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Old 09-12-2013, 23:40   #924
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Re: [MERGED] Windows 8 discussion

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Originally Posted by Sirius View Post
I am shocked as i am still running 8.1 as well
Well, after running Windows 8 pretty much since release ,and a fresh install of 8.1 since release, I am going back to Windows 7.

I've never really used the extra features of Windows 8, my external hard drive (A Western Digital one, so not a fly-by-night make) has for a long time been causing the USB Mass Storage driver to crash (this doesn't happen on OSX, so I don't think the drive is at fault) and the machine appears to have lost it's mouse pointer. Uninstalling and reinstalling the Mouse driver and display driver (even replacing the display driver with the one provided by Windows Update) has not cured this.

The only way I can see around this is a full OS install. If I'm going to do that, and I'm getting little advantage from Windows 8 and a few annoyances, I might as well go back to 7.


Sadly, I don't have Windows 7 on DVD or USB, and I don't have any blank DVDs or USBs large enough for Windows 7, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow.
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