Windows 7.
More particularly the fact that they made everything so fucking difficult to find. For example, if I wanted to find my security centre to turn things off or on (not just the firewall for which there is a link in the control panel) - with XP I just used to have to open Control Panel, and there it was! I had to open the Help Centre, type in Security Centre and click on the link (EDIT: and when I did click on the link I find its changed its name to Action Centre and thats all changed too... gone are the days when I could just click on something to turn it off or on, now I have to do other shit first. And Action Centre? Security Centre said what it was... a centre for your security settings... wtf is Action Centre.) Yes, I know there's probably easier ways to find it, but whats wrong with having it in Control Panel with the proper name, where it should be! Or at least if it is in Control Panel then leave the bloody name of it alone.

Talking of name changes where's Add/Remove Programs gone? Oh, there it is in "Programs and Features", why change the name? Its more or less exactly the same as it was, just with a different name. Add/Remove Programs did exactly what it said.. added or removed programs. Programs and Features doesnt take up any less space on your screen! Why??

And while I'm at it "All Programs" - If I want to look at them I'll click on it, why does it presume because my mouse is hovering there that I want to see them... I didn't click, dont fucking show me unless I TELL you I want to see them!

I just hate the way it makes assumptions and decisions for me, probably because it knows I wont be able to find anything because of all their fucking name changes and moving shit about.

Yeah, there's probably ways to turn all this crap off or make it more me-friendly, but to be honest I can't be arsed messing around with the godawful piece of shit.

And as an extra irritation, what about that annoying "windows is searching for a solution" crap.. IE goes tits up and that comes up, you have to wait for fucking ages for it to go, only for it to then re-open the same page, telling you smugly that it reopened it. With XP if IE crashed, I'd close it myself without all that annoying delay while "windows is searching for a solution". And what does it do with that solution? It fucking hides it! I came across some page the other day which had a list of all the solutions it had found and as I recall asking if I wanted to apply them or something. I havent been able to find that page since then.

XP was so much easier and more logical to use (I never had Vista). I hate Windows 7 with every fibre of my being.

The only way they could make it worse is to colour it orange.
(Freakmandu, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 3:20, 21 replies)

Actually

Windows 7 is a VAST improvement on Vista. Vast I tell you. I feel your pain. Moving from XP to Windows 7 is a bit of a system shock but you'll get used to it eventually.

For people like me who have to use every flavour of operating systems in common use, Windows 7 is actually OK. But only when compared to the abortion that is Vista.

Still much prefer XP for my main work machine though.

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 7:46, closed)

I've never felt anything lacking at all with XP.
Sure, mine's a reinstall as my first was borked. But, my laptop is 5 years old (!) and working perfectly, no doubt due to XP's small running memory needs (don't know the correct name for that...)
(Turn that bloody gramaphone down has incorrect spelling in her username *WINS*, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 7:50, closed)

XP was good enough that MS had to go out of their way to kill it, which they have now successfully done by not releasing DX, IE, etc for XP, and ending LTS in 2014, at which point you'd be a fool to use it online. Pity, really.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 9:55, closed)

Complete agreement
Administrating Vista in a workplace environment is like trying to knit chainmail with jam covered otters.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 11:05, closed)

Can't tell you how much I love this simile
'..trying to knit chain mail with jam covered otters'
I really have to shoehorn this into ny next personal appraisal - thanks for the most surreal vision I've had for ages!
I salute you.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 11:16, closed)

I thank you :)
True though.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 12:55, closed)

Use Godmode if you don't like the control panel layout - virtually every tweakable setting in one handy place. This chap has instructions, and even a helpful .reg file so you don't have to much about with the registry yourself.

I like XP, and run both that and 7 regularly. Still, you can't freeze the UI at the moment you learned to use a computer - changes and advancements happen. If they didn't, you'd be trying to access b3ta using a counting stick. Can't fight progress...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 9:53, closed)

Add/ Remove Programs
I'm glad they changed the name of that one. From a usability point of view, what a new user will be looking for is the word 'Programs'. With a long file name like that, it's highely likely that will be the word that's hidden. The new name makes it blatantly obvious what function the link will perform - and that is good UX practice.

Just because it's been the old way for ages, doesn't make it right. There's many more people who will eventually use the new method than there are people who remember the old one.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 10:00, closed)

Oh yes, I know things can't stay the same forever - and I felt the same about all the others when they first came out. I didnt really like the tellytubby feel of XP when I first got it either. The difference is that it took me a few hours of fiddling about with XP and I understood it, and could find stuff... with Windows 7 Ive been pissing about with it for weeks and still don't have a clue whats going on with it. Seems ease of use isn't trendy any more.
(Freakmandu, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 12:53, closed)

No
It's because you're old now and don't understand technology.

The next step is putting bacon in the SD-Card slot.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 14:35, closed)

I gave you a perfectly polite and reasonable response, you come back with inanity. I'm impressed.
(Freakmandu, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 20:19, closed)

It's good you're understanding how this works. The majority of my responses should be less surprising.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 22:43, closed)

I wasn't surprised. This is the internet after all.
(Freakmandu, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 22:46, closed)

It's what? Damn!

I retract my previous statement and respectfully request that I be allowed to replace it with a reasoned and sensible reply.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 9:58, closed)

Please, go ahead.
(Freakmandu, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 19:25, closed)

Erhem...
I had the same problem when I switched from XP to Vista. Luckily I pissed around with the betas for a while for both Vista and 7, so it was more of a gradual lead in.

It's part of the reason I avoid buying a Mac, I don't fancy learning a new OS all over again.
(chuckle_h0und You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 9:42, closed)

You
still use IE? I pity you...
(Sir Itchalot has a very self-referential signature, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 11:18, closed)

Well, to be honest windows 7 is already so bloated and taking up vast amounts of space, I didnt want to add anything else to replace IE. However, in view of all the annoyances, I think it may be worth trying something different. Whats a good one to use?
(Freakmandu, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 12:51, closed)

Try
Firefox or Opera. There are many others but it's a good start.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 12:55, closed)

Definitely recommend Firefox 4
but there are so many out there, that it's a question of trying each on and seeing which one you like, really.
(Sir Itchalot has a very self-referential signature, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:37, closed)

Also:
The ribbon interface.
Fonts that look fucked if you turn antialiasing off.
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Mon 4 Apr 2011, 20:04, closed)