Windows 8 Consumer preview Released
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Downloading 64-bit ISO, 6 1/2 hours!
After an hour of downloading, now reporting 16 hrs to go!!
After an hour of downloading, now reporting 16 hrs to go!!
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- W10 Pro (desktop), W10 (laptop), W10 Pro (tablet)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home built i7-8700K, Hp Envy x360 EVO Laptop, MS Surface Pro 7
- CPU
- 3.7Ghz Core i7-8700K, 11th Gen Core i7-1165G7 4.7Ghz, 10th Gen Core™ i5-1035G4 1.1Ghz
- Motherboard
- ASUS TUF Z370-Pro Gaming, HP, MS
- Memory
- 16G, 8G, 8G
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon RX580, Intel Iris X Graphics, Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4
- Sound Card
- ATI High Definition Audio (Built-in to mobo)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dual Samsung U32J59 32 inch monitors, 13.3" display, 12.3" display
- Screen Resolution
- 3840x2160 (Desktop), 1920x1080 (laptop), 2736x1824 Pro 7
- Hard Drives
- 500GB ssd boot drive with 2 & 10TB Data (Desktop), 512GB ssd (laptop), 128GB SSD (tablet)
- PSU
- Corsair CX 750M
- Case
- Antec 100
- Cooling
- Coolermaster CM 212+
- Keyboard
- IBM Model M - used continuously since 1986
- Mouse
- Microsoft IntelliMouse
- Internet Speed
- 665Mbps/15Mbps down/up
- Browser
- FireFox, MS Edge
- Antivirus
- Defender on all
- Other Info
- Retired in 2015 after working in the tech industry for 41 years. First 10 years as a Technician, the rest as a programmer/software engineer. After 1 year of retirement, I was bored so went back to work as a Robotic Process Automation Consultant. Retired for 3rd (and final) time in 2019.
- Messages
- 20
- Location
- Sedro Woolley
Yes same question-Whats up with the dead fish? Fooled me once, forced a reboot, no progress indicator for ram load.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 CP 64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Me
- CPU
- AMD Athlon X2 2.4G
- Motherboard
- ASRock
- Memory
- 6GS
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI HD 5450
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 75hz
- Hard Drives
- WD Black 80g SATA3 x2 System/Backup
- Keyboard
- MS
- Mouse
- MS
- Internet Speed
- 10 mgs
- Other Info
- This is just my test machine.
- Messages
- 4,713
- Location
- Manchester, England
I've just got to the language selection screen and was a little disappointed that there was no English availible, I've had to settle for American
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- me
- CPU
- i9
- Messages
- 20
- Location
- Sedro Woolley
I've just got to the language selection screen and was a little disappointed that there was no English availible, I've had to settle for American
Thats ok-we in the US have to settle for English
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 CP 64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Me
- CPU
- AMD Athlon X2 2.4G
- Motherboard
- ASRock
- Memory
- 6GS
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI HD 5450
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 75hz
- Hard Drives
- WD Black 80g SATA3 x2 System/Backup
- Keyboard
- MS
- Mouse
- MS
- Internet Speed
- 10 mgs
- Other Info
- This is just my test machine.
- Messages
- 519
- Location
- Shasta County
So far so good...
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 10 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built
- CPU
- Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
- Motherboard
- Asrock P67 Extreme4
- Memory
- 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
- Sound Card
- ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- auria eq2367
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
1TB WD Blue
1TB Hitachi
- PSU
- SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 750D
- Cooling
- Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
- Internet Speed
- Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
- Other Info
- Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
- Messages
- 193
- Location
- Western Algarve, Portugal
US use English? "Two nations separated by a common language.":huh:
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- WIN7 Home Premium 64-bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Homebuilt
- CPU
- Intel I7 920
- Motherboard
- Asus P6T-Se
- Memory
- 6Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire HD5770
- Sound Card
- On-board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS VW246H, Samsing Syncmaster 2233, Samsung Syncmaster T200HD
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 500Gb
- PSU
- Coolermaster Silent Pro M700
- Case
- NOX
- Mouse
- Logitech Marble
- Internet Speed
- 10Mbps
- Other Info
- Dell Inspiron 1501 with Win 8 CP 32 Bit - flying along!
- Messages
- 709
- Location
- Toronto, Canada. Born in the U.K.
Installed and now configuring.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 7 Ult SP1 + Win 10 Pro - (x64)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Alienware® ALX X58
- CPU
- Intel® Core i7-975 Extreme 3.86 GHz 8MB Cache
- Motherboard
- ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Socket 1366 Core i7, Dual Triple Channel DDR3 Mem
- Memory
- 24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
- Graphics Card(s)
- 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner
- Sound Card
- Onboard Soundmax® High definition Sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung XL2370 LED
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 X 1080P
- Hard Drives
- 2 X 500gb SATA
1 X 1TB SATA
1 X 3TB external eSATA
(Non-RAID)
- PSU
- Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
- Case
- Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce 3.0 Video Cooling
- Cooling
- Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
- Keyboard
- Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
- Mouse
- Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
- Internet Speed
- 1tbs
- Other Info
- Using non-RAID on purpose as I find it too fussy and temperamental.
Well I'm up with 32-bit in VirtualBox. Guest additions failed so a rubbish screen size. May try VMPlayer later unless I can find a way to get the guest additions loaded. I see the start menu has gone altogether. Took a while to find how to shut it down. Clicking the far right of the taskbar brings up a menu. Don't see how to do it from the metro screen.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 x64 SP1 Home Premium/Win 8.1 in VBox
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Hewlett-Packard/G62 Notebook
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
- Motherboard
- Hewlett-Packard 1425
- Memory
- 8 GB DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel(R) HD Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Builtin
- Screen Resolution
- 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
- Hard Drives
- 250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
1TB Iomega NAS.
- Mouse
- Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
- Internet Speed
- 20Mb/sec
- Messages
- 155
- Location
- Lincoln UK
9 minutes for download and drive prepared ready!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 x64/Win 8 Dev x64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom - PC Specialist
- CPU
- Athlon 64 x2 6000+
- Motherboard
- ASUS M3N78 PRO
- Memory
- 4Gb Dual Channel
- Graphics Card(s)
- Geforce 8400
- Sound Card
- On Board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- BenQ G2222HDL
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 1Gb Spinpoint F3/740Gb Western Digital
640Gb Western Digital
- PSU
- National Grid
- Case
- Yes
- Cooling
- Stock Cooler
- Keyboard
- Saitek Eclipse II
- Mouse
- Microsoft Laser Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 50Mb
- Other Info
- N/A
- Messages
- 4,713
- Location
- Manchester, England
The screen positioning needs sorting, it just took about 5 minutes to get them in position without it jumping back to them all side by side
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 10
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- me
- CPU
- i9
- Messages
- 519
- Location
- Shasta County
Updates already...
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 10 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built
- CPU
- Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
- Motherboard
- Asrock P67 Extreme4
- Memory
- 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
- Sound Card
- ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- auria eq2367
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
1TB WD Blue
1TB Hitachi
- PSU
- SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
- Case
- Corsair Obsidian 750D
- Cooling
- Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
- Internet Speed
- Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
- Other Info
- Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
- Messages
- 20
- Location
- Sedro Woolley
The reg tweak to disable Metro in Developer does not work (different reg key?) in Customer Preveiw. If any one should happen across a tweak please post.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 CP 64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Me
- CPU
- AMD Athlon X2 2.4G
- Motherboard
- ASRock
- Memory
- 6GS
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI HD 5450
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 75hz
- Hard Drives
- WD Black 80g SATA3 x2 System/Backup
- Keyboard
- MS
- Mouse
- MS
- Internet Speed
- 10 mgs
- Other Info
- This is just my test machine.
- Messages
- 1,488
- Location
- Birmingham
It looks good and more snappier.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire E1-571
- CPU
- i5-3230m
- Motherboard
- Acer Type-2
- Memory
- 8GB DDR3 1333MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD 4000
- Sound Card
- High Definiton Audio Device
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Generic
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
- PSU
- Generic
- Keyboard
- QWERTY
- Mouse
- ELANTECH Touchpad
- Internet Speed
- 12.68Mbps
- Browser
- IE11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
naskox
New Member
- Messages
- 7
- Location
- Sofia, Bulgaria
What is the point, if you stop the Metro Style? It will be like Windows 7, but without start button.
I will put it as a main OS, I do not trust on virtual machines, and subscribe later
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows Consumer Preview
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- Motherboard
- Asus
- Memory
- A-DATA
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia GTS250
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
- Keyboard
- SilverCrest
- Mouse
- SilverCrest
- Internet Speed
- 35 Mbit/s
How could it change the place where windows tries to look for your mouse to activate the options menu?
the one with settings, search, share and devices? because it's in a hard place in between of my two monitors.
the one with settings, search, share and devices? because it's in a hard place in between of my two monitors.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 x64 Home Premium / Commodore OS Vision / Windows 8 Release preview
- CPU
- AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 7750 BE 2,7Ghz (2/4)
- Motherboard
- Asus M2N-e
- Memory
- 4Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- GIGABYTE (ATI) Radeon HD 6870 (1Gb)
- Sound Card
- Do i have one?
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2
- Screen Resolution
- 1x HD1080 1x SXGA
- Hard Drives
- 1x Samsung 500 Gb
1x Samsung 30 Gb
1x LaCie 1Tb Hard drive.
- PSU
- Antec 500W
- Case
- Antec three hundred
- Cooling
- 3 fans + psu and cpu + gpu
- Keyboard
- Logitech G19
- Mouse
- CM Storm Xornet
- Internet Speed
- 110mb/ s
- Other Info
- Look, what i've created... just a few visits at the recyclement center was enough...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win
- Messages
- 681
Initial USB install took about 10 - 12 mins on to a spinner drive not counting setup and mouse froze in lower right corner of start menu where the new small zoom button is but since installing updates and graphics drivers problem has gone away. Also the weather app is more detailed with graphs and maps.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Pro x 2
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- My own abomination, I call it the Money Pit
- CPU
- Intel i7 2600K @ 3.40 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS Sabertooth P67
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Dual Channel Kit
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA GAMING 10GB GDDR6X
- Sound Card
- Onboard Realtek or Nvidia High Definition Audio (HDMI)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung JS7000 50" SUHD TV or Samsung 27" FHD 60Hz 8ms GTG VA LED Smart Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 1 x Samsung 870 EVO 250 GB SSD (Windows 10 Pro), 1 x Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (Windows 10 Pro)
- PSU
- Corsair AX860 - 860W Modular Power Supply
- Case
- Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black
- Cooling
- CORSAIR Hydro Series H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler
- Keyboard
- Logitech K830 Illuminated Living-Room Keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Anywhere 2S Wireless Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 10/100/1000 Mbps capable
- Browser
- (Primary) Latest Firefox version & Microsoft Edge
- Antivirus
- ESET Internet Security
- Other Info
- LG Super Multi Blue Internal Blu-ray Disk Rewriter - BH10LS30
6x2 HDMI Switcher (6 inputs, 2 outputs) so I can send the output of my Cable Box, Roku, or any my 4 computers to either my TV or Monitor separately or simultaneously.
- Messages
- 79
there are 4 updates in marketplace as well.
Btw, 2 hours in and I already changed too much. (updates, softwares, group policies)
And boom! BSOD
Though it was an opprtunity to test Windows 8 self-restore. Lost all installs =/
Also they added new option for AppLocker: Packgaed app rules. Apparently it is for metro apps.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Tetris
- Messages
- 993
- Messages
- 45
- Location
- Behind you
I can't download it :/ At school and I can't remote to my computer because my dad shut it off to bring it to me :/
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 + Linux Mint KDE x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- AMD A8-3850 APU
- Motherboard
- ECS A75F-M2
- Memory
- 10 GB (8GB Kingston + 2GB Kingston) DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon HD HD 6550D (APU)
- Sound Card
- "High Definition Audio Device"
- Monitor(s) Displays
- DELL E171FPb
- Screen Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Hard Drives
- Seagate 1TB
- PSU
- 120W
- Case
- Antec 900
- Cooling
- 1 CPU fan, 2 HDD (front) fans
- Keyboard
- Dell Keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech M305
- Internet Speed
- down: 12.92mbps up:3.86 mbps
- Browser
- Mozilla Firefox
- Antivirus
- Avast!