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I wanted to share some initial findings for a clean install of the Customer Preview as well as gradually update information on the "What wills" and "What won'ts" as far as programs, drivers, etc. This will include a few surprizes as well it appears!
For the first thing not expected to work didn't being the VPC 7 and XP Mode for 7. The typical not compatible with message was too obvious when seen. But the XP Mode is running on W8 CP! with a little help from the VMLite Workstation for XP Mode that is.
For those running dual monitors you may have already found out that Display Fusion or UltraMon runs into problems especially not seeing the Smart Bar work as it should if it goes on at all. DisplayFusion refused since NetFramework 2.0 was a requirement for the existing paid for version here. The latest version of DisplayDusion does support the W8 Customer Preview however.
UltraMon has a problem with a pair of registry items for the maximize and move windows over to other monitor button seen on any open windows. The Smart bar there also fails with the latest version even! Once the value is set from 1 to 0 UltraMon will remain running and see the icon in the system tray present.
A few of the old Legacy title pc games never seem to go away however! Besides some of those 7 or 8yr. old Steam titles try a much older 98-XP title like Return to CastleWolfenstein as one. Another still to be examined would be Soldier of Fortune.
For device drivers the old ATI Catalyst 4 went right on along with some 7 beta drivers by Creative for the sound card! Most will find the compatibility is still seen to a degree with many things but not all with drivers as well as softwares.
For the first thing not expected to work didn't being the VPC 7 and XP Mode for 7. The typical not compatible with message was too obvious when seen. But the XP Mode is running on W8 CP! with a little help from the VMLite Workstation for XP Mode that is.
For those running dual monitors you may have already found out that Display Fusion or UltraMon runs into problems especially not seeing the Smart Bar work as it should if it goes on at all. DisplayFusion refused since NetFramework 2.0 was a requirement for the existing paid for version here. The latest version of DisplayDusion does support the W8 Customer Preview however.
UltraMon has a problem with a pair of registry items for the maximize and move windows over to other monitor button seen on any open windows. The Smart bar there also fails with the latest version even! Once the value is set from 1 to 0 UltraMon will remain running and see the icon in the system tray present.
A few of the old Legacy title pc games never seem to go away however! Besides some of those 7 or 8yr. old Steam titles try a much older 98-XP title like Return to CastleWolfenstein as one. Another still to be examined would be Soldier of Fortune.
For device drivers the old ATI Catalyst 4 went right on along with some 7 beta drivers by Creative for the sound card! Most will find the compatibility is still seen to a degree with many things but not all with drivers as well as softwares.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 1st W10 Professional x64/W7 Ultimate x64 - 2nd Remote system: W10 Insider Builds/W7 Professional
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom Builds
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz -2nd case AMD Atholon II 3.2ghz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
- Memory
- Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 1600mhz 16gb - 2nd case Kingston Hyper-X "Fury" DDR3 1600mhz 8gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI Radeon HD 5750 1gb - 2nd AMD Radeon 6450
- Sound Card
- Creative Xtreme Gamer - 2nd case Realtek Onboard audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 19" dual monitor setup - 2nd case HP 20" lcd
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900 same on both builds
- Hard Drives
- 1st build
WD Caviar Black Edition Sata II 1tb two OS drives
WD RE "Heavy Duty Sata II 2tb two Storage/Backup
2nd build
WD Blue Sata II 500gb
WD Black Edition Sata III 1tb
WD Green Power Sata II 1tb in external usb enclosure
- PSU
- Corsair TX750H 750w -Corsair 500w
- Case
- Antec 900-2 -NXZT Vulcan Mini tower/carrying handle
- Cooling
- 120mm front pair, 120 rear 200cm top - 120mm Front intake 200mm side cover
- Keyboard
- Azio Blue led back lit both builds.
- Mouse
- MSI DS200 11 button programmable Gaming optical mouse - Odessa 3 button dual scroll trackball
- Internet Speed
- 30mbps
- Other Info
- two MSI 22x ide dvd burners, 25 usb flash drives used for Linux Live, live data recovery 128gb, and Windows 7, 10 usb installation keys