joeygreco1985
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What the fuck? He's aged but doesn't look like hes dying :/
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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
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What the fuck? He's aged but doesn't look like hes dying :/
I'm down for that.
WascallyWabbit
Member
anyone try restoring a backup from Win7 to Win8 yet?
joeygreco1985
Member
Same here, just popped up in my mailbox. Signed up for it yesterday. They must be sending them out in waves.
chickdigger802
Banned
don't see any on their site.
Can't find any on Asus site either for my laptop.
If my less than 1 year old ultrabook isn't supported by win8 trackpad magicery... I'd be one angry entitled guy.
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Deleted member 17706
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Quoting for new page.
Is it possible to do a fresh install with the Windows 8 Pro upgrade disc (as can be ordered from Newegg, Amazon, etc.)?
If so, how does it work? Do I just input my Windows 7 key?
Barkley's Justice
Member
I made the mistake of copying over data from my Win7 install when upgrading to 8. Now I have a 21gig Win8 install.
Trying to find a way to trim the fat, but Google is slim pickings atm.
edit: This worked for me:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder
Trying to find a way to trim the fat, but Google is slim pickings atm.
edit: This worked for me:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder
derExperte
Member
Not here.
Also why can I just start typing and it starts to search in the app-store while in the video-app I have to first click on the search charm? I like W8 but there are a lot of inconsistencies even in MS' apps.
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
I'm a mac head but MS has done a great thing with W8. Nice work guys.
I downloaded the upgrade through the upgrade assistant. If you install from media it should give you the option (under Custom) to select the disk/partition, format, etc during the install. It didn't work for me, but I'm pretty sure that was the fault of my USB drive
WascallyWabbit
Member
I installed the latest Elantech and Synaptics drivers from the Acer support site, the trackpad stuff started working immediately (swipe from right for charm bar for example)
Iced_Eagle
Member
First, check to see if you have C:\Windows.old (this is a backup copy of Win7 in case things went wrong). To save space, run disk cleanup (just search for it in settings, keyboard shortcut is Win+W). That will delete a lot of temporary folders, and you can tell it to delete windows.old as well.
Hope that helps!
hmm yeah doesn't look they are on the site yet. this person on reddit says they are out today though. http://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/124w2g/the_synaptics_touchpad_windows_8_gesture_drivers/
Xbox is their Trojan horse.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I just bought this.
Just adding another case of purchasing the upgrade from RP.
I do miss Aero, desktop isn't as ugly as RP, but it is very plain and not in a good way.
Apparently I'll not be using anything Metro since MS can't get their shit together. Even if I use a non admin account Metro won't work with Admin Approval mode disabled. :/ Working without admin approval mode breaks drag and drop, and makes editing system files miserable. It's quite clear MS isn't targeting professional devs. Oh and LOL at DevStudio 2010 not being compatible, not surprising but pretty lazy from a company that used to be very pro developer.
Start8 works pretty well, unfortunately it isn't as smart as Win7 start menu, where Win+R was superfluous. I can live with it though, it is miles better than Metro for starting tasks and plays nice with RDP and logmein.
Had it all blow up with a VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE, but that hasn't repeated, could just be a funky install issue.
I do miss Aero, desktop isn't as ugly as RP, but it is very plain and not in a good way.
Apparently I'll not be using anything Metro since MS can't get their shit together. Even if I use a non admin account Metro won't work with Admin Approval mode disabled. :/ Working without admin approval mode breaks drag and drop, and makes editing system files miserable. It's quite clear MS isn't targeting professional devs. Oh and LOL at DevStudio 2010 not being compatible, not surprising but pretty lazy from a company that used to be very pro developer.
Start8 works pretty well, unfortunately it isn't as smart as Win7 start menu, where Win+R was superfluous. I can live with it though, it is miles better than Metro for starting tasks and plays nice with RDP and logmein.
Had it all blow up with a VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE, but that hasn't repeated, could just be a funky install issue.
Alright so installed Win 8 and loving it so far.
Connected my laptop to my xbox via smart glass.. first thing I did was fire up Forza Horizon. It instantly turns my laptop into a full screen real time GPS. You can see where i am on the map in real time.. I set a route in game and it shows up instantly. I can really see this being huge and I hope other devs really adopt this.
There is just something very cool about this all being so connected.
Connected my laptop to my xbox via smart glass.. first thing I did was fire up Forza Horizon. It instantly turns my laptop into a full screen real time GPS. You can see where i am on the map in real time.. I set a route in game and it shows up instantly. I can really see this being huge and I hope other devs really adopt this.
There is just something very cool about this all being so connected.
Cjdamon042
Member
So it's pointless to upgrade to Windows 8 with a 4850HD right? Heard you can't use CCC with it?
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Deleted member 1235
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it is. I've been bitching about it for 2 days now. there is NOTHING on that store here in NL, unless I've got some kind of bunged up store on my install or something. but otherwise, it's hilariously bad in Netherlands.
I have a 4890 and there was no drivers for a while, a 'legacy' one got released in the last 2 weeks that works for me. However it does seem to give me an error message at every shutdown. otherwise though, perfect.
fluffydelusions
Member
It's still pretty sparse here in the US. Some nice apps but nothing compared to Android/iOS yet. I mean it's kind of to be expected. Think back to when iOS app store and Android market launched...there was shit.
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?
move to a non-shitty county.
Barkley's Justice
Member
That worked, thanks.
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Deleted member 17706
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Hmm... If it gives you the option to format, then I assume the disc should allow me to do a fresh install.
I'm buying an SSD and was thinking about getting Windows 8 along with it, but I want to make sure I can do a completely fresh install of Windows 8 onto the SSD without having to install Windows 7 first.
Google hasn't turned up anything definitive yet...
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Deleted member 1235
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I did, it's awesome here. America is shitty because they don't understand business on the internet.
Barkley's Justice
Member
Can someone who rents and/or watches movies and TV shows on Xbox confirm whether your video purchase history is also available/viewable on Windows 8?
Actually its even better than I thought. So you can see the whole map on my laptop and set a waypoint. As I watch my game it instantly puts the follow line to where I clicked on my laptop.
Very very cool!
My purchased show populated in Xbox Video when I started it up.
Does it work with the demo? If so I want to try it out.
fluffydelusions
Member
Speaking of which why do I have Caprica in my history lol...
No idea as I am running the full game. But in order to connect to smartglass you do have to turn it on in the settings on your console. Just FYI. But once you do its amazing how everything you do is reflected in nearly real time.
brotkasten
Member
Can you take a picture?
fluffydelusions
Member
I like the snapping feature like I now I'm watching netflix in a window to the right but I wish the size was adjustable =\
It got most of my stuff.... but annoyingly for some reason if I bought the 1080p version of a movie on xbox it does not appear in win8. I have only bought 2 hd movies on xbox but it would have been nice if they transferred.... I did get a few SD movies when they were on sale and all of those show on win8 (along with all my TV shows SD or HD).
fluffydelusions
Member
Yeah but it's because I just installed Windows media center which apparently does that for some reason...just have to reboot for it to go away. But my Windows is activated.
WascallyWabbit
Member
So to run GChrome as an app all you have to do is set Chrome as your default and then pin to start menu? Or is there a separate download?
MrGreencastle
Member
Just got my "Media Centre Upgrade Pack" key in an email.
Me too!
Yep.. sorry for the crappy phone image.. gonna link it since it is far too big to post.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3642594/WP_000377.jpg
In the top left are your controls including the icon to set a wayponit. If you hover over an event it gives you details before you click. And you are free to move around the map at any time.
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Deleted member 17706
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This is frustrating. There doesn't seem to be any definitive answer about whether or not you can install Windows 8 completely clean on an empty drive using the Windows 8 Pro upgrade DVD disk.
The only information out there seems to be about some convoluted process when using the $40 digital upgrade and burning it to a disk or putting it on a USB drive.
The only information out there seems to be about some convoluted process when using the $40 digital upgrade and burning it to a disk or putting it on a USB drive.
I did a clean install with a USB drive and it never asked me for proof of having a version eligible to upgrade. I can't see why using a DVD would be any different. It's the same ISO.
smartglass is just a remote application like you have for xbmc. Airplay is like DLNA. The new xbox update supports dlna now, so when in a video app or something go to devices and select the xbox or whatever comes up. (I haven't gotten around to updating xbox and don't have any other dlna device around, so I can't test it).