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1. jhaskins75

   
   Posted on: January 23, 2009 at 10:59PM  

   When will the support technicians address the internet explorer glitches. The problem I am having, and probably some other Beta users, is the inability for internet explorer, a lease the beta 2 version in number 8, is it's pattern of trying to recover the window that was open, but keeps closing and finally it states, try to reconnect or restart explorer. I've had to download fire fox 3, which works perfectly with Windows 7 with no problems at all.
2. ethanbr

   
   Posted on: January 25, 2009 at 7:19PM  

   So far, W7 (64-bit) is wonderful. Only bug encountered so far was with the media center, it may have had a conflict with my NVIDIA video driver when playing a DVD (Finding Nemo) for my kids. (Card is a GeForce 6600, too old?). Had to reboot and play in XP. I've installed AVG, Perfect Disk 10 (Raxco), Open Office (32-bit), Abobe Reader, and Firefox (64-bit blazes, still faster than IE8), and all installs worked perfectly. Perfect Disk defragments well, but interestingly it functions somewhat slower than on XP (but this may be because W7 is installed on a 7200 RPM disk, and XP (my main OS, is on a 10000 RPM harddrive).

   So far, absolutely great, even my wife (who hates tech stuff) likes it. If all goes well, I won't go to Mac/OS, and will stay with windows, ignoring Vista and go to W7.
3. Benjamin Sawyer

   
   Posted on: January 26, 2009 at 10:38PM  

   Windows 7 needs a great deal of work before it will be the hyped super star OS preliminary press releases have hinted it is supposed to be.

   I am running Windows 7 on an Asus P5K MOBO with AMI Bios version 1201. CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (not overclocked) at 3.0 GHz. I am running 4 Gb RAM of DDR2 1066 OCZ Gold Sticks. PSU is Hyper 780 w. Graphics card is an HIS Radeon HD 4670 Turbo.

   The first four days I spent figuring out why the OS wouldn't let me log in on the internet. I had to reinstall Windows 7 three times before I could find the settings that worked. The biggest problem was in the fact the operating system Beta kept saying the motherboard drivers (for the Attansic ethernet) were not compatible. Only after the recent update did the ethernet drivers begin to function.

   Currently I keep getting the ATI Catalyst Control Center ceasing functioning. Frequently the Graphics cards drivers keep turning off then restarting. The system keeps flickering the graphics drivers on and off until I get BSD and the system restarts.

   Over all, I am not able to run many programs without some kind of incompatibility message with the operating system beta. Then the software installs anyway.

   Today Explorer 8 RC1 wouldn't install on windows 7 because of an incompatibly issue/error message.

   I cannot play Crysis or World of Warcraft without the system freezing.

   I cannot install Microsoft Office Pro 2003.

   I am very disappointed at Microsoft limiting the antivirus providers to a selection of three only during this Beta. Who are you kidding?!

   Windows 7 needs to be distributed to the software companies and motherboard makers (not to leave out the makers of the system Bios software). More effort to bring the aftermarket software makers on board with updates and patches will ensure Windows 7 has a seem less entry into retail distribution. Currently I find Windows 7 not able to do much more than simple internet browsing (Thankfully Firefox works okay).

   Display setting do not provide as good a resolution as I got using XP Pro.

   Windows 7 needs a lot of work before it is going to live up to the expectations hyped.
4. luminoso

   
   Posted on: January 27, 2009 at 2:27AM  

   Hello everyone.

   It's good that Windows 7 is getting nice feedbacks. Really. But for me, after all this time developing I was expecting more improvement, such as:

   - Why there is no improvement on NTFS? Why there are no algorithm that improves fragmentation?

   -Why am I forced to install WMP, IE, Gadgets, Tablet PC Suport, DVD movie maker, UAC, Windows Defender, Windows Firewall when I simple do not want to? For me all thse things are useless. And I simple can't get ride of it. I am forced to have it on my computer, wasting space and resources.

   -Why WinSxS continues to be a major problem and it is unsolved? Wasting space and space and more space.

   These are major and critical problems. That continues unsolved.
5. Alexander Nas

   
   Posted on: January 27, 2009 at 8:40AM  

   Windows 7 is 4 to 5 times faster at startup.

   I believe that this is what Windows Vista should have been.

   Alexander Nas
6. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: January 27, 2009 at 2:43PM  

   Benjamin Sawyer, IE8 RC1 is for Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server - please see this post here:

   windowsteamblog.com/.../internet-explorer-8-rc1-now-available.aspx

   Your display settings should display at the same resolution as Windows XP in the Windows 7 Beta and if you are unable to get the same resolution, I would make sure you have the latest drivers installed.

   Microsoft is *not* limiting antivirus providers to 3 - we *suggest* 3 that are compatible with the Windows 7 Beta via this page:

   www.microsoft.com/.../windows-7.aspx

   Others here have commented getting many other antivirus solutions working on the Windows 7 Beta.

   Overall, I am sorry you are having driver issues with your hardware. Please remember to submit feedback using the built-in Feedback Tool in the Windows 7 Beta!
7. Brandon LeBlanc

   

   
   Posted on: January 27, 2009 at 2:51PM  

   luminoso, you should be able to disable UAC, Windows Defender, and Windows Firewall in the Windows 7 Beta (although I strongly advise against it) - however these features cannot be removed. If you disable them, they shouldn't bother you. In regards to UAC, I personally advise against disabling it and Windows 7 now provides ways to tweak UAC based on personal preference.

   Under Programs and Features in the Control Panel, if you choose "Turn Windows features on or off" you can also choose to "turn off" Tablet PC features, Windows Gadgets, Games, etc.

   In regards to your question about the WinSxS file directory and storage in Windows - see this post on the Engineering Windows 7 Blog regarding Disk Space in Windows 7:

   blogs.msdn.com/.../disk-space.aspx
8. kylewalker_sc

   
   Posted on: January 28, 2009 at 9:21PM  

   I am happy with W7 for the most part, I have a Gateway 7422GX and the Aero program switcher worked fine in Vista, but it doesnt work all the time in W7. I also noticed that if i select a W7 theme it works for a little while then W7 creates its own custom theme and the alternating backgrounds stop working. Please for M.S. sake fix the bugs :)
9. Photo1921a

   
   Posted on: February 01, 2009 at 11:41AM  

   Two request, I know Microsoft won't do it, but I got to ask any way.

   a: when task bar is on top prevent programs from slipping underneath of it. This has been happening since 95 and is still "broken"

   b: the ability to show, "All Programs" as a menu.  I don't want "classic look back" I would like to see the options of putting "All Programs" as an menu in the right hand pane along with my computer, control panel etc.  

   I actually found a registry hack to turn my favorites in to "all Programs but you loose my favorites in IE  All Programs should be a no brainier for Microsoft and it would more than likely appease most who want the classic look to the task bar back....
10. Graham

    
    Posted on: February 07, 2009 at 6:00PM  

    Windows 7 beta is activated with key.

    -->Just popped up message.

    You must activate Windows 7 within 2 days to continue using

    A problem occurred when Windows tried to activate. Error code 0x80072EFD.

    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ->Looks like Windows 7 is going to end my experience - why are you doing this?