Win 8, so long, been a trauma to know you....

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Final straw...

Tried to d/l the release preview, and copped a faulty iso.

Another member of this forum took pity on my poxy 8GB/month
connection, and mailed me a copy.

Just installed it....nah, f#ck that!

Set up OK, then logged onto here to PM the bloke who sent me the
disk to thank him....but nooooo.

Locked up. So rebooted & tried again. Nyet.

AND again. And again, nyet.

THEN wouldn't pick my Win 7 sysimage when I went to restore...?

Win 7 64-bit is fresh-installing as I type.

The super-lappy is only six months old, and is only half a step back
from cutting-edge, lappy-wise, but it HATES Windows 8. (See my
system specs. Or not. IDGAF).

I'm posting on my old Penryn 2Ghz dual-core running Win 8 CP 32-bit.
on 3gb and Intel 4500MHD graphics. As purchased, it was a Vista machine.

They LOVE each other, for some reason, and the combo has never been an issue.
So, I'll be hacking the 32-bit CP to keep it alive as long as possible.

As for the RP and the RTM....no, sorry, NEVER going onto the super-lappy.

Or this. Not in my lifetime, AAR.
 
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    Acer
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Another member (SIW2?) suggested that I give Linux Mint a try.

Downloading to check it out now.
 

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    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
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    Intel Sandy-Bridge i7-2670QM quad-core
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    Acer
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    8GB DDR3
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    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
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    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
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    18.4" full-HD
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    1920x1024
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    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
    Stock
    Case
    Laptop
    Cooling
    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
Another member (SIW2?) suggested that I give Linux Mint a try.

Downloading to check it out now.
I would second that suggestion as I've used Linux Mint. LM 13 looks fresh. You may need a DVD for it though cause it has a larger ISO size that won't fit on a CD.

Ooooh wait! Since I don't have much to do, maybe I should boot my LM 13 DVD just to take it for a spin once more.
 

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Isn't the expression:

"So long and thanks for all the fish"?

apologies to Douglas Adams (a lover of the Apple Macintosh)
 

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    ATI
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    notebook
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    Seagate ST9500325AS
    Google drive 15GB
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    BT Infinity Unlimited - 80 up 20 down =70/16 really
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    no Start menu modifications
    Upgraded with no issues to 8.0 and to 8.1
I'm posting on my old Penryn 2Ghz dual-core running Win 8 CP 32-bit.
on 3gb and Intel 4500MHD graphics. As purchased, it was a Vista machine.

They LOVE each other, for some reason, and the combo has never been an issue.
So, I'll be hacking the 32-bit CP to keep it alive as long as possible.

So, let me get this straight
1). You absolutely hate Windows 8
2). You are going to put time and effort into hacking Windows 8 to keep a pre-release version running as long as possible.

I'm not sure I understand.
 

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No, I didn't say I absolutely hated Win 8. I said that this laptop did.

I've had the CP running on the older machine since its release, and
haven't had a problem with it, so certainly don't hate it, once I
installed Classic Shell.

BUT....the RP does not like THIS machine, and proved so unreliable
as to be unusable, although the CP ran fine on it.

So, I'll be keeping the CP on the older machine, keeping Win 7 on
this one, and will probably try the RP on the desktop machine and
see how that goes.

Yes, I DO dislike the metro interface, but Classic Shell fixes that, so
it isn't really an issue.
 

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    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
    CPU
    Intel Sandy-Bridge i7-2670QM quad-core
    Motherboard
    Acer
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
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    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
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    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
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    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
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    Stock
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    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
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    Borderline pathetic.
I just have to ask, if Classic Shell makes using 8 better for you, why even bother with Windows 8 in the first place?

Strange as the RP doesn't work better and is being a load of issues. Every preview I've installed and used is better than the last, but I'm iffy about the leaked RTM builds as they don't seem as fast as the RP. Are you experiencing driver issues by any chance?
 

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    Crosshair V Formula-Z
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    x2 3 TB Toshibas
    Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
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    Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
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    Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
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    Microsoft Touch Mouse
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    Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014
I just have to ask, if Classic Shell makes using 8 better for you, why even bother with Windows 8 in the first place?

Strange as the RP doesn't work better and is being a load of issues. Every preview I've installed and used is better than the last, but I'm iffy about the leaked RTM builds as they don't seem as fast as the RP. Are you experiencing driver issues by any chance?

Hi there
Because there are some other features in W8 that people like having

1) Built in Mountable virtual ISO - no 3rd party app required

2) Windows to Go feature - portable W8 on a USB / stick. - Although technically it will only work on Enterprise the method will probably work on other W8 versions if you use the WIM image and IMAGEX with the boot command from the W8 Enterprise download leaked version and the WIM version from the W8 system you want to run.

3) better built in security -- this is STREETS and STRRETS ahead of W7 -- one of the good Hacker exploits that used to make Windows leak like a sieve was the "Memory heap" trick where you could cause a buffer overflow in the kernel memory area and then your nice little "nasty code" was in. This has been completely fixed now so it's much harder (not impossible of course) to break windows any more.

4) automatic file history for keeping track of changes to your data

5) HYPER-V for virtual machines.

6) far better Hardware detection than W7 so no need for hunting around for obscure drivers.

However if these aren't of any concern then keep with W7 for the moment.

The whole Metro stuff just kills W8 for me -- I don't use a computer like a tablet or mobile phone and have no intention of smearing greasy palms over a nice 60 inch monitor either -- and those metro thingy's look absolutely HORRIBLE at that type of screen resolution anyway.

For me please send the Kiddies Menu back to the Kindergarten where it belongs --the whole look of the stuff reminds me of some horrible 20 year old or so version of how AOL used to present its user interface -- all those years ago and it's BACK. Ugh!!!!

I enclose the screenshot again (AOL 1996 vs Metro 2012) - It's already been posted before on this site but just in case you haven't seen it here it is again.



Cheers
jimbo
 

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Isn't the expression:

"So long and thanks for all the fish"?

apologies to Douglas Adams (a lover of the Apple Macintosh)
I think Kat's referring to the Woody Guthrie song: "So long, it's been good to know ya!" Only it ain't been "good"!

Coke Robot said:
Strange as the RP doesn't work better and is being a load of issues. Every preview I've installed and used is better than the last
Not my experience. Win8 CP had fewer issues than RP. Both caused boot problems. This was fixed in CP by loading on separate HD while Win7 HD was unplugged so no shared boot menu. Did same in RP but kept getting message: 'Check disk needs to check disk performance...." After the last Check Disk ran on RP, Win8 would no longer boot. And it couldn't be repaired by installation disk repair console. At the same time, Win7 became buggy, eventually leading to a re-install from back up image.

Haven't got a spare machine at moment to run it on, but that seems to be only way it will happen ... I hope!
 
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jimbo45;108401 The whole Metro stuff just kills W8 for me -- I don't use a computer like a tablet or mobile phone and have no intention of smearing greasy palms over a nice 60 inch monitor either -- and those metro thingy's look absolutely HORRIBLE at that type of screen resolution anyway. [/QUOTE said:
I rarely use Metro but think it will be a big hit with a ton of people, maybe two tons.
Anybody who just wants to work with a few apps will be satisfied and no longer go through the Start menu to get at something that is three levels deep.
Yes there are a lot of ways to make it easier but this is how they learned it and this is how they will continue to do it.

Ever tried to walk somebody through such a problem.
Then do it again when one of the "experts" fixed it his or her best way?
Then do it again when one of the "experts" fixed it his or her best way?

Fun, now try it with an 80 plus year old who's grandkids want to help her and make it easy.
And one of my 8 plus people can do things not humanly possible. Ever see several hundred short cuts to the same program on a screen?

I now know she has no feelings in her fingers so has to watch which mouse button she pushes but she can do it.



If there is ever an upgrade that does not start at least 100,000 of these I'm gong back to version X-1 the thrill will be gone.

I'm 72 and can remember the complaints about DOS and how much better CP/M was.
Copy To, from was somehow better than copy From, to.

And it only needed about 16k
 

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Hi my main problems with metro are

1) just install something like the ADOBE Master collection CSS5.5 Suite. -- Metro tiles are created for about 97 items --even though you actully only are interested in about 7 applications plus their submenus. You have to scroll forever to find something and even then there's no indication on what's the actual start menu and its application.

Posted a screenshot of how a classic menu screen would work -- as you can see implementing this in metro down to say 5 or 6 levels makes the whole thing impossible --these aren't single task type applications !!!!. All of these have numerous sub menus, sub sub menus and so on.

2) you use multiple monitors and want to have several simultaneous windows open on each monitor -- not possible with standard metro apps. You are forced to work in full screen mode --fine on a small mobile phone or tablet but that's totally not how I work on a computer and for my type of work it would be totally impossible anyway.

I can go on but I think 'nuf said.

Have a look at the screenshot --this is nothing about age or whatever but the sheer difficulty of being able to find and use complex applications when the whole metro idea was basically for single task small individual stand alone applications that don't require sub menus etc etc.

I know lots of 70 year olds who are much more proficient with computers, mobile phones etc than some people in their mid 20's so this isn't about "teaching Old Dogs new tricks".

Anyway have a look at the screenshot and you can visualize what a nightmare having all this stuff on metro would be. (Apart from the fact Metro looks so Old fashioned anyway as the shot I previously posted of AOL circa 1996 shows).

Cheers
jimbo
 

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Hi my main problems with metro are

1) just install something like the ADOBE Master collection CSS5.5 Suite. -- Metro tiles are created for about 97 items --even though you actully only are interested in about 7 applications plus their submenus. You have to scroll forever to find something and even then there's no indication on what's the actual start menu and its application.


It is a pain but I suspect that is a problem between current installers and the Metro interface. I will be willing to bet an entire nickel on it.
Installing Office 10 does this but I would be surprised if the latest "Metro" version will.


2) you use multiple monitors and want to have several simultaneous windows open on each monitor -- not possible with standard metro apps. You are forced to work in full screen mode --fine on a small mobile phone or tablet but that's totally not how I work on a computer and for my type of work it would be totally impossible anyway.

Agreed but mossy people (that should have been most people but mossy fits) don't work with anything but Word processing, email, and the Internet. A smaller portion may move into the "exotics" such as PowerPoint and Excel but they are few. At least in all the support work I have done over the years. When I started it was Word Star and maybe VisiCalc.

I know lots of 70 year olds who are much more proficient with computers, mobile phones etc than some people in their mid 20's so this isn't about "teaching Old Dogs new tricks".
I'm one of them and took my first computer class in 1962, but older people tend to have more problems with change, especially if they stopped learning in their 20's

Anyway have a look at the screenshot and you can visualize what a nightmare having all this stuff on metro would be. (Apart from the fact Metro looks so Old fashioned anyway as the shot I previously posted of AOL circa 1996 shows).

Just cause it's old does not mean it is bad ;)

Clearing the start screen of all but the apps you want is easy and I've come to like the "all apps" view even though I tried to find out how to nest some of them when I first started.

I like it but admittedly don't use it much. But I am using it a bit more now that you can open it on either of dual monitors.

Time will tell if I loose the nickel.
 

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Time will tell if I loose the nickel.
Hate to say it, but I'll give you 1000:1 odds you'll lose your nickel!

It's about preferences. And if you take a cross section of other forums, the preference ain't Win8. At least not in it's last known configuration. Heck, it's had more changes than a Chameleon! The only thing consistent is the multi-color camouflage! :)
 

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Time will tell if I loose the nickel.
Hate to say it, but I'll give you 1000:1 odds you'll lose your nickel!

It's about preferences. And if you take a cross section of other forums, the preference ain't Win8. At least not in it's last known configuration. Heck, it's had more changes than a Chameleon! The only thing consistent is the multi-color camouflage! :)

Done, and I'll promise not to collect.

Computer forums and the magazines that preceded them have never represented the typical user any more than a sports car magazine has represented the average driver.
 

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Done, and I'll promise not to collect.

Computer forums and the magazines that preceded them have never represented the typical user any more than a sports car magazine has represented the average driver.
Re blogs, forums and magazines, it all depends who's writing the articles ... user reviews, fanboys/haters or advertising agencies for the company selling the product. Either which way, I'm convinced from what I've read. So we'll just have to agree to disagree.

But time will tell. And I promise I won't say I told you so! lol! Heck, I'll even let you off paying ... being wrong will be enough humiliation for you! (Said in jest!) :D
 
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OK, poison curls...

Finally
got the RP up and 'sorta' working.

Trying the 32-bit version on the AS5735, if it likes it, it will stay.

Although I'll probably return this one to Win 7.

BTW, Mustang, it appears that the GFX was the problem.

It seems to run OK on the Intel GFX, but spits the dummy big-time
if I try to use the GeForce GT555M.

Oh well, I daresay that'll be sorted eventually.
 

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    Acer Aspire Ethos AS8951G 'Super-Laptop'.
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    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
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    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
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    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
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    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
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    Air-cooled
    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
It's not preference, it rationality. I see no rationale in moving from resizable/cascadable/minimizable windows to an always-full screen one app at a time thing. 6 months I shake my head about it.
 

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OK, it's been up for an hour or so, much better than the few minutes before lockup that I was getting before.

It's not running like a slug any more, either. Although its like an ant in treacle in VirtualBox.

My system specs aren't an issue....check 'em!

Classic Shell 3.51 is installed (took 2 goes to get it to do so) and the old and much-maligned
Quick-Launch is enabled (looking at YOU, Craybob), and apart from the fact that it looks as
bland and appealing as a prostitute in a dressing-gown and hair-rollers, I quite like it.

Apparently the RTM (which I'm slowly downloading now) is even blander. YUK!

C'mon, Ivo and others, code up an app that'll put Aero back. I'll love you forever.

As I've said before, Win 8 is a BLOODY good OS.

UNDERNEATH!!!!! But, for ME, the interface kills it.

Take the kiddie-toy interface away, and replace the functionality that
they've removed and I'd venture to say it'd be the best OS ever.

OH, and ffs, STOP this push towards the 'cloud'. I will NOT go there.
 

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    8GB DDR3
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    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
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    18.4" full-HD
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    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
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    Mouse
    I/R cordless.
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One thing hasn't changed....NONE of my games which use openGL will run.

At all.

But they ALL run just fine on 7.....

And no, it's not a driver issue. Well, it probably is, but updating drivers doesn't help.
 

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    Acer
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    8GB DDR3
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    Intel 3000HD / Ge-Force GT555M 2 gigs
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    Realtek/5.1 Dolby built-in including speakers.
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    18.4" full-HD
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1024
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    2x750GB Toshiba internal, 1x500GB Seagate external, 1x2TB Seagate external, 1x640GB Toshiba pocket-drive, 1x640GB Samsung pocket drive.
    PSU
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    I/R cordless.
    Internet Speed
    Borderline pathetic.
That's because nVidia's Win8 drivers are still beta (assuming you're running 302.x or 304.x). I have an HP 8540w with an nVidia Quadro in it running RTM, and to say the drivers are bad would be an understatement. I've gone back to a 27<something> driver version, and so far so good. A slight performance drop from the 304.x driver set, but not crashing regularly, multimon working, etc. is a decent trade off in my opinion. Win8 won't be GA until October, so there's still lots of time for them to bake. It is nVidia, so I won't bet a nickel they'll have good drivers at GA in October, but I can hope.
 

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