I thought I would add =
this to go along with my 9 April post (below).
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Reasons I do not like Windows 7:
1. Folders, once resized=
and repositioned, do not maintain their location on the desktop. The r=
etain their size settings but open in a new location each time. Formerl=
y, for those folders which I use most often, I arranged set positions on=
the desktop so that I would know where it was going to open. Having to=
wait for the folder location, then locate the file, causes my use of th=
e UI to be slower.

2. The file-association system formerly loca=
ted in Windows Explorer Tools > Folder Options is gone. The only way=
to directly affect file assocations (with application programs and icon=
s) is through manual editing of the registry. Formerly, I could easily =
modify several major file types to open with a default application but a=
lso to show several other choices in the context menu. I could also ove=
rcome the never-ending chain of icon replacements by choosing the icons =
for myself rather than relying on application provided icons.

3=
. The destop interface is slow. There is a noticeable pause, about 0.2-=
0.3 seconds, as one opens context menus, folders, etc. This is not an o=
perational limitation, but I would remove it if I could. I understand m=
odifying this activity requires a manual editing of the registry. It is=
notable that, with the hardware capacity of my new machine, third party=
applications software runs noticeably much faster. But Windows Explore=
r is slower.

4. Windows 7 crashes often. In my experience, thi=
s happens approximately a half-dozen times daily. This may be related t=
o a hardware problem, since others do not experience this failure rate. =
However, the error logs have not revealed anything helpful along those =
lines. The two major usages at times of failure are (1) opening multipl=
e windows in rapid succession, and (2) working within an application tha=
t has been open for several minutes or more. The first case suggests it=
may be related to the slow UI mentioned before. The second case sugges=
ts that it is not the application, since it happens both in multiple app=
lications and they are stable and working fine for a while (it is not an=
application-loading problem). In particular, in the second case many o=
f the Windows 7 crashes happen as the application is being closed.
<= br/>5. When an application is open and minimized to the tool bar, should=
one try to open a new document in that application by double clicking o=
n the application, Windows 7 does open the document and pass it to the a=
pplication, but it does not expand the application window. It remains m=
inimized on the toolbar and the user must manually expand the window to =
use the document.

6. Convenient access to recording has been bl=
ocked. The system sound card has been removed from the available device=
s list, so recording software cannot utilize the sound card as source of=
a bit stream to capture. I have located several work-arounds, but they=
depend on particulars of certain sound card hardware. If you don't=
have one of those sound cards, the only audio stream you can record is =
from the microphone.

(Minor) Windows Media Player no longer inc=
ludes the Advanced Tag Editor, so I cannot put song lyrics into the MP3 =
files. Since this was a nonstandard (Microsoft) tag — not supported by=
the MP3 format — now I am stuck. I don't have an editor with the =
capability to modify these tags. So, WMP displays lyrics on some, but n=
ot all of the songs as it plays them.

(Minor) Internet time syn=
chronization is inferior. Only provides space for one time server and o=
nly provides for synchronization once per day. Windows 7 often, but not=
always, displays GMT instead of zone time (Eastern Time) even though th=
e settings are for the latter. Always switches to displaying zone time =
after a manual "synchronize now" but that activity is four but=
tons deep. Will likely install third party network synchronization app =
that I used up until I began using Windows XP.
Have been hav=
ing trouble getting the application to launch on start. It is in the &q=
uot;start menu" but does not launch on boot up or log in.

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(Minor) Shutting down the computer no longer gives you an "are you =
sure?" option to stop. Once initiated, shut down proceeds very rap=
idly with no fall-back option.

On a separate note, conside=
r this web site: http://en.windows7sins.org/