Windows 7 gripes and problems

[AVGWarhawk]

Did I tell you I like Vista

As far as games, I would guess MS is focusing on the items that most users require. Perhaps gaming is secondary on the list but it is on the list for 7 none-the-less. Just a beta and a good one from what I read about it.

[longam]

edit: [humor on]I guess we need some kind of Vista Rules banner...[/humor off]

They have a Q&A site up for your issues, maybe they'll respond or include a fix for them.

http://qna.live.com/Search.aspx?tag=windows+7

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by longam

I guess we need some kind of Vista Rules banner...

They have a Q&A site up for your issues, maybe they'll respond or include a fix for them.

http://qna.live.com/Search.aspx?tag=windows+7

Not at all Longam. 7 is what Vista was supposed to be

[Fincuan]

Hmm, strange problems you have there. Haven't seen any of that on my system, and every game I've tried works without hitches. Granted the list isn't very long, but it does include mostly older stuff.

Here's my gaming history so far. I haven't installed DX9 at all, or any else additional stuff. No workarounds used.
IL2 1946: Ok in DirectX-mode. OpenGL doesn't work thanks to Ati. Folder copied straight from XP without installing anything.
Falcon 4 AF: Ok. Installed from CD.
Arma: Ok. Installed from CD.
Silent Hunter 3: Ok. Installed from CD.
Silent Hunter 4: Ok. Folder copied straight from XP without installing anything.

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Did I tell you I like Vista

As far as games, I would guess MS is focusing on the items that most users require. Perhaps gaming is secondary on the list but it is on the list for 7 none-the-less. Just a beta and a good one from what I read about it.

Gaming is pretty good on 7, at least in my case. My games are on secondary drive; I didn't reinstall any of them after moving to 7. Performance is the same or better then XP. For the first time, I've been playing stuff like Crysis and World in Conflict in DX10, works like a charm.

That said, there are lots of people with problems. All seems like a hit or miss afair. Win7 probably stil has a long way to go when it comes to hardware compatibility; getting it to run stable on every possible config.


Btw CaptainHaplo: you can install DX9 in 2 ways; download the entire distro and install from your drive, or run the web-installer which will basically update. Don't know what you tried, but the web installer worked fine for me.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[CaptainHaplo]

I ran the redistributable - didnt update a thing on mine. Weird.

I will look into it - but I fully expect that alot of older stuff is going to be bypassed - no money in supporting it.