annoyances

Washington - Windows 7 is full of surprises, but not all of them are pleasant. The things that typically annoy people the most when using Windows are prompts that distract or interrupt the flow or work or play. Link Removed

Just have a few questions i figured id put in one thread :D 1) How to stop the auto thumbnail of your toolbar tabs when you mouse over them. I googled about & found one that sets a mouse over delay so if you leave your mouse longer than the specified delay it pops up but sometimes at random...

This is not an issue but an observation open for discussion. Ever since installing Win 7 home in December of last year I have my computer boot interrupted at least every month by a dialog box "informing" me that I may not have a genuine copy of Win 7 and requesting my input to verify that I...

Let me start by saying I've always hated Become a Fan Pages on Facebook. There's no way to hide them from your news feed like there is for applications, you can only hide that friend. When they were first switched over to "like" pages I thought great, no difference right? But now it's just...

Link Removed due to 404 Error It looks great, performs well and is packed with so many small improvements that we'll soon forget Vista ever existed. But at the same time, it's important not to get carried away by the hype. Windows 7 isn't perfect. In fact, it's not even close. Look closely...

Hi About 3 weeks ago i did a clean install of windows 7 ultimate x64 over vista, and i have had several annoyances at times which never happened on vista. The first problem is a bit weird and i don't know what could cause it. Basically what happens is i would put my laptop to sleep and when i...

About a week ago these weird "cd box" image started to show up as a miniature icon on other programs (see picture). If that wasn't enough, my Winamp player icon shows as Security EssentialS !?!?! (second from right bottom corner) Anyone have any idea whats going on here? It's not fatal for my...

Hey all. I am having a minor (But very annoying) issue with Windows 7. Everytime I download anything using a browser (Doesnt matter if its Firefox, explorer or Shiretoko) the download goes as normal, then when it finishes, it just disappears. Doersnt matter where I save it to, what im...

A site called Tweakguides has now released a article called the above. The author has gone to great lengths to provide solutions to many of those nagging vista pains... Give it a once over, if you have problems that refused to be solved: Link Removed An excellent article! Also consider...

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/12/28/28-days-later-a-look-at-some-reviews-from-2007.aspx Well, I think a lot of it could have to do with that both OS'es were delayed by quite a bit, so people just got too used to the old ones. Though IMO, Vista is a good upgrade...