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I've had Windows 7 installed for about 3 days now. The problems I've seen so far:
*Browser freezes several times a day. Haven't found a pattern yet (i.e. it's not Flash or Java or anything like that freezing it). I have to end task IE and have it relaunch.
*Another browser annoyance - animated menus don't work properly. Try going to dealextreme or other sites that use the animated menus. They don't format properly and run into each other.
*Slightly confusing toolbar. When using MSN Messenger, it doesn't seperate out the chats so I have to click on the MSN icon on the toolbar and then select the window I want to bring up. Probably can be changed to the classic mode but haven't looked up how to do it. It now also flashes a "gold" color instead of a very contrasting color. With a yellow or green background, it's somewhat hard to see.
*UAC still exists. Annoying when you're trying to install apps or fix OS issues (like installing missing DLL's and registering them)
*I'm also getting some wierd static when playing back audio (haven't troubleshot it so I don't know if it's a sound card problem, WMP problem or speakers going bad) but I thought I'd throw it in to see if others had the same thing. I'm just using the base Windows 7 drivers for everything as I highly doubt any of the manufacturers will have Windows 7 drivers available at this time)
As for installation, I did mine as a fresh installation. Had a spare drive lying around so I installed it on that. Installation was pretty fast (about on par with XP install) and seems to be running decently on my somewhat dated hardware.
My current hardware is:
Opteron 170
2GB DDR RAM
GeForce 6800GT
Abit AV8 motherboard
SB Audigy sound card
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