what do you dislike?

What are you using that you do like, and why do you hate 7?

8 is significantly better (under the hood) than 7, and 10 is better than both, in most respects.

I could not agree more!

I used XP for years. Windows 7 is better all around with more features, more security and much, much better memory management.

Windows 8.1 is pretty awesome and 10 sounds amazing though I haven't used 10 yet.

What is it you do not like about windows 7?

10 is coming without IE and is free for all 7 and 8 holders, because IE, and 7 and 8 really suck that much.

Most everything one might get in the registry, comes in through IE. And that's regardless of the Win version, up until 10.

I've never run any type of anti-virus, firewall, or any other such crap and have never been infected in any way.Same reason you love 7 and 8, and vB5? BLOAT. Bloat, and not any better or any more secure.

They've finally done away with IE and I say good riddance to that generational piece of crap. Only hoping the replacement isn't nearly as bad for security.

The rendering Engine that powers IE is still there, and hasn't gone anywhere. Its called Trident, and its again, still a underlying powerhouse of Windows. Sorry to burst your bubble.

What bloat is there in 7 or 8? You do realize that major security and performance enhancements are in both 7 and 8, and more are coming in 10, right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_8

If you really knew me I don't think you'd say the things that you're saying. I stand by vB5 as a progression of the vBulletin software. I've always noted that its performance is not where anyone wants it, and I was always a major player in pushing it to be in a better place. I'm sure Paul, Lynne, or Joe will vouch for me on what I did during my time.

I hate to say it, but windows 7 and 8 are less bloated than xp.

If you were infected with a properly written piece of malware you would never know.

This is true. Hackers can do all kinds of nasty tricks and exploits. I've always used comodo and it tells me when a program tries to use the internet, what the program is and the ip address it's headed to.

Also alot of good AV's have trust ratings for files, for unknown files it finds you can tell it if you want it to be allowed or blocked. Comes in very handy.

Heres an example of what I mean by their tricks.. And that below is only a portion of their post on a subforum with over 600 other threads selling similar services.

http://www.refud.me/results/61867db7...68edb72aff.png

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/03/21.png

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/03/1.gif

First shop I took hard drive to told me the hard drive was to damaged to read. So, I took it to the only other place locally to get a second opinion. After checking the HD they told me the same thing. The first shop said there are techs that specialize in hard drive recovery but it would cost a pretty chunk of change. So, I'm writing this off as a lesson learned ... follow my own advice from now on!