[MERGED] Windows 8 discussion - Page 62

Hom3r · 22-10-2013, 19:32

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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Not one of these is it?

If you get stuck let me know and I'll copy my disc for you and send it in the post.

Thanks for the offer, but I have found it.

It won't current play as it says my graphic card is not compatible, downloading the update at slower than dial-up.

dilli-theclaw · 22-10-2013, 19:33

Let me know how you get on I've not tried it on my laptop yet.

Sirius · 22-10-2013, 20:05

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Originally Posted by damien c

Still running Windows 8.1.

The only thing that is annoying me about it is the graphic corruption I am getting on Battlefield 3, don't get it on Windows 7 and don't get it on any other games.

I am shocked as i am still running 8.1 as well

SnoopZ · 22-10-2013, 20:11

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Originally Posted by Sirius

I am shocked as i am still running 8.1 as well

Sirius mate i have lost count on how many times you have gone back to 7 and said that is it for Windows 8 for you.

Do you think you will stick with it this time?

Hom3r · 22-10-2013, 21:59

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

Thanks for the offer, but I have found it.

It won't current play as it says my graphic card is not compatible, downloading the update at slower than dial-up.

update fixed it, now waiting for wifi fix

Ben B · 23-10-2013, 11:45

The only issue had when I upgraded was my WiFi was stuck on 'Limited' despite numerous router reboots. Ended up plugging in the ethernet cable and running Windows Update that picked up a Broadcom driver update which fixed it luckily

SnoopZ · 09-12-2013, 20:20

Take this with a pinch of salt but rumour is ms may add the start menu back in the next version.

http://www.neowin.net/news/start-men...reshold-update

Hom3r · 09-12-2013, 21:13

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Originally Posted by Hom3r

update fixed it, now waiting for wifi fix

Fixed it I used this link, but downloaded the windows 8 64bit and extraced it to the HDD, and followed the instruction to find the driver

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...llReplies#tabs

Stuart · 09-12-2013, 23:40

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Originally Posted by Sirius

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.

AdamD · 10-12-2013, 11:09

I've tried windows 8 a few times, but it's just not good enough, for me anyway.

I'm still on Windows 7, because it just works.

Russ · 10-12-2013, 11:16

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Originally Posted by Stuart

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 always been indecisive (I think....) and to be honest there's nothing on 8 (or 8.1) that has made me feel I couldn't live without it. I've always maintained I prefer the look, feel and theme of 7 and as I tend to format my machine every few months or so I'm thinking a return is due.

Sirius · 10-12-2013, 13:23

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Originally Posted by Stuart

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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Originally Posted by AdamD

I've tried windows 8 a few times, but it's just not good enough, for me anyway.

I'm still on Windows 7, because it just works.

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Originally Posted by Russ

I've always been indecisive (I think....) and to be honest there's nothing on 8 (or 8.1) that has made me feel I couldn't live without it. I've always maintained I prefer the look, feel and theme of 7 and as I tend to format my machine every few months or so I'm thinking a return is due.

Still using Windows 8.1 with startisback for my start menu. I am only running it because microsoft removed my windows 7 key. Having said that 8.1 does work fine.

Dave42 · 12-12-2013, 14:17

Start menu could return to Windows before Threshold's release -- Windows 8.1 to be updated?

Talk of the Start menu has been rife in recent days and it something that people have been begging for since the release of Windows 8 saw it wrenched from the operating system. Now it seems as though we could see the return of the Start menu sooner than expected.

There has been speculation that Threshold -- the codename for the next big Windows release -- could be the release that sees Microsoft adding the Start menu back. But if Mary Jo Foley is to be believed we may not have to wait that long. Writing for ZDNet, Foley cites unnamed sources who claim that the Start menu is due to make a reappearance.

Internally it is being referred to as "mini-Start" there are no hints as to just what form the menu may take, but the fact that it is not just being called the Start menu should probably be taken as indicative that it is going to be different to the menu found in Windows 7. The obvious conclusion to jump to would be that it is a smaller menu.

May it will be a miniature version of the Start screen -- not quite the Start menu we all came to know and love, but getting close to it. There is no official word on quite what form mini-Start will take but the question that is going to be on everyone's lips is "when will we see it?".

The obvious suggestion would be that it will show its face when Threshold is released, but Foley suggests that it could see the light of day before then. She refers to a rumored "Update 1" for Windows 8.1. Could this service pack style be the vehicle that is used? If so, we the Start menu could be back with us as early as spring next year!

What form do you want the Start menu to take? Would you be happy with a straight lift from Windows 7 or would you prefer something slightly different?

http://www.winbeta.org/news/start-me...-81-be-updated

Gary L · 12-12-2013, 17:05

I think the 'Start Button' is a bit like JLS. keep promising us that they're splitting up. and we're getting impatient waiting for them to go away.

when all they're doing really is having a break, and they're going to come back after The Big Reunion.

Dave42 · 12-12-2013, 17:11

prefer windows without the start menu hope it a choice to disable it