1366 x 768 required for snap feature.
Just ran across this tidbit.
Min resolution for apps is still 1024 x 768.
Q: What resolution do the Windows 8 Metro UI and Snap feature require?
Now I hadn't heard of that term before which I find amusing.
Nor did I know that you could locate the "charms" on the right side.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2581-charms-bar-open-windows-8-a.html
Shawn,
Ah ha, that answers a couple of questions for me. I didn't even noticed that Theog had written the tutorial.
Thanks and sorry for the confusion on my part.
karl
Shawn,
I wish I knew why my uninstall did not work as advertised as I followed your tutorial to the letter.
At the present, I don't have the time to sacrifice to make another run at it.
When I get the time, then I'll make a sys img backup, install, and try to uninstall again immediately...
Sure hope you made a system image backup of your Win 7 before installing Win 8.
I was lucky and had made one so I didn't lose much when the uninstall of Win 8 did not work "as advertised".
You will notice that Shawn's snapshots always show a 100 mb reserved partition.
Shawn,
Had Win 7 Ultimate x64 with SP1 installed and fully uptodate.
Installed Win 8 per your tutorial.
Win 7 in a 50 GB partition
Win 8 in a 50 GB partition with a VHD of 40 GB for the Win 8.
Shawn,
Don't recall the details, but when rebooted I got a msg indicating that boot mgr or boot loader missing and upon boot the dual-icon screen showed up where one would chose Win 7 or Win 8. Of course, choosing Win 7 resulted in the error msg.
fortunately, I had a system image backup and a...
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