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A few things Windows 7 does not do well.

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by dhcdbd 2 views

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Machine involved:
Emachines W4620;
age 4 years;
CPU AMD tl-32;
RAM 2 gigs.

Does not do ATI X200 graphics without blue screens.
Cannot find Conextent (Realtek) modems or nic's.
Frequently looses external USB drives or reports them as unformated.
Will not install AC-97 audio drivers.

This is build 7600.16385, the RTM version. This is the first time I have installed it on a machine natively. Yes I started with old hardware. The reason is that the hardware is fully supported by XP and Vista. Compatibility mode failed on above drivers.

Looks like the same old Vista from this angle. You had so much promise M$. You failed us again.

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by dhcdbd

I expected a few failures, just not with old and well supported hardware that is actually carried in the M$ update cashe. Had a few problems running the beta's and the RTM in a VM, but nothing like running it native.

I think that unless M$ gets their sh!t together, they are going to take another beating. However I have to know about W7. Initial install is disappointing.

by deadly ernest

and likes it, but won't be buying it after the trial copy dies. He'll wipe it off then as it doesn't run all his XP applications.

by dhcdbd

I prefer Linux... But if the team does not get the message handler (dbus) correct in the next release, it will be slackware on all machines.

When are they days going to come again that software actually works?

by purpleskys

but the ac97 audio drivers took ok on my machine with Win7 32 bit...AMD Sempron 2500+ 1.75 GHz with 2 gig of ram...although i do find i have troubles with most usb devices

by dhcdbd

Using the 64 bit version. This is a new issue with the RTM. The problems never occurred with the beta's. Did a lot of research on the issue. Spent all night on it. Used latest drivers, etc. So far, nada.

Never went through so many problems when I put Vista on that machine for testing.

by deadly ernest

print comment that the 64 bit final release version would have some code that would NOT permit drivers to work unless they were digitally signed by MS - thus forcing companies to pay MS to approve their drivers if they want people to use the gear on Win 7.

This makes me wonder how slowly companies will go switching to Win 7 64 bit as the hardware people will want to see people using the system before they spend the money and companies will want to see the drivers before switching. Hmm, which is cart and which is horse, MS is the JackAss.

by dwdino

I have transferred my entire house, both work machines, and 3 of my coworkers machines to Windows 7.

We run every app we had before and have had only minor issues. 1 was a profile disconnect, a few printer drivers, and one program that had to be run in XP mode.

The productivity gains, performance, and flexibility have been worth it.

This has been across the full spectrum of installs - VM, Dell Precison 720, Dell Lattitude C and D series, Acer Aspire One, and white boxes.

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