Wednesday, October 15, 2014
WINDOWS - WinXP vs Win7
As I said in my previous post, I was forced to go to Windows 7.
I have found that Microdunce has 'broken' features in Win7:
[Send to]: This is the first broken feature I ran into. In WinXP you can put any shortcut in your [SendTo] folder and it will work when using the Context Menu [Send to] option. NOT in Win7, you cannot use normal shortcuts in your [SendTo] folder.
POINTERS: In WinXP you can set custom pointers sourced from anywhere, any CUR file. In Win7 ALL pointers must be in C:\Windows\Cursors. This means you have to copy cursors/pointers from your other sources to that folder for any Pointer Customization to hold on next boot, ALSO you should save a the DEFAULT cursor theme.
SOUNDS: In Win7 there is no "Start Windows" sound listed. "Exit Windows" is listed. Luckily I found a utility to change the "Start Windows" sound. Now tell me, what is the logic of NOT having "Start Windows" listed?
I consider features 'broken' if any change makes it HARDER to use Windows.
I will add more 'broken features' here as I find them.
I have found that Microdunce has 'broken' features in Win7:
[Send to]: This is the first broken feature I ran into. In WinXP you can put any shortcut in your [SendTo] folder and it will work when using the Context Menu [Send to] option. NOT in Win7, you cannot use normal shortcuts in your [SendTo] folder.
POINTERS: In WinXP you can set custom pointers sourced from anywhere, any CUR file. In Win7 ALL pointers must be in C:\Windows\Cursors. This means you have to copy cursors/pointers from your other sources to that folder for any Pointer Customization to hold on next boot, ALSO you should save a the DEFAULT cursor theme.
SOUNDS: In Win7 there is no "Start Windows" sound listed. "Exit Windows" is listed. Luckily I found a utility to change the "Start Windows" sound. Now tell me, what is the logic of NOT having "Start Windows" listed?
I consider features 'broken' if any change makes it HARDER to use Windows.
I will add more 'broken features' here as I find them.
Labels:
operating system,
win xp,
win7,
windows
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