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WHAT HAPPENED TO BLUETOOTH? 
What happened between Windows VISTA & Windows 7 in regard to Bluetooth audio support?
This is a major issue, that I feel should be discussed with MICROSOFT….
Network management in Windows 7 RC
First of all, network manager was possibly a good idea, but the implementation is pretty stupid.
I’ve tried to configure simple case where my PC should …
quicklaunch bar in Windows 7
so far, the only gripe i have with windows 7, other than the stupid and non-functioning sleep/wake feature (which i fixed by changing power settings to …
Listening to my music in Windows 7
I have had windows 7 for about 3 days and so far its going pretty good until i wanted to play some music.
i have close to 20,000 songs and i have them …
Windows 7 column headings removed when viewing a folder
So far i have to say im very angry that they have removed the column headings when viewing a folder) from all but details view.
I use it FREQUENTLY …
Vista Home Premium
Hello “who ever might be interested”
From what I have seen about Windows, I will not be using it. I have been with Microsoft from the begging, however …
Windows 7 RC 1 on Dell Mini 10
I am a UNIX system administrator with 26 years of experience, and have been installing Linux on laptops professionally, starting with 486 based Toshiba …
Windows 7 Freses on a LENOVO IBM T60
Case1:
Id like to know why on two IBM THINKPAD Lenovo T60 , through online browsing the internet and other programs, the computer freeses , then comes …
Midi Output and Windows 7
Being a professional musician/music teacher I found vista to be frustrating with midi driver output selection.
I originally fixed this with a registry …
Windows 7 RC Genuine!
Sorry for my bad english, because I’m from germany and 17 years old.
I’ve downloadet the original Windows 7 RC ISO from the Microsoft Homepage and get …
Copy files to usb very slow.
I have been enjoying W7RC1 very much until, I tried to move a few files around from my primary hdd to a usb hdd, 3hrs and 45 minutes to move a 6 gb file,…
Mr. Jim Wissing
Hello Team:
I installed W7 RC1, with no problems. It was what I kind of expected, smooth.
I had a small problem with my graphics driver (it would …
Problems with Macromedia Projector
The Installation of Win7 went shmoothly and fast. Knowing Vista there wasn’t much change in layout.
I use a wacom graphic tablet which is working fine,…
W7 accepts more old hardware than Vista
Clean W7 installation on my 5 year old ASUS P4P800 system without any problem.
My Terratec DMX Fire 24/96 now runs smoothly; under Vista it stopped …
USB Sound Card issues with Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100
Running Windows 7 RC1 Build 7100
There is major issues with the USB Sound Card Drivers.
Gives a distorted and hissy noise when using headphones/speakers …
Upgraded my vista ultimate to windows 7
I upgraded my Vista ultimate to Windows 7 which took about 4 hours.
I was disappointed with the result everything worked at a snails pace so I had …
windows 7 on asus g2s
Well i wanted so much to try it on my laptop, cause it really sucks with vista on it, even if its a gaming laptop with 4 gb ram, has lows specs with vista …
Windows 7 freezes during install
It installed on laptop and desktop with no problems whatsoever. it worked like a dream and very impressed BUT
Then tried on my main system and it gets …
Printer Drivers for Windows 7
So far so good… However, there are a few drawbacks.
When I connect to a Print server and connect a printer, the drivers don’t get install as with …
Windows 7 is about one hundred times better than Vista
Generally Windows 7 is about one hundred times better than Vista. Faster and more friendly, with smarter problem solving help.
I installed it in a …
Jim Morris
Hi there:
I’ve been using W/7 since it first came out and I love it.
The beta was very stable on my system, I’m having a little bit of difficulty with …
Missing device drivers on Windows 7 RC 1
Install of Windows 7 RC1 was smooth and easy.
It would have been even better if device drivers for my network card and sound card had been included….
Intel Display accelerator for 852/855 chipset??
Hi,
I installed windows 7 on my laptop(Hitachi Flora 270W-NE1) having 852/855 chipset.
But I am not able to install it display driver to it.
It …
Problems with installing Windows 7 RC 1
Hi I’m sorry to write this because I really wanted to test windows 7 from an average user’s viewpoint.
Here we go, downloaded the first RC 1 candidate …
malfunctioning GFX drivers 
I’ve had better installs of an OS that actually worked.
Windows 7 did not like my graphics card and for that reason I simply had to remove it.
The …
HP Officejet Pro L7680
So far I like Windows 7 a whole lot better than Vista.
It appears to be faster and some of the little things really have made it more friendly.
I …
Windows seven is better than the other OS
I’m using this incredible operating system and I have only some problems with my video card, but we can’t forget that it’s a release candidate.
I’m …
Control Panel still stinks in windows 7
Control Panel still stinks, as it did in Vista.
Fast, loveably fast.
Task bar large stinks, unless you have vision difficulties.
Some drivers …
VASTLY DIFFERENT BOOT TIMES Not rated yet
Loaded W7RC1 onto HP desktop and laptop.
Both booted fast;now desktop takes forever.
Answer?
Google and Mozilla dont work as well in Windows 7 Not rated yet
Windows 7 is in my opinion better than vista in its GUI layout among other areas.
My problem is since I installed it, my Mozilla Firefox and sometimes …
So so – all in all it�s just another Windows Not rated yet
Good
faster at boottime – nice
quite stable – nice but XP is too little fancy windows animation, docking, aero stuff, nice but only little speeding …
issues Not rated yet
over all .. is a decent OS .. but .. its slower then vista for 1, and some 3rd party programs dont work that worked great in vista, i.e. Digsby IM, Google …
jk Not rated yet
hard to give feed back because nothing is working properly… either missing driver (video controller,chipset or motherboard driver,bluetooth,audio driver …
Andrew Not rated yet
im impressed with windows 7/64bit im testing it out on my PC Running AMD phenomx3 2.1 overclocked to 2.4 2x 4670 radeon 1g Gpu’s 4g ram and is running …
companies on the ball Not rated yet
I have used windows seven for months now. still having some issues with hardware.
It is about time for the hardware companies to get on the ball for …
Windows 7 Not rated yet
I installed windows 7 and it installed perfect (on a computer only supported by windows vista might i add).
I expected some issues with driver, like …
consultant and Windows customer Not rated yet
I attempted to setup a Mirrored Volume on Windows 7 RC.
My primary drive (C:) and my mirrored drive (D:) are identical Western Digital 1TB hard SATAII …
HRIS Analyst Not rated yet
I would like to say that it is impressive.
However, I would appreciate a few more “user” tools to analyze and turn-off miscellaneous programs that …
Still no queued copy. What gives Not rated yet
Like it. x64 installed like a charm. works well so far.
BUT gui copy function still doesn’t offer queuing when you start a bunch of copies one after …
luke904 Not rated yet
way better than vista
faster boot than XP
uac is improved but the setting need to be more than a 4 posisition slider
faster cold start, slower …
Suggestion for Adjusting Brightness Not rated yet
Just a suggestion.
I think it would be nice if there would be volume-like-adjustment for adjusting brightness on the task bar (another way of adjusting …
The Windows 7 taskbar Not rated yet
the items on the taskbar (“superbar”) keep moving around or completely disappering.
Windows 7 seems quick but Not rated yet
Seems Quick at present, but will it be when they have given you about 90 updates and fixes and of course the usual Microsoft spy-wear which all adds up …
WDS_7 Best and the West Not rated yet
Just one click and you are where you want to be.
It’s a very fine tuning system: it keep memories of the size and emplacement from your last ajustement;…
Cannot View the Internet Not rated yet
I loaded Windows 7 RC 1 after successfully running the beta version and all works fine except one major thing. I cannot access the internet!!!
If you …
passion 95 percent and warfare 5 percent with windows 7 Not rated yet
first i’d like to say that Microsoft needs to immediately close the door on 32bit apps and only run 64bit OSes because my experience is it’s faster and …
Problems in RC 1 that wasn’t in Beta version Not rated yet
I’m having problems getting my music software working and installed properly in RC 1 when I didn’t have these problems in the Beta version…
absolute nightmare Not rated yet
this RC system is as bad if not worse than vista so far yes its faster and worked out the game kinks vista had.
However my system freezes randomly …
Server Issues Not rated yet
using Win 7 x64 Ultimate.
Having issues when logging in as 2 or more people connecting to server after that point.
Restart fixes issue.
Windows 7 annoying simple things Not rated yet
There are some simple annoying things like I can’t turn on the internet connection tray icon -
all icon display options are grayed out.
[from Ctrl …
John Not rated yet
I think it’s great, I’m running it on a pc that came preloaded with Vista, which never worked properly.
Also I’ve been running it on a Thinkpad T23,…
Speech Recognition could be better Not rated yet
Whilst I have found speech recognition within windows 7 to be pretty decent it could be greatly improved to enhance usability for some of the internal …
Gamecontroller Deathzone Not rated yet
A option to set deathzone for gamecontrollers fails. It was a nice thing vor dx11.
IE8 in taskbar windows7 Not rated yet
I love IE more than all other browser.
But in Windows 7 but in Windows 7 when I open 2 tabs or more I don’t like IE 8 show in taskbar as 2 or more….
Better than Vista, cool its free till June. Not rated yet
Pc wont shut down all the way.
No drivers for my dell 924 all in one printer.
Other than that, cant complain.
Backup and shortcuts Not rated yet
In my music library I have a link to music on my removable hard drive.
When I run a backup I want it to backup to my removavle hard drive.
Windows …
It Can Be better Not rated yet
win 7 is vrv good os but it lacks colours in the navigation pane ,unlike xp.
They should definitely improve this feature ,it was also missing in vista….
Windows 7 Rocks compared to my early experience with Windows Vista Not rated yet
Windows 7 is in a much a better position compared to my early Vista Ultimate edition experience.
Windows Vista was a big mistake – the same mistake …
I love Windows 7 Not rated yet
i looooooovveeeeee it.
thanks microsoft
Windows 7 gets a full 10 Not rated yet
so far I haven’t had any crashes.
My only wish is that we have a choice of using Windows firewall or a firewall we are used to.
So far i’ll give …
Windows 7 is OK, I guess Not rated yet
I’ve been using RC1 since it came out. It’s ok, I guess, but there are several things that are very strange.
First, the PC will not shut down, whether …
rassie Not rated yet
So far so good… However, there are a few drawbacks.
When I connect to a Print server and connect a printer, the drivers don’t get install as with …
trouble’s with wmp12 Not rated yet
This really is what vista should have been, ive actually found it to be more stable than vista. except for just 1 thing…….after about 5-6 minutes the …
So far I haven’t any big problems with Windows 7 Not rated yet
So far I haven’t any big problems. I would like to use my personal firewall. Other than that it is a breeze.
I do not have the luxury of having two …
Windows RC1 a Huge Success Not rated yet
I installed Win7 RC1 in a dual boot configuration on a second hard drive (with my existing WinXP OS on the primary hard drive).
It installed very …
RC1 Feedback Not rated yet
Installed the 64bit version on my laptop and desktop. Smooth as silk on my HP dv7-1135nr 4GB RAM / 2GHz AMD Turion X2 laptop.
It had Vista Home x64 …
Legacy app does not run under Windows 7 Not rated yet
I have a legacy app that has to run under compatibility mode for all its features to run correctly on Vista.
My installer sets a Registry entry that …
EFisher Not rated yet
So far, I am very impressed with Windows 7. I have the RC1 loaded on my laptop and have been using BitLocker in many ways, concerning research for the …
cool features Not rated yet
Its has some cool features that makes it little sweet but the biggest change is that it isnt a ram hog like vista.
I had it running in a machine with …
Consultant Not rated yet
Network setup for home users is not real good.
Much too difficult for them to connect even two pc’s
together and share anything.
worse if it is …
So Far So Good Not rated yet
First off, I have been a dedicated XP user for years and only recently had experience with Vista in the form of a laptop I bought.
I liked XP because …
Running Lenovo T61 14″, 4G Ram, Nvidia Quadro NVS140. Not rated yet
Running Lenovo T61 14″, 4G Ram, Nvidia Quadro NVS140.
Removed Vista on RC1 release and ive never been happier. 7 flies, I would guestimate a 10-20% overall …
RichNSue Not rated yet
Am running 64x ultimate of vista and 7 and although drivers were an issue initially with vista, I had very few problems.
My motherboard was the main …
connecting adapters for wireless operation Not rated yet
The wireless adapters from linksys (wusbgc version 3.o)would not work with windows 7 64bit.
I have been running on several different 64bit vista systems …
TOMM Not rated yet
I’ve had 7 for a week now .it seems really stable ,love the new stuff ,really fast on start up and shut down ,no more 3 step hurry up and wait for driver …
SLI Compatible Not rated yet
I was running XP with a AMD 6400 dual core CPU and 2 x 1024mb Nvidia 9800gt graphics cards and I didn’t have any problem.
I could run graphics hungry …
Nearly impossible to install Not rated yet
I have a computer running an Intel E8400 dual core processor on an Asus P5Q motherboard with 4 GB of RAM.
This computer has two SATA hard drives one …
Windows 7 – So far so good! Not rated yet
My experience installing Windows 7 has been very good thus far.
I went somewhat against the grain, and did an upgrade from my Vista Ultimate.
I …
smooth sailing Not rated yet
Complete install – no problems. Much faster than Vista
Satisfied!! (Y) Not rated yet
Installed over a Windows Vista running operating system (ACER travelmate 5730)..
After installing Windows 7 everything seems to work properly, even …
NO Creative Sound Card Support Not rated yet
Windows 7 does not support any Soundblaster Live Cards.
Has anyone gotten these sound cards to work with Windows 7?
Works Great!! Not rated yet
Windows 7 does indeed run much smoother compared to windows Vista, i’ve had some minor sounddriver issues due Creative not having win7 drivers yet.
I …
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