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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
• 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.

      May 05, 2009 1:58pm PDT
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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