Warning: to Windows 7 users (1 Viewer)

[Teclis]

If you've installed Windows 7, in particular the 64-bit version be careful when it comes to system restore functions

Windows 7 RC Crashed On Recent Software Install

Apparently a heap of people (myself included) have been having trouble with Windows 7 crashing due to Registry defrags/cleans and then the System restore function not working, meaning without a System image you're pretty much forced into a reinstall.

Just warning.

 

[occer]

Uh-oh.

 

[Teclis]

Just don't run third party Registry Defrags and make a system image disk

 

[mcflystargirl]

I have had 0 Problems with Windows 7

 

[Teclis]

I also until now have had 0 problems...

apparently It's an occurence whenever something changes the registry.

 

[clue444]

Windows 7 is still better than Vista at least.

 

[Teclis]

Windows 7 > XP > Vista

 

[Ryuu-jin-jakka]

Just don't run third party Registry Defrags and make a system image disk

Sorry i don't can't it, can someone explain further :S

 

[SnowFox]

Sorry i don't can't it, can someone explain further :S

Alright, what he is saying is just use the already installed defragging tools so as not to screw your Win7 up, and to back up everything, and by everything literally making a carbon copy of your HDD.

 

[Ryuu-jin-jakka]

How, i thought it was somehow more complex, thew, thx i'm safe

 

[Teclis]

Alright, what he is saying is just use the already installed defragging tools so as not to screw your Win7 up, and to back up everything, and by everything literally making a carbon copy of your HDD.

No not HDD defraggers... they're fine... though why you'd go with anything other than Auslogics I dunno...

It's REGISTRY defrag tools you have to worry about...

 

[SnowFox]

Well if he keeps away from anything like that, he should be fine.

 

[thisnameistaken]

Shit thats a pain

 

[shinji]

why you would use registry defrags at all is beyond my understanding.

 

[SnowFox]

Some programs love fucking with registry files?

 

[Gibbatron]

I have had it crash on startup several times, but always managed to get the system restore working properly.

I always wondered what caused the crash in the first place. Obviously it must be the registry thing.

 

[TERMINATOR-HX]

Problems like this should be expected when using new-but-questionable OSs.

I've stuck with XP for quite a while now, and after hearing stuff like this, I think I'll stick with it for a while yet.

 

[Top Secret]

Problems like this should be expected when using new-but-questionable OSs.

I've stuck with XP for quite a while now, and after hearing stuff like this, I think I'll stick with it for a while yet.

Thing is, not many who haven't had a problem with 7 would post here. In reality, I'm sure the happy to frustrated user ratio would be very high. While I admit Vista was inferior to XP, 7 is not. Indeed, 7 is the new XP.

 

[TERMINATOR-HX]

Thing is, not many who haven't had a problem with 7 would post here. In reality, I'm sure the happy to frustrated user ratio would be very high. While I admit Vista was inferior to XP, 7 is not. Indeed, 7 is the new XP.

If that's the case, then it's about time Microsoft picked up the slack. MS has made its share of OSs in its day, and XP's run as its flagship OS has been rather....extended, compared to earlier ones like 98 and 2000. Time for MS to get back into the flow and step up after their stuff-up with Vista.

 

[Silent_Sniper]

If that's the case, then it's about time Microsoft picked up the slack. MS has made its share of OSs in its day, and XP's run as its flagship OS has been rather....extended, compared to earlier ones like 98 and 2000. Time for MS to get back into the flow and step up after their stuff-up with Vista.

I dont really think they stuffed up with Vista, most people just say its shit therefore giving it a bad name.. Yeah sure its had some errors but so has Windows XP and if i recall XP when first released had huge problems.. Vista has improved alot and most of the bugs are fixed.. Then there is the issue of people saying Vista requires an expensive computer to run it and all that, thats bullshit to a degree.. My uncle had a god dam 1.8 Ghz running Vista with 1Gb of RAM.. If you actually take a close look at Vista you will notice its much the same as XP despite the code not being the same...