If Microsoft is still obsessed with getting Windows 7 out this year, they are definitely on track for doing so. So far I’ve been quite impressed with how Windows 7 has been shaping up. I’ve been using two machines as my test rigs:
The first machine is one of the most important machines in my apartment–the media center. While I do some testing of Windows 7 on this machine, it’s main focus is the Media Center application (and it’s ability to play whatever media I throw at it).
The other machine is the MacBook Pro, which is more or less ironic (it’s a circus to get all the correct drivers installed on that thing).
The latest build on both of these machines is 7057 (although I’ll be testing 7068 shortly). While the build work absolutely great, there’s a slight problem when logging in–I’m presented with this annoying notepad window of my desktop.ini file.
Fortunately there’s a quick workaround for that:
- Click Start and type shell:common startup (then press enter)
- When the All Users startup folder window appears, right click on the desktop.ini file and select Properties
- Check the “Hidden” checkbox, and click OK.
Reboot, and you’re set!
Another item I’m looking into is Media Center’s ability to play non-native file types (right now, I’m focusing on matroska files). I’ve done some registry editing so Media Center at least acknowledges that the files exist, but it won’t play them. I’ll be testing this more on build 7068.
~Jaker
