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Windows 7 fucking sucks!! I just got a brand new laptop with Windows 7 64 bit. In the last 5 years with my dell latitude and xp I had maybe 5-7 blue screens. I've had 4 bsod's in my 1st 2 days with this new dell. Microsoft is a fucking fraud, but I'm too much of a dumbass to learn how to use an alternative os and too much of a cheapskate to buy a mac. I'm gonna go fuck myself now. Thanks for listening.

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He never said it would be worth it; He only said it would be easy.

So, you gonna buy Windows 8?

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"Now I troll back to my little cave where we no talk about things we no understand..." Malfalda

"Ummmm. Roadkill."

Dude, there's something wrong with your new computer. I've had Windows 7 since it came out (upgraded from a Vista machine), and it has been incredibly stable for me.

Get an exchange or a refund, I say.

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Nèg fè, nèg defè. -- Haitian proverb

+1 to what Deckard said. When we started getting new work computers with Windows 7, the computers that looked like they were having issues with the operating system seemed to be ones that were actually having hardware issues.

How do I check if it's a hardware problem?

I may be ok now. I restored to before I dl'ed and installed dropbox. Then I updated some drivers, did all the windows updates and it's ok for the time being. '

And yea, I'll probably get 8 since it's only 15 bucks or something like that.

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He never said it would be worth it; He only said it would be easy.

Do you use firefox? If so, do you have any problems with it? Before I restored, I had firefox but it kept freezing. Now that it's running ok, i'm unsure of whether to dl it again. I had read some were having problems with firefox on 7-64-bit.

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He never said it would be worth it; He only said it would be easy.

Windows 7 has been, across the board, the most stable OS Microsoft has released since Windows 2000. Out of the box there were fewer issues than Windows XP.

How old is the computer that you are having issues with and what brand is it. The most common issue with the OS is that the manufacturer installs a bunch of "bloatware" on the computer. I have found that often times, these other software packages are what causes a lot of the conflicts that can result in a BSOD.

My recommendation is always to immediately format the computer and reinstall the OS and drivers where possible, omitting all of the other software packages off the computer except for what you personally know you're going to need.

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"To those seaching for truth - not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope." - Thomas Edison

I use Firefox on my Windows 7 and it works fine. I like JB's advice, btw, even if I don't understand it all, since that was what was done for me when I bought my pc.

I just bought it saturday, it is a dell inspiron. It is much better after I restored, did windows update and updated the dell drivers. Ive read about the bloatware. I thought I could just uninstall all that stuff. I dont even know how to reinstall the OS and drivers, for some reason it didnt even come with any disks. I suppose I can go back to best buy and ask.

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He never said it would be worth it; He only said it would be easy.

You can also call Dell and they should send you the installation media. They may charge a nominal fee for shipping/handling. I wouldn't use the recovery partition as that puts the same bloatware right back onto the machine.

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"To those seaching for truth - not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope." - Thomas Edison

If you do re-install the OS, the first thing you do is go download PC DeCrapifier and run it. It will delete most of the bloatware and you can start with a decently running machine.

Remove all traces of any paid anti-virus program. Especially Norton. Then download Microsoft Security Essentials. Free.

Install MalwareBytes. You may not need it on a new machine, but if something happens, it's already on your computer and you don't have to jump through hoops to download it.

Revo Uninstaller is a great uninstall program. Removed programs about as completely as anything I've ever seen.

And don't forget CCleaner. Invaluable tool for keeping your computer clean and running fast.

Oh hell, just go to Ninite and let it install the programs you want and need. Fast. Efficient. Nothing gets installed that you don't want. It automagically clicks "NO" when an installer asks if you want to install a toolbar or something. All the above programs are available there except PC Decrapifier.

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People Who Don't Want Their Beliefs Laughed At Shouldn't Have Such Funny Beliefs.

thanks for the tip ... Ninite kicks ass

i tried windows 8 ... hate it!!!

I removed mcafee, which came installed on it (trialware I think). But I installed norton security suite because it's free for comcast (xfinity) customers. Is Norton really that bad??

I find it odd that Microsoft has this security essentials program, even if it's free, why don't they integrate it into windows? I did read a lot of good reviews on it though. I guess I just use norton because i feel like I'm getting something free that others pay for so it must be good. It also got pretty good reviews.

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He never said it would be worth it; He only said it would be easy.

Norton sucks. You have no idea. It used to be the gold standard of anti-virus. Then Peter Norton sold it and it became bloatware and basically takes over a computer. I prefer a lightweight program that takes very few system resources and I don't have to pay for every year.

Security Suite is the worst. If you let it expire it will lock up your computer's internet access until you pay for it again. I have been called to more than one household who claimed their internet access was down when it actually was that they let Security Suite lapse.

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People Who Don't Want Their Beliefs Laughed At Shouldn't Have Such Funny Beliefs.

I would also suggest you try running either the original or the XFCE version of Ubuntu via USB stick.

I have a "decent" computer running Win 7 Pro and although I wouldn't say my performance is sluggish, it's incredibly faster when I'm using XFCE or another light version of Linux. Linux is the jesus OS because sometimes, especially in its lighter format, it has been used to bring back to life many computers that were otherwise unusable. A year ago I found a 1996 Dell laptop that I put XFCE on - it had no OS, not even DOS and only had 1/2 GB of RAM but with Linux on it, the machine came back to life as a great machine for web browsing, notes, email, blah, blah, blah.

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