Windows 7 bugs

[Loso]

definitely not a smooth experience for me had to go back to vista. Hopefully they can fix up all these things and make it useable.

[theyarecomingforyou]

It's probably just a coincidence but sometime after installing Win7 (on its own drive) I noticed over 150GB missing on one of my other drives, even with hidden / system files enabled. I used the Disk Cleanup to remove any System Restore points and Shadow Copies but that only freed up around 20-30GB. It was only when I scheduled a chkdsk scan (which turned up nothing) that the space mysteriously reappeared. As I said, I very much doubt Win7 had anything to do with it but it certainly was an unusual issue and one I thought worth mentioning.

[david]

Was able to delete a txt document even when it was open.

[yakumo]

Was able to delete a txt document even when it was open.

open in what? notepad has not locked files since.... win98, or maybe 2000 iirk.

bug - Disk Manager can list sizes of, but not interact with anything past the 1st partition on a USB memory drive.

[9UnknownMen]

So no other laptop owners experienced the frozen mouse pointer on rebooot?

It's becoming increasingly annoying having to 9/10 restart my system twice in order to get the pointer working. I've uninstalled the OEM synaptics touchpad drivers and installed the newer ones directly from synaptics to no avail.

This now happens basically all the time and almost always after cold boots. Could it be a problem with shutdown? I've noticed shutdown is awful fast now and maybe its not closing services properly or something. Have they tweaked the timeout delay?

[Guest xiphi]

So no other laptop owners experienced the frozen mouse pointer on rebooot?

It's becoming increasingly annoying having to 9/10 restart my system twice in order to get the pointer working. I've uninstalled the OEM synaptics touchpad drivers and installed the newer ones directly from synaptics to no avail.

This now happens basically all the time and almost always after cold boots. Could it be a problem with shutdown? I've noticed shutdown is awful fast now and maybe its not closing services properly or something. Have they tweaked the timeout delay?

I haven't had any issues with my synaptics touchpad on my Dell Inspiron E1505 either using default drivers or the ones provided by Dell.

[9UnknownMen]

I haven't had any issues with my synaptics touchpad on my Dell Inspiron E1505 either using default drivers or the ones provided by Dell.

Weird I know. I was able to navigate to the Dev Manager via keyboard and whenever its frozen the dev manager reports "Device Cannot Start" Code 10.

As I said, a subsequent reboot always fixes it. Did not have this problem in build 6956 or 6801 so its really racking my head.

[usman767]

Media player bug, being there since build 6801 :(

[Guest xiphi]

Media player bug, being there since build 6801 :(

What's the bug?

[usman767]

What's the bug?

look at the left bar in media player... cannot be dragged to right to reveal all text....

[Denis W. Veteran]

So no other laptop owners experienced the frozen mouse pointer on rebooot?

It's becoming increasingly annoying having to 9/10 restart my system twice in order to get the pointer working. I've uninstalled the OEM synaptics touchpad drivers and installed the newer ones directly from synaptics to no avail.

This now happens basically all the time and almost always after cold boots. Could it be a problem with shutdown? I've noticed shutdown is awful fast now and maybe its not closing services properly or something. Have they tweaked the timeout delay?

I see you also have a M1210. My touchpad never froze up. What is annoying is sometimes the pointer flickers a lot. I'm also running the 32-bit build with the latest touchpad driver supplied by Dell (see R141200)

[jakem1]

look at the left bar in media player... cannot be dragged to right to reveal all text....

I think it's limited by the width of the WMP window. If you maximise or widen WMP you should be able to drag that pane to the right.

It's hard to say if this is a bug or not. It's frustrating that you can't just expand that pane but it's obviously not meant to take up too much space at the expense of other panes.

Edited January 18, 2009 by jakem1

[usman767]

I think it's limited by the width of the WMP window. If you maximise or widen WMP you should be able to drag that pane to the right.

It's hard to say if this is a bug or not. It's frustrating that you can't just expand that pane but it's obviously not meant to take up too much space at the expense of other panes.

you are absolutely right. i jst maximized the player and it worked ! thanks

another bug i have found is that i have enabled "Automaticaly type in search box" option in folder and search option dialog. but whenever i type something it doesn't automatically types in search box instead it selects the folder or file representing the name. i hope u guys get the point... i want it to automatically type in serach box instead of selecting folders which is the default option...

[Lels]

Uhhh i cant get windows messenger to uninstall..the uninstaller just crashes..

[zivan56]

Windows Media Centre, despite years of complaints, still does not support ATSC in Canada...making it pretty much useless. In fact, they removed the hack to get ATSC via a registry key. So I can't get guide data for any ATSC channel at all :(

[kcbworth]

I don't know if it is a Windows 7 or a Adobe bug. I installed Acrobat Reader 9 and everytime I open a PDF document inside the browser (Chrome, FF) a blank error or info window opens up with just one OK button and nothing else inside.

Here is a screenshot: PDF Bug

Have been getting this problem since day 1 and it's really been bugging us!!! Anyone managed to resolve it?

[hhernan]

Is anyone noticing a slow start-up time? When I first installed Windows 7, it started up quick (less than a minute). Even when I installed my antivirus (AVG), it was still really quick. Now, my startup time takes 1 minute and 47 seconds. This is absolutely horrible. I haven't installed any new software. Actually, I haven't even touched Windows 7 in over a week.

Why does this happen? The same thing happened to me with Vista. I remember having full cold boots in under 30 seconds. Then, like overnight, the startup times more than doubled (and stayed that way. Even after a new clean install.) My HDD is fine, so this really makes no sense.

Am I the only one?

Do you have any USB device turned on during boot ? Maybe a scanner, ipod, etc... If so, try disconnecting these devices.

[lee31]

Has anyone had the problem with windows live messenger showing contacts online whilst they're in fact offline?

Also I found a fix/hack guide for gadgets not working when UAC is turned off. Check out the link below and follow the instructions.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/30/f...windows-7-beta/

[Chris123NT]

Has anyone had the problem with windows live messenger showing contacts online whilst they're in fact offline?

Also I found a fix/hack guide for gadgets not working when UAC is turned off. Check out the link below and follow the instructions.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/30/f...windows-7-beta/

LOL

That fix is beyond stupid. If you guys want a REAL fix I'll be posting one up on my blog in about an hour. And no, mine doesn't involve replacing files.

Edit: OK Posted the fix

Edited January 19, 2009 by Chris123NT

[rakeshishere]

Thanks Chris123NT once again :p ... Just thought about linking your tut. Hope this also works for RTM :D

http://chris123nt.com/2009/01/19/fix-windo...r-with-uac-off/

[Salty Wagyu]

Getting a lot of Folder in Use errors when trying to clean up my start menu items via Windows Explorer, can't create new folders with custom names, or move folders around.

[theyarecomingforyou]

I assume that the gadgets / UAC issue will be fixed in the final version if the fix is so simple? I can't see any reason they wouldn't change it, unless there are some security implications.

[lee31]

Chris123NT,

Your suggestion didn't work for me.

[emig5m]

Installed W7 flawlessly on my laptop (Dell XPS M1330) earlier today.

Fiddled around abit with it, installed Live Essentials, winrar, synaptic touchpad drivers (to get scrollbars to work), installed firefox, installed flash, installed adobe acrobat reader, installed mirc, installed nonamescript.

Fired up Live Messenger and signed in without problems.

Fired up iexplorer, ran through the "meet n greet" screen where i configured it, surfed around abit then shut it down for a restart.

Restarted computer and logged back into windows.

Messenger wont sign in, claims that ports are closed (they arent..)

iExplorer wont show any sites, tells me there is something wrong with the connection to internet.

It runs the wizard to detect problems with the Network settings, it cant find any.

I can connect to the internet just fine with mIRC and firefox.

Tried disabling windows firewall without any luck.

Also went through various solutions via Live Messenger help without any luck.

Anyone experienced something similar? I can restore to an earlier state , and probably will. This is just puzzling me abit.. :)

Been running Windows 7 since the public release and just ran into this problem today. Last night when I shut down Windows everything was working normal. When I started up the system today I was getting the same problem with the same results. Booting into XP there was no problem with messenger connecting or IE and the server status said everything was up and running. Booting back into Win7 still had the problem, messenger couldn't make a connection as well as IE. Then a couple hours later the problem just mysteriously went away...

I also noticed that all my system restore points before today had vanished into thin air... I normally will make a manual restore point before installing any program just in case something goes wrong (saved my ass tons of times in WinXP). Where did my restore points go? Weird. All my restore points from today are showing and I set the allowed restore drive space to just over 100GB so there's plenty of space for many restore points. Maybe there's a bug once it gets to so many restore points they erase themselves or become corrupted? I'll keep an eye on this see if it happens again as I make many restore points, especially as I setup a new OS install....

[theyarecomingforyou]

I also noticed that all my system restore points before today had vanished into thin air... I normally will make a manual restore point before installing any program just in case something goes wrong (saved my ass tons of times in WinXP). Where did my restore points go? Weird.

Did you use Disk Cleanup on your primary drive? Certain options can remove backup files.