Windows 7

SKilmer · **Posted:** Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:10 am

Will Winstep work ok with Windows 7?
Great program, love Winstep.
Thanks...Steve

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

Ok, just tested Winstep Xtreme on the public beta (build 7000) of Windows 7. It works, except for some problems with the systray.

SKilmer · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:11 pm

Will the Nexus part of it work ok with Win7?

kwickone · **Posted:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:00 pm

SKilmer wrote:

Will the Nexus part of it work ok with Win7?

Based on what Jorge said one post up....yes.

krkaem · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:12 pm **Posts:** 2

@ Winstep
Do you intend to implement the superbar feature of Win 7 and IE 8 that
shows thumbs of all tabs ? ( in Vista with IE 8 ).
Up to now only the active tab is thumbnailed!
Or is this only a Win 7 interface ?

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

It will all depend on wether the windows thumbnail API has been extended to support this or not. But, if it does, it will probably be a feature available under Win7 only. Or I might be able to come up with a work around that also works in Vista... we'll see, it's too early to say.

kwickone · **Posted:** Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:55 pm

winstep wrote:

Ok, just tested Winstep Xtreme on the public beta (build 7000) of Windows 7. It works, except for some problems with the systray.

Hey Jorge, I am going to give Windows 7 a run here shortly. Based on what you know and your tests, it the "Problems with the systray" you mentioned similar/same to that of Vista?

Do you think they will be fixed with the Vista systray issues in the next release?

Thanks.

kwickone · **Posted:** Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:23 pm

OK, just saw what you meant by the "systray issues". Not the same issue as vista....I hope you can take a look at that (even thought Windows 7 is just a beta)....I am liking Windows 7 and may keep it for a while as my primary OS.

We shall see....

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

kwickone · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:43 am

winstep wrote:

:D

It is pretty sad...and probably very frustrating...but being a techy geek, I have no choice but to run the latest and greatest...I assume you understand where I am coming from and can help a brotha' out!

kwickone · **Posted:** Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:48 pm

As an update to my Windows 7 experience. I am now just using Workshelf, due to the NextStart systray issues.

I am running the 64-bit version of Win 7 (build 7000). The CPU meter is not working properly. It will show a CPU load of zero at all times. In the top procs list, I see the percentages ok, but most process names (but not all) are blank).

EDIT: I am noticing that a lot more of the icons are showing up as puny...I had mentioned this before in a post before my time on Win7....but it only happened on a couple icons.

Based on these items, I am going to stop using Workshelf as well...unitl I decide to go back to Vista...or until there is a fix on the WinStep side. I understand that I am not using a supported OS, so I certainly do not expect to have a fix any time soon.

Thanks.

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

Thanks for the feedback...

Using the 64 bit version of a Windows version yet to be released isn't helping much, though... :wink:

kwickone · **Posted:** Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:36 pm

FYI, in case anyone is following this topic :roll:

My time with Win 7 was VERY short. I found it too slow (yes, believe it or not). Maybe that was due to the debugging/feedback code MS put in there. And there were several "glitches" with programs that I like to use, including Winstep.

So I am back on W2K8 (which is pretty much same core as Vista, but faster). Winstep works just like on Vista

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 11936

I perfectly understand the need to try the latest and greatest, but deciding to permanently dive into a beta version of an OS (or being the 'early bird') is asking for a lot of trouble and frustration while you wait for Microsoft and third parties to fix any glitches.

You better off like this, trust me.

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