Comments on: Windows 7 – Watch Out For HomeGroup, Clean Installs From Upgrade Media and Setup A Network Printer http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/24/windows-7-watch-out-for-homegroup-clean-installs-from-upgrade-media-and-setup-a-network-printer/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ron Schenone http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/24/windows-7-watch-out-for-homegroup-clean-installs-from-upgrade-media-and-setup-a-network-printer/#comment-60936 Ron Schenone Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:02:45 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9669#comment-60936 Hi Marc, I hear you. Got one one W7 box able to use the network wireless print server. The new laptop I got for Jackie won't play at all. I have to use the printer assigned to my Vista box to get it to print. Go figure. I think we are going through the usual Microsoft BS and will have to wait for SP1, or SP2 or SP3 !!!! LOL Another thought. My test box is running Ultimate while the laptop came with Home Premium. Makes one wonder if this is something reminiscence of XP where Pro seemed to work better than Home or Media in some networking situations. Hi Marc,
I hear you. Got one one W7 box able to use the network wireless print server. The new laptop I got for Jackie won’t play at all. I have to use the printer assigned to my Vista box to get it to print. Go figure.

I think we are going through the usual Microsoft BS and will have to wait for SP1, or SP2 or SP3 !!!! LOL

Another thought. My test box is running Ultimate while the laptop came with Home Premium. Makes one wonder if this is something reminiscence of XP where Pro seemed to work better than Home or Media in some networking situations.

]]> By: the oracle http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/10/24/windows-7-watch-out-for-homegroup-clean-installs-from-upgrade-media-and-setup-a-network-printer/#comment-60935 the oracle Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:11:41 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/blade/?p=9669#comment-60935 The more I do, the more little quirks I find with it. I have Windows 7 Enterprise installed on my test machine, and it was so much faster than the RC it was not funny. On the other hand, trying to install the Windows 7 HLP file viewer, KB917607, stalls, and though it doesn't hang the machine, it sits and sits, until I force it closed, which can only be done with a reboot of the machine. I've tried this 3 times with the same results. When a Microsoft update, stated to be for Windows 7, won't install properly, there are some big problems. I like much of it, but things like this, and the lack of a sensible menu system, is really a problem for me. Also, the problem with homegroup, unless they have changed since the RC, is that sometimes it will work with XP, and sometimes not. During the time I had the RC on the test machine, I could sometimes get file transfers, and view files on machines in both directions, but other times it simply would not work, no matter what. Avoiding homegroup removes any problems, but the fact that it works sporadically is disconcerting and annoying. I know many think I'm being anal retentive about this, but I think the lack of a hierarchical menu, and the Library constructs, are a means of excusing sloppy maintenance, and I'm a firm believer that cleanliness (including neatness and order) is next to godliness. The more I do, the more little quirks I find with it. I have Windows 7 Enterprise installed on my test machine, and it was so much faster than the RC it was not funny.

On the other hand, trying to install the Windows 7 HLP file viewer, KB917607, stalls, and though it doesn’t hang the machine, it sits and sits, until I force it closed, which can only be done with a reboot of the machine. I’ve tried this 3 times with the same results.

When a Microsoft update, stated to be for Windows 7, won’t install properly, there are some big problems.

I like much of it, but things like this, and the lack of a sensible menu system, is really a problem for me.

Also, the problem with homegroup, unless they have changed since the RC, is that sometimes it will work with XP, and sometimes not. During the time I had the RC on the test machine, I could sometimes get file transfers, and view files on machines in both directions, but other times it simply would not work, no matter what.

Avoiding homegroup removes any problems, but the fact that it works sporadically is disconcerting and annoying.

I know many think I’m being anal retentive about this, but I think the lack of a hierarchical menu, and the Library constructs, are a means of excusing sloppy maintenance, and I’m a firm believer that cleanliness (including neatness and order) is next to godliness.

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