The Teachinator
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Can I stick 2 SSDs in their? Thanks!
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Can I stick 2 SSDs in their? Thanks!
Jzero
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I only see a slot for one in there.
haha
The Teachinator
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Yup I saw it. Seems pretty easy compared to some of the stuff I've done in my MBP. This machine looks great for both work and pleasure uses. Really looking forward to picking it up.
The Teachinator
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http://forum.notebookreview.com/ideapad-essential/640537-ideapad-yoga-32.html
Apparently someone has managed to jam a 2nd drive in there...
Apparently someone has managed to jam a 2nd drive in there...
What's everyone's favorite image viewer for Win 8 (desktop, not newui)?
I've always used IrfranView but I am thinking about moving to FastPictureViewer Pro. Ideas?
it needs to be fast and have plenty of advanced user features, like the ability to view embedded metadata, zooming in/out/reset, navigate folders, lots of format support
I've always used IrfranView but I am thinking about moving to FastPictureViewer Pro. Ideas?
it needs to be fast and have plenty of advanced user features, like the ability to view embedded metadata, zooming in/out/reset, navigate folders, lots of format support
BrokenEchelon
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Is there any way to easily change the titlebar color?
I'm using an all black taskbar and some genius at Microsoft assumed that the font on the titlebar should remain black on a black background.
Not my image, but my problem:
I'm using an all black taskbar and some genius at Microsoft assumed that the font on the titlebar should remain black on a black background.
Not my image, but my problem:
Right click on desktop>personalize it should say color towards the bottom, switch it from automatic to whatever you'd like.
BrokenEchelon
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That doesn't fix it, but this theme seems to be working:
http://mrgrim01.deviantart.com/art/Windows-8-Default-Style-327107030
If anyone else has been going insane over this.
Jzero
Member
Themes are ugly as shit. When i wanted a blackish color i just changed the intensity a little.
Btw the screenshot that you posted was altered since in the real version you can still see the text a little.
Sounds like what Verizon does with FiOS.
Advertises FiOS in places that will never get it.
Lucid's Virtu was the problem I had when upgrading. Had to uninstall it. Went without a hitch afterward.
BrokenEchelon
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I use my desktop to stream media to my laptop/girlfriend's laptop + xbox/ps3 and for whatever reason none of those devices are capable of connecting to my desktop anymore. They're all in the same Homegroup and I have no idea what the hell is going on.
I've tried a few things tonight, and none of them worked, so if anyone has any ideas of suggestions I'll be glad to attempt them tomorrow. Going to bed for now though.
Yet another hiccup that seems to have fixed itself :?
eso76
Member
Tried uninstalling msi afterburner, gpuz, flashget, avast, vnc...
i only have CS6 suite and lightroom 4 installed, a couple AE plugins, not much else actually, since it's a rather fresh install anyway.
Oh, i have a few games, though. Sleeping dogs, NFS Hot Pursuit, Steam, with the whole half life 2 package. Will try uninstalling those.
God knows, Microsofts handling of our accounts is a complete and utter fucking mess.
I use Faststone
That's one of the small issues that bugs me too as I like to use dark colours in Windows! Hopefully they'll fix it and either allow you to change the colour of the text, or have it change automatically to adapt to the titlebar colour.
There's a thread about it on the official Windows 8 forum: -
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...rk-theme/4baa108e-56f7-4654-8750-9fc18f9d2c2f
Perhaps add a comment and hit the "me too" button on the first post and if enough people do it, hopefully they'll pay attention and fix it.
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Nope. That's one of the first things I tried when I found out about the Windows key + Print Screen thing. It would be handy if it worked though!D4Danger said:
I dunno if anyone else can confirm this, but if you bought a full version of Windows 7 and had it installed on your PC, then you upgraded that PC to Windows 8, it seems that the Windows 7 license is still active which means that you can either use it on another machine or give away/sell your boxed copy of Windows 7. MS were clearly not doing any license checking, because I upgraded a laptop that was running Ubuntu, which obviously would not qualify for the Windows 8 upgrade, yet Windows 8 installed and activated just fine.
SUPARSTARX
Member
Are you guys running into any issues with games and drivers?
Worth upgrading before service pack 1?
Worth upgrading before service pack 1?
I haven't had any problem at all with games or drivers.
I don't have any issues. Runs like Win7. There likely won't be any Service Packs anymore, since Microsoft plans on delivering more frequent "general updates" that add features and improve compatibility.
GoldenEye 007
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I've had issues with my Creative sound card driver. X-Fi Fatality thing I bought in 2007. I switched to onboard sound on the system I just built this past week, which is probably just as good if not better, and haven't had any issues.
Other than that, everything has been good. I do have a question also, though. The intel RAID/SSD drivers. Is it best to try to track one of those down and use it instead of the MSFT ones? I've heard systems perform better with the intel drivers.
I doubt it is a game. I also have Steam and that was no problem. It is likely a program or device that has a service that starts when Windows starts.
No issues with games here.
I had 1 issue with drivers. When I installed Windows 8, drivers for all of my hardware were installed automatically, except for my Traktor Audio 6 sound card (an external sound card I use for DJing). The network card drivers that Windows 8 installed were buggy and caused 2 network cards to show up in Device Manager instead of one and which network card was in use changed at random every time I booted up Windows. I fixed that by just downloading the latest official driver direct from Intel - a Windows 7 driver, but it installed just fine and fixed the dual network card issue.
The sole issue I've had with software is with Traktor Scratch Pro - some DJ software that I use. When I exit the program it remains running and has to be force closed in Task Manager. Other than that, all of the software I was using on Windows 7 works fine on Windows 8.
I think it's worth upgrading. It's certainly not a buggy mess or desperately in need of a service pack or anything like that. But neither is it going to blow you away as an amazing new OS if you're running Windows 7. It's like an improved version of Windows 7 with a smartphone-style app store and start screen added to it. But considering the cost of the upgrade, I say go for it.
longdi
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Have iso in front of me wanting to upgrade but then i saw a few benchmarks where w8 is slower than w7, some games are affected too.
Decided to hold off for now. But for the free Media center, can i activate it with w8 on another spare hdd now so in near future when i install w8 for real, i still have the media center?
I also want to know if windows will actually improve in speed with future patches or it is down to improvements on the program/apps side only?
Decided to hold off for now. But for the free Media center, can i activate it with w8 on another spare hdd now so in near future when i install w8 for real, i still have the media center?
I also want to know if windows will actually improve in speed with future patches or it is down to improvements on the program/apps side only?
yn-neko hates a cat
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LOL... talk to the poster that goes by the handle SeanR1221; he's experiencing the joys of how weird OEMs can be with drivers at launch of new OS.
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
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I find that the media not negative enough on Windows 8. It's garbage.
Jzero
Member
Dude GTFO if you're not even going to explain why you think it's garbage (which it's not)
If you never touch the startpage, the desktop environment is an improved version of Windows 7
rukland
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Agree here if you are going to just spout FUD and not explain anything then GTFO. I was really down on Windows 8 but took the plunge anyways. And I am loving it on my desktop. Sure there have been a few hiccups but nothing that made me regret becoming an early adopter.
SUPARSTARX
Member
Did you guys upgrade for the sake of it? Contemplating on an upgrade sometime in the future hardware wise. I figure I might want to go for W8 too if I were to do it.
Dead Prince
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$15. why not lulz.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Im really curious too. Why do you think its garbage? Is it from personal experience? Do you get the feeling just by looking at it that it just won't work? Some have expressed such logical equivocations such as if it works on a tablet then it's not good for the desktop because tablets aren't desktops. Others have complained about it taking anywhere between 0.33 to a full 1.5 seconds in addition to an extra click to shut down the system which made their computer usage demonstrably more inefficient. Some just don't like how the replace of the start button makes them feel. They feel marginalized as Windows users. Because of these and many other reasons, some have vowed they'll be moving to alternate platforms such as Mac OS and Linux. I suppose all these feelings are valid since a person is in fact feeling them. I may not agree with their logic but my impressions have nothing to do with it. The relationship between a user and their OS is an intimate thing. I just hope you will be able to shed some light on your motivation, if for nothing else, to help steer others who may empathize with you to steer clear of the pain you've gone through.
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
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Didn't know I was required to explain why. No start button, I have to take my hands off the mouse and type to find stuff unless I want to click more than needed to get where I want to go. The apps list is horribly laid out. No complete customization of metro, what replaced aero is horrid and is a design nightmare with all that empty space blocking everything. It's a step back in usability if you don't have a touch screen, and even then it's not uniform to how a desktop should be used to get to the things you need in a minimum amount of action.
You want me to go on? This crap is self evident and doesn't need explaining. GTFO if you think I need to.
I hadn't planned on upgrading. I tried the first preview version for a couple of weeks and didn't really like it, so at that point I decided to stick with Windows 7.
When Windows 8 first went on sale, I upgraded my dad's laptop for him. I played around with it for a few hours and changed my mind about it, so I bought a copy for my desktop. It was kind of an upgrade just for the sake of it, cos outside of a few apps that I've downloaded, I'm not doing anything different from when I had Windows 7 installed.
It's easy enough to customise the apps list and tidy it up. All I've done is put shortcuts to the software I use often on the Metro screen/taskbar, then I use the "All apps" list for the stuff I need, but rarely use.bluerei said:
Preferring the Aero look I could certainly understand, but "all that empty space blocking everything"? I can't relate to that at all.bluerei said:
yn-neko hates a cat
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Come January, MS will be called criminals for hiking up the price of upgrades once the system picked up in sales. I can write headlines like these all day
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?
The crap seems mostly incorrect too. I don't have to take my hands off the mouse to launch anything since I have what I use pinned, you can customize your Metro tiles with a small app and I have no idea what you're talking about empty space.
Jzero
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He obviously hasn't used it or only used it for a couple of minutes.
yn-neko hates a cat
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I just wanted to quote this.
I find the excuse 'if you don't go into the start screen' to be a tad bit disingenuous as that is a major part of the OS UI.
Anyhow, I upgraded my Win7 to Win8 pro on my MBA. Figured I'd bite at the $15 price, $40 is already a steal for those of us that need to join a domain.
Are gestures supposed to work? or do I need to wait for new Bootcamp drivers? That's disappointing, but not that big of a deal. The power management seems borked though, goes into jet engine mode after a half hour of very mild activity. May have to live with it for the next couple of months till Apple updates Boot camp.
Anyhow, I upgraded my Win7 to Win8 pro on my MBA. Figured I'd bite at the $15 price, $40 is already a steal for those of us that need to join a domain.
Are gestures supposed to work? or do I need to wait for new Bootcamp drivers? That's disappointing, but not that big of a deal. The power management seems borked though, goes into jet engine mode after a half hour of very mild activity. May have to live with it for the next couple of months till Apple updates Boot camp.
Jzero
Member
Check the details.
Well you can tick that one off the bucket list.
Grab a key now, at the reduced price, and then hang onto it until you're ready to upgrade.
i agree that the all application/programs screen can be a mess with desktop application. They need folders for them imo. It is less or the same clicks though compared to the start menu. I haven't used the start menu (as in the menu) much since vista added search so it doesn't bother me. And i agree that the ui is probably better with touch and the desktop is still the king of mouse input but the new ui works fine for mouse imo. If you are concerned about losing a few seconds of productivity then i suggest learning keyboard shortcuts. That is the ultimate way to use windows (any version) if you want to get around the fastest. And aero, that is just a personal preference, i like the new stuff.