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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
- Thread starter Jzero
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Well, try to have access to one because it will remedy your problem instantly.
And folks, watch this gif in your IE10:
Smoothest shit ever.
Dead Prince
Banned
video chatting on skype and browsing gaf and doing whatever on the other size. feels so much better than w7
I love Xbox Music on W8 on my phone and my Xbox. I like having Smartglass snapped to the side playing my music on my Xbox. Free Xbox Music is great, but I think the pass is definitely worth it.
Hold back buddy, just an invite for the trolls.
build is in a few days, might as well wait after that.
I hear you guys speaking about Xbox music but myn hasn't worked since I got Windows 8 yesterday. Anyone else getting this error in the UK?
Any ideas?
Go to Xbox Music > Settings Charm > Account > Xbox Music Pass. What does it say under your pass?
Great feature is that you can not only pin apps but you can on many apps pin parts of the app.
Here I have pinned just the Sports section of USA Today. Also, from Bing Sports I have pinned the NBA section, NFL section and a more specific Denver Broncos section.
Yeah that's pretty sweet. Also feature of Windows Phones that I really appreciate.
Wait, the quality of most apps its still mediocre so the thread will most likely be how much we like the skype app =/
Better name might be 'Windows Store |OT|' or 'Windows Apps Thread'.
bloodforge
Member
I hear you guys speaking about Xbox music but myn hasn't worked since I got Windows 8 yesterday. Anyone else getting this error in the UK?
Any ideas?
Do you use Raptr? I was having this issue till I disabled it, having it run in the task bar messes up a bunch of metro apps.
There are other programs that will mess with metro aps as well if they're not fully Windows 8 compatible.
anyone?
I wanted the browser choice screen to go away, as I already have 4 browsers installed from when I had win 7.
But I installed chrome again from the browser choice window. Now I have two chromes installed or what? And I still only see one option in that browser choice: choose later.
edit: Groan. Eu commission thing. :/
http://windows.microsoft.com/browser-choice
United States and HP. Also, be sure to get the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs
All you need is an e-mail address, nothing else, and they'll send you a key. It will be $10 next year.
IE 10 is actually really nice. I have zero compulsion to run out and download Firefox or Chrome just yet.
BTW, everyone be sure to download Office 2013 Preview for free:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/try-office-preview
It's slick, really slick. Only used PowerPoint, Word and Outlook so far. Buttery smooth, even with my meager 2GB of RAM
The Albatross
Member
So it looks like I can't change my XBL email to my new, @outlook.com address, due to the account.live.com site not being updated to add the @outlook.com domain to their whitelist or whatever.
So, I can't use my Microsoft account with the music, game and video apps until they fix it.
Pretty much in the same boat as you. When you sign up, it just asks for your email. It should say, please enter a @live or @hotmail address. Also, changing your email address after creating an account is -- as far as I can tell -- impossible.
Frankly, I think Windows 8 is a joke on desktops. I'm a pretty strong windows supporter and I was excited for 8, but I think that this is a piece of shit. Nothing is intuitive, the behavior of apps/windows/etc is bizarre, and I'm hamstrung by an account frustration.
So I created another user account with my hotmail ... but for some reason, the default tiles on this is.. like 3 tiles "file manager," "Desktop," and "IE10." And I can't put the Chrome for WIndows 8 tile on there... Where as, when I logged in the first time with my (now regrettable) gmail account, it had a ton of presets and great stuff, plus a working Chrome for Windows 8 tile.
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God damnit I am so frustrated with this.
So I created another account, with a new @Live... but now... when I log into that, again, just like 3 or 4 tiles, and NOTHING launches. If I go to launch the Store, it launches with the green store screen, and then just crashes back to the tiles view. IE10 won't even launch... I click it and it doesn't do anything. I seriously don't know why the fuck this is so fucked up for me, and I am so frustrated by it.
Ahhhh is it for Gold only? I have the option to buy a pass but no Free. Just remembered my Gold membership ran out a few days ago. Barely turn on my consoles now... Plan on chucking a few months of Gold on once Halo 4 hits.
Betta Lines
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Jzero
Member
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btw do you guys know if developers can give out keys to people (for giveaways and such) like they can on the iOS app store?
I'm liking the Start screen, though I'm finding the thing I'm missing most from the old Start Menu is it automatically generating a list of my most used programs. Not sure if there's a way to add that to a corner of the W8 Start screen.
Only other thing I miss is having a "Show Desktop" icon right next to where the Start Menu was (i.e. the button that minimizes all your windows to show the desktop). I found out how to get the button back following this, but there doesn't seem to be a way to move it to the left side of the task bar and just stays stuck on the right.
Only other thing I miss is having a "Show Desktop" icon right next to where the Start Menu was (i.e. the button that minimizes all your windows to show the desktop). I found out how to get the button back following this, but there doesn't seem to be a way to move it to the left side of the task bar and just stays stuck on the right.
Awesome. ZBrush/Topogun work as well? Anything else I should know as an animator before I update?
I'm really itching for some Metro action.
You can always just click the bottom right corner, just like Windows 7.
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?
It's still there, try clicking on the bottom right corner
EDIT: Beaten
Yep yep, all that stuff works fine. I've been using all those programs since the consumer preview and everything has been peachy.
I only have a PC lol.
Animated gifs in IE9 were so damn slow so I was comparing it to that.
antiquegamer
Member
Not sure where you are at but if you are in "support" country, just click on SmartDJ and it will just start streaming whatever genre of music you are listening to.
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?
New app I just found on the store, really cool stuff:
Toolbox For Windows 8
Will let you do split tasks in various configurations of up to 6 separate windows, including having 6 websites up one 1 screen. Seems like it would be great for people using the Surface if there is an RT version.
Toolbox For Windows 8
Will let you do split tasks in various configurations of up to 6 separate windows, including having 6 websites up one 1 screen. Seems like it would be great for people using the Surface if there is an RT version.
I actually didn't use much of W7 so didn't realize they changed the location of the icon? I remember in Vista and before I just had the Show Desktop icon on the left right next to the Start menu. Just feels a bit weird to have it on the right now and was curious if I could move it, but I guess I can get used to it if that isn't possible.
Thanks for the replies.
Does it? I did a clean install of Windows 8 (don't have many programs installed yet) so wasn't sure if it was just listing every installed program on the right hand side. If it's just the most frequently used ones then that's definitely helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for the replies.
Does it? I did a clean install of Windows 8 (don't have many programs installed yet) so wasn't sure if it was just listing every installed program on the right hand side. If it's just the most frequently used ones then that's definitely helpful. Thanks.
Haint
Member
Thanks for the heads up. I'm assuming the installer will prompt me to choose the drive/partition to install on?
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/billi...ount-management/change-xbox-live-account-info
Only way that I know of.
The Broken Ska Record
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Sleeping Dogs crashes for me whenever I try loading a previous game. I've tried different compatibility modes, but nothing. I'm installing the 12.11 AMD drivers now to see if that could be it.
LonelyIsland
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Angelus Errare
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The Albatross
Member
Created another user account because my first one is borked, but there are no apps to choose from and I can't launch any apps on that one...
Jesus christ
Jesus christ
They stuck it there so you can just slam the cursor to the bottom right and hit it quickly, similar to the Start menu and X button.
BTW, everyone be sure to download Office 2013 Preview for free:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/try-office-preview
It's slick, really slick. Only used PowerPoint, Word and Outlook so far. Buttery smooth, even with my meager 2GB of RAM
Thanks for posting this, it's damn nice
The Albatross
Member
If you open an incognito window in Chrome, and then close that incognito window, it closes your non-incognito chrome session as well.
.. why.
.. why.
I'm loving the Pokki start menu https://www.pokki.com
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?
I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong with your installation because other people aren't having all these issues.