Richard Hammond Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Firstly the superbar is a complete overhaul and not just a GUI update and adds many little features to it useful features so yes it is faster but making it more like vista makes it less productive because part of windows 7 being faster besides the performance improvement under the hood is the usability aspect and how things can get done . Dont tell me making it like Vista makes it less productive, i know how i use windows and i dont like having just an icon with other windows stacked up behind it, i have a 24" 1920x1200 monitor i dont need everything packed into the smallest size possible. ( Example) Aero snap is a huge feature and ya already know what it does and how it works . now try doing that in windows vista or below then you have to mauualy take the time just to resize the window to way Aero snap does it automatically. I dont need that, if i want a window to go fullscreen i click the maximise button, i dont need two windows side by side thats what tabs are for in firefox. I dont need some random windows programmer telling ME how I should use the os, i paid nearly ?200 for my OS i will use it how i damn well want to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 HomeGroup because it shares my entire users folder with too liberal permissions (instead of "Authenticated Users"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted December 13, 2009 Veteran Share Posted December 13, 2009 None :) I have no need to - the operating system is perfect for me, as opposed to Windows Vista where I removed text labels from the taskbar and tried to make running program icons larger there - I was very surprised when they actually incorporated this into Windows 7 :D The only thing I've really changed: Renamed "Pictures" to "Images" and "Music" to "Audio," seeing as I store all audio files in the "Music" folder and not just "Music" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldiers33 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 with hard drives being so cheap these days i don't really care about space.... but the features i turned off were all the games, auto updates. help and support, defender, the 50 languages, error reporting. turned UAC down since I still would like to know when a program is making changes on its' own. it doesn't bother me at all now. how do you turn off error reporting? its bloody annoying when I get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salgoth Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 how do you turn off error reporting? its bloody annoying when I get it. http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm Best source I know of for info on what various services do and their associated dependencies. As for myself: Anything to do with Error Reporting, Automatic Updates, Tablet PC, Indexing, System Restore, Remote Admin, Bluetooth, and probably a few more. UAC is starting to get under my nerves, but as of now still enabled. Anybody know how to make it stop giving the stupid warning box once you've set an older program to run with Admin rights in compatability mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldiers33 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htmBest source I know of for info on what various services do and their associated dependencies. As for myself: Anything to do with Error Reporting, Automatic Updates, Tablet PC, Indexing, System Restore, Remote Admin, Bluetooth, and probably a few more. UAC is starting to get under my nerves, but as of now still enabled. Anybody know how to make it stop giving the stupid warning box once you've set an older program to run with Admin rights in compatability mode? the service is already disabled but i still get the popups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 HomeGroup because it shares my entire users folder with too liberal permissions (instead of "Authenticated Users"). right click your user folder and tell it who you want or dion't want to share it with, if you want it shared at all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soumyasch Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Homegroup Provider Service: Don't have any need for that feature; so don't want to waste space in Explorer windows sidebar for the homegroup button. I would rather reclaim that space and add a few links to folders and libraries I need all the time. No pinning to jumplists isn't enough, because then the links aren't available from Open/Save windows. Automatic Updates: Set to only notify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 right click your user folder and tell it who you want or dion't want to share it with, if you want it shared at all.... But I can connect to my Windows 7 PC from an XP machine and delete any file from the Users folder even if I set the Users folder from Windows 7 to HomeGroup (Read). That's what MS is not getting. Enabling HomeGroup shares the entire users folder with read/write permissions for "Everyone". FSmgmt.msc shows the items I am sharing with HomeGroup as having full unrestricted read/write access by "Everyone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 hmm seems weird, I haven't been able to access homegroup shares with computers that didn't have homegroup at all. but then I know networks and set up my shares manually anyway, homegroup os for families and such who don't have network knowledge and shouldn't even need it. It's great for helping people share files on the network without needing to know all the crap you need to know to share on older windows versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) Read about it here, here, here, here, here and here. The whole idea is broken (did they completely forget to set permissions?). Even disabling or leaving the HomeGroup leaves SMB sharing on for non-HomeGroup computers. Google or Bing for this. HomeGroup=come visit my private documents and delete them, and leave malware on my PC. Edited because Neowin removes some links citing "spam". Edited December 13, 2009 by tuxplorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphi Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 No, you can't. You can only make them smaller. The point was that for many people they really are very small and hard to identify. It's nice that you don't have a problem with it, but don't generalize. You must have some weird setup if you think the icons are too small with the default settings. I can see them just fine on a 19" monitor at 100% DPI. By default it takes almost a second for the previews to appear. The default time is 400 milliseconds. You can change the hover time with the registry setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime. A restart/logoff is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 If you want windows 7 superbar to act more like vistas then why did you bother moving to 7 cause if you was not interested in any of its feature why move. i myself run windows 7 with everything enabled and things work perfect for me on my system and i got fast enough system with plenty of space so turning off stuff is a no Need i love all of windows 7 features and run them as they are intended to run as windows 7 was made to run. the windows 7 Devs put alot of time in effort making a product we would love to use . sorry for the little rant but hey. Yes because Superbar = Every feature in Windows 7. :rolleyes: I don't really know what to say to posts like this. Just no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlem39s Finest Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 User Account Control System Restore Indexing service Windows Defender Tablet PC Windows Gadgets platform Windows Firewall Homegroup Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 You must have some weird setup if you think the icons are too small with the default settings. I can see them just fine on a 19" monitor at 100% DPI. I personally don't think they're too small, but I was speaking in general. I know for a fact that some people find it difficult. This is something I have first-hand experience with, so anyone who wants to argue and claim it isn't true can simply go away. I can see them just fine on a 19" monitor at 100% DPI. As a side note, quite a lot of systems actually run with the wrong DPI. Big monitors often have a DPI of less than 96, and this isn't supported by Windows. The default time is 400 milliseconds. I don't think it is. The period it takes to change when you move your mouse between the buttons might be, but the time it takes for the first thumbnail seems to be longer. This, of course, is something they had to do to get around the problem of unwanted popups when people moved the mouse around. You can change the hover time with the registry setting HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse\MouseHoverTime. A restart/logoff is required. That is actually a system-wide setting that affects several things. There actually is a separate key just for the task bar, but you're completely missing the point. Why on earth should I hack the registry to make it less annoying when I can just change the god damn option to disable the whole thing and make it the way I want? The default setting offers me no benefits other than to make the computer more annoying and slower to use. Zero. I just don't understand why you want to cause me frustration. Is it some fetish? It seems like a lot of people here get off on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08993 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 UAC useless because people are careful? I'm not sure that people have heard of accidents, where things happen that you don't mean to. Like, for instance accidentally cutting off your penis. Wouldn't it be nice if something asked you "Are you really sure you want to cut off your penis?" Because that's what UAC is, it has nothing to do with treating you like an idiot and everything to do with preventing accidents, don't see how that is useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2009 UAC useless because people are careful? I'm not sure that people have heard of accidents, where things happen that you don't mean to. Like, for instance accidentally cutting off your penis. Wouldn't it be nice if something asked you "Are you really sure you want to cut off your penis?"Because that's what UAC is, it has nothing to do with treating you like an idiot and everything to do with preventing accidents, don't see how that is useless. I like your analogy. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdood Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 UAC useless because people are careful? I'm not sure that people have heard of accidents, where things happen that you don't mean to. Like, for instance accidentally cutting off your penis. Wouldn't it be nice if something asked you "Are you really sure you want to cut off your penis?"Because that's what UAC is, it has nothing to do with treating you like an idiot and everything to do with preventing accidents, don't see how that is useless. The worst thing about Admin Approval Mode (which is what you mean, it's a subset of UAC) is that you don't necessarily really know what you're saying yes to. It could be hijacked by something else running as standard user, and you end up getting your junk bitten off even though you thought you were just getting a *******. You have to be careful about running any code, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmijutin Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 UAC Winodows Defender (replaced with MSE) System Restore Backup Windows Search (replaces with "Everything") Action Center Bunch of services which I DON'T USE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luther Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I dont need some random windows programmer telling ME how I should use the os, i paid nearly ?200 for my OS i will use it how i damn well want to use it. Sure. You never listen to "some random car producer" telling you to check the oil level too, right?;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Theres a big difference between making the mechanical components of a car work properly and changing the look of the gui to something i prefer. Try again. If i wanted to run with your analogy it would be the car manufacturers installing guages in my face and when i opened the bonnet/hood the dipstick would automaticaly pop up in front of me, i dont need the car manufacturers doing all this im quite capable of looking at the dipstick if and when i needed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpressland2 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Games Internet Explorer 8 <-- I'd rather use IE in a VM if I really needed to use it. Media Features ->Windows DVD Maker <-- I'd rather network stream ->Windows Media Center ->Windows Media Player <-- iTunes and Spotify Tablet PC Components Windows Gadget Platform XPS Services XPS Viewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I'm removing Windows Defender and Windows DVD Maker with DISM. I don't use them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udedenkz Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Internet Explorer 8 Windows DVD Maker Remote Differential Compression Windows Gadget Platform Some Other Things WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service Windows Time Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Windows Firewall Windows Defender UPnP Device Host TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Tablet PC Input Service SSDP Discovery Server Security Center Routing and Remote Access Program Compatibility Assistant Service Portable Device Enumerator Service PNRP Machine Name Publication Service Peer Networking Identity Manager Peer Networking Grouping Peer Name Resolution Protocol Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service Media Center Extender Service IPsec Policity Agent IP Helper Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keyrign Modules HomeGroup Provider Function Discovery Resource Publication Function Discovery Provider Host Distributed Link Tracking Clinet Diagnostic Policy Service Computer Browser Base Filtering Engine Application Experience And a few 3rd party services UAC Aero Peek, Animations, Fade In / Out Effects System Sounds, Beep Swap Tracking, Some Of It Anything and everything related to bluetooth I also deleted Windows Defender ( testing Unlocker ). Some other things. System boot much faster now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borimol Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Internet Explorer 8Windows DVD Maker Remote Differential Compression Windows Gadget Platform Some Other Things WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service Windows Time Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service Windows Firewall Windows Defender UPnP Device Host TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Tablet PC Input Service SSDP Discovery Server Security Center Routing and Remote Access Program Compatibility Assistant Service Portable Device Enumerator Service PNRP Machine Name Publication Service Peer Networking Identity Manager Peer Networking Grouping Peer Name Resolution Protocol Net.Tcp Port Sharing Service Media Center Extender Service IPsec Policity Agent IP Helper Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keyrign Modules HomeGroup Provider Function Discovery Resource Publication Function Discovery Provider Host Distributed Link Tracking Clinet Diagnostic Policy Service Computer Browser Base Filtering Engine Application Experience And a few 3rd party services UAC Aero Peek, Animations, Fade In / Out Effects System Sounds, Beep Swap Tracking, Some Of It Anything and everything related to bluetooth Oh my God! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts