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I just wasted $40 for a Windows 8 license and installed it with VMware. And the first two simple things I tried don't work.

1. When I wanted to use one of my own pictures as desktop background, it tells me that I do not have an application for that. Since when do we need applications to set a desktop background. It works neither from the picture directly nor thru Personalize.

2. I always automate my logins with Netplwiz. That is a hit and miss too. It works a couple of times, then I have to loging manually again (although the little box is still unchecked).

What a mess. All these functions worked in the prerelease versions. I knew I was wasting my money.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
1. Works fine for me, both through a picture and through Personalize.

2. I have auto login working fine. Just make sure you clear the password too, by CTRL-ALT-DEL -> Change password -> Enter current password then leaving new password field blank.


I also don't have it running in a virtual environment.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
You did an upgrade install, didn't you? Even though you know how many problems people have with upgrades...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
I just wasted $40 for a Windows 8 license and installed it with VMware. And the first two simple things I tried don't work.

1. When I wanted to use one of my own pictures as desktop background, it tells me that I do not have an application for that. Since when do we need applications to set a desktop background. It works neither from the picture directly nor thru Personalize.

2. I always automate my logins with Netplwiz. That is a hit and miss too. It works a couple of times, then I have to loging manually again (although the little box is still unchecked).

What a mess. All these functions worked in the prerelease versions. I knew I was wasting my money.

Wow what a waste, a full operating system for less than half the price of most good games:cry:

There was a guy on here a few days ago who said he found it exciting and challenging to find new ways of doing things, I feel exactly the same way, bit like an explorer or learning DOS the first time, but obviously you don't.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 Pro/Windows 7 64 Bit64Bit/Windows XP
I just wasted $40 for a Windows 8 license and installed it with VMware. And the first two simple things I tried don't work.

1. When I wanted to use one of my own pictures as desktop background, it tells me that I do not have an application for that. Since when do we need applications to set a desktop background. It works neither from the picture directly nor thru Personalize.

2. I always automate my logins with Netplwiz. That is a hit and miss too. It works a couple of times, then I have to loging manually again (although the little box is still unchecked).

What a mess. All these functions worked in the prerelease versions. I knew I was wasting my money.

Wow what a waste, a full operating system for less than half the price of most good games:cry:

There was a guy on here a few days ago who said he found it exciting and challenging to find new ways of doing things, I feel exactly the same way, bit like an explorer or learning DOS the first time, but obviously you don't.
Young man, I have been around computers since 1958 and learned about 50 different operating systems - that was my job. A new OS does not scare me. I can tell a good OS from a marginal one and for right now Windows 8 is marginal in my book - at least for the desktop user.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
Young man, I have been around computers since 1958 and learned about 50 different operating systems - that was my job. A new OS does not scare me. I can tell a good OS from a marginal one and for right now Windows 8 is marginal in my book - at least for the desktop user.

I can only imagine how you reacted then when Start Menu was introduced in Windows 95. :rolleyes:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
Problem 1 is solved after I downloaded the Windows Live apps.

Problem 2 is still mysterious. No idea why it would undo my Netplwiz settings at times. Will keep an eye on that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
Odd, out of the several installs of Windows 8 I've done, never heard of that issue, in fact, I've never heard of that issue with the wallpaper in general. The closest was with vista and randomly deciding that it doesn't want anyone to change the wallpaper anymore by simply cutting that option out.

As for the auto-login, I've never heard of this happening either. I've done it with Windows 7 and now on 8, works flawlessly.

Can you describe a bit more in detail about the issues? For the first, what are you doing where that was prompted? And for the auto-login, is this after a restart it doesn't work or after starting up from a hybrid shut down?

And how did you react to Windows 95 out of curiosity?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    AMD FX 8320
    Motherboard
    Crosshair V Formula-Z
    Memory
    16 gig DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS R9 270
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
    PSU
    OCZ 500 watt
    Case
    A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Touch Mouse
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
I just wasted $40 for a Windows 8 license and installed it with VMware. And the first two simple things I tried don't work.

1. When I wanted to use one of my own pictures as desktop background, it tells me that I do not have an application for that. Since when do we need applications to set a desktop background. It works neither from the picture directly nor thru Personalize.

2. I always automate my logins with Netplwiz. That is a hit and miss too. It works a couple of times, then I have to loging manually again (although the little box is still unchecked).

What a mess. All these functions worked in the prerelease versions. I knew I was wasting my money.

Wow what a waste, a full operating system for less than half the price of most good games:cry:

There was a guy on here a few days ago who said he found it exciting and challenging to find new ways of doing things, I feel exactly the same way, bit like an explorer or learning DOS the first time, but obviously you don't.
Young man, I have been around computers since 1958 and learned about 50 different operating systems - that was my job. A new OS does not scare me. I can tell a good OS from a marginal one and for right now Windows 8 is marginal in my book - at least for the desktop user.

i wasn't being disrespectful that's why I put the crying face on there. Look I'm far from being an expert but I've been using computers since 1985 and also started with DOS. I know Windows 8 might be a little quirky at first but believe me it's far from being marginal, it's just a slightly different way of working.

In my opinion it's faster, it boots up faster, it's easier to get around and it looks clean and modern.

My wife is absolutely hopeless on computers, I usually have to show her everything about 100 times before she grasps it. I installed Windows 8 and Quiken and some games for her a couple of days ago and the only thing I showed her was to get to the desktop and back to Metro.

I left her and she was playing a game, an hour later I asked her how she was going and she said she'd updated Quiken done some banking and she remarked how easy Windows 8 was, I nearly fainted, she'd even managed to open the charms bar.

if she says Windows 8 is easy, it's easy.

She loves some of the new games in the store as well, Microsoft Mahjong and Taptile and the piano app.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 Pro/Windows 7 64 Bit64Bit/Windows XP
Bill Windows -
Wow what a waste, a full operating system for less than half the price of most good games


It's funny you should make that comparison, Bill, because that's exactly how I've always treated a new OS.
It started when I first transitioned from the C64/Amiga I'd previously been running, to the IBM/MS/Intel world in 1994.
I'd literally never used a PC before, apart from two short 'introduction' courses, and really did have NFI, so I started playing
around, aided by a few 'beginner' books and a subscription to PC Format.
I basically treated Win 3.1/3.11 and Windows 95 as 'adventure games' and that's how I learned to use a PC. I broke the OS
many times, but learned a hell of a lot about it in the process.
To this day I love to get 'under the hood' and see what's really going on in there. It made Windows 8 far less of a challenge to
learn than it might otherwise have been.
Wenda.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 'Ultimate' RTM 64 bit (Pro/WMC).
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer AS8951G 'Desktop Replacement'.
    CPU
    i7-2670QM@2.2/3.1Ghz.
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB@1366Mhz.
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GT555M 2GB DDR3
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD w/Dolby 5.1 surround.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-in. Non-touch.
    Screen Resolution
    18/4" 1920x1080 full-HD.
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 750GBx2 internal. 1x2TB, 2x640GB, 1x500GB external.
    PSU
    Stock.
    Case
    Laptop.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    Full 101-key
    Mouse
    USB cordless.
    Browser
    IE11, Firefox, Tor.
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Pro.
    Other Info
    BD-ROM drive.
I've been into computers since around 1974, when I did Fortran programing using a pencil to mark out cards that were run after hours at uni. Punch cards came some years later with NEC mainframes (whatever happened to NEC?). I've been using Microsoft since DOS and experienced the good times, the mediocre times and the bad times. I call things as I see them.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows Phone 6, Windows CE 5, Windows Vista x32, Windows 7 x32/x64, Windows 8 x64
Bill Windows -
Wow what a waste, a full operating system for less than half the price of most good games


It's funny you should make that comparison, Bill, because that's exactly how I've always treated a new OS.
It started when I first transitioned from the C64/Amiga I'd previously been running, to the IBM/MS/Intel world in 1994.
I'd literally never used a PC before, apart from two short 'introduction' courses, and really did have NFI, so I started playing
around, aided by a few 'beginner' books and a subscription to PC Format.
I basically treated Win 3.1/3.11 and Windows 95 as 'adventure games' and that's how I learned to use a PC. I broke the OS
many times, but learned a hell of a lot about it in the process.
To this day I love to get 'under the hood' and see what's really going on in there. It made Windows 8 far less of a challenge to
learn than it might otherwise have been.
Wenda.

Dam that's where I started the C64 then Amiga 500 onto the Amiga 2000, I think that's why its easier for us because we're really used to using the right mouse button.
The biggest disappointment in my life was leaving the Amiga 2000 because Commodore lost the blueprints to their own machines and couldn't keep up.
I reckon Windows 8 is an absolute steal when you count in some of the free apps in the store, I was paying $90 for some games nearly 10 years ago.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 Pro/Windows 7 64 Bit64Bit/Windows XP
I've been into computers since around 1974, when I did Fortran programing using a pencil to mark out cards that were run after hours at uni. Punch cards came some years later with NEC mainframes (whatever happened to NEC?). I've been using Microsoft since DOS and experienced the good times, the mediocre times and the bad times. I call things as I see them.

So I take it you're saying this is one of the good times.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 Pro/Windows 7 64 Bit64Bit/Windows XP
Hmmm.. It seems odd that the people that seem to dislike Windows 8 the most all like to brag about how they were using computers in the 50's or some such...

There can't be a correlation.... I'm probably just imagining it...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
Hmmm.. It seems odd that the people that seem to dislike Windows 8 the most all like to brag about how they were using computers in the 50's or some such...

There can't be a correlation.... I'm probably just imagining it...

Not Really.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 Pro/Windows 7 64 Bit64Bit/Windows XP
Hmmm.. It seems odd that the people that seem to dislike Windows 8 the most all like to brag about how they were using computers in the 50's or some such...

There can't be a correlation.... I'm probably just imagining it...

It works both ways, but you need to take off the rose tinted glasses to see the reality. Those who have actually lived through the entire technology revolution, probably have a reasonable case when it comes to offering opinions; afterall, they've grown up with immense change and are still trying out and learning new things every day.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows Phone 6, Windows CE 5, Windows Vista x32, Windows 7 x32/x64, Windows 8 x64
Hmmm.. It seems odd that the people that seem to dislike Windows 8 the most all like to brag about how they were using computers in the 50's or some such...

There can't be a correlation.... I'm probably just imagining it...

Not me, Mystere.
Fact is, I'm a bit of an OS nut, and since I have these old OSes and the software they used to run, it makes sense to me to keep them running if I can.
Also, I have actually bought Windows 8 (Pro, then I added WMC) and like it very much. If I hated it, I'd hardly have bothered. I had no issues on installation (I tried both upgrade and standalone setups to compare them, both went without a hitch) and have had no problems since. None that were Windows' fault anyway.
The reason some of the older OSes have been re-installed is due to my DP and CP becoming time-expired, and the fact that I have only one Win 8 product key, and don't want pirated or hacked versions of 8.
Wenda.


**Edit: Anyway, isn't that part of what being an enthusiast is all about? Preserving these old OSes in working condition can be fun, and also gives people who have NFI a glimpse of what it was like using 3.1 or 95 in a real environment. I could run most in VMs but that's not nearly as rewarding, or as much fun.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 'Ultimate' RTM 64 bit (Pro/WMC).
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer AS8951G 'Desktop Replacement'.
    CPU
    i7-2670QM@2.2/3.1Ghz.
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB@1366Mhz.
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GT555M 2GB DDR3
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD w/Dolby 5.1 surround.
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-in. Non-touch.
    Screen Resolution
    18/4" 1920x1080 full-HD.
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 750GBx2 internal. 1x2TB, 2x640GB, 1x500GB external.
    PSU
    Stock.
    Case
    Laptop.
    Cooling
    Stock.
    Keyboard
    Full 101-key
    Mouse
    USB cordless.
    Browser
    IE11, Firefox, Tor.
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Pro.
    Other Info
    BD-ROM drive.
Hmmm.. It seems odd that the people that seem to dislike Windows 8 the most all like to brag about how they were using computers in the 50's or some such...

There can't be a correlation.... I'm probably just imagining it...

It works both ways, but you need to take off the rose tinted glasses to see the reality. Those who have actually lived through the entire technology revolution, probably have a reasonable case when it comes to offering opinions; afterall, they've grown up with immense change and are still trying out and learning new things every day.

Mmm...ooo boi! :eek: I'm up very early this morning here in the Midwest U.S.. Mystere lives about 350 miles from me. I have a feeling I'm going to feel the ground rumble when he reads your post.....:p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer T690
    CPU
    Intel Pentium D Dual Core
    Motherboard
    Acer/Intel E946GZ
    Memory
    2GB (max upgrade)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
    Sound Card
    Integrated RealTek ALC888 high-definition audio with 7.1 channel audio support
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1917W A LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    350 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
    Thumb drives
    PSU
    Standard 250 watt
    Case
    Desktop 7.2" (183mm) W x 17.5" (445mm) L x 14.5"
    Cooling
    Dual case fans + CPU fan
    Keyboard
    Acer Windows PS/2
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft Arc
    Internet Speed
    54mbp/s
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    Office Pro 2013 / Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phone 8.1DP GDR1
I may as well jump in here too and chit chat.

I purchased one of the very first IBM desk top 8086 PC's back in 1983, just about the time they introduced them. There was no Microsoft. No available store bought software. What a clunker. Like the old Model T Ford. A software company came along with the IBM salesman. He wrote the programs for our company's. Microsoft came along in the early 1990's.

Another local/regional engineering/construction company went bankrupt in the late 1990's. Our then company acquired them and their assets including office equipment and personnel. I got one of their computers. It had only MS-DOS. Didn't even have a clock! By then there was quite a lot of commercially available software, actually quite good. One of the acquired company's accountants kept on using MS DOS ! Also one of that company's engineers shared an office with me. He persisted in using MS DOS ! I couldn't believe it. They wouldn't change ??? It was agonizing to see them even print something, typing in MS DOS each time.

I bough a new Compaq Presario shortly thereafter and loaded it with all kinds of word processing and accounting/math software. But those characters just kept on plodding along the old way.

I like Windows 8. Since I came from the old school I remember what it was like back then and how truly primitive the things were.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
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