Build 7068 bugs

[Guest neo7]

I'm using 7068 (64-Bit). I installed it as an upgrade to 7057 and was dual booting along with Vista SP1. Never saw the

"empty programs menu" issue. Reformatted my C drive, installed 7068 fresh, by itself. Still, no "empty programs menu".

This build has been as rock solid as any OS I've used. Outshines Vista SP1 and XP, SP3.

This is a complex software and hardware ecosystem, and not all machines are the same. Your experience does not negate others' observations. BSODs are also common since Build 7048 after they have changed USB power-saving code or something like this.

[Ci7]

WTF

my WEI score has dropped

RAM 7.9 >>> 7.6

GPU aero 7.9 >>>> 5.9

GPU gaming 6.0 >>> 5.9

HDD 6.0 >>>> 5.9

[Lord Ba'al]

WTF

my WEI score has dropped

RAM 7.9 >>> 7.6

GPU aero 7.9 >>>> 5.9

GPU gaming 6.0 >>> 5.9

HDD 6.0 >>>> 5.9

The Aero Graphics bug (drop to 5.9) was already in 7057.

The others didn't change for me from 7057.

[Udedenkz]

I made a txt, then renamed it to a .bat, then tried editing it, and it did not allow me.

[Lord Ba'al]

I made a txt, then renamed it to a .bat, then tried editing it, and it did not allow me.

Sounds odd :blink:

Let me try this as well...

Ok, I took a .txt and renamed it to .bat, confirming the prompt that it may make it unusable.

Next I right-clicked it and selected "Edit", and it opened in Notepad, as it should.

I then edited it and saved it again. Also that worked fine.

So, no problems there whatsoever.

[yakumo]

<del> nvidia beta driver bug, fixed in 185.20

Edited April 2, 2009 by yakumo

[Hurricane Andrew]

Well, on the positive side, VirtualPC is working flawlessly in this build...no issues with the window going black when changing focus to another window.

[cripkey]

I am having an issue with my HP 2710p Tablet PC. Tablet has been running great on previous builds 7000>7057, but when I installed build 7068 x64 I have been having issues with the SoundMax HD audio. If I leave the computer idle for a while the sound icon on the tablet pc in muted and sound does not play, the sound resumes after I use the tablet for a couple of seconds. If I install the Generic HD audo dirver (Windows Version) the sound works fine but the MIC does not work.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

[Hurricane Andrew]

This is interesting, and may be related to the Empty Start Menu issue (or not).

After my upgrade (from 7000 to 7068), the first couple of times I rebooted and logged in (PC is on a domain) I received the "Preparing Desktop" as you would for a new user, nad only a few of my user account's icons were present on the desktop. A quick logoff and logon would restore all icons on the desktop. AFter a bit, that behavior stopped, and my normal desktop now appears regularly.

What is interesting, however, is that programs that I had pinned to the start menu aren't there, but when trying to recreate a couple, Win7 wants to append the (2) moniker after them. When poking around C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\StartMenu\IE, however, I discovered that the entries were there, but were not being displayed, which is why the (2) was being appended. Digging deeper, the permissions were the same, *but* the different links had different *owners*. The items with me as the owner were *not* being displayed. The items with the security group "Administrators" as the owner, were being displayed. Interesting...

[Zimmedon]

I think that issue needs to be solved by winamp developers?

It is a known issue and a fix is being worked on last I checked. You can add vista_thumbnail=1 to winamp.ini to add thumbnail support under DWM on Vista/7 (Confirmed working on 7068); however, it will only work when Winamp isn't minimized.

[cwpenner]

After installing 7068 on my desktop, my internet speeds, specifically torrent speeds, have absolutely plummeted... I've tried disabling programs to see what the problem is, and I can't seem to find one, and it's the same on my laptop too... Anyone else experiencing this?

[UncleSpellbinder]

This is a complex software and hardware ecosystem, and not all machines are the same. Your experience does not negate others' observations. BSODs are also common since Build 7048 after they have changed USB power-saving code or something like this.

I never said my experience negates anyone elses, nor would I. I do however say that the empty programs

menu bug and BSOD's are NOT common. Do they exist for some users? Of course. I would never say they

did not. But common? I think not.

[KiHu]

Running the 64 Bit version and im unable to install Adobe Creative Suite 4, the Setup.exe just goes in as a process, without launching anything, or installing. Been trying all kinds of ways..administration, compability mode etc.

If anyone has any ideas...please send me a PM, I really require to get my CS4 working again =/

[Unrealistic]

I am experiencing the Wireless bug and router bug. This is unfortunate that I didn't read up before I went ahead and downloaded/reloaded my machine. This build to me seems slightly slower than the build I was on (7000) and I can't update my software via Windows Update because of this Wireless timeout issue.

Has anyone found a way to fix it?

Edit: I Installed South Bridge/IGP Drivers directly from AMD's website and now I can access my router. I still am getting the random Timeouts, but I've noticed that it may be Firefox causing this, as I was using IE 8 for a while and it never stopped working until I started using Firefox.

Edited April 3, 2009 by Unrealistic

[Udedenkz]

Clicking on the battery icon doesn't do anything.

[Guest neo7]

I never said my experience negates anyone elses, nor would I. I do however say that the empty programs

menu bug and BSOD's are NOT common. Do they exist for some users? Of course. I would never say they

did not. But common? I think not.

Do you have statistical evidence for your claims of non-commoness? What I can assert is that all-clear, positive impressions like yours do not outnumber the negative experiences of BSODs, Empty All Programs, Wi-Fi issues (esp. on Eee PC 1000xx), etc. that have been reported for this build on the most popular Web forums.

[Argi]

Do you have statistical evidence for your claims of non-commoness? What I can assert is that all-clear, positive impressions like yours do not outnumber the negative experiences of BSODs, Empty All Programs, Wi-Fi issues (esp. on Eee PC 1000xx), etc. that have been reported for this build on the most popular Web forums.

Of course for every 1 person that posts on the forums having trouble there's 1000 other people who are just fine and not posting anything.

[Guest neo7]

Of course for every 1 person that posts on the forums having trouble there's 1000 other people who are just fine and not posting anything.

Again do you have solid research evidence for this 1:1000 ratio?!

[Killermac]

Has anyone been able to connect to a router?

Because LOTS of people can't anymore

Yes I have been using my WRT55G with DD-WRT SP1.

THIS

Yes I have also seen the My Computer not displaying memory bug. I know how much I have, but it would be nice if it worked. Alas this is only a beta build.

A upgrade bug that I did see was that when I upgraded from 7000 t0 7068 was that when I clicked on my Computer and manage it would not bring up the computer management console. I could bring it up via other commands but not with the stated option.

So far I am enjoying windows 7 more then vista.

KM

[Udedenkz]

Bug: Search Explorer, Before it finishes exit search window, your HD will still be used by Windows for another 10 seconds.

Also, search is very slow in W7.

[JEmEL]

help me

[cropcircles]

I would also confirm an issue with Kaspersky Internet Security which would result in very slow bootup and 3-4 minutes before taskbar icons would appear. Sometimes with Kaspersky icon appearing and sometimes not. I would also get intermittent BSOD from software/hardware issue. After uninstalling Kaspersky no more BSOD and faster bootups. This was on a Dell Inspiron E1505 running 7068 (x86 32)

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[limok]

Folder views are a major pet peeve for me, information has to be sorted or grouped in a certain manner.

I have three saved searches on my desktop that search my server for mkv video files, the search retrieves and displays all the correct information. Now if I modify the folder view for one of the saved searches automatically the other two seaved searches view would change their view, why? Is this a bug or a feature?

Here's my guess, every folder type has a view associated to it depending on the data stored in it, and a saved search is a folder type but doesn't care about what data it's storing so it has one universal view, which you decide obviously.

In my opinion it's a bug.

[limok]

Here's another one, more like a UI one but look at the open icon, it's using quite a dated icon.

[ToneKnee]

When searching for something in the Start Menu (Like a file I've downloaded), moving the mouse over the possible different files cause slowdowns and graphical glitches, explorer.exe goes into a fit by using 100% CPU.