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\nthis to go along with my 9 April post (below).
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Reasons I do not like Windows 7:
1. Folders, once resized=
\n and repositioned, do not maintain their location on the desktop. The r=
\netain their size settings but open in a new location each time. Formerl=
\ny, for those folders which I use most often, I arranged set positions on=
\n the desktop so that I would know where it was going to open. Having to=
\n wait for the folder location, then locate the file, causes my use of th=
\ne UI to be slower.<\/p>\n
2. The file-association system formerly loca=
\nted in Windows Explorer Tools > Folder Options is gone. The only way=
\n to directly affect file assocations (with application programs and icon=
\ns) is through manual editing of the registry. Formerly, I could easily =
\nmodify several major file types to open with a default application but a=
\nlso to show several other choices in the context menu. I could also ove=
\nrcome the never-ending chain of icon replacements by choosing the icons =
\nfor myself rather than relying on application provided icons.<\/p>\n
3=
\n. The destop interface is slow. There is a noticeable pause, about 0.2-=
\n0.3 seconds, as one opens context menus, folders, etc. This is not an o=
\nperational limitation, but I would remove it if I could. I understand m=
\nodifying this activity requires a manual editing of the registry. It is=
\n notable that, with the hardware capacity of my new machine, third party=
\n applications software runs noticeably much faster. But Windows Explore=
\nr is slower.<\/p>\n
4. Windows 7 crashes often. In my experience, thi=
\ns happens approximately a half-dozen times daily. This may be related t=
\no a hardware problem, since others do not experience this failure rate. =
\n However, the error logs have not revealed anything helpful along those =
\nlines. The two major usages at times of failure are (1) opening multipl=
\ne windows in rapid succession, and (2) working within an application tha=
\nt has been open for several minutes or more. The first case suggests it=
\n may be related to the slow UI mentioned before. The second case sugges=
\nts that it is not the application, since it happens both in multiple app=
\nlications and they are stable and working fine for a while (it is not an=
\n application-loading problem). In particular, in the second case many o=
\nf the Windows 7 crashes happen as the application is being closed.
<=\nbr\/>5. When an application is open and minimized to the tool bar, should=
\n one try to open a new document in that application by double clicking o=
\nn the application, Windows 7 does open the document and pass it to the a=
\npplication, but it does not expand the application window. It remains m=
\ninimized on the toolbar and the user must manually expand the window to =
\nuse the document.<\/p>\n
6. Convenient access to recording has been bl=
\nocked. The system sound card has been removed from the available device=
\ns list, so recording software cannot utilize the sound card as source of=
\n a bit stream to capture. I have located several work-arounds, but they=
\n depend on particulars of certain sound card hardware. If you don't=
\n have one of those sound cards, the only audio stream you can record is =
\nfrom the microphone.<\/p>\n
(Minor) Windows Media Player no longer inc=
\nludes the Advanced Tag Editor, so I cannot put song lyrics into the MP3 =
\nfiles. Since this was a nonstandard (Microsoft) tag — not supported by=
\n the MP3 format — now I am stuck. I don't have an editor with the =
\ncapability to modify these tags. So, WMP displays lyrics on some, but n=
\not all of the songs as it plays them.<\/p>\n
(Minor) Internet time syn=
\nchronization is inferior. Only provides space for one time server and o=
\nnly provides for synchronization once per day. Windows 7 often, but not=
\n always, displays GMT instead of zone time (Eastern Time) even though th=
\ne settings are for the latter. Always switches to displaying zone time =
\nafter a manual "synchronize now" but that activity is four but=
\ntons deep. Will likely install third party network synchronization app =
\nthat I used up until I began using Windows XP.
Have been hav=
\ning trouble getting the application to launch on start. It is in the &q=
\nuot;start menu" but does not launch on boot up or log in.<\/p>\n
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\n(Minor) Shutting down the computer no longer gives you an "are you =
\nsure?" option to stop. Once initiated, shut down proceeds very rap=
\nidly with no fall-back option.<\/p>\n