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james October 7th, 2009

Here is the quick list of my problems with Windows 7:

1) This is by far my biggest gripe and most persistent problem I have 3 monitors, 2 HP LP2065 (1200 x 1600) monitors tilted vertically with 1 Dell 3007 (2560 x 1600). I power the Dell 3007 with a Quadro FX 580 and the side monitors with a Quadro NVS 285. The same system has 8gb of ram, e8400 processor, intel g1 80gb ssd and gigabyte P35-DS3L motherboard. The new Win 7 system of transparent windows and taskbar selection is brilliant, IF IT WORKED. Instead, roughly twice a day when I am moving too fast or have too much going on, I am treated to my screens blacking out and flashing twice on and off over a 30 second period. Then I get an error message saying “NVIDIA Graphics Driver has stopped working properly.” This slows me down and is a constant annoyance.
2) Network driver problems. When this computer was an XP station, the networking was reliable. Very reliable. With Windows 7, I have to reboot 1-5 times before the networking driver will come up and work properly. I cannot disable my nic at any time either because it will not come back up properly. The hardware is not flaky, the windows driver is and this is an unacceptable problem.
3) Until late September the error “This driver is blocked due to compatibility issues” would appear constantly while using Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.4. An upgrade to 11.0.5 solved the issue however I expect many non-compliant anti-virus programs to cause problems with Windows 7.

My initial impressions of Win7 were good but as I use this computer on a daily basis to evaluate putting Win7 across our network, I can see that it is not yet ready. I am running the newest drivers and have tried various fixes all to no avail. So for my situation and for our company, Windows 7 will have to wait until the reliability is there. Many of our employees have the same monitor configuration I do and this is an immediate show-stopper for corporate installation!

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