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Think maybe M$ has changed the meaning lol

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as you can see now on windows 8.1 pro RTM fully activated :-)

http://imageshack.us/a/img825/5847/zl4x.png

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All I see is a little box.

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fixed now :)

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where ya get that from then

don't worry its everywhere lol

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cant tell you on here :LOL: yes found it quite easy

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Will give it a try on my test machine see what the hype is about :)

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Well tried to install it and it says it will not work with my key :rolleyes:

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I pm you install key mate then change to your key to activate edit cant pm you :( if you want to turn yours on and pm me I can give you a install key

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It is ok have now installed it. Had to change the ef.cfg file so it does not ask for a key during updating. Will add you to my contacts

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ok can add your key in settings to activate it

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I am all done and up and running on my test machine. Hope they have improved it.

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Tried the beta of it and it was still as bad as Windows 8.

Not going to bother with Windows 8.1 since it still will not work with all the games I play, still will not accept a overclock for benchmark runs.

Not to mention Windows 8 has also been removed as a valid version of Windows on HWBot so Microsoft are going to get, people buying or cracking Windows 7 so the can run the benchmarks again.

I just hope that Windows 9 or what ever it ends up being called doesn't suffer the same problems, either that or game developers and benchmark creator's start working with Linux so I can, stop giving money to MS for software that needs to add on's for it to work properly or requiring you to buy, a new motherboard.

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what games don't work ? I do not tend to play old games anymore and all the new ones ive played except one work fine and the one the did not did not work on 7 either

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Most of the Call Of Duty games don't work on it properly for me, some of the Need For Speed, Crysis and a few others.

I think also it may be down to the fact that Windows 8/8.1 also doesn't like my motherboard, SSD and sound card.

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the need for speed games and crisis work great here on 8.1

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Where's this beta of Windows 8.1 Dave?.

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Don't play Call of Duty, but I've had no problems with any Need For Speed game or any Crysis game though. I will say that I have not overclocked my machine though.

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it not beta it the RTM Den mate can tell you where in pm if you want it

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Yes pm me Dave.:)

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sent Den ;)

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I honestly think it's a hardware issue that is causing it but at the moment I don't have the funds available to mess around, swapping ssd's, sound card and motherboard as they are not cheap and I have my some of my brothers wedding to pay for.

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Some nice new additions, they have taken into account the fact that not everyone is an idiot and might want to boot into desktop instead of the mobile phone interface, the start button is not a real start button but its better than there previous abortion of a start button. Some rumours on the net say that Microsoft might offer the facilitator to revert to the commonly known desktop in the next upgrade. Will play with it a bit longer and see how it goes.

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that is very good of you mate :)

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He deserves it mate.

Got to act like a big brother sometimes ;)

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:tu:

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glad your liking it better

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Depends how my gaming goes tonight. :)

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had no problems with my games good luck with yours

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just downloaded 32 bit version too for laptop but not installed it yet hopefully all work fine like on my pc

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The games ran fine, however the jury is still out and I intend to spend a bit more time on it before I make a decision

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now got windows 8.1 pro RTM running on my old 32 bit laptop too running very good

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Well i am back to windows 7. I gave it a shot but its just not what i want. My windows 7 does what i want and without any silly mobile phone tiles. I will now wait for windows 9 which is rumored to be returning to the original os layout

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start 8 is a much much better shell than any of the free ones. Just saying cuz I looked at some others and they are poo in comparison. I dunno why you see tiles Sirius I only do when I want to and I have an app that runs win 8 apps in a resizable window which works well

as you can see by the pic I have taken control of win 8 and made its appearance how I want it. If I want to use tiles I can and easily open and close the apps at will

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I use classic shell, doesn't seem poo to me.

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I found it was in comparison to the paid product which is what I said not that is it poo full stop.

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What is wrong in just setting the tiles to open in APP format, is that not any good as i haven't installed it yet but i will do when it officially comes out? :)

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Got a strange one hopefully easy to fix. On Win 8.1 trying to download an attachment from a couple of sites using IE and all I get is attachment.php works fine in Chrome any ideas? Protected mode off btw

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There's a Godmode shortcut that lists all the settings for Win 8.
Create a new folder on the desktop and call it

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

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still not found a fix for this one

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I had it happen yesterday on a link in Google search results.

do you have an example link I can try?

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they are both nzb links on 2 different index sites

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The much hated Windows 8 now outnumbers OSX :) And we had people saying M$ could be in trouble lol

http://www.pcworld.com/article/20505...c-addicts.html

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aye make you laugh when people say MS is in trouble they are not

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Microsoft to Roll Out Windows 8.1 at 4 AM PDT (11 AM GMT)

Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 RTM in the Store today, with a new report claiming that the global rollout will begin at 4 AM PDT (11 AM GMT).

According to TechCrunch, the Windows 8.1 update will be launched gradually across the world, with the Unites States to be among the first countries to get it.

Windows 8.1 will be available as a free download from the Windows Store and Microsoft has already made the necessary adjustments to make sure that everyone would be able to download it via multiple updates.

This morning, Windows 8.1 got lots of app improvements, as Microsoft wants all RTM machines to be running the latest versions of the built-in tools at the time when the official launch takes place.

Starting tomorrow, users will also be able to purchase retail packages of Windows 8.1, with the core license to be priced at $119.99 (€90), while the Pro version will cost $199.99 (€150)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micro...T-391925.shtml

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I wonder how long the update using the store will take as i go to work at 1pm! I guess i should wait until Friday morning unless the update takes 7 mins like the upgrade from Windows 7 to 8 took?

I hope there is somewhere were we can download a legit Windows 8.1 ISO and in future install that using my original upgrade key on a clean SSD/HDD without having to upgrade from an older OS?

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don't know how long it take best wait to be safe I guess as it 12pm our time it released

Microsoft would be silly not to release a ISO as it been legit one was leaked by wzor and it made them release it on MSDN and TechNet that's what im using the leaked wzor one

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I am waiting to see if the RTM sent to OEMs really is the end build number

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build numbers supposed to change with the GA rollout update in windows update that coming out

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12.05 and still nothing on MS' site...

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yeah the RTM was not the RTM we used to know but a new RTM which they said was not finished

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As i never use the store how do i check for this update, will it just appear in the top right hand corner of the store when an update is available?

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Do you have to be on W8 to get it or will it work on 7 (and install 8 at the same time)?

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On windows 8 as it is a Windows 8 update.

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Just as well I just put 8 back on top of my 7 :D

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It has appeared now as a big box on the windows store to click, it is a 3.42GB update, i will do it in the morning or on Saturday.

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I didn't think it was out until tomorrow!

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Feels that way. It still hasn't shown up for me yet.

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As an update today as a retail package tomorrow

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I will give it a try when I get chance but since I am being overloaded with work at the moment, I won't even have time this weekend to try it.

Just taking 5 minutes out from everything now to look at a few things.

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Oh - gotcha - thanks.

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There it is! Downloading now...

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It has completely screwed my laptop so I'm very glad I did an image yesterday and it's going nowhere near my main PC!

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What happened?

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avg now doesn't work just crashes out - office doesn't work - steam doesn't work and it keeps poppng up with dll errors when trying to use IE11

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Ouch - mine is hovering on 72% 'gathering info'.

Had you tried the preview?

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I did try the preview which is why I did an image yester day as it had problems too.

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It just asked me to restart - here goes...

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I am so glad I got the wroz ISO leak not one problem with it clean installs always best Microsoft is very silly indeed not releasing ISO files

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Just installed it, rebooted several times etc and now it's up and running. Other than the start button and what it does I don't really see any difference. IE11 looks just like 10. I'm guessing most of it is under the hood but visually I see little difference.

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apps like xbox music different and much better and faster speed with 8.1 to name a couple of differences

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Ah ok. I don't use the apps anyway - iTunes does everything I need for music - so I won't see those changes.

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and of course can boot straight to desktop and show desktops apps when click start instead of metro if you want too disable the top 2 hot corners

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I installed windows 8 on my machine last night and have just gone through the upgrade via the apps store, all went well :shocked:.

It even worked considering i have stardock deskscapes and start 8 loaded :)

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I sure it more to your liking than windows 8

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Everything worked on my upgrade apart from ZoneAlarm antivirus

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try reinstall it see if that helps

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How long does the store 8.1 upgrade take to install?

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I installed on a friends laptop today took 2 and half hours on his

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Mine took about an hour and a half, fairly fast desktop PC.

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Thanks I will have to do it Saturday then, I was hoping it would take 7mins again.

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I have now reformatted the laptop to a basic windows 8 install but can't access the app store to do the update.

I suspect it's all the people trying to get it ;)

Try again in the morning I guess :)

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I just got in there fine :confused:

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ms-windows-store:WindowsUpgrade

paste that in metro IE that's should get it for you

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I wonder why they left me out?

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can someone post the build number please :)

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Got this from here. 9600.16384.130821-1623

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/win...oad,24008.html

edit

Sorry didn't realise the link is old!

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Wow, already 4 updates were available this morning....

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Took me nearly seven hours to do mine. But I left it downloading overnight whilst sleeping, and just finished it off in about 5 minutes when I woke up.

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I got it all working on my laptop in the end but I'm not so sure it'll be going on my main pc any time soon.

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Whats the deal with the Start button then? Just takes me to the tiled UI (ex-metro) UI. Wasn't it supposed to give you a complete list of apps now?

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move your mouse over it and ' right click ' - why they dont have it more like Windows 7 I just dont know - may be OK on a Smartphone but on a PC its just a right pain in the arse.

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I much prefer the new UI and really don't want the start menu back.

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Right click on the taskbar choose properties and then click on the navigation tab - what you're after is in the bottom half of that menu.

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Nope. But you can 'swipe' down on metro to your apps. Right clicking the start button gives you options too.

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It is the extended build number I am looking for :) From what I can see there is no option to upgrade the 8.1 RTM I have been running for ages so it is likely to be the same. The extended number gives the build date and is reachable in reg or by downloading AIDA64 trial ( New name for Everest) :)

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Yeah - found all that. I though clicking on it would give a pseudo- windows 7 experience. At least it's easier to get to a few bits now. I've also un-installed StartMenu8 now as well...

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yes it same just the RTM just gets the GA rollup update to finish it

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Unless somebody else chips in, I'll have a look tonight then I get home from work.

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did you get your update to windows 8.1 mate

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Is there a proper Microsoft kosher Win 8.1 ISO to download now? I'd like a copy of it for when I do a complete re-install over Christmas.