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Tooltip for Close/Minimise/Maximise uses XP style
Incredibly, the tooltips for these buttons STILL haven't been updated from the old XP style.
Use the standard tooltip style.
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Low
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Closing laptop should NOT hibernate after shutdown has been ordered
When I physically close my laptop computer, Windows goes into hibernation, which is a good thing since it saves battery power.
However, this also happens if I close the laptop shortly AFTER ordering it to shut down. The shutdown is interrupted (more...)
Once a system shutdown has been ordered, disable the service that puts the system into hibernation when the laptop is being physically closed.
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Make Error Codes Copyable
I Have noticed that when an update fails the error code is not copyable. i want to use Google, not the windows vista forums the link brings you to.
error codes able to be selected and copied
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Low
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[!] Windows hangs for a while when performing disk operations [!]
This is a severe low-level design problem. Applies to all of Windows and most software written for Windows. Vista made some progress with this, but still, it doesn't work as it should.
The problem:
Let's say you have a badly scratched (more...)
Reimplement disk access.
Don't wait for one disk/network operation to complete in order to continue - multitask!
Asynchronous I/O is the answer here.
High
High
Not fixed
Text glow on alt-tab window isn't properly cleared
Sometimes the text glow on the alt-tab window isn't properly cleared when switching between windows. Specifically, switching from a window that has a long title (that doesn't fit in the available space) to a window with a short title results (more...)
Properly clear the text glow.
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Low
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No Undo option in Snipping Tool
You can't undo anything in snipping tool using Ctrl + Z you must use the eraser and that's annoying.
Add option for Undo like any editing program.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Windows Image & Fax Viewer doesn't animate animated gifs
If you double-click a .gif on a folder, it'll open IE, but if you cycle to it using the image viewer, it won't animate.
Animate GIFs? also, make it faster, not like XP which did but at 1/2 of the real speed.
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High
Not fixed
Improve space around clock in icontray when using small icons
In normal mode, the clock shows time and date, hence the space taken by it is governed by the date as it is longer.
If small icons in the taskbar is chosen, only the clock is displayed but the space taken is the same.
This wastes a lot (more...)
Resize the clock placeholder size in order to better accommodate the displayed information.
See mockup for suggestion.
PS: I was a bit aggressive on the new size... but you can get the idea.
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Low
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Missing icons in start menu :(
If you make a shortcut in your desktop and then pin it to the start menu, then delete it, you'll get a missing icon :(. You can also right-click the item and go to its properties and you'll see the icon, but it doesn't update in the start (more...)
Update the icon in the start menu
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keep Menu Selected Item color layout consistency for Windows 7
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to improve Appliaction Menu Selected Item color. (discriminated Appliaction Menu color very difficult, looked vague.)
There is no consistency between the Start Menu and the Appliaction Menu.
To keep Start Menu and Appliaction Menu (more...)
keep Menu Selected Item color layout consistency for Windows 7
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High
Not fixed
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Network and Sharing Center scales badly
Also an issue in Vista: http://www.aerotaskforce.com/view/302
The window basically doesn't scale very well - icons get (more...)
Display scrollbars when resizing past a certain width (rather than trying to squash everything together).
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Low
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Drive letters change
Partition/drive letters change when you do one of the following things:
Example [A]:
1. Plug in your drive -> Windows assigns G:
2. Remove the drive
3. Insert a second drive -> Windows will once again assign G:
4. (more...)
Always reserve the drive letter set up for a device by partition's GUID and remove that reservation only if there are no more drive letters available (eg. all filled up from C: to Z:).
Another solution: Switch to GUID identification (more...)
Medium
High
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Classic looks like crap
Classic mode looks like a sloppy job. Why?:
1. The Start menu does not have borders
2. The find icon in explorer is outdated and squished 1px
3. Calculator's glass buttons turn into regular button with a background which look (more...)
Make it more like classic on vista, which looks better, or even XP's, which was the best.
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Medium
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