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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
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Yes of course, I'm just making it all up. Never mind.
Monumental
Banned
Yeah, I'm literally saying that you're either making up the "sluggish performance" and "battery issues" and "mousepad problems", or they're all in your head.
As for the the rest of your "problems", like I said a 30 second lightweight install of any one of dozens of different little programs would completely remove metro, hotspots, boot to desktop, and bring back the start menu.
https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/download.asp
http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/files/latest/download
And when I say it literally takes 30 seconds, it's not a hyperbolic statement unlike some that you've made about Windows 8.
But hey, at the end of the day if going back to Windows 7 removed all those performance and battery issues that were completely invented by your mind then more power to you.
TheBryanJZX90
Member
My battery life is noticeably better after switching to 8. Also switching input languages between English and Japanese is easier.
A friend of mine is asking all sorts of questions regarding Windows 8 but as I'm not running it, I can't really answer him 
He wants to upgrade to Windows 8, Microsoft has that fancy upgrade site where you can get it at a favourable price after running the "Upgrade assistant". The upgrade version he's buying, is that a full fledged Windows 8 he can install on even clean machines or is that an upgrade only that requires some sort of Windows 7 verification? Never really messed around with upgrades.
He wants to upgrade to Windows 8, Microsoft has that fancy upgrade site where you can get it at a favourable price after running the "Upgrade assistant". The upgrade version he's buying, is that a full fledged Windows 8 he can install on even clean machines or is that an upgrade only that requires some sort of Windows 7 verification? Never really messed around with upgrades.A friend of mine is asking all sorts of questions regarding Windows 8 but as I'm not running it, I can't really answer him
The cheap Windows 8 upgrade offer (which ends in February) upgrades an existing Windows license (XP, Vista, 7) to a Windows 8 license. For a new Windows license he'd have to get the system builder version, which is more expensive. Having upgraded a license it's however possible to do a clean install of Windows 8 (without having to first install the older version).
Okay, so does that turn his Windows 7 Ultimate key into a permanent Windows 8 key or is it purely a verification?
Anton Sugar
Member
What happens, exactly? I haven't had any driver issues thus far.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
I'm just trying out Windows 8 for the first time. I'm trying to install the Oblivion GOTY edition off of a DVD and it won't open the Oblivion Launcher, or the Setup program. I've played with the compatibility settings and that isn't working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd post a screencap, but I don't even know how to do that.
Apps!
Found this useful application, make any file a nice little tile.
Tile A File (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d9e91991-056b-422e-a706-cf6215c31965)
This one is useful for keeping up with your product keys although I don't know how secure it actually is.
ProductKeys (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a2f74159-44f7-4368-aa2b-a852cb0ff737)
And finally audible is back on the marketplace.
Audible - Audiobooks and more (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/4bfe6201-39fa-41b4-ab34-9f4e5a8d489f)
I still haven't found any good pc monitoring stuff, I want a live tile that shows the storage left on my drives and a battery life live tile.
Found this useful application, make any file a nice little tile.
Tile A File (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d9e91991-056b-422e-a706-cf6215c31965)
This one is useful for keeping up with your product keys although I don't know how secure it actually is.
ProductKeys (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a2f74159-44f7-4368-aa2b-a852cb0ff737)
And finally audible is back on the marketplace.
Audible - Audiobooks and more (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/4bfe6201-39fa-41b4-ab34-9f4e5a8d489f)
I still haven't found any good pc monitoring stuff, I want a live tile that shows the storage left on my drives and a battery life live tile.
Steelyuhas
Member
Windows Key + Print ScreenI'm just trying out Windows 8 for the first time. I'm trying to install the Oblivion GOTY edition off of a DVD and it won't open the Oblivion Launcher, or the Setup program. I've played with the compatibility settings and that isn't working. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd post a screencap, but I don't even know how to do that.
The screen will dim for a second and caps will automatically be saved into a screenshots folder in your pictures.
Tile a file is cool, downloaded. I'd downloaded ProductKeys some time ago, but then just decided to keep my product keys in a OneNote notebook as I'd already been doing that.
There is actually no current key involved in the $15 upgrade offer, just fill out the form and it should email you a promo code that you then use in the upgrade assistant to make the purchase of a new license at $15. Then it lets you download a full windows ISO that you can install however you want.
Captain Pants
Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
I don't have the option to switch it into Windows 2000 compatibility or Windows 98SE. Maybe I just need to buy a newer printing of the game, but I'm hoping to find a workaround.
edit: Got it working. I tried everything except for Vista compatibility settings, and that was what got it going.
Maybe it finished indexing...
I'd say you are too I'm afraid.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
"Dekstop"?Yep
I thought it would be best to keep it as an option.
There are still AHCI driver issues with Windows 8 that can cause sluggish problems (long pauses w/ disk access). I have a computer that does this. You can google it if you are so inclined.
I don't see how battery life being worse in 8 than 7 is anything shocking, it is probably driver related.
These sorts of things usually eventually get fixed or get to the point they don't matter (antiquated hardware). It happened with every Windows release, no need calling anyone that disses your favorite OS a liar over issues that are possible.
I don't see how battery life being worse in 8 than 7 is anything shocking, it is probably driver related.
These sorts of things usually eventually get fixed or get to the point they don't matter (antiquated hardware). It happened with every Windows release, no need calling anyone that disses your favorite OS a liar over issues that are possible.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
Yeah I really like it.
Ha, I didn't think anybody would notice. I actually noticed that soon after I posted the screenshot but just couldn't be bothered to fix it and take a new screenshot. Good job I'm not submitting it any time soon.
It did. The problem is once the PC reboots, it rebuilds the index.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Your mistake was underestimating my ability to notice things. Maybe next time you'll estimate me.
;-) <--Winky face
megarockexe
Member
How did you set up? I think my times are much much worse because of some dependency on the hard drive. I think the master boot record. I think it takes me almost a full minute to get to the lock screen with the bios and OS selection screen taking up time. The logo loading part also seems to take a little longer than expected.
ill check this later, thanks
That seems too long, even if you have an HDD. Check the first page of http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=493301 for help with setting up an SSD.
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/...e/2013/01/18/update-on-windows-8-pricing.aspx
Windows 8 upgrade editions will be priced as follows starting in February:
I think these are pretty bad considering current situation around win8...
Windows 8 upgrade editions will be priced as follows starting in February:
- The Windows 8 Pro upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $199.99 MSRP (U.S.).
- The Windows 8 upgrade edition will be available online and at retail for $119.99 MSRP (U.S.).
- The Windows 8 Pro Pack will cost $99.99 MSRP (U.S.).
- The Windows 8 Media Center Pack will cost $9.99 MSRP (U.S.).
I think these are pretty bad considering current situation around win8...
Steelyuhas
Member
A very small portion of consumers upgrade to the new version of Windows by purchasing Windows and upgrading their current machine. People upgrade to the next version of Windows when they purchase a new PC.
That said, I do think those prices are pretty high.
Wow that's steep. Five times the promo price.
What's the system builder price? That's the only one I'm concerned with.
Also, can you upgrade a 32 bit Windows install to 64 bit windows 8?
they must be doing this so people on the fence buy the upgrade now
either that or they've just stopped caring
Good thing that new PC purchases are declining.
I just recently bought a laptop with windows 8. Tried to do that but I do not have access to the Local Group Policy editor since its the vanilla version... might try to see if i can get the cheap upgrade though. The pro version comes with bitlocker and media center, right?
My installed metro applications (tablet):
Nextgen Reader (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/30648d7a-f0b5-4719-8ca9-7ed6ce3b4b9b)
IRC Explorer (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/c210318f-2ec5-4ebf-ac55-87641b4a7733)
Tweetro+ (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/b8945f57-1280-41a1-ab26-a55a7ef95918)
to-dos (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/628923e3-6088-413d-b9dd-5666abd8f352)
Latest Chatty 8 (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ea346c2f-ecf8-429e-ab29-e625164ed7e5)
Netflix (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d8d75bb2-c5cd-44f2-8c26-c1d1ae5b13fa)
Skype (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/5e19cc61-8994-4797-bdc7-c21263f6282b)
Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/64a79953-cf0b-44f9-b5c4-ee5df3a15c63)
Photos (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/80703976-7271-478b-909d-c1805a297206)
Weather (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/421ba874-f903-4965-9b82-d60f3ba3cae0)
SkyDrive (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/2682e314-15ab-4510-bbb3-d33da78a44d9)
Music (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/16db93bf-8748-449a-96ba-e9ed3a5f872d)
Video (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/64b22df1-5a9c-4c88-aa1f-42cefaf8b281)
TuneIn Radio (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a2b86ed9-4db2-4ded-ae34-aa44530370ff)
XBMC Remote + (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/00efbddd-6596-4a31-bfeb-9151f1403f62)
Kindle (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/1d7e4396-0143-4aed-8892-84eb75e799f3)
SlapDash Podcasts (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/0c62e66a-f2e4-4403-af88-3430a821741e)
gMusic (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/939f0859-1413-4a52-9ab6-6e50405c8c2e)
IP Address (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ce78edd3-5d91-4db8-bc10-b1c11fcdfb1d)
Remote Desktop (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/051f560e-5e9b-4dad-8b2e-fa5e0b05a480)
Calculator X8 (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/31f570a2-9ab1-42d0-95be-f02bce4342ae)
PC Remote Windows (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a57fb56f-6fda-44ba-93da-fe88a2513830)
Reader (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/8a4ae377-a4ab-4260-9b80-f9382360e291)
Camera (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/1f9239de-0aab-489b-85f3-379e82e34820)
Bing my lockscreen (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/7e1f890f-8960-43e5-a258-58ba3eeb1163)
Tile A File (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d9e91991-056b-422e-a706-cf6215c31965)
Sports (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d9a4d6fd-a65b-41a6-95ff-270b882ea5f1)
News (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/eaaf2ce3-d5a3-4a59-ae31-276fbc44a7cd)
Finance (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ffc158e5-74d6-4878-8ace-8f0df45083c1)
The ESPN App (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/3c3536bd-f432-468c-a6e4-fa1ecd49e5fc)
Games (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/15a9edda-c1ee-48bc-b670-847c610baf41)
Microsoft Solitaire Collection (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/1a36fd17-5161-4651-ae2d-13384e427ea8)
Wordament (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/9c10bc10-75bf-41e3-a26a-01aba908af85)
Taptiles (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/57cf2121-0bdf-4b35-9ab0-5ad228303b02)
Jetpack Joyride (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/05f4e887-b558-4a95-a74a-4ffe587d2d83)
Pinball FX2 (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/cb9608e7-ac6b-4127-85b7-f81e27c9ebf0)
Microsoft Minesweeper (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/45ac18d7-e742-494f-a1b1-009aa412a179)
Cut The Rope (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/2d85eb97-3ee6-4aff-9618-3f6cdfd68291)
Snes8x (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d0c894c3-67a3-47e0-95df-405fb8eb9e25)
OneNote (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/f022389f-f3a6-417e-ad23-704fbdf57117)
CookBook (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/b295514a-14d2-4534-aa6d-78dd7d8aeb1d)
Allrecipes (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/41465f3f-1ecd-4e43-814d-a77b12ff2fbd)
Amazon (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/80299018-3dee-418d-8466-374fe9463309)
Newegg (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/58866e06-e093-4094-991f-c4daabe69d21)
Trackage (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/82c57571-f57d-4876-baba-c6fc9db2aed7)
Clipboard (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d12111fe-bfa8-4050-96c1-c6571e1f3230)
Nextgen Reader (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/30648d7a-f0b5-4719-8ca9-7ed6ce3b4b9b)
IRC Explorer (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/c210318f-2ec5-4ebf-ac55-87641b4a7733)
Tweetro+ (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/b8945f57-1280-41a1-ab26-a55a7ef95918)
to-dos (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/628923e3-6088-413d-b9dd-5666abd8f352)
Latest Chatty 8 (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ea346c2f-ecf8-429e-ab29-e625164ed7e5)
Netflix (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d8d75bb2-c5cd-44f2-8c26-c1d1ae5b13fa)
Skype (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/5e19cc61-8994-4797-bdc7-c21263f6282b)
Mail, Calendar, People, and Messaging (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/64a79953-cf0b-44f9-b5c4-ee5df3a15c63)
Photos (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/80703976-7271-478b-909d-c1805a297206)
Weather (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/421ba874-f903-4965-9b82-d60f3ba3cae0)
SkyDrive (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/2682e314-15ab-4510-bbb3-d33da78a44d9)
Music (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/16db93bf-8748-449a-96ba-e9ed3a5f872d)
Video (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/64b22df1-5a9c-4c88-aa1f-42cefaf8b281)
TuneIn Radio (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a2b86ed9-4db2-4ded-ae34-aa44530370ff)
XBMC Remote + (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/00efbddd-6596-4a31-bfeb-9151f1403f62)
Kindle (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/1d7e4396-0143-4aed-8892-84eb75e799f3)
SlapDash Podcasts (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/0c62e66a-f2e4-4403-af88-3430a821741e)
gMusic (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/939f0859-1413-4a52-9ab6-6e50405c8c2e)
IP Address (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ce78edd3-5d91-4db8-bc10-b1c11fcdfb1d)
Remote Desktop (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/051f560e-5e9b-4dad-8b2e-fa5e0b05a480)
Calculator X8 (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/31f570a2-9ab1-42d0-95be-f02bce4342ae)
PC Remote Windows (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a57fb56f-6fda-44ba-93da-fe88a2513830)
Reader (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/8a4ae377-a4ab-4260-9b80-f9382360e291)
Camera (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/1f9239de-0aab-489b-85f3-379e82e34820)
Bing my lockscreen (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/7e1f890f-8960-43e5-a258-58ba3eeb1163)
Tile A File (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d9e91991-056b-422e-a706-cf6215c31965)
Sports (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d9a4d6fd-a65b-41a6-95ff-270b882ea5f1)
News (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/eaaf2ce3-d5a3-4a59-ae31-276fbc44a7cd)
Finance (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ffc158e5-74d6-4878-8ace-8f0df45083c1)
The ESPN App (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/3c3536bd-f432-468c-a6e4-fa1ecd49e5fc)
Games (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/15a9edda-c1ee-48bc-b670-847c610baf41)
Microsoft Solitaire Collection (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/1a36fd17-5161-4651-ae2d-13384e427ea8)
Wordament (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/9c10bc10-75bf-41e3-a26a-01aba908af85)
Taptiles (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/57cf2121-0bdf-4b35-9ab0-5ad228303b02)
Jetpack Joyride (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/05f4e887-b558-4a95-a74a-4ffe587d2d83)
Pinball FX2 (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/cb9608e7-ac6b-4127-85b7-f81e27c9ebf0)
Microsoft Minesweeper (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/45ac18d7-e742-494f-a1b1-009aa412a179)
Cut The Rope (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/2d85eb97-3ee6-4aff-9618-3f6cdfd68291)
Snes8x (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d0c894c3-67a3-47e0-95df-405fb8eb9e25)
OneNote (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/f022389f-f3a6-417e-ad23-704fbdf57117)
CookBook (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/b295514a-14d2-4534-aa6d-78dd7d8aeb1d)
Allrecipes (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/41465f3f-1ecd-4e43-814d-a77b12ff2fbd)
Amazon (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/80299018-3dee-418d-8466-374fe9463309)
Newegg (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/58866e06-e093-4094-991f-c4daabe69d21)
Trackage (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/82c57571-f57d-4876-baba-c6fc9db2aed7)
Clipboard (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/d12111fe-bfa8-4050-96c1-c6571e1f3230)
this looks like a useful one as well.
Share Photo to Facebook (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ae3b5341-a854-4d9b-87d0-5fb0cc852694)
Share Photo to Facebook (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/ae3b5341-a854-4d9b-87d0-5fb0cc852694)
Yeah I haven't seen any of those yet.
antiquegamer
Member
That's normal pricing for Windows. I did upgrade my daughter hand me down 4 years old laptop since I have the $15.00 promo code and I was surprise how good Windows 8 run on that old Sony Vaio (it has core 2 duo).
Running Windows 8 on a 5 year old Sony Vaio FZ with a Core 2 duo. I upgraded the RAM and HDD to an SSD. The OS flies on it.
Hopefully the next generation of Atom Processors approach Core 2 Duo performance.