[WIN8] Windows 8 Thread - Page 160

Matt_NZ · 12th August 2012, 4:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Coldplayer

thinking of installing this on my main pc..hows the driver support on this?

Cheers

For the most part, anything that works under Windows 7 will work on Windows 8.

Camm · 12th August 2012, 5:31 PM

Pity slmgr.vbs /rearm doesn't work this time around. That being said though, it doesn't switch off your PC or really annoy you apart from lack of customisation and the watermark. Eh, keys available in 3 days anyway.

andyroo54 · 12th August 2012, 6:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Vladdo

Don't.. you'll be back to win 7 in no time.. install it on a separate partition/disk and go from there..

I couldn't get my amd 7970 vid card & asus xonar d2x sound card to install, so it's effectively useless. Unless you have something very vanilla, the lack of any drivers besides the ones from MS are a bit offputting.. Set it up as a trial and go from there.. Also, you can't customise any of your settings ie, desktop, lock screen etc as windows needs to be activated before that can happen..

Not sure why you had such bad luck.

Everything I've installed it on has worked with no problem.

jastormont · 13th August 2012, 1:01 AM

Ok I am starting to feel Windows 8 might not be that bad. Yes some will hate it (actually quite a lot) but it reminds me of Office 2007 and as W8 has the Key word Metro Office 2007 had the key word Ribbon when it came out.

People have got use to Office 2007/2010 and I believe this will happen with Windows 8.

2 big things that I think will help make Windows 8 great:

New Hardware that is to come out
The cloud

I believe that there is some very good hardware to come out for Windows 8 as MS have been doing a lot of collaboration with hardware partners and some may remember the leaked slides that they had form a meeting with key hardware partners regarding what Apple have done.

TaroT · 13th August 2012, 12:26 PM

just like to pipe in on file extensions
i have them on and any computer i would on have them on

and there is for me a simple reason i do it for people.
office
when it changed to 2007 there was an x added and if you search for .doc in windows 7 it will bring up all the documents including .docx but won't show the extension.
now the icon is a bit different but i found peopel preffered to see the doc/x bit as alot were saving multiple copies in both native and old format.

so in the end it was a bit of a time saver.
plus saying just click on the exe file made more sense when the could see the .exe instead of an icon or image.

so for me i don't see it as a super user type deal at all.

as for windows 8 i,m still grabbign the latest and then i,ll test it.... but so far the focus group is mostly of the ewww i ahte it and where the hell is.... group

a little fiddling i think will fix that.
I also throw other things at them at the same time side by side like ubuntu/linux mint and opensuse all side by side and make them do the same tasks on all machines...it's alot of fun

power · 13th August 2012, 12:27 PM

2 things should die in MS land.

file extensions and the registry.

100% agree with elvis on these points.

Myne_h · 13th August 2012, 2:13 PM

Finally reinstalled 7.

Much nicer.

Partha · 13th August 2012, 8:24 PM

ok any one knows where on earth is the native pr*n player err I mean Windows Media player located in Windows 8 ? Also is there any way you can get the normal start menu in Windows 8 RTM without the use of third party software ?

the scotsman · 13th August 2012, 8:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Partha

ok any one knows where on earth is the native pr*n player err I mean Windows Media player located in Windows 8 ? Also is there any way you can get the normal start menu in Windows 8 RTM ?

Windows media player is there. Just type windows media player in metro.

Unless you downloaded the 'N' edition which doesn't include WMP.

Oh and no, there's no way.

Partha · 13th August 2012, 8:45 PM

Thanks Scotsman for your reply

. And is there any way to permanently disable the start screen shyte , what you call the Metro UI. Of god, it is god awful yuk

.

.Radiant · 13th August 2012, 8:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Partha

ok any one knows where on earth is the native pr*n player err I mean Windows Media player located in Windows 8 ? Also is there any way you can get the normal start menu in Windows 8 RTM without the use of third party software ?

just be careful, it'll run in fullscreened mode like all the other native apps

Partha · 13th August 2012, 8:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .Radiant

just be careful, it'll run in fullscreened mode like all the other native apps

That's fine. Thats why I even have a 30" Dell screen. I like to see BIIIG

Partha · 13th August 2012, 9:14 PM

Hmmm I tried third party software ViStart. It does get the start menu going in Windows 8 TRM, but manages to crash after certain time

. Probably a new version of ViStart that is compatible with the RTM release is needed.

Matt_NZ · 13th August 2012, 9:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Partha

Hmmm I tried third party software ViStart. It does get the start menu going in Windows 8 TRM, but manages to crash after certain time

. Probably a new version of ViStart that is compatible with the RTM release is needed.

Honestly, once you get everything installed that you need and your most common programs pinned to your taskbar you'll find that you rarely see the Start screen as there's no real need to go into it. If you ever do need to go find an App that you'd normally find in the Start menu, use Win Key + Q. If you just want to get to Control Panel and other system tools, just right click in the bottom left of the screen to bring up a shortcut menu with access to all those sorta functions.

digizone · 13th August 2012, 11:17 PM

I just had a HDD failure on my laptop. I've purcahsed a new SSD to replace the failed HDD.

I was about to just throw win7 on it. However I've been bombarded with Windows8 emails from my technet subscription.

is it advisable to install windows8 or windows 8 server ?

I should be able to upgrade to the RTM via technet when it's released.

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13th August 2012, 1:01 AM	#2389
jastormont Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 1,107	Ok I am starting to feel Windows 8 might not be that bad. Yes some will hate it (actually quite a lot) but it reminds me of Office 2007 and as W8 has the Key word Metro Office 2007 had the key word Ribbon when it came out. People have got use to Office 2007/2010 and I believe this will happen with Windows 8. 2 big things that I think will help make Windows 8 great: New Hardware that is to come out The cloud I believe that there is some very good hardware to come out for Windows 8 as MS have been doing a lot of collaboration with hardware partners and some may remember the leaked slides that they had form a meeting with key hardware partners regarding what Apple have done. __________________ Main Rig: i7 2600K O/C 4.4Ghz, 16GB Ram, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3, Corsair 600T Case, Coolmaster H-80 cooler, eVGA 2x GTX570, 3 x Samsung BX2240 21.5", Dell 30" Sony Vaio Club Member #11 Last edited by jastormont; 13th August 2012 at 1:05 AM.

13th August 2012, 12:26 PM	#2390
TaroT Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hazelbrook nsw 2779 Posts: 6,522	just like to pipe in on file extensions i have them on and any computer i would on have them on and there is for me a simple reason i do it for people. office when it changed to 2007 there was an x added and if you search for .doc in windows 7 it will bring up all the documents including .docx but won't show the extension. now the icon is a bit different but i found peopel preffered to see the doc/x bit as alot were saving multiple copies in both native and old format. so in the end it was a bit of a time saver. plus saying just click on the exe file made more sense when the could see the .exe instead of an icon or image. so for me i don't see it as a super user type deal at all. as for windows 8 i,m still grabbign the latest and then i,ll test it.... but so far the focus group is mostly of the ewww i ahte it and where the hell is.... group a little fiddling i think will fix that. I also throw other things at them at the same time side by side like ubuntu/linux mint and opensuse all side by side and make them do the same tasks on all machines...it's alot of fun __________________ AMD 8350FX @4.6 no turbo:corsair H100 cooler: Gigabyte 990FXUD5P: 16 gig GSKILL 2133@2133 9 10 10 27: Gigabyte 7950 3Gb 1050/1300:

13th August 2012, 12:27 PM	#2391
power Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: brisbane Posts: 27,286	2 things should die in MS land. file extensions and the registry. 100% agree with elvis on these points. __________________ this is who we are.

13th August 2012, 2:13 PM	#2392
Myne_h Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,563	Finally reinstalled 7. Much nicer. __________________ Don't cook bacon naked

12th August 2012, 5:31 PM	#2387
Camm Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canberra Posts: 477	Pity slmgr.vbs /rearm doesn't work this time around. That being said though, it doesn't switch off your PC or really annoy you apart from lack of customisation and the watermark. Eh, keys available in 3 days anyway.

13th August 2012, 8:24 PM	#2393
Partha Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 800	ok any one knows where on earth is the native prn player err I mean Windows Media player located in Windows 8 ? Also is there any way you can get the normal start menu in Windows 8 RTM without the use of third party software ? __________________ Asrock x58 Extreme, Core i7 950, 6GB Corsair, 2 x EVGA GTX 670 SC+ 4GB in SLI, Alienware Predator 2.0 case, Enermax Revolution 1250w PSU, Dell U3011 Monitor TWELVE successful trades so far on OCAU. All happy and good ones . Highest Trade of $ 712.69 with CD. Latest trade with Sambo69 Last edited by Partha; 13th August 2012 at 8:27 PM.*

13th August 2012, 8:45 PM	#2395
Partha Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 800	Thanks Scotsman for your reply . And is there any way to permanently disable the start screen shyte , what you call the Metro UI. Of god, it is god awful yuk . __________________ Asrock x58 Extreme, Core i7 950, 6GB Corsair, 2 x EVGA GTX 670 SC+ 4GB in SLI, Alienware Predator 2.0 case, Enermax Revolution 1250w PSU, Dell U3011 Monitor TWELVE successful trades so far on OCAU. All happy and good ones . Highest Trade of $ 712.69 with CD. Latest trade with Sambo69 Last edited by Partha; 13th August 2012 at 8:53 PM.

13th August 2012, 9:14 PM	#2398
Partha Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 800	Hmmm I tried third party software ViStart. It does get the start menu going in Windows 8 TRM, but manages to crash after certain time . Probably a new version of ViStart that is compatible with the RTM release is needed. __________________ Asrock x58 Extreme, Core i7 950, 6GB Corsair, 2 x EVGA GTX 670 SC+ 4GB in SLI, Alienware Predator 2.0 case, Enermax Revolution 1250w PSU, Dell U3011 Monitor TWELVE successful trades so far on OCAU. All happy and good ones . Highest Trade of $ 712.69 with CD. Latest trade with Sambo69

13th August 2012, 11:17 PM	#2400
digizone Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Voyger1 is chasing me Posts: 315	I just had a HDD failure on my laptop. I've purcahsed a new SSD to replace the failed HDD. I was about to just throw win7 on it. However I've been bombarded with Windows8 emails from my technet subscription. is it advisable to install windows8 or windows 8 server ? I should be able to upgrade to the RTM via technet when it's released. Last edited by digizone; 13th August 2012 at 11:48 PM.