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  The head guy for Office 2007 was told to work on Windows after the whole Vista problem. Windows 7 is the... : metalremains
  • I'd love read about more of the admin tools. but I have yet to try it in anything besides a demo situati... : hamachi
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    I'm guessing you're talking about the girl in charge of user experience : Luminair
    • i think he's talking about steven sinofsky : feek
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    That man is a fucking genius then. Office 2007 was amazing. Windows 7 is looking like it will be the same... : thecray
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      2007 seems like a fucking nightmare to use from the few minutes I was asked by a family member to show of... : pres589
      • And someone sitting in front of Word 03 for the first time is going to know where everything is? : derelict515
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  They didn't become the richest software company in the world for no reason. : 5150Joker
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    No but it seems their success just might be legitimate now. : dognose
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      They still make some decisions which seem downright experimental and clueless though like "how should we ... : abrasion
      • see: talking paper clips : chrisschutz
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  I never really used Vista that much but I'm loving 7, however, that might be beacause everyone is praisi... : knepus
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    Vista's problems were plenty in the first year of it's life. The main gripe is the resources that it tak... : redfive
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      yah on bootup my Windows 7 install uses about 900mb of ram, with Vista it was about 1800mb. lol : Shadowdane
      • i still suspect a lot of that's in simply how they report it - my vista and win7 both have about the same... : xsoulbrothax
      • ^ this is mis-information. "used" as in used for caching maybe, but probably same amount of "available" ... : x[sliver]
  • It was... small problems. They just added up. Win7 really just took everything from OSX, and streamli... : Shivawn
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    Vista was fine. It was an improvement over XP, and Win7 is an improvement on top of that. : uncleanmonkey
    • Vista is a pile of shit. I'll explain why as soon as my vista workstation lets me copy this file from the... : ghost in my shell
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  I skipped Vista because I hated it's RC1, but Windows 7 is excellent, first time i've ever liked using Wi... : graceofdragons
  • I still prefer using Directory Opus, but overall yeah, the new Windows Explorer is much better. : Nitrium
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  I put 7 on my EEE 901 (with an upgraded SSD) and it's been awesome so far. I also put it on my parent'... : Portax
  • "Never touch our computer again, Son." : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Windows 7 will be the next Windows 2000. : matthaeus
  • No, it'll be the next XP. Vista is the next 2000. : DOOManiac
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  How's about the 'named' 'size' date modified' bars in Windows Explorer, they don't look like shit anymore... : abrasion
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    you are so broken : feek
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      Why, because it looks like cluttered shit and a heap of people report they prefer the new explorer? ok! : abrasion
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        it doesnt look bad if you stop emulating windows 98 : feek
        • They fixed the problem in 7, obviously they realised it was stupid. : abrasion
• I have an incredibly important question. If you use the drop down address bar in My Computer and Explorer... : skinlab133
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  Is the "Apply to all folders" bug fixed in Windows 7? : LeapingFool
  • Yes. It's incredible that bug is still around in Vista. : evildanish
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    No it is not and I don't know why people keep saying it is, there are fixes on the web but the bug remain... : abrasion
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      God damn that is stupid. : WhatIsThisFor
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        Some people seem to think it started ni Vista but I have the issue in XP also, only I have to set it abou... : abrasion
        • This issue was fixed in one of the service packs for XP, I think SP3. : WhatIsThisFor
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      It's funny because people have clearly identified the exact source of the problem, fixed it, but microsof... : thecray
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        I think they consider it a feature. I wish they didn't, but I don't think it's a "bug" per se. : uncleanmonkey
        • I dunno, it was on their list of bugs they were going to address for Windows 7 but I guess they forgot. : WhatIsThisFor
  • fuck that bug so hard : moshman
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    I really wish I could disable per-folder view settings completely. I don't want them. : Goncyn
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      Same here! Name, size, type, date only. : abrasion
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        no no, I mean, I don't want it to save separate view settings for each folder. I want a single view setti... : Goncyn
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          tools>options>folder options (view all folders this way) sorta thing? Thats been in all versions of windo... : bozer
          • yes, but it doesn't work in vista. it automatically sets media folder views to folders if it finds any m... : deathmuppeter
        • That feature has been available for a long time. : WhatIsThisFor
        • Exactly, and that single view setting should be the standard file only view, Name, Size, Type, Date only. : abrasion
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          You can do that! I've been doing it this way and it works perfectly: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechN... : aggressor
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            That's probably a similar fix for Windows 7 - the thing is APPLY TO ALL FOLDERS should mean... umm to app... : abrasion
            • Yea, it works fine with Windows 7. And yes, it's still broken and I don't know why they haven't fixed ... : aggressor
          • gotta try this when i get home : Unleashed
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            how do you merge the reg file? and into what file do you merge it? : deathofrats
            • Uhh, you just create a text file, insert the stuff it tells you to insert, and save it as whatever.reg D... : aggressor
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          ^ all of you are answering like I'm crazy, but I guarantee if I do what you are suggesting, then go and c... : Goncyn
          • I swear I beat that by breaking default inheritable permissions and ensuring I was added to the C: as hav... : Downforce
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            as far as i can tell, it's random. i set my folders to list when i first installed vista, and later on i ... : xsoulbrothax
            • ah yeah, like aggressor's post above iirc : xsoulbrothax
        • I have the same exact problem with Vista..is there a fix? : deathofrats
  • They should just rename it to "Apply to all folders of this type" and add a second button for "Apply to a... : Sapiens
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  Yup I'm loving WIndows 7. It's the first OS from MS that I've been excited about since Windows 2000. It's smooth, it doesn't make my HDD grind like Vista, it doesn't hitch or pause like XP and feels more like OSX in that regards. Dragging windows to the left and right side of the screen to split is awesome, the new taskbar is about 1,654x better then the old taskbar. Overall it's just a more pleasant experience.
  
  Now if only MS would offer one SKU instead of their multiple SKU's as well as OSX family pricing like Apple does It would be perfect for me. I'm so excited about it but the thought of upgrading my 2 desktops + 2 laptops with it really hurts the wallet.
  
  

  May 05, 2009 11:34am PDT
  Yup I'm loving WIndows 7. It's the first OS from MS that I've been excited about since Windows 2000. It's... : armybob
• After Vista, I was extremely reluctant to even consider an upgrade, but I really haven't heard a single b... : freakynipples69
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  When is this thing shipping to retail? : yAak
  • Supposed to be around October - December of this year. I can't wait! : Shivawn
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  If i'm not gaming on my computer do you think a reformatted AMD 3500+ with 1gb of RAM would run win 7? I... : icon_of_syn
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    People are already running it on netbooks and shit, so yeah - it's apparently better optimized than Vista... : mn3m0n1c
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      Go with 64-bit. There is no reason to use 32-bit with your system. : Link.
      • Yeah, that's what I'm thinking - amazingly enough there even x64 Vista drivers for my mobo and audio (Abi... : mn3m0n1c
  • absolutely. the performance of windows 7 is pretty good. : carnivore
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    i installed windows 7 on a P3 1ghz with 512mb ram. it was a little sluggish but still usable. : retarded talking dinosaur
    • I did the same with aon old Compaq laptop. I was pretty shocked that it was usable. : melkore
    • Sounds good. Where's the best place to get the latest release? : icon_of_syn
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  Question: Is Windows Explorer more like XP or Vista? Vista, besides Favourite Folders, sucks when it come... : eonix
  • It is closer to Vista but heading back to XP ways (I am also mostly fussy on explorer) : abrasion
• How do I alter the color scheme of the highlighted windows in the taskbar. Shit glows at me when its the... : ant_hillbilly
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  It's fantastic. It blows all other OSes away. Why couldn't Microsoft just waited to make Vista like this ... : f1kt1t1ous
  • nobody is as hit-or-miss as microsoft. nobody. : Audhuml4
  • they couldn't wait because they felt that they needed to have a new major consumer OS release every three... : the archvile
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  Question: I am running Windows Vista 64. I just downloaded the RC for Windows 7. Do I need to burn the fi... : handofthrawn
  • You should be able to extract the iso to a folder and run setup from there. However I would just burn th... : ant_hillbilly
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  How do you get rid of those shortcut arrows on desktop icons? They're so big and ugly. : Mmmmmoo
  • No need for them anymore. Just pin them to windows explorer so when you want to access them just right c... : ant_hillbilly
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  It's slower than Vista 64 in terms of gaming performance. L4D has definitely taken a hit in framerate on... : jingletard
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    that's because most everyone else (and benchmarks I believe) have found it faster than Vista. Certainly n... : derelict515
    • http://gizmodo.com/5233098/windows-7-release-candidate-1-vs-vista-first-benchmarks I think it's more d... : jingletard
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    you installed the nvidia win7 beta drivers, right? : synack
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      ^^^^^ This. Or their Vista 64 ones. The one that comes w/ the OS is shit. Always, regardless of OS. : DOOManiac
      • Yeah, I did that with everything I could find that had 64 bit drivers, which really was only the audio/di... : jingletard
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    Sounds like driver issue. : ant_hillbilly
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      I'm using the beta nvidia display drivers for 7, and Vista 64 Realtek HD Audio drivers. Otherwise, every... : jingletard
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        I have to use the nvidia Vista 64 drivers as I've found their beta 7 drives to be pretty sucky on my rig. : Whistler77
        • I had the same problem on the Beta. : DOOManiac
        • yup same here... the Windows 7 drivers were running my video card at full speed all the time even on the... : Shadowdane
        • They released new win7 drivers a few days ago I think : crummynz
• I used the beta but it just had too many bugs to use as a primary OS at the time. I'm considering tryi... : DOOManiac
• I have it installed on my m15x. SO far I love it, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get t... : VectorJKL
• Anyone tried Win7 with mame? : Dynotaku