About this tag
On WindowsForum.com, the tag disappointment captures user reactions to Microsoft products and services that failed to meet expectations. Common themes include frustration with forced transitions, such as from Windows 7 to Windows 8 or 10, where compatibility issues, missing features, and unwanted changes led to dissatisfaction. Users also express disappointment over discontinued services like Cortana and Windows Phone, as well as subscription models in Office for Android. The tag reflects real-world experiences of long-time customers who felt let down by updates, hardware decisions, and usability shifts, often comparing newer versions unfavorably to older, more familiar systems.
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Microsoft Lost a Long-Standing Customer Yesterday
I have been long customer with Microsoft and have always favored your products. I had a Microsoft Kin phone up until I bought a Windows Smart phone. I stayed with Windows Phone until I was forced to switch to Android when Microsoft ceased to support Windows Phone. I was sad to see it go. When I...- Thulr Odinsson
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- android app bing cortana credit customer service disappointment financial struggle frustration harman kardon invoke speaker microsoft microsoft 365 microsoft edge smartphone subscription surface pro transition uninstall windows phone
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 10 Problems upgrading from Windows 7
Here's a story for ya. Yesterday I decided to give Windows 10 a shot because of what all my friends were saying. "OHHH ITS AMAZEBALLZ" "SOOOOOO AWSM" and such. The upgrade took a few hours but was well worth it. The programmes were exactly where I left them along with everything else. The new...- lukewin7x64
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- bios error data loss disappointment feedback hdd format incompatibility laptop microsoft office os issues product comparison recovery disc shell specs system restore ui issues upgrade user experience windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Not liking the Windows 10
Well, after running Windows XP for quite some time, I knew it was time to upgrade. The hardware was 64 bit, Windows XP had a hard time keeping up with new technology, then Microsoft and Google dumped support for it, so kicking and screaming, I decided it was time for an upgrade. Although...- NealBJr
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- browser compatibility compatibility mode computing disappointment entertainment feedback frustration gaming hardware home edition microsoft old games support technology upgrade virtual machine windows 10 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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microsoft office for android, mixed results and feelings
I've been using my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 as my primary device in recent months as opposed to my desktop As I am trying to embrace the mobile age and one of the things that I'm a little bit disappointed in is that a lot of its office apps are not too good with a lot of catches like subscriptions...- Ralph Bromley
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- alternatives android application comparison consumer disappointment experience functionality galaxy tab kingsoft microsoft mobile office pricing productivity review samsung software subscription wps office
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- Forum: Microsoft Products and Community
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Windows 8 Very Disappointed with Windows 8.1
HI I just want to say how disappointed I was with Windows 8.1. after a few weeks I. have removed it and gone back to windows 7. One thing I noticed after using cloud and getting a Microsoft account, the amount of junk email that I got almost trebled over night and even having gone back to 7 it...- nehoma
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- boot speed cloud solutions disappointment email feedback graphics hardware installation intel junk mail microsoft account nvidia performance programs ram review upgrade user experience windows 7 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8 sucks
Just picked up my new laptop.. has win 8 installed (had no choice of op system) ... why is it like a tablet design? I have a tablet already.. I just want a basic computer for my photoshop/office programs * There is no start button unless you download a start button program from another resource...- Kerrie Bantoft
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- customer needs design flaws disappointment feature comparison features feedback laptop issues modern ui office programs photoshop product review software limitations tablet technology tech support user experience windows 7 windows 8
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8 is "Terrible," Says Usability Expert Jakob Nielsen
Link Removed Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice & Power Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)- sirloyne
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- alertbox disappointment experts feedback jakob nielsen novice power users usability user experience windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8 Sales Well Below Projections, Plenty of Blame to Go Around
Uncertainty could turn Windows 8 into the next Vista Sales of Windows 8 PCs are well below Microsoft’s internal projections and have been described inside the company as disappointing. But here’s the catch: The software giant blames the slow start on lackluster PC maker designs and...- News
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- acceptance analysis design disappointment launch market microsoft pc manufacturers performance projection sales strategy surface trends windows 8 windows vista
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Windows 7 Why is Windows 7 Search function so bad?
I just gotta post about this, because what a dumb thing to wreck the basic search functionality on computers we paid a lot of money for. Dedicated PC user for forever - yet - I am seriously thinking I have got to bite the bullet for a mac next time which ticks me off but this is ridiculous...- keltoid
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- disappointment file names functionality microsoft search function search issues user experience windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Microsoft Windows fizzles as PC fears loom
Link Removed- JMH
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- disappointment earnings report future growth microsoft netbook pc manufacturers sales stock market tablet windows
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- Forum: Windows News
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VIDEO Why Battlestar Galactica Online disappoints
When I pulled up Battlestar Galactic Online, I was expecting an RPG or adventure game which would explore and deepen the mythology of the Battlestar Galactica universe. I was understandably disappointed to find a dogfighting game which is not really worth the cost of admission. The game is...- reghakr
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- battlestar galactica customization disappointment dogfighting game design gameplay graphics grinding lore micropayments mmo multiplayer online gaming player vs player review rpg space anomaly space combat tutorial user experience
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 "nvlddmkm.sys has stopped responding and has recovered" error"
Like countless others I've have the dreaded "nvlddmkm.sys has stopped responding and has recovered" error. Whilst I dont consider myself a hardcore gamer I got this computer/graphics card so I could game with high quality details. So far I've use it to play solitaire and use the internet - the...- dezrik
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- ati bios update difficulty disappointment driver issues error forum gamers graphics card hardware issues memory check nvidia nvlddmkm.sys overclocking performance issues support system specs troubleshooting upgrade windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 windows 7 slower to boot in comparison with ubuntu
Just did a comparison with my Acer 1,7 mhz dual processor 3 gb; OS Ubuntu 9 and my brand new HP dv6 2,3 mhz AMD turion dual processor and 6 gb; OS 64 bit Win7; From boot to 'on the web' (64 bit IE with the HP and Firefox with the Acer) is my windows 7 system no less than 30 seconds SLOWER than...- reitsma
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- 64-bit acer amd boot speed comparison disappointment dual processor firefox os review performance ubuntu user experience windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Really disappointed with MS
Has anyone else received this Email today, from Microsoft support. I was urged into emailing a complaint to them. What a terrible waste of space !!! One of the biggest linked articles refers mainly to Vista, and is a blatant advert for the "Official" windows magazine. Another, teribly out of...- RAK
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- advertisement complaints customer service disappointment email feedback microsoft outdated support windows vista
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Windows 7 Drag & Drop multitasking problems?
I am really hating Win7 right about now... Here's a regular daily duty for me. I put a camera CF card into a USB reader and put it into the USB slot. I then create folders on a hard drive for each day of photos that was on the CF card, and I drag all the Monday stuff from the CF into a Monday...- JasonWright
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- bugs cf card computer issues core i7 daily tasks disappointment drag and drop error explorer file transfer multitasking not responding performance ram task management transfer usb reader user experience windows 7 windows user experience
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Unregister Windows 7
Hi there, I purchased Windows 7 home upgrade version on advice from a sales rep. I had been using windows Vista Home premium so I was advised the Home upgrade copy of W7 would be all I needed. Upon purchasing and installing the upgrade, I later realized I could no longer perform backups to a...- ahmuhnnaeatchoo
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- backup disappointment downgrade home edition network sales rep unregister upgrade windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 I cant take it anymore!
I have given windows 7 the true benefit of the doubt but as of now I will be going back to XP. I have been running RC build 7100 for about a 6 weeks now and tough I like the look of it the feel is just not there. I want to be able to configure my OS to act the way I want it to. I don't see why...- badfrogg
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- alternatives boredom community configuration customization disappointment frustration hackintosh microsoft performance productivity rc build software support ubuntu user experience windows 7 windows vista windows xp
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Windows 7 W7 Realtek HD audio - no custom equalizaer any more
Hi all I'm REALLY disappointed with the W7 Realtek HD audio driver (V 2.33) as you can't control the equalisation any more. There's a load of "Canned presets" which I don't really like but no way to use a custom equalisation scheme like there was in XP. Seems to me a retrograde step -- the...- jimbo45
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- audio custom settings disappointment drivers equalizer presets realtek sound windows 7 xp drivers
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 a NEW PITA I just found re Windows Explorer.
Don't know if anyone posted this already BUT it deserves multiple posts. If u go to the now SLIGHTLY useful new feature of libraries and search for a file with Windoz Explorer u won't find anything. WE search can't search the libraries. U MUST go the the folder location/drive/whatever and...- ruggb
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- disappointment engineering feedback file explorer file search focus libraries user interface windows 10 workaround
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 slows to a crawl with 3rd-party apps installed
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've done a torture test on my Windows 7 32-bit machine. it consists of a Nvidia Geforce 6100 nForce video, Nvidia nForce Networking Controller, Hitachi 200GB drive TSST Corp CD\DVDRW drive, , AMD Athalon 64 Processor 3800+. I have installed 106...- reghakr
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- application boot time disappointment hard drive nvidia performance processor slow third party windows 7
- Replies: 26
- Forum: Windows Help and Support