Recent content by rowal5555

That is ridiculously good, LOL. The rest of the world is hanging out their tongues. Cheers

This new TaskManager is without doubt my favourite feature of Win 8. Not chuffed with Metro but I guess it will grow on one. Am using Win 8 as primary OS and have had no reason so far to go back to 7x64.

from MS InfoWorld. Probably not new, but handy - Pressing the Windows key and R simultaneously brings up the Run box. Pressing Windows+I brings up your settings from the side panel. Pressing Windows+Q brings up an application search. Pressing Windows+C brings up the simple Start menu and time...

Well!! There is a lot of muttering going on in my corner of the world at the moment, LOL. I installed 8 to separate partitions on my desktop and Pavilion DV6 laptop with no problem whatsoever so decided to also install on my Compaq CQ62 which is a triple core AMD with 8 GB DDR3. Made a small 35...

IMO, allowing autorun.inf to run automatically is an open invitation to infection. This excerpt from KB967715 shows how to stop autorun: To disable Autorun yourself on operating systems that do not include Gpedit.msc, follow these steps: Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box...

Thank you. It was an automatic action, LOL.

You probably have to have to "View Hidden System Files" in Folder options, or it is in the new ribbon on an appropriate page.

I made a 50GB partition on the 7x32 drive for Win 8 and it is still 100MB with 48MB free. It hasn't increased with this setup.

Good. Always remember the 15% free space required for any Windows version to work properly. 4.5 GB in this case. Cheers

My Win 8 x 64 in a pretty basic operation is using up 15.4 GB. Add 15% (3 GB) breathing room for a 20 GB partition and you are getting pretty tight, but it should run fine. I made a 50GB partition for it.

Sorry. New one on me.

Not sure if there is a question in there. You can install a new OS over an old one but it will not work as such. All the old stuff is stuck into a WINDOWS OLD folder so all your files are still intact. Too late now, but you really need a separate partition to install to, or a virtual drive. Not...

Check in your Control Panel/Power Options, press the keyboard SLEEP button (if available), I use a handy little desktop gadget - Windows Live Gallery

Thank you for that, Brink. Can I add another couple? In Control Panel/Power Options, you can set what the Power Buttons do, Sleep/Hibernate/Shutdown (as you always could). What I have only recently learned is that a quick tap on a modern soft touch power button will start the process just the...

When I finished installing Win 8, I automatically installed an AV (in this case MSSE). Are you guys saying that this is not necessary with the present build ?