HP Stream 7 £50 @ Microsoft Store
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CyclopsRock
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IMO it's IE in Metro mode. Desktop IE is, for all intents and purposes, a different browser.
Edit: Nevermind I thought the little button thing was greyed out as nothing happened when I pressed it but the quit option came up when I pressed to the right of it. Thanks Matty.
This is bit of a dumb question but I can't find the answer:
How do you close Hearthstone? I played the first couple of battles but as it was fullscreen there was no X in the corner and I couldn't find an option in to close it. Or is there an option I have to use somewhere to stop it using fullscreen mode?
I had to use Task manager.
This is bit of a dumb question but I can't find the answer:
How do you close Hearthstone? I played the first couple of battles but as it was fullscreen there was no X in the corner and I couldn't find an option in to close it. Or is there an option I have to use somewhere to stop it using fullscreen mode?
I had to use Task manager.
Any full screen app pull down from the top of the screen. Take the window left if you want to put it in the background or straight down if you wanna close it.
lordfuzzybutt
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Received mine today. But why the back cover feels so sloppy? It is like it is completely detached from the body. :/
CyclopsRock
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Well you have to take it off to put the micro SD card in.
lordfuzzybutt
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I know, I mean when closed, it feels loose as if it's been dropped or something.
CyclopsRock
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Aah, I see. I'm not sure - mine was a proper arse ache to get off and back on, and it feels pretty air tight to me. Perhaps there's some pubes stuck in yours somewhere? Maybe the pubes are stuck in mine, making it extra tight? Not sure. But it doesn't feel any worse than, say, my phone.
lordfuzzybutt
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Well if I pushed in the center of the back, I can feel it pressed down by around 1mm and I can see it bend.
Just my fucking luck. I figure I can return it I guess, but for 70 euros not sure I can be arsed to do it.
This?
http://www.lovesummertrue.com/touchmousepointer/en-us/index.html
Is there a way to get audio out of the headphone jack while having the screen turned off? I'd really like to use the desktop version of spotify.
CyclopsRock
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I can't work out how the auto correct works. How can you stop it from choosing one of the options?
Flintty
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My experience with it as a Win 8.1 tablet so far has been great. I certainly wouldn't call it horrible.
It does have the added benefit of being a portable PC though, I'm loving this thing.
If you're using Windows 8 on a tablet and you actually try and use the Metro apps designed for tablets then I really don't see how you can call it horrible. But whatever, Windows 10 will be here soon enough.
The built in app called "Reader" should be just fine. You can highlight and make notes with it.
Actually, it is still not closed then, the app keeps on being in the background and using RAM of your tablet.
If you want to completely close an app, drag down from top to bottom, and hold it in the bottom for 5 seconds. Then the RAM will free up to use for other apps.
That's how I need to do it on my PC, don't know for tablets.
What PC stuff can you do decently on a 7 inch device?
Well you have the official Twitter app. Or the much higher rated, and free despite a price being there, Tweetium. Is there something wrong with them? Anyway yes, the store isn't exactly the greatest, but that wasn't quite my point. I'm just saying that if you actually use the OS as a tablet OS (even if it can be difficult sometimes with a lack of certain apps) then it actually works very well. It's certainly not terrible anyway.
MrGreencastle
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Don't get too attached to it. It's going away in 10
We'll see if Spartan lives up to metro IE... I never thought I'd type that.
Can't say I have that issue. I haven't done much streaming, but I connected a Dualshock 4 via Bluetooth and was able to stream Xenoverse from my PC (also on wireless) with no problems.
wesleyshark
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Been thinking about snagging one of these things. I currently do not have a working laptop, and I'm waiting for the Surface Pro 4 to go all in on a laptop replacement, but I kinda need something in the interim, something I can route to my TV and use a full size keyboard with. Also, I don't want to get a Chromebook. Had one before and it was so slow it couldn't handle basic text editing.
Thoughts? Advice? Samoa girl scout cookies or thin mints?
Thoughts? Advice? Samoa girl scout cookies or thin mints?
aygomyownroad
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It's really good. Origin works but the games in it doesn't. Command and conquer wouldn't open.
Need to find a control pad for it. How do you set up an xbox one controller
Need to find a control pad for it. How do you set up an xbox one controller
It's X86 so you can run it. How well it will run though I don't know.
Install required 2+ Gb of RAM, I removed the restriction and installed it but running it just kills the CPU causing it to freeze.
CyclopsRock
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What do you anticipate changing with Win10? I'm running it on my PC and I love it but I'm not sure how it'll bring any magic for this tablet - am I missing something?
Flintty
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Hopefully for Xbox One. Being able to stream games to it will be really useful to me. I appreciate that this feature is situational though and not useful for everyone.
Mine finally arrived and I'd like to change this too... Same problem though, I can't find anything useful on google.
Also - I did the task planner thing - how can I see if it worked out without letting it run for a day?
It is quite annoying how there's no simple way to change the UA string, although thankfully that's changed in Windows 10. In the meantime the link you were looking for on Google would be this one. But since this is Windows 8.1 with Bing, it doesn't come with certain features like GPEDIT. Which means the only way to change the UA is to mess around in the registry, which is annoying at the best of times, never mind using your fingers on a touch screen. So to help fix that I put together two very simple REG files:
All you need to do is copy and paste the above code into a text editor and save it with whatever name you want, just make sure you put .reg at the end.
But if you don't want to do that then I've got the two files ready to go:
Enable: https://mega.co.nz/#!kR4CiYCB!ybW8m8Y9CBOF2Ydc2xRVQX6vQq-oMziaekk3r4SRQuY
Disable: https://mega.co.nz/#!RUxCiIwb!RFVJgsxvmp7gzNCegJPPqF0KllLpLAgf_mbgJtQSOP0
Just save them where you like and then whenever you want to enter mobile mode just double tap the "enableMobile" file. I've tested it both on my laptop and on my own Stream 7 and it's working fine. If it's not working for you then try clearing any temp files from IE and then try again.
Hope this helps somebody.
- One that enables mobile mode
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent] "Platform"="Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_1 like Mac OS X)" "Version"="AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12B411 Safari/600.1.4" - And one that disables it (if you'll ever want to)
Code:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent] "Platform"=- "Version"=-
All you need to do is copy and paste the above code into a text editor and save it with whatever name you want, just make sure you put .reg at the end.
But if you don't want to do that then I've got the two files ready to go:
Enable: https://mega.co.nz/#!kR4CiYCB!ybW8m8Y9CBOF2Ydc2xRVQX6vQq-oMziaekk3r4SRQuY
Disable: https://mega.co.nz/#!RUxCiIwb!RFVJgsxvmp7gzNCegJPPqF0KllLpLAgf_mbgJtQSOP0
Just save them where you like and then whenever you want to enter mobile mode just double tap the "enableMobile" file. I've tested it both on my laptop and on my own Stream 7 and it's working fine. If it's not working for you then try clearing any temp files from IE and then try again.
Hope this helps somebody.
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You may have to change one line in the file from "Wi-Fi" to "WiFi" (should be the first line if I recall correctly) depending on what it is called on your device. I know I had to.
AMIDuOS
It's by far the best Android solution and worked well when I messed around with it on my Asus T100 with 1 GB RAM. It's a faster machine than the Stream 7, but it's worth a shot. Unfortunately it's not free, but there is a 30-day trial.
No, it's well known to have WiFi issues. One fix to stop the continuous disconnections is to disable Bluetooth, that worked for me. The only problem now is that if you let the tablet go to sleep and then wake it back up, 9/10 times the WiFi will be broken again. Disabling and then enabling the WiFi normally fixes that though. It's a little annoying, but considering I paid so little for it I'm not going to complain too much.
I'd just wait if I were you. Or if you're desperate for a tablet again you could get your £50 back and put it towards a £67.50 Linx 7 tablet. It's the same as the Stream 7 as far as RAM and CPU are concerned.
The problem now is that I was going to buy a BT kb and mouse to use with it, now that plan's scrapped.
Another thing is that I instantly got adware on Google chrome...wtf. I installed Chrome because IE reminded me why I hated IE (keeps asking me every second if I want to go to X site all the time - couldn't find an option to disable it).
Not really sure what you mean since I've never gotten a pop up like that before, it sounds similar to this issue though. Anyway I personally think the full screen "metro" version of IE is the best touch based browser you can use. The scrolling and zooming is much better than Chrome. At least it was last time I tried to use it.
I can't seem to get Metro mode back even after uninstalling Chrome.
I got my Pokémon keyboard synced and it works great since I don't have to buy another keyboard and this one is not puny lol.
Typing from my Stream atm.