Downloaded the upgrade assistant, it offered me the $40 RTM upgrade and gave the option to retain personal files but not to migrate apps. Looks like I wont have to go through the hassle of downloading a W7 ISO and installing that over the Release Preview (new computer, never put W7 on it).
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GameSave Manager will collect your game saves and archive them for you and even put them back in the right place again on your new install.
Dead Prince
Banned
i installed synaptics but it doesn't even do the regular gestures in the browser. i'll install elantech to see what happens.
EDIT: wait. i never installed. the window closed one me lol.
joeygreco1985
Member
How much is the Media Center addon? I'll need it for sure, I watch a lot of TV on my PC lol
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Well the absolute safest way is to use a disc image back program to clone the whole drive. Something like the one from Acronis but I think there are free programs you can use but they require you to be more tech savvy.
Aside from that I usually just copy important folders.
Games (I have all my games in dedicated folder on my C drive)
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
ProgramData
Users
That should have everything you need to backup. There's a lot of junk you won't need either but you can through and manually delete stuff that doesn't need to be backed up.
When copying you can use something like SyncToy to make sure the copies are mirrors of the original folders.
EDIT: A lot of games don't need to be reinstalled to run, I just run the .exe from the old folder.
I'm rocking a new rig that's only about a month old and I'm also gonna run an in place upgrade. First time I've done that ever I think, but I really can't be arsed re-installing everything all over again for the second time in 2 months.
I figure the machine is still largely cruft free, so I'm hoping it's fairly painless. I'll grab the upgrade tomorrow though - jumping through hoops to grab an OS upgrade seems wrong somehow ; )
I figure the machine is still largely cruft free, so I'm hoping it's fairly painless. I'll grab the upgrade tomorrow though - jumping through hoops to grab an OS upgrade seems wrong somehow ; )
Everdred
Member
If you have Pro it's free until the end of the year.
joeygreco1985
Member
Hell yeah! Grabbing this tonight!
brandonh83
Banned
I'm using the preview, is it worth it to go ahead and make the upgrade to Pro or would I be okay for continuing the preview version for a while? Any big differences between preview and Pro retail?
Iced_Eagle
Member
Preview doesn't get apps for RTM version, and it expires in Jan. You should upgrade to Pro asap.
WascallyWabbit
Member
Dang, so far it seems like gestures on trackpad are hit-or-miss depending on your system.
EDIT: still gonna download tonight, will let people know my experience
EDIT: still gonna download tonight, will let people know my experience
brandonh83
Banned
Cool. Will do.
Nice. I'm at 53% in the install process.
brandonh83
Banned
After the install... yeah going to include an emulator section. Love it.
Dead Prince
Banned
Multitouch doesn't seem to work in the start menu
It does work in apps/desktop though.
i tried the synpatic drivers. no go. will try the elantech ones. i can't find the panel for it.
I think your in the same situation as me. You need the Alps drivers, which there are none yet I think.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
my work is done!
Just in case some people don't know, if you click the little minus sign in the bottom right it'll zoom your Start screen way out. You can launch stuff from that view or if you right-click a group you can name it.
Has anyone received a key from this yet?
Jzero
Member
Has anyone received their Media Center key in their email yet?
Get the one that i mentioned in the OP, others will not work as well.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Not me.
fluffydelusions
Member
Can I create a group of tiles using an app that is not installed in the system? Like eclipse is just an executable I launched in win7. Also where is windows explorer??
Yes, and Windows Explorer it is in the desktop, or you can right click on the low left corner from everywhere
Sexy.
yes you can pin any kind of application to the start screen. And windows explorer has been renamed to file explorer. You can just search for it from the start screen (just type). And it should be pinned the taskbar as well. Also if you just want an all applications list, just right click on the start screen and click in the lower right corner.
But basically, use search. Where is Device Manager? Type device manager on the start screen and filter by settings. How do I change my mouse speed? Type mouse speed on the start screen and filter by settings. Where is notepad? type notepad on the startscreen and hit enter (default search is applications). Want to update your drivers? Type drivers on the startscreen and filter by settings. Looking for a certain file? type it in on the start screen and filter by file. Want to search the music app for a song? type it into the start screen and changet he filter to the music app. Want to search the web? type it into the start screen and filter it using the IE app, the bing app, the google app etc... You get the idea. You don't need to look through menus to find stuff, just search for it. (I have been doing this since vista, i'm amazed more people don't do this). Search has been a very powerful function in windows for awhile, and 8 has improved it a lot. (well some people don't like that apps, settings and files are separated but whatever). The ability to search within these new applications is awesome. very useful.
and since the startscreen can be accessed with the windows key, its the same as vista and 7 when on the desktop. Win Key + Start Typing.
Jzero
Member
If you really want the fiel explorer on the start screen you can pin it there.
smallios74
Member
Not had mine but some have had several its prob just very busy at the mo.
fluffydelusions
Member
OK, now let's say I want to watch a movie (avi format) in metro. How can I do that in the split screen I've seen?
You're talking about this, right?
If so, open the video app, move your mouse at the top of the screen, the cursor changes into a hand, then drag it to either side of the screen. You can resize the amount of space you allot for that one screen.
well first you need to have a 1366x768 or better resolution. If you have that, either grab it from the top and slide it to either side (also, grab an app from the task switcher on the left as well.) Or just go to the task switcher and right click on the app and select snap left or right.
Drag your metro app from upside to the left or the right extremes of the screen
show me your skeleton
Member
my girlfriend and i want to upgrade from 7 to 8, do we have to buy two upgrades or can i buy one, make a dvd/usb & use it to upgrade both our computers?
One license per computer.
fluffydelusions
Member
I have a 1080p screen. But what video app? I have/use vlc in win7. I opened the videos tile in win8 but it brings me to the market.
well I personally still use VLC in 8 but if you want to use the Microsoft built in video application with your own videos then you move to the left when you are at the video start page (or right click). there is a option to browse your file system (or just go to file explorer on the desktop and find what you want, the default application for videos is that app.) (or search for the video and filter by file).
Scroll to the left, you'll see "My Videos".
Go to "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application", right click on "chrome.exe" and click "Pin to Start." I did find an issue where it vanishes, so it's not exactly permanent.
Jzero
Member
If you are on Chrome Beta (if you're not you should switch) just click " Relaunch Chrome on the desktop" in the settings and it shouldn't go in metro mode anymore.
Search the .exe in the file explorer and pin that instead of the one that pins itself to the start screen
fluffydelusions
Member
OK, I see where I can drag to the left and such but when I do it seems I can only drag the video within the app itself? Like I want to go back to and open other stuff but it won't let me?
Jzero's method is best. I just installed the Chrome beta, works like a charm.
You drag the app itself. Move your mouse to the top of the screen, and it'll change to a hand cursor. Click and drag to either the left or right side of the screen.