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biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-31 21:33:26
December 31 2009 21:28 GMT
#1
so i got windows 7 on my new laptop

if you're interested then write a list of things that bother you about it , and possible fixess

the main thing that comes to mind is this

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another thing, how the hell do you get msn to stay in the tray like it does in other versions of windows? as you can see in screenshot, msn just stays on the taskbar all the time even when you cross it off

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AoN.DimSum
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States2983 Posts
December 31 2009 21:31 GMT
#2
does it play sc fine? Its probably the only reason thats stopping me from installing windows 7 lol
by my idol krokkis : "U better hope Finland wont have WCG next year and that I wont gain shitloads of skill, cause then I will wash ur mouth with soap, little man."
biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
December 31 2009 21:33 GMT
#3
dunno yet sorry
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5543 Posts
December 31 2009 21:37 GMT
#4
Yeah I hate that too.

But seriously the fact that you can no longer drag folders to the sides of the desktop and make quick lists is really retarded. Now I have to take like thirty clicks to make it to folders i commonly use.

And i have 0 idea how the taskbar is supposed to make things easier. In xp it was just simple worded bars for programs (or whatever you want to call them) Now its entirely thumbnails and it GROUPS EVERYTHING which means if you have multiple windows of a program open you have to click multiple times to open just one of them - RETARDED. Of course you can choose to make the taskbar the same as vista/xp if you want but I dont see how they can say it makes the OS easier to use..
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
shavingcream66
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1219 Posts
December 31 2009 21:38 GMT
#5
i think msn just stays in taskbar..because I can't get mine to go away either

as for SC. It works fine on mine but the colors kept inverting. However, I found a batch file thing that fixes it so it works fine now...even though I rarely play SC anymore
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5543 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-12-31 21:50:12
December 31 2009 21:41 GMT
#6
For MSN to fix it, go into program folders and find the msn .exe file, right click it and run it in compatability mode for XP or Vista.

For the taskbar poping up you'd understand it if you left the theme as the W7 theme instead of the windows 2000 theme. It works decently but is far from making anything easier. I believe there is a setting when you right click the taskbar and go to properties. It might be ungroup programs or something

Edit: I dont think I read your question right the first time, this prob doesnt fix anything
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
December 31 2009 21:59 GMT
#7
okay thanks, i right click troubleshooted to change live msns compatibility, it appears as only one window now, but when i cross it off to minimise it just closes (or beome unaccessable)

i cnt-alt-deleted to bring up task manager to find it, but i must have pressed something....

now task manager is just showing as a frame which shows the running programs but NO options or title bar or anything...its just a frame. wth. probably fix when i reboot

Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
December 31 2009 22:00 GMT
#8
Right click taskbar. Head into Properties and change Taskbar buttons to Never combine. That way it won't combine like that.

And as previously said, for MSN just run in compatability mode.
God Bless
biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
December 31 2009 22:03 GMT
#9
OH YEAH THATS THE OTHER THING

you cant fucking alt-tab properly anymore, it takes about a second to load it. unless its my new laptop that has slow or unusual key responses. if i try to alt tab quickly 6 times, letting go each time, only 2-3 of them will work. anyone else?
biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
December 31 2009 22:04 GMT
#10
On January 01 2010 07:00 Roffles wrote:
Right click taskbar. Head into Properties and change Taskbar buttons to Never combine. That way it won't combine like that.

And as previously said, for MSN just run in compatability mode.


this isnt my problem , you probably realise.
biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
December 31 2009 22:17 GMT
#11
another issue i have occainally,

why do page up/ page down seem to not work most of the time on laptops (my moms and mine, acer)

i try clicking around but they still dont work99
Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
December 31 2009 22:34 GMT
#12
On January 01 2010 07:03 biomedical wrote:
OH YEAH THATS THE OTHER THING

you cant fucking alt-tab properly anymore, it takes about a second to load it. unless its my new laptop that has slow or unusual key responses. if i try to alt tab quickly 6 times, letting go each time, only 2-3 of them will work. anyone else?

No problem to me, seems that your lap is kinda buggy or smth :/

Also i don't understand why you're using "classical" composition, is it really that hard to get used to new Aero ones? They're pretty cool, and i have no problems like you with these.

Also try pressing windows key + tab, good alternative for alt+tab
biomedical
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
235 Posts
December 31 2009 22:43 GMT
#13
windows tab takes me to top of webpage, doesnt do anything else...


that aero thing was the most disgusting and interefereing thing ive ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE
it is absolutely unecessary and detracts in 100000e600 ways
i cant believe those words just came out of your mouth
are you a dragon?
Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
December 31 2009 22:47 GMT
#14
No, i am a person who is not afraid of changes like most people who would like W7 to be Windows XP+ ... I really find NO flaw in aero but it is eye-candy, unlike "classic" (archaic IMO) composition. Come on times are changing, i've been using for like 10 years similar composition which was slightly changing since times of Windows 98 :| Time for something nice, like this one

That's weird that windows+tab doesn't work, maybe it works only in professional or x64 then.
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
December 31 2009 22:49 GMT
#15
Oh man, your comp is buggy as hell then. Try a fresh install.
God Bless
Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
December 31 2009 22:53 GMT
#16
I'm on Professional 64 bit Win7 and I'll say tat my Windows+Tab only takes me to the top of the page as well. Although I'm not using Aero either, so that might be the reason.
God Bless
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5543 Posts
December 31 2009 22:57 GMT
#17
yeah in aero it does the cool flipping through open windows thing
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Sharp-eYe
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada642 Posts
December 31 2009 23:02 GMT
#18
wait what happened to the new superbar, or that new task bar with the mac osx like bar at the bottom?
Are you truly so blinded by your vaunted religion, that you can't see the fall ahead of you? - Zeratul III AKA WikidSik ingame (anygame)
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5543 Posts
December 31 2009 23:27 GMT
#19
its basically the windows XP/Vista taskbar but with large icons instead of window names and it groups programs automatically...nothing more
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
December 31 2009 23:37 GMT
#20
I'm blaming not being able to use the ICCup TV (replay thing) plugin in Chaoslauncher on Windows 7 until it either works or I find something better to blame.
:)
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