Anyone still running Windows 7?

Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about picking up a laptop that comes with Linux pre-installed since those models tend to be a bit easier on the wallet. My plan would be to wipe it and install Windows XP or Windows 7 myself. Is that actually a smart move? Or am I better off just paying the extra premium to get a machine that comes with Windows already set up from the factory?

Andrew Clark33 said:Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about picking up a laptop that comes pre-installed with Linux since they're usually way cheaper. Then I'd just wipe it and throw Windows XP or 7 on there myself. Is that actually a good move, or am I better off just paying the extra cash for one that already has Windows built-in?

man, you can install whatever you want

just put whatever OS fits your vibe

So, I'm running Windows 7, and honestly, it’s driving me absolutely crazy—just totally grating on my nerves. It's that specific sound that plays whenever I, say, open a folder? Not even when I'm making a new one, but just the act of clicking to open an existing folder, or hitting back to go to a previous directory... you know what I mean? It sounds like someone just plucked a single, sharp string on a guitar. Just... *twang*. It's so incredibly irritating. I really wish I could just shut it off entirely. Does anyone happen to know the exact steps to disable that specific sound effect??

Go to Control Panel > Sound and head over to the Sounds tab. Under the Program Events list, find File Explorer and click on start navigation. You'll see the sound associated with that event pop up at the bottom—just swap it out for whatever you like (give it a go by clicking Test). If you don't want any sound at all, just set it to None.

Hey everyone! I know I’ve asked this before and didn't get an answer, but I'm throwing it out there again. How do I set all my icons to be the exact same size across every single folder on Windows 7? On Windows XP, it was super easy—you just picked the view style you liked, went into the tools menu, hit "apply to all," and boom, everything looked uniform. I've been digging through the settings on 7 trying to find that same option, but I'm totally stuck. Help me out!

thanks 🙂

Honestly, nobody’s gonna come save you if you don't step up and help yourself🙂, but I finally figured out my whole folder mess once and for all.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/

A classic Windows shell featuring some desperately needed refinements—like an actual Up button and the ability to disable those annoying breadcrumbs—plus a traditional Start menu if you’re into that sort of thing.

http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker

The taskbar.
It offers a lot of tweaks, but the one I actually care about is preventing all windows from the same application from automatically grouping together every time I open them.

I am honestly fed up with Microsoft.
After nearly a year of sticking with Windows 7, I still find this supposedly "modern" interface absolutely repulsive, despite all its supposedly brilliant features.
It is frankly ridiculous that I have to resort to installing third-party software just to reclaim basic, sensible functions like a simple Up button.☕

@ Matthew Ramos61 - my taskbar isn't grouping windows either, but I think it's an easy fix

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...e-disable.html

I don't really need that Up button anyway. When I'm in a folder and want to head back, I just click the specific folder name in the address bar right next to the Back and Forward buttons. It's way faster to just jump straight to whatever parent directory I want :-)

Andrew Clark33 said:Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about grabbing a laptop that comes pre-installed with Linux since they're usually way cheaper—then I'll just wipe it and install Windows XP or 7 myself. Is that actually a good move, or am I better off just paying the extra cash for a machine that already has Windows on it?

...just forget about that Linux idea...

Andrew Clark33 said:Hey everyone,

Thinking about grabbing a cheap laptop that comes with Linux just to wipe it and install Windows XP or 7 myself. Is that a good move, or should I just pay the extra cash for one that already has Windows on it?

just get the one with Windows 7👍

Henry Morales6 said:Nobody’s going to hit the mark if you don't step up and help yourself.🙂Finally sorted out my folder issue.

Care to share that with the rest of us? 😉

Keith Bennett38 said:@ Matthew Ramos61 - my taskbar doesn't group windows either, but that's an easy fix to implement.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...e-disable.html

As for the "Up" button, I find it entirely redundant. When I'm navigating through directories and need to jump back to a parent folder, I simply click the specific directory name in the address bar. Right next to the Back and Forward buttons, you have the full path displayed, allowing me to return to any preceding level with a single direct click. :-)

I am well aware of all that.
However, my point was more along these lines:


Initially, I felt quite foolish because I couldn't seem to locate even the most basic settings.
Then, I spent hours wading through endless forum complaints, scrolling through threads with over a thousand replies.
Later, I found myself reading Microsoft development blogs where they would describe exactly what is shown in the image above, only to bury the phrase "it will not be available" at the very end of a ten-thousand-word manifesto about how much they care about user experience.
In the early days, I actually felt a sense of regret that I couldn't install Windows XP on my laptop.
Microsoft 🤦

I'm not entirely sure if I'm reading your screenshot right, but I guess I end up with this even without any extra software 🤷

Keith Bennett38 said:I’m not entirely certain I interpreted your screenshot correctly, but this is exactly what I encounter even without any third-party software installed.🤷

You missed the mark here; the core issue is that open windows on the taskbar are arranged based on the order in which they were launched.

For instance, if I launch an Explorer window first, then Opera, and then a second Explorer window,
without an extension, opening that second Explorer window causes it to automatically shove its way into a different position, pushing Opera over to the third slot.
The same thing happens with the third, fourth, or fifth window.

Beyond that, the open windows constantly dance around the taskbar against my will, disrupting the specific application order I've meticulously set up for utility.
My setup usually looks like: music folder + Winamp + documents folder + Word + ...
Instead of the standard Windows 7 layout where it would be: music folder + documents folder + Winamp + Word + ...

Hey everyone, I’ve got a quick question about Windows 7. Honestly, I didn't have the patience to dig through all 200+ pages of this forum to see if someone already asked this lol... anyway, I wanted to know if there's actually a massive difference between the two, and which one would be better if I'm just using my rig for browsing the web and gaming—is it Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate? And more importantly, why? Right now, I'm running Windows 7 Professional with DX11 and everything is running smooth as hell, but I was just wondering if it might be worth upgrading to Ultimate for some extra edge... looking for some real answers here, so if anyone can help me out, please let me know. Thanks!

Michael Mitchell69 said:People just won't... won't... seriously, this is what keeps popping up every time I try to install that version:



P.S.: A system restore isn't gonna do squat, because right after that I went ahead and used Disk Cleanup to wipe out a bunch of junk from my hard drive just to free up some room on my C: drive, managed to claw back about 18GB of space 🙂

hey, if I'm tripping, someone please set me straight, but it says amd64 there so maybe you're running an Intel chip instead... that might be why. if I'm wrong though, feel free to call me out, and sorry if this is already sorted, I just saw the thread and figured I'd throw my two cents in just in case hehe

Adam Morales45 said:So I noticed that Windows 7 just goes ahead and installs all my chipset drivers automatically during the setup process.
Everything looks totally clean in the Device Manager except for the audio driver, but that makes sense since I'm using an external sound card and Windows doesn't have the specific drivers for it.

I was wondering though, do I actually need to go out of my way to install the latest chipset drivers released after the ones Windows 7 provided for my motherboard...

The board is an ASUS P7P55D ddr3

honestly if you've got a dedicated GPU I'd say just grab the official drivers straight from the manufacturer's site because I did that myself and it saved me from all those annoying issues where games wouldn't run right... 🙂

Raymond Stewart87 said:I really need some help here, my laptop keeps restarting itself like clockwork every two hours and it just won't stop... when it goes down I get this BSOD that says "end of nt evaluation period" and I was wondering if there's some little program or something I can just install to fix it without having to wipe everything... I've been googling forever but all I find is stuff telling me to just do a clean install of Windows 7, which is the last thing I want to do. Thanks.

Hey, check your settings, maybe you've got Windows 7 or Windows XP set up where under properties then screen saver there's an option enabled to automatically shut down the PC, so that might be what's causing your headache 😉

Douglas Garcia52 said:just check if you can actually find all the drivers for Windows 7

If you can track down all the drivers, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't just give Windows 7 a shot... 🙂

And look, if things go south, you can always roll back to Windows XP, but honestly, I think Windows 7 should run totally fine on that setup... 👍

Windows 7 should run pretty smoothly with 2GB of RAM😉 and man, I had a seriously crappy processor and everything, but as long as I had decent 2GB of RAM, it worked just fine...