Windows 7 complaints, beefs and grievances

Windows has always, as a rule, sucked. It is often riddled with bugs and software glitches that can sometimes make you rip out your hair in frustration. While Windows 7 has fixed many of those problems like easier access to recent and important files with jump lists, better support for DVD's, namely the ability to play them, awesome support for drivers, etc., it still has it's irritating issues.

I'm happy with the things that it does have, so I try not to let the little things get to me too much. However, it's good for the soul if one can let out the minor complaints once in awhile. So to get to the point, here's what I'm a little frustrated about with Windows 7:

I've been using Ultimate for months now. Only at the time that I installed it have I been able to do a normal restart. These days the only way I can restart it is to power it completely down and then back on. When I press the restart button or let it restart after making changes, all I get is a dark screen with a cursor. Hopefully that will get worked out some day but for now the poor restart button is taking a vacation.

Another issue I seem to have is the Music link in Libraries. It doesn't work. Not at all. If I double click on it it doesn't do anything. Very odd indeed. Now when I click on the drop down list in the left panel it'll show me everything that's there, so it works that way, but.... It still gets on my nerves if you know what I mean.

Finally, the last major thing I can think of, is the search feature. It doesn't work at all. When I enter text to search and hit enter, absolutely nothing happens!
WTF!? Guess that's Windows for you.

Well that's it for now. I'm sure I'll update this post as time goes by and Win 7 shows its true "potential".

Opera 10.10 Browser

If you're looking for a browser that can give you speed, reliability, great features and is well secure, then it's time you checked out the Opera browser.

I've been using it for several months now and ever since I downloaded it I've been hooked. Right now the stable version is 10.10, but an alpha version has also been released that when I tried it, it was so fast it was unbelievable.

Opera has an incredible assortment of skins to choose from, the ability to make your bookmarks portable so you have the same ones on your computer at work as you do at home, Opera's own Unite program that allows file sharing of your music and pictures to anyone you want via the browser, and if you're like me and you download a lot of torrents, it has a built in torrent downloader... no more having to use another resource intensive program to get them from the web.

Of course it's free, so go to Opera's website and download it now. Use it as your primary, secondary or whatever you wish. I'm sure that after a few times you'll definitely want to make it your browser of choice.

I use in on my usb drive, my home computer, and my phone, it's just that awesome.

Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

Every user needs some new tips and tricks to help him- or herself be more in control of getting the job done. Windows 7 makes it that much easier to do just that. Power users behold! Check out this Youtube videofor a quick demonstration of its new features. For a more in-depth account of the features Windows 7 has but Vista doesn't, then click on 67 Windows tips and tricks. And remember, the more you understand the basic functions and how to get around in the new OS, the happier and more productive you're gonna be.