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I had no problems with Customer Preview, everything worked, but, I must say that this Release Preview is another story all together. My PC hardware configuration is unchanged since installing Windows 7 when it came on to the market.
1. Doing a clean install did not install a clean installation of Windows 8. It took three attempts. Previous wallpaper, user login avatars, etc. kept showing up in the new supposedly clean install, even when installing with a local account.
2. At shut down I am constantly getting a winlog.exe error stating that I need to insert a disk in to various empty drives. This stops the computer from shutting down. The error message appears 18 times and has to be clicked away every time it appears. The OS shuts down but my computer hardware keeps running [fans, disks, etc.] I fear I may have to get rid of Windows 8 RP before it ruins my entire PC.
3. After the OS has shut down the computer itself will not switch the power of. The computer light showing disk activity is constantly on, even though the OS has been shut down.
I'm going to have to give up on this OS. This release candidate is not working at all well on my setup. Highly peculiar, especially as I had no issues with the Customer Preview and nothing has been changed in my PC hardware setup.
1. Doing a clean install did not install a clean installation of Windows 8. It took three attempts. Previous wallpaper, user login avatars, etc. kept showing up in the new supposedly clean install, even when installing with a local account.
2. At shut down I am constantly getting a winlog.exe error stating that I need to insert a disk in to various empty drives. This stops the computer from shutting down. The error message appears 18 times and has to be clicked away every time it appears. The OS shuts down but my computer hardware keeps running [fans, disks, etc.] I fear I may have to get rid of Windows 8 RP before it ruins my entire PC.
3. After the OS has shut down the computer itself will not switch the power of. The computer light showing disk activity is constantly on, even though the OS has been shut down.
I'm going to have to give up on this OS. This release candidate is not working at all well on my setup. Highly peculiar, especially as I had no issues with the Customer Preview and nothing has been changed in my PC hardware setup.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Windows XP SP3 32-bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Own build computer
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 E6600
- Motherboard
- Asus P5Q SE Plus
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GT240
- Sound Card
- Creative X-FI Sound Blaster Xtreme Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 24" Samsung Synchmaster 2494HM
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 [1080p HDMI connection]
- Hard Drives
- Internal: OCZ Vertex 4 128Gb SSD, 2 x 400Gb SAMSUNG HD403LJ External: 1 x Iomega 2Tb, 1 x Iomega 1Tb,
- PSU
- Corsair AX750 [750w]
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 550D
- Keyboard
- Wireless Desktop 3000 v2.0
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
- Internet Speed
- 120Mbps download/ 10Mbps upload Cable Connection via UPC Nederland