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windows 7 sucks donkeys balls
Windows 7 is growing on me. Doesn't feel good
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Have you tried going to the root of your drive (say c:\), highlighting all the folders, and right click > properties. Then go to the Customize tab, and select "General Items" from the drop down box, also tick the "Also apply this template to all subfolders".
This should generalize the properties displayed when a folder is set to "detailed" view.
They should have stuck with the £50 for a retail copy deal. At that price it seems fair and is still suitable for those of us who constantly swap bits in our machines. It has now gone up to £90 and is supposed to go up to around £120 in the future. OEM copies aren't much use to the average PC modder / gamer / tinkerer as you theoretically need to spend £80 every time you change key components. Mine has needed calls to the freephone number to Activate twice now, once for a mobo change and once for a fresh re-install to an SSD.
Oh and Windows 7 is the best OS around currently IMHO. It is stable, runs well on average hardware, has an excellent UI and has the best compatibility with hardware and applications going. To get anywhere near with Linux takes lots of extra packages and config that I personally would rather do without.
I am not saying Linux doesn't have a place, but anyone who has used both must be able to see that for most users Windows 7 does it better and easier. This is speaking as someone who used to have a mix of an Amahi Linux server, Ubuntu Remix netbook, an XBMC Media Center PC and an XP/Vista dual desktop, I now have a WHS Server and Windows 7 on the portable, Media Center and desktop machines.
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this is in the wrong section, should be in windows section, it looks like a virus infection in the linux section...
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I agree, but then it's still closed source...
That's going a bit far. It's brave to say that any Windows OS is 'more stable' than anything based on the UNIX kernel. It doesn't run nearly as well as Linux on any sort of software, as it's simple more bloated. Linux can still run well on PII machines. Not only is there an almost perfect copy of the Windows 7 interface available for Linux but it's completely subjective. I prefer the functionality of Clearlooks Gnome for the minute, but i like having the option to change whenever i want. Linux actually has support for far more hardware than Windows, it just takes a bit longer to get compatibility for cutting edge stuff. But that said, drivers for the 5670 weren't too far behind the Windows release so it shouldn't matter much to most people. If you're after a 'works out of the box' OS then there's plenty of options, Mint, Ubuntu, Mandriva etc. but there's also options for people who don't - LFS, Slackware, Arch etc. That's what Windows doesn't offer. Choice. The package system is great as it means you don't have to go traipsing round the internet for a piece of questionable freeware when you need something doing.