosseman
• 2 years?!? Thats pretty normal. ie Windows 95,98, Millennium then XP in 2002. Vista was 2006 but that was... : simoney
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  I think the days of new Operating Systems every couple of years are over. MS hasn't realized it, but tha... : Gwyndion
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    Microsoft is looking at Apple and how everyone loves a new version of Leopard to drop $129 on every two y... : Schnapple
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      I just liked the fact that it was so light and booted up in a couple minutes. Once I had it all tuned th... : Gwyndion
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        Vista boots almost instantly when you first install it, just like Win98. Then you add all your drivers... : nudel
        • Yah I just put my PC to sleep... I only reboot or shutdown when needed. : Shadowdane
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      I never once had buffer overrun attack problems with 98. I guess that was before the era of buffer attack... : Wilhuf
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        Wasn't WinNuke a buffer overrun attack? That was widespread and let you crash any Win98 machine remotely ... : nudel
        • Good old WinNuke. Ahh the memories. : MacemanInTW
      • I'm just thinking of that token guy at every LAN party who insists on running Windows 98 and spends the p... : Schnapple
• Maybe getting the public used to the idea of paying for it monthly/yearly service? : billy_zelsnack

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  WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTART NOW? NO *RESTARTS ANYWAY* : moe6
  • Incorrect: WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTART NOW 4:59, 4:58, 4:57? no I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN IN 5 MIN : freddingo
• MS growing control over DRM content? How is this DRM related? : crummynz
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  I would prefer my games on Steam anyway.. so yeah this seems like another 'hidden feature' as you describ... : kodt
  • I worry if Steam get's sold off. I don't want google or someone making changes that were never intended. : Pneum0
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  Sounds more like you don't want them checking your pirated games for updates. : hoov1185
  • I doubt Microsoft would update my NOCD patch after a new version came out... : Sir_Shaggy
• Could be a feature that will connect with a Steam-like digital distribution system. Windows Live or somet... : K1Bond007
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  Why don't you like the idea of only having to go to once place to see if there are updates for things, in... : nudel
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    I don't like it because it makes things different. We as gamers play a lot of old games, we have a lot of... : CasbahBoy
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      "I don't like it because it makes things different." I think you represent 99% of population. This is a b... : strife
      • ^^^ this. It makes things "different" by making them the same across all vendors. If you can't see the ad... : boarder2
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        I went on further in my post to explain why, in this case, different is is bad. It makes things extremely... : CasbahBoy
        • In addition, I do not at all trust Microsoft to approve patches, put through necessary/universally reques... : CasbahBoy
    • So because it only prevents new mess and doesn't magically clean up the mess of updating old DOS games re... : nudel
• It seems like a terrible thing to have to click, "Never scan automatically, I want to manage my game upda : fuell

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• Great, one more annoying comment complaining about something you can already turn off. : nudel

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  ...how is Vista not a 64-bit version of Windows 2000? Did you not upgrade to XP? : Schnapple
  • I skipped XP. I ran Win2K up until 2 months ago, and it ran every game fine except for Bioshock. Driver... : yourGarbageMan
• I hate to tell you this but it's 2008 and Win2k is deprecated : Richese
• Umm... what? Windows 2k 64bit for what? Enterprise applicat... Gami.... application suppor... web-br... : freddingo
• Win 2k SP 14 ROFLMAO : mystifier

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• If everything used a central updating system then it would probably use *less* RAM and CPU since you woul... : nudel
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  Hahaha are you saying that you are using every last processor cycle on four cores and all 4gb of ram on s... : OverloadUT
  • He's just a linux user trying to fit into a windows world. His expectation are supposed to be out of the ... : X-Nice
• For what do you use this idle hardware? Kept safe for rainy days? You sound like those guys who complaine... : droveri

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• That's what people said about "Games For Windows". And we know how well that worked out. : AxeMan808

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  Exactly! I felt the same thing for the Blue-Ray vs DVD compensation demo at the Sony Store. They blurred ... : Sir_Shaggy
  • I seen a similar demonstration and a future shop and thought they showed the differences pretty accuratly... : godm0de

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  Only games? How about ALL software : dlr(2)
  • Let's hope so... because if they don't support DRM in the OS that content providers are using then we'll ... : Evan_C
• One DRM scheme to rule all would be the best thing for pirates as they would only have one mechanism to c... : Richese

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• Looks a lot like Vista. Only more Vista-y! : Dave-A