I downloaded Win 8 based on XP on the machine--not this one--in December, but just installed it a few days ago.
Win 8 is 32-bit. Apparently the machine does not have the proper BIOS lines for 64 bit. When I registered all the machine information was listed, but if the reader needs it again, please advise.
A couple of times I managed to reach the Internet, but mostly--and now, consistently--I can't. Most of the time,
but not all the time, I can ping the Internet server by its dns address, but not by name, and therefore, I cannot
use a browser or anything. I have gone thru all the various "help" functions that the OS offers, and the result
is that the dns resolver is not working.
Additional information not in the sign-up sheet: Internet connects to cable modem SBV5222 (Motorola) thru a
D-Link DIR-632 router. The computer on which Win 8 is installed dual-boots to PCLinuxOs, which has no trouble
connecting to the Internet.
For what it's worth, if anything, this machine, on the same network, runs Win 7-64 without a problem, but the dual-boot installation of PCLinuxOs64 a few days ago also has a dns resolver problem. This machine uses different hardware from the other machine on which I'm trying to get Win 8 to work.
All assistance gratefully appreciated. --doug
Win 8 is 32-bit. Apparently the machine does not have the proper BIOS lines for 64 bit. When I registered all the machine information was listed, but if the reader needs it again, please advise.
A couple of times I managed to reach the Internet, but mostly--and now, consistently--I can't. Most of the time,
but not all the time, I can ping the Internet server by its dns address, but not by name, and therefore, I cannot
use a browser or anything. I have gone thru all the various "help" functions that the OS offers, and the result
is that the dns resolver is not working.
Additional information not in the sign-up sheet: Internet connects to cable modem SBV5222 (Motorola) thru a
D-Link DIR-632 router. The computer on which Win 8 is installed dual-boots to PCLinuxOs, which has no trouble
connecting to the Internet.
For what it's worth, if anything, this machine, on the same network, runs Win 7-64 without a problem, but the dual-boot installation of PCLinuxOs64 a few days ago also has a dns resolver problem. This machine uses different hardware from the other machine on which I'm trying to get Win 8 to work.
All assistance gratefully appreciated. --doug
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- PCLinuxOS (now); problem with Windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- homebrew
- CPU
- Intel Celeron E3400 at 2.60GHz
- Motherboard
- Foxconn G41MXE
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce GTX 550 Ti (NVIDIA)
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- AVG