[MERGED] Windows 8 discussion

[denphone]

l am glad it all went well SnoopZ.

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Russ

I don't know if this is a Windows 8 issue or just an IE11 thing but when I do a Google search all the results are squashed over to the far left (see pic). It doesn't happen in Firefox and Google seems to be the only page so far this happens on.

Well here's the odd thing - it does that on my laptop but not on the main pc.

[SnoopZ]

Finally made it so i don't have to enter a password when i turn the computer on, i had done it on other OS's but it is something i hadn't got around to doing on Windows 8.

For me now this is the best version of Windows available, just like Windows 7 was but with a new start menu.

[blackthorn]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Finally made it so i don't have to enter a password when i turn the computer on, i had done it on other OS's but it is something i hadn't got around to doing on Windows 8.

For me now this is the best version of Windows available, just like Windows 7 was but with a new start menu.

How did you do that ?I never had to put a password in for win8 before, now everytime it reboots or starts up I have to enter a password

[SnoopZ]

1. Right click on the start button and select ' command prompt (admin)

2. In CMD.exe type 'control userpasswords2' ENTER

Then follow the rest from the pictures here.

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq...8&faq=8#Image1

[MadGamer]

Updated my mums laptop without any issues

[SnoopZ]

Does the desktop Skydrive app not exist anymore on Windows 8.1 as i can only use it from the modern interface?

[Ben B]

Updated fine but whenever I go to bing.com IE crashes

[blackthorn]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

1. Right click on the start button and select ' command prompt (admin)

2. In CMD.exe type 'control userpasswords2' ENTER

Then follow the rest from the pictures here.

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq...8&faq=8#Image1

Brilliant, thanks

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Russ

I don't know if this is a Windows 8 issue or just an IE11 thing but when I do a Google search all the results are squashed over to the far left (see pic). It doesn't happen in Firefox and Google seems to be the only page so far this happens on.

I tried this earlier and it worked fine but just tried again and mine does it too.

Luckily though i hate IE so always use Chrome so it won't be an issue as the blurred fonts in IE do my head in.

Edit

It appears to be a Google webpage issue as the search works fine in Bing.com and Yahoo.

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Does the desktop Skydrive app not exist anymore on Windows 8.1 as i can only use it from the modern interface?

All the settings are in the Modern UI now I think but you can still access your SkyDrive folder from Windows Explorer, I checked to make sure it's still syncing if you change files from there and it worked

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Ben B

All the settings are in the Modern UI now I think but you can still access your SkyDrive folder from Windows Explorer, I checked to make sure it's still syncing if you change files from there and it worked

Yes that is what i thought but i wish i could still have a skydrive app like before for the desktop.

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Yes that is what i thought but i wish i could still have a skydrive app like before for the desktop.

Yeah, you can still toggle online/offline availability by right clicking in explorer but nothing more advanced than that

[SnoopZ]

It looks like Windows 8.1 Refresh/Reset has been broken according to this post on Neowin, there is a possible fix but i can't be arsed to test it.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/11...to-windows-81/

[Ben B]

I've found that if you have fast start up enabled, it uses it as normal if you shut down from the charms bar but if you shut down by right clicking the Start button it does a "full" shut down. I wonder why they've done that