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    Is Windows 8 Pro with Media Center the same?

    Its true you can get media center free until end Jan 2013 - here's the link Add features - Microsoft Windows there are terms and conditions - look at Terms and Conditions Feature Packs - Microsoft Windows I can't find the URL but Microsoft say you can't uninstall media center, but have to...
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    Anybody using Comodo firewall?

    My Comodo is 5.12.252301.2551
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    Windows.old

    I downloaded the upgrade version Win 8 Pro on Saturday so its probably the same as yours - my Clean up system files is still there - I tried the "keep my files" option 3 times, without success, then settled on the "keep nothing" option, so I was surprised to find the setup had preserved my...
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    Windows.old

    Glad to help - I had trouble with the flash folder, but after several reboots, and another take ownership, I deleted the file inside the folder, then the folder. I had noticed that I was continually being asked in my (Maxthon) browser to install a different version of flash, but after 4 or 5...
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    Windows.old

    This will give you an additional right click mouse option "Take Ownership" I found it first when I installed W7 and was denied access to files I had written in the first place - it works on W8 because I found myself in the sam position after installing W8 last weekend good luck Take and Grant...
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    Windows.old

    Taking ownership worked for me too
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    Anybody using Comodo firewall?

    Neither BT NetProtect Plus (McAfee) or Avira did not (yet) support W8, so I turned to Comodo (Internet security premium) when I upgraded to W8 last weekend. I can say it seems very effective and I think I'll stay with it. It objects to almost everything - for example Asus AI suite and...
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    Windows 8 compatible defrag software for mechanical hdds?

    After saying Ultimate Defrag worked perfectly I found that the boot time defrag does not work - I have only been using W8 for < a week. I think the onboard defrag is fine, but there is an awful lot of stuff in Photoshop that is rarely used and I like to push that to the back of the drive, and...
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    Windows 8 compatible defrag software for mechanical hdds?

    I am using Ultimate Defrag 4 and it runs just as well as it did on Win 7 x64
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