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Good morning from Germany, my name is Cliff and I just wanted to introduce myself. I've been lurking the windows 7 and 8 forums for years now, getting the help and information just using the search function. Now that I have bought a new desktop and finally have windows 8.1 I thought I would sign up.
I've been using windows 7 for years now, but since I've started using 8.1 for about a month I do not understand why so many people refuse to accept it. IT ROCKS. Especially File Explorer, it's so much more powerful. And the apps screen with it's overview is much faster than a start menu to find something (this could be because I've been using ubuntu for a few years now and it's kinda like the DASH), I uninstalled the POKKI start menu after about a week when it started downloading stuff w/o my permission and phoning home. Also for programs I download and install myself, I always make a desktop shortcut and have "show desktop icons" turned off, and have in the taskbar, the Desktop Toolbar turned on and placed next to the start screen icon with only the trashcan showing (show title and show text are turned off) for fast access, another plus with this is you can find anything in your system with slide menus.
I only install programs that I really need or that windows doesn't already have, microsoft has done a really good job with 8.1 here, I have three less 3rd party programs now. With this rule I haven't had a single BSOD since April 2012 when I was experimenting with different so called "system optimizers", until I read either in windows 7 forums or more likely How-to-Geek:"Let windows take care of itself".
Oh yeah one last thing, after the first few weeks and getting everything set up how I want it and upgrading the RAM and C. disk to an SSD, I haven't had any app or explorer crashes, 8.1 seems much more stable than 7 in that way too. My reliability history has only blue info icons in it.
I've been using windows 7 for years now, but since I've started using 8.1 for about a month I do not understand why so many people refuse to accept it. IT ROCKS. Especially File Explorer, it's so much more powerful. And the apps screen with it's overview is much faster than a start menu to find something (this could be because I've been using ubuntu for a few years now and it's kinda like the DASH), I uninstalled the POKKI start menu after about a week when it started downloading stuff w/o my permission and phoning home. Also for programs I download and install myself, I always make a desktop shortcut and have "show desktop icons" turned off, and have in the taskbar, the Desktop Toolbar turned on and placed next to the start screen icon with only the trashcan showing (show title and show text are turned off) for fast access, another plus with this is you can find anything in your system with slide menus.
I only install programs that I really need or that windows doesn't already have, microsoft has done a really good job with 8.1 here, I have three less 3rd party programs now. With this rule I haven't had a single BSOD since April 2012 when I was experimenting with different so called "system optimizers", until I read either in windows 7 forums or more likely How-to-Geek:"Let windows take care of itself".
Oh yeah one last thing, after the first few weeks and getting everything set up how I want it and upgrading the RAM and C. disk to an SSD, I haven't had any app or explorer crashes, 8.1 seems much more stable than 7 in that way too. My reliability history has only blue info icons in it.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Update Pro in Hyper-V/Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Cliff's Black & Blue Wonder
- CPU
- Intel Core i9-9900K
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero
- Memory
- 32 GB Quad Kit, G.Skill Trident Z RGB Series schwarz, DDR4-3866, 18-19-19-39-2T
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 ROG Strix O24G, 24576 MB GDDR6X
- Sound Card
- (1) HD Webcam C270 (2) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (3) Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- BenQ BL2711U(4K) and a hp 27vx(1080p)
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- C: Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 SSD
E: & O: Libraries & OneDrive-> Samsung 850 EVO 1TB
D: Hyper-V VM's -> Samsung PM951 Client M.2 512Gb SSD
G: System Images -> HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB
- PSU
- Corsair HX1000i High Performance ATX Power Supply 80+ Platinum
- Case
- hanteks Enthoo Pro TG
- Cooling
- Thermaltake Floe Riing RGB TT Premium-Edition 360mm and 3 Corsair blue LED fans
- Keyboard
- Trust GTX THURA
- Mouse
- Trust GTX 148
- Internet Speed
- 25+/5+ (+usually faster)
- Browser
- Edge; Chrome; IE11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender of course & Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit as a
- Other Info
- Router: FRITZ!Box 7590 AX V2
Sound system: SHARP HT-SBW460 Dolby Atmos Soundbar
Webcam: Logitech BRIO ULTRA HD PRO WEBCAM 4K webcam with HDR