windows7 is fantastic, except rightclick does not work.

[quote Fuzzy ]Doggedly refuses to let me set my own file permissions[/quote] Yes, I have the same trouble with Win 7, but even with this flaw, it's the best Windows version I ever used. I have a pedigree program that won't run in it, but it runs fine on virtual XP. The task bar is so convenient. I don't know how i ever got along without the cute little jump lists. (Well, yes I do, I used tabbed object docks) I was an XP die hard, but I've seen the light and converted.

Absolutely the best Windows edition ever! I haven't had any problems with it at all, which is a first for me! I would never go back, especially to Vista! No, no, no!!!

Hi Jafo,

I hear you about getting into the task manager.  Those of us who've been out there awhile are so used to cntrl, alt, delete that is second nature to us.  However, I have sort of retrained me to right click on the task bar and select it there.  Still, ever now and then I still hit cntrl, alt. delete.    

Someone mentioned that the pinned taskbar icons bug them.  It bugged me too but there is an easy fix available at How to Geek:  http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/add-the-quick-launch-bar-to-the-taskbar-in-windows-7/I  Now I have my Quick Launch back so I'm a happy camper. 

For those who hate the Start Button, rumor has it that Windows 8 will do away with it.  So far I've only read a couple of articles on it because it's still early in the development process.  The Start button works for me because I have no icons on my desktop.  My computer works "magically" via a programmable keyboard.  I even hide the taskbar sometimes so I can fully enjoy the great wallpapers I find here.   

Runs faster.

 

As a detriment to skinning overall... its a complete and utter bastard.

It does work on -some- W7 systems. On most systems (mainly 64 bit) though, it nukes Windows Exploder.
I can get it to work on my W7, but only right after it's installed, and only untill I reboot. After that it keeps on nuking Exploder.

A -significant- reason for why I haven't switched W7.

I'm confused. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit and everything runs fine. Plenty of programs to choose from. Was XP 64 bit different in some way?

I've never had any drives turn off. Are you referring to if there are multiple hard drives Windows will turn off those drives?

Any links to share?

By the way I like the defualt look of 7. I turned off the transparency and made the taskbar use small icons while changing the taskbar to all black. I like the way Windows 7 handles my day to day tasks.

Not sure if this will do it for ya since currently I just have one multi-partitioned HD on the system, but try...

Control Panel>Performance Information and Tools. You'll see "Adjust power settings" on the left. Then go to change plan settings. From there hit "Change advanced power settings" and you should get a treed window. Select hard disk and change the "Turn off after XX minutes" to what you like.

Kind of little maze to go through to find it. Think I originally got there by accident

 

It's not power settings. If you have extra drives, Windows turns them off if they are not in use. When you try to access them you have to wait until they start up. I can't remember where it is but in Vista you could tell a drive to not turn off when not in use. Maybe it's because I hade Vista Ultimate and this is W7 Home Premium.

 

Anyway, I might have gotten round it. I've just installed mst Defrag which constantly monitors drives and that might be keeping them awake.

Love it, best Windows Version! No compatability issues. I do wish they would fix those annoying popups in IE8. I think it's because the sites you go to are not using the latest technology?  :NOTSURE: 

Fuzzy,

There's 2 things that covers drives that you might be having trouble with. One is powering down and the other is showing empty drives.

Powering down is in Advanced power setting.

 

Showing empty drives is in folder options under the view tab.

Open windows explorer, Alt + F to bring up the menu, choose tools, folder options. Click on the view tab and uncheck "Hide empty drives in the Computer folder".

I miss RightClick.......but, I do like 7 a lot.

I think 7 is great! I've had it since it was released, and I find it stable and bug free. Alot of cool new features too, jumplists, wallpaper slideshows, ect. It runs faster than Vista as well  

Been a happy camper with Win7 x64, had no issues!

I just ordered Windows 7 last week, but it still hasn't come yet.

I've been really looking forward to see how it runs on my PC.

The Hawk likes Windows 7, However, he feels that Microsoft should have named it Windows BlackHawk

Audiafox is unsure of how to reply to the Hawk regarding that oddly narcissitic grammar tense and suggestion.

Blame MS...they claim Windows 7 was MY idea ....;p

Well it was, wasn't it?.... MY idea.  When Win 7 was still in beta, I remember reading the forums on MS' Win 7 page and seeing that several user ideas/suggestions were being adopted/considered.

Thing is, without doubt, Win 7 is by far the best OS MS has ever produced.  I have been using it since the public beta and have been extremely happy with its performance, reliability and ease of use. 

One thing that annoys me, however, is having to have public folders on a single user machine, having stuff I installed as Administrator assign portions of itself to a public folder.   There are no other users on my machine... nor will there ever be, so the public folder is totally unnecessary.... superfluous, except that some software devs insist on putting stuff in there.  For mine, all Windows installations should be single user by default, with the option to add other users IF required.

 

I've used Windows 7 since the RC and now have the Ultimate version. I have never had a single issue with Windows 7 and I've used all previous versions of Windows (both 32- and 64-bit where applicable). What a wonderful relief Windows 7 is! This makes the once-upon-a-time great Windows XP kinda just "okay." Combined with WindowBlinds 7, Fences Pro and ObjectDock, Windows 7 is just pure daily pleasure at work and home.

Is it me or has anyone noticed that it does seem to take Win7 a while to shutdown in comparison to XP(never used Vista). While I know the focus(in ads and such) has been on startup and coming out of hibernation speeds, which it does seem to do a tick faster than XP, but the shutdown takes about twice as long with basically the same amount of third party stuff running. Usually it's something not noticed, but I am one to stay in the room till I hear it totally shutdown just in case so I notice it regularly.

Foe me 7 shuts down just as quick as other OS I have used.

 Win 7 shuts down almost instantly for me... vista took at least a minute

I think I found my issue with the shutdown speed. My Asus probe doesn't like to play nice and shutdown when told to. Sometimes it throws up the force shutdown dialogue. If i shut it down ahead of time Win7 shutsdown quite a bit quicker.

i will be getting it for my new computer shame they didn't make vista to be useful oh well at least they gave us somthing well worth it, hopfuly there won't be another vista or xp 64 anytime soon, apple seems to like failing as well on something new and useless aka ipad.

microsoft are not as good as apple with phones ipods but they do have more software and games, people seem to be not that smart on microsoft the platforms since viruses are mainly made for that.

it will be a while before they can replace xp entirely with win 7.