never thought i would go back to Vista

markiejt · 15 Apr 2009 at 17:30

Yes i had to do it....

So many bugs with windows 7 with games... and IE 8. cant believe i feel vista is more stable lol

Katoom · 15 Apr 2009 at 17:47

Win 7 isn't officially out yet, so bugs are expected.

something daft already!! · 15 Apr 2009 at 17:54

The deal breaker for me was the constant BSODs from unplugging my Xbox controller. Thats with all builds it seems. As my boy is often pinching mine when his battery is flat in his wireless ones I have to stay in Vista. Otherwise its not too bad for an early RC.

james.miller · 15 Apr 2009 at 17:56

ive not had one bsod since i installed it build 7000, on either my pc or my laptop. i use a 360 pad on my pc as well

still, its to be expected unfortunately, beta's are far from infallable.

couldnt tell you about IE8, i see no reason to bother with it

Burnsy2023 · 15 Apr 2009 at 20:02

howiepoohs said:
The deal breaker for me was the constant BSODs from unplugging my Xbox controller. Thats with all builds it seems. As my boy is often pinching mine when his battery is flat in his wireless ones I have to stay in Vista. Otherwise its not too bad for an early RC.

I hope you reported the bugs

something daft already!! · 15 Apr 2009 at 20:05

Burnsy2023 said:
I hope you reported the bugs

I did indeed. Also a quick google found many other reports of it too.

millsy888 · 15 Apr 2009 at 20:19

markiejt said:
Yes i had to do it....

So many bugs with windows 7 with games... and IE 8. cant believe i feel vista is more stable lol

It's a beta, meaning it will not be perfect, it will have bugs and not use it as a main OS.

for me Main pc = vista
laptop = win 7

Breach · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:23

^^ Aye this is true

Some will be happy using a beta version.
Others wouldnt touch a MS OS until the first service pack is released.

I'm definetly the latter.

yashiro · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:27

Removing a joypad is capable of crashing the entire system?
That's pretty terrible system design, beta or not.

Burnsy2023 · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:30

yashiro said:
Removing a joypad is capable of crashing the entire system?
That's pretty terrible system design, beta or not.

It shouldn't really as all drivers should be in usermode, but I don't know what the actual cause is so it's hard to see whether your comment is valid or not.

yashiro · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:51

So it's not the operating system at fault here, then?

markiejt · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:56

well on laptop got win 7 installed. but for games just not worth hassell at moment

Burnsy2023 · 15 Apr 2009 at 22:57

yashiro said:
So it's no the operating system at fault here, then?

It most likely is, just it could be a number of other things as well.

bigG · 15 Apr 2009 at 23:15

I've got Win7 7000build 64bit on desktop, playing games and no probs so far

Don't use IE.

On the laptop running Vista 64bit, oh how slow it is compared to Win7 :mad:

Bony Maloney · 15 Apr 2009 at 23:17

Running build 7077 64bit here as my main OS. No problems

eddiemcgarrigle · 15 Apr 2009 at 23:30

I got my first BSOD today, all due to a Kaspersky update. Otherwise, no problems other than very slow start-up in IE8, most likely due to BT hub as there are no x64 drivers.

Vegetarian · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:41

That Kaspersky update almost killed my PC - would not boot up again. only a full system restore before Kaspersky was first installed fixed PC.

Edward01 · 16 Apr 2009 at 00:45

Originally had 7000 build which was great, fast everything worked etc, upgraded to 7068 after hearing good things and it is (for me) a lot slower and buggyer

might go find 7077, anyone had major problems with it?

Rainmaker · 16 Apr 2009 at 02:43

Bony Maloney said:
Running build 7077 64bit here as my main OS. No problems

lukeharvest · 16 Apr 2009 at 02:51

I've had Windows 7 running, not consecutively, for about 5 weeks and funnily enough the only problems I've encountered so far aren't Microsoft related, firstly with Punkbuster, and secondly the rather buggy nVidia BETA drivers which gave me frequent BSODs, other than that I think it's a fabulous OS.