Windows 7: What Problems/Annoyances Have You Experienced So Far?

Totally annoying.
Upgrading Vista windows Home Premium 32 bit to Windows7 Professional 32bit.
Windows7 install requires rebooting several times however after the first reboot the infamous windows boot manager screen appears with 2 options. 1) Windows setup and; 2) Windows Vista. Choosing 1, the installation hangs and requires shutting down the computer. Choosing option 2, starts windows vista and cancels windows7 installation. Basically I have been road-blocked and cannot complete the install of Windows7. all the while you look at the little book that comes with the software that says ” Welcome to your PC, simplified”
Windows 7, welcome to my garbage can!

My drivers are a mess. My HP’s volume rocker and mute button have a delay in them. It might be fixed with a driver update, but the update they gave in the HP website for Win7 did not fix it.

Also, my PC’s resolution resets to the lowest when I restart or turn on my PC.

I like the new features though. They really made the desktop experience better.

Couldn’t agree more. I’m upgrading from vista 64 bit to windows 7 (should be called 666) home 64 bit. The install deleted my wireless app, killing connectivity, I had to do a restore to get the app back and get rid of the window 7 crap. NICE JOB MS

By Far this has been the best experience upgrading Windows I have ever done, I ugraded from Vista 64 bit to W7 64 bit on a Toshiba Laptop, asside from taking close to two hours everything went very smooth, just put the DVD in clicked install now two hours later I was back to normal no issues what so ever. very satisfied this time with Microsoft.

Out of the box I tried streaming an on-line radio station. The audio stuttered and sputtered and basically gagged on the audio stream . I tried a few tweaks which ameliorated the problem but who in the general public is going to know about tweaking the OS to improve audio performance? All they know is that the music keeps skipping. Next I tried to print out a document. Windows 7 did not recognize my HP LaserJet 1020 as a printer; it merely recognized it as an “unspecified” device on the USB bus. I scoured the HP web site and tried Windows Update to obtain a driver, but to no avail. So now my printer sits inaccessible and unusable. That’s when I decided enough was enough. I restored XP from a backup, putting me not one but TWO versions behind the current version of Windows.

Instead of Windows 7 I think they should call this Vista 2.0. Keep your money in your pockets, folks.

Thusfar, I am unable to upgrade from Windows 32bit Home premium to Win 7 32bit Home Premium. During install I am asked to uninstall several incompatible programs before completing the install. 2 of the programs I can’t find as an installed app (One click fixes and Google Toolbar). I don’t know what one click fixes is. I can’t uninstall these, therefore Win 7 will not complete the upgrade. I tried several times.

I just bought a new laptop today [sony vaio] with windows 7. After configuring wireless connection on web one touch option on the machine, I am not able to run any programs. I am troubleshooting the issue for last 3 hrs, this is not where I want to be on the first day of my new laptop. Looks like the OS – Windows 7 is a crap.

I “upgraded” from Vista to Windows 7. It said that you would not lose any files. It did specify some programs that may not work but nothing about pictures. Needless to say, it did not transfer any FILES. It tranferred folders but no files. Lost all of my family photos, work files from MS Office etc. Buyer beware.

Windows 7 is basically where OS X 10.4 (Tiger) was years ago….

Too much has changed.
The new task bar takes up more than 10% of the screen. I find it becoming too full.

When I move windows, I accidentally activate the new maximize feature.

I feel like I have to learn everything over again.

I honestly feel that a product should do more than simply work to impress people.

I usually find something needs to go above and beyond expectations to be great.

I’m missed the features they removed so much that I went back to XP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_Vista and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_7

I have home premium vista 64 I cannot upgrade to win 7 as I am constantly being asked to remove my wireless program

One click fixes!I was facing this issue sometimes when I upgrade my windows versions. I think click fixes might be a software you didn’t uninstalled it properly before!
So, you can again install and try to uninstall it.Then you may not prompt with ?.All the best!

I have just spent two days trying to install Win 7 from Vista on my desktop. Tried both to upgrade and to do a clean install from a formatted disk.
Win 7 keeps freezing when it reboots during the install.

Cannot find out why. Stripped out some hardware cards to minimise potential problem areas, but…

None of the problem-fixing software supplied seems to be of any use.
Think I will go over to Mac OS. Bound to be better than this.

”Win 7 keeps freezing when it reboots during the install.”

We just reported on that very issue here Peter, Microsoft are said to be working on the situation, we’ll keep you updated.

Thanks for your feedback

Installed the 32 bit Home Premium Family Pack.
So far I LOVE Windows 7.
No problems what so ever on any of my computers.
My updates were all from XP.
Programs run great, No problems with any drivers.
Hardware is as smooth as can be.
Very happy so far.
Good for you Microsoft…….Thanks

Jeez Louise people! I don’t get all the problems people are having! We did a 3 pack all went very well. Two other families we know did the same, same results. My 85 year old boss lost his password on his new Vista computer in his vacation house, and did a clean install of 7 BY HIMSELF with no problems.. (85..)
I think I do get it after all. People who’se computers are running like crap because they don’t maintain them, and hope a 7 upgrade will fix everything are probably the ones experiencing the most difficulty. Keep it clean, folks!
Windows 7 is great so far. Very stable, and I DO notice a speed increase. The new features that I thought would just be flashy gimmicks are proving very well thought out and quite useful.
Great job.

I upgraded from Vista Home Premium 64 bit to 7 64 bit – very frustrating issue I ran into was that the wireless/network card driver in my Dell was incompatible, so it was turned off, making it impossible to do the upgrade while connected to the internet..which, on a 2.4 Ghz processor with 6HB RAM and over 400 GB of free space, meant waiting for almost 4 hours before everything was complete.

So, did any of the people having problems upgrading Windows 7 bother to run the Upgrade Advisor first? Evidently not! If you did, you would have been completely aware of the drivers and hardware that also needs to be upgraded. Hardware manufacturers have had more than a year\’s access to Windows 7 code to update their crappy old drivers. HP did a good enough job on that one. Don\’t know about Dell since I hate Dell but I think they would have too.

As early adopters in our company – I have done numerous new installs as well as upgrades. Some machines were brand new, others were 3 to 4 years old. In fact 2 Compaqs were 5 years old. Not a single issue except for the PEBCAK problems I am dealing with. (PEBCAK = Problem exists between the chair and the keyboard).

I upgraded my 64 bit Vista laptop to 64 bit WIndows 7 Ultimate – only problem was with the ATI control manager. This is not Microsoft\’s fault – its ATI\’s uselessness. Other than that – I love Windows 7. Having worked on Windows from v3.5, this is the best version ever.

As for the MAC fanboys – yeah, I work with 2 of those. Anyone yells about a Windows problem and the only answer they can provide is \’buy a mac\’……..They\’re a one trick pony just like a mac.

Works fine for me. Install went well. Only problems were iTunes & Skyoe which I had to reinstall. Alot nicer to work with. My Adobe CS3 runs better. Generally alot happier with Windows 7 than Vista.

Windows 7 is crap.
Keep getting messages that the version is not genuine after reinstalling more than once.
Terrible way to get money,fooling everyone to think it is better when it is just plain trouble.
Keep your money and go to Mac people.

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