Garbage. Incompatible with Windows 7
344164
Garbage.  Incompatible with Windows 7.  Could not find my JBL headphones.
1400887
Windows 8 is horribly frustrating, it's useless. I thought it might be horrible after reading the reviews but I went ahead and bought this laptop expecting that if I didn't like w8 I could do a clean install of w7. Unfortunately you cannot with the hybrid drive, and I will never buy another HP product. The error message you will receive is "windows setup could not be configured to run on this computer's hardware".

The w7 install disk doesn't know how to install on the the 750GB 5400RPM hybrid drive. That wouldn't be a problem if HP had created a w7 driver for the 750GB 5400RPM Hybrid Hard Drive. Had HP created the w7 driver one would be able to download the driver on to a USB thumb drive, boot off of the w7 install disk, select clean install, then select "load disk driver" from advanced disk options when it asks you where you want to install it. The lack of a w7 disk driver is absolutely horrible customer support on the part of HP.

Microsoft gets a pass on this compatibility issue because the w7 install disk can't be made with drivers  for every piece of hardware that doesn't exist yet. In fact, that's what Microsoft updates are for once the OS is installed. But if w7 cannot even be initially installed on to the disk drive then you can never get to windows updates. The onus was on HP to create a w7 driver for the hybrid hard drive before selling the laptop. You can't even turn of the mSSD acceleration in BIOS and just use it as a standard hard drive. It's just an expensive brick unless you're willing to purchase a standard hard drive and install w7 on that. If you do decide to add a standard hard drive, be aware that getting to the hard drives on this laptop is quite tricky. Accessing the hard drive slots entails several hours of gentle meticulous work with tiny screwdrivers, removing quite a bit of other hardware, delicate internal cables, the keyboard, etc... that block your access.

I also tried to install XP out of desperation but that didn't work either. I didn't think it would but it was worth a shot. Now I am currently trying to install ubuntu linux, not my OS of choice but perhaps the only OS that I can get to work. Otherwise this thing is an expensive brick unless or until HP gets their stuff together and releases a w7 driver for the hybrid drive. The good news is that if I can get my family happy using ubuntu I will never have to buy another Microsoft OS again, they lost me forever with their unusable w8. Yes I tried to install beta Windows 8.1 but that doesn't work on the HP ENVY dv7t-7300 Quad Edition Notebook PC with 750GB 5400RPM hybrid drive either. It's a brick, a kilobuck brick.
1043569
I bought this monitor last week.  Returning it today.  I bought it to use as a 3rd monitor with my Windows 7 machine.  I have been on the phone with Asus customer service 3 times this week.  When the computer boots up, I receive an error message stating that the software for the monitor is incompatible with my USB 3.0 drivers.  The monitor works intermittently and flashes on and off.  I uninstalled the monitor software and USB 3 drivers, reinstalled all, did everything that customer service told me to do plus all suggestions that I got off the internet.  No luck.  Customer service didn't have any more suggestions for me so it's going back and I'll look for another brand.  Bah!
2144414
Game sounds like fun. I wouldn't know. I've tried installing and uninstalling, downloading etc. No results, just a day wasted that I will never get back. Amazon should have a warning that this doesn't work with Windows 7. At the very least they should alert customers to the difficulties of downloading this title. If I had known what a hassle this was I would not have bought it.
632148
This game is fickle and does not work in W7 no matter what compatability mode it is in. Unless you have extremely good luck or a slower pc, don't even think about this one...
3396712
Complete piece of junk that is incompatible with even the most up to date Dell's.  The drivers for this thing are very bad and Invidia refuses to fix or even acknowledge the issue.
422120
absolute garbage. Microsoft should actually go out of business after this cheese dream. "Cortana" is a non-removable, and completely useless memory hog, nothing, and I mean NOTHING works the way windows 7 or xp does, many programs that are older are incompatible with this pathetic excuse for an operating system, "support" is laughable. the windows drive 360 seems to work arbitrarily,

Truly, Microjunk's corporate greed knows no boundaries. Do yourself a favor...find a copy of windows 7, and install that. this tripe that was foisted onto most of the pc owning public is why we are going mac.
303184
I installed W8 64 bit because I wanted full disk encryption and my wife wants windows.
Bit Locker comes with W8 PRO, with 7 needs Ultimate.

This has been trouble from the very beginning.

It would not install from my DVD drive.  Windows 7 installed fine on the same PC.
I had to install from a USB DVD unit , after wasting hours trying to make it work.

This PC did not have any network issues with W7.  The NIC (Integrated on an Intel MoBo) will fail to work at 1G speed with my switch. Only 100Mb works fine.  I don't know who's at fault, Intel or MS, but it worked flawlessly with W7.

Then you have the settings and menus.  Everything is scattered all over the place.  Stuff is hidden, duplicate, in counter intuitive places. Some stuff on admin tools on Metro, some stuff on traditional Control Panel.

The Metro thing is plain useless on a desktop.  I feel like emulating one OS on top of another for no reason.  However, MS forces it.

Very disappointing overall.

Then, as if this is not enough, I could not install on my second PC because there just aren't drivers for Cedar Trail Atom n2800 integrated graphics (this is for an always On energy saving PC that also works fine with W7, it's less than a year old).  Again, maybe MS, maybe Intel's fault, but frustrating.

Stay away from this if you can.  I will try hard to avoid Windows in the future.
242924
No curser! Downloaded ok, but worthless without a curser. Is this some sick joke of a rip-off? Not compatable with windows 7.
2799533
Attempted to get this reader working under Windows 7, but could never get the drivers set up. Downloaded the firmware provided via the vendor's website, but after installation I still got 6 unrecognized devices showing up in Device Manager. Contacted support as several other purchasers mentioned support was able to fix the problem. Support was no help at all. They told me to download the firmware and gave me a bad link after I explicitly explained in my initial email I had already done so to no good result. I responded, waited 5 days for a reply, then shot them off a reminder. They told me they only sent the adapter I've read about in a few Amazon reviews to customers who couldn't run the firmware update. Apparently because the software ran without installing properly, I didn't qualify. They said to check the pins and if none were bent, the item was defective.

So defective it is. Returned this piece of garbage and picked up the cheaper Rosewill instead. What a huge waste of my time. I'd mark Silverstone Tek down as a brand to avoid if I were you.
1117976
I have Windows 7, this item does not work....nor does my Windows 7 computer pick it up. New motherboard I got and everything else I attached was picked up easily with my new Gigabyte motherboard...except for this useless crap from Star Tech/USB 2.0 card for the desktop. I even loaded the dinky CD that came with it for driver upload and that also did not make any difference on my desktop. I'd return it, but it's more expensive to return it then to keep it. What a waste. This item is suppose to work up to a Windows 7 computer. I suspect it is geared for much older computer systems using Windows XP or earlier. I gave it 1 star.
4233605
Not compatible with Windows 7
Not plug-in-play
No drivers available to make it work.
Waste of my money.

Edit:  company thought it was a low power USB issue.  Sent me a power adapter.  I appreciate that response.
However, still does not get detected by Winddows 7 even with an independent power source.
613894
Very disappointed.
Item freezes frequently is difficult to manage. I wish I could convert to Windows7.
I want to return it.
3326522
Says it works on windows 7. It should have explained that it only works on 32bit windows 7. People have said "don't worry about that, it works no matter what. just follow this link or that link" I have followed every thread i could find, spammed F8, disabled, followed everything to a T but no luck. I wasted my money and 7 hours of my time trying to install incompatible software.
2505684
I am unhappy that this product is unusable on my computer because it is incompatible for a 64 bit computer.
2007476
I bought recently this progream after I bought a new PC with Win 7 . I had all other PaperPort 9,10,11 which worked great with Win XP, but did not work wsith Windows 7.
After installing the PaperPort 12 I realised that it is a piece of garbage. It does not work, freezes my computer and does not scan at all. DO NOT BUY this program you'll regert and waste your money.
It is the worse program I ever bougt.
54273
It's not compatible with windows 7. it should have stated that before I bought it. To bad I can't return it.