Windows 7 Build 7100 RC (Changes/Bugs/Tweaks) Discussion

[Examinus]

I can't install Adobe CS4 on 7100

Works fine for me. Are you getting an error message?

[SMELTN]

I can't install Adobe CS4 on 7100

Installed fine here also

[DerAusgewanderte]

I can't install Adobe CS4 on 7100

installed it last night. everything working fine on 64bit. what is the problem with yours?

oops, should have refreshed the browser before replying. see you already got 3 replies ;)

[»X«]

Can you now save files to your desktop without windows bitching that you dont have permission?

[Examinus]

The time glow and separators don't fade in like other items in the notification area. Seems like a very strange thing to miss out...

[Inctye]

Anyone else having a huge memory leaks when copying files from partition to another? It only seems to happen with large files where the memory hits around 90% of 2GB for me.

[Julian_evil]

Task scheduler isn't working correctly. If I start it I get errors and I can't read information about tasks. But creating new tasks is possible, they work.

x64

Can someone confirm?

[Nagisan]

Several restarts and a couple of days and your boot time will be reduced.

Yeah it seems like it....I went through and did a disk cleanup and defrag and ended up rebooting a few times and it seems much faster. It takes like a minute or so (thats from initial monitor output to usable desktop, with ~13 seconds spent in the BIOS)......much faster than my old Vista partition now and even faster than 7048 was (but that was an upgrade from 7000, so it was probably slower than a fresh install anyway).

[TruckWEB]

I'm having blue-screen problems and the sole point to all this is AFD.SYS - Never had that with 7077 or before.

[Kevin.]

Yeah it seems like it....I went through and did a disk cleanup and defrag and ended up rebooting a few times and it seems much faster. It takes like a minute or so (thats from initial monitor output to usable desktop, with ~13 seconds spent in the BIOS)......much faster than my old Vista partition now and even faster than 7048 was (but that was an upgrade from 7000, so it was probably slower than a fresh install anyway).

I was having a bit of a slow boot as well after I put all my files and programs in, but after some cleanup, a defrag, and a few restarts, it's much better now.

I can also confirm that the Wi-Fi drop off bugs has been fixed as well.

[Failurbydesign]

When rtm is released will the update from TC be smooth or a fresh install? Also if its an easy update, should i upgrade my vista x64 to the latest rc builds and move up from there>

[azz0r_wugg]

Anyone else having a huge memory leaks when copying files from partition to another? It only seems to happen with large files where the memory hits around 90% of 2GB for me.

Had the same. Transferred 180GB and it slowed to a crawl mid way through.

[soothsayer]

I just wish I could get my network cards to work. :(

I have an Intel Pro/1000 MT and an Intel Pro/100 VE, and both of them are detected and installed, but they refuse to get an IP address.

[Kevin.]

For some reason the jump list for Windows Live Message on the start menu doesn't update when I change status or close Windows Live Messenger completely. It makes it appear as though I'm signed in or on another status when I'm really not.

[Nagisan]

Anyone have any issues with Hibernating and Everest? I have Everest run via Task Scheduler every time someone logs in (its delayed by 10 seconds so everything isn't booting at once) and ever since 7000, if I hibernate my computer when I boot back up Everest wont be running....every now and then it will be running but most of the time its not. This happened on 7000, 7048 and even this RC, I am unsure what causes it.

I want to keep it running from a scheduled task so it bypasses the UAC prompt, and I had this somewhat fixed on 7048 by adding a second trigger that triggers when the computer came out of hibernation (determined by when a specific event appears in the event log), with that it seemed to almost always be running after hibernation. But doing the same thing on 7100 doesn't seem to work, I booted up this morning and it wasn't running and the task simply showed as "ready". At the time I had history turned off so I tried recreating it by hibernating again and waking it back up, but it was running this time.

Anyone have suggestions as to what triggers I should use so it runs whenever the computer is asleep and, if it needs to, run when it comes out of hibernation?

[NEVER85]

Can you now save files to your desktop without windows bitching that you dont have permission?

?

That wasn't an issue even in Vista, nevermind 7.

[UltraCody]

What about my Firefox installation? Is there an easy way to back-up my profile so all of the extensions and themes I have are still in tact as well as my bookmarks and all of their tags? The bookmarks and tags are vital and I can't lose them.

If you or anybody else could tell me of a much easier way for me to back-up my programs and configurations, for every program I use, then I may re-consider :)

You should try Firefox Portable from PortableApps.com. It's a good idea when you're constantly reinstalling or dual booting between operating systems. I've been using Firefox Portable since December.

For those of people still wondering, No, ThinApped/Thinstalled stuff still doesn't work. Error msgs are the same. ntdll and hashstack errors.

BUG still unfixed: Thinapp'ed portables applications still crashing.

WTF! When will those dumbass Microsoft devs get off their retarded asses and fix that damn Thinapp incompatibility problem?

[Kevin.]

Sometimes right before a sound is about to play, I get a small pop or crackle. I'm using the Conexant High Definition Audio driver by the way. Does this happen to anyone else or anyone know how to correct this?

Edited April 26, 2009 by Kevin.

[peterPL]

Works fine for me. Are you getting an error message?

I had problem with instaling Photoshop CS4 from Design Premium DVD, I had some error message "Photoshop.exe"during install , but I uninstall it restart computer and install again and installation sucsesfull.

[Luis Mazza]

Sometimes right before a sound is about to play, I get a small pop or crackle. I'm using the Conexant High Definition Audio driver by the way. Does this happen to anyone else or anyone know how to correct this?

Hey, I lived with this problem for more than a year with Realtek High Definition and optical out. Recently I found a way to solve this problem that might work for you, although we seem to have different sound cards.

You have to enable Digital Input and set the volume to zero. It seems that the digital sound that you can't actually hear stabilizes the output sound, so it doesn't 'surprise' the sound output to the point that it crackles.

Try it and tell me if it works! This is very annoying, I know. :)

[T.W.]

Why the 'No Sounds' sound scheme actually contains sounds by default? WTF?

[Examinus]

I've got two items stuck to my Windows Explorer Jump List. They appeared there themselves and I can't get rid of them!

[Pierce28]

In Office programs, I would usually get a "File is Read Only" when trying to save. The file was never set to read only, and was a real annoyance when working on an assignment. However, in the last couple of hours I've been using Word to compile a HI210 study guide for myself, it has yet to give me this error.

The only major bug in Windows 7 for me has been fixed :)

[Examinus]

Does anybody else get this when maximising Explorer windows? It only flashes up for a split second, and looks like a Vista leftover:

[daneel]

Jerky HD video playback with Media Player Classic from the https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...;f=12&id=11 Codec pack and also VLC on Windows 7 RC x64.

WTF, never seen this before when I was using Vista x64 or XP.

Anybody noticing this?

Yeah noticed that too when using the Intel GPU on a Sony Vaio Z (Centrino 2, C2D @ 2.53ghz, 4GB Ram). That was with latest codec pack from codecguide.com using default settings.