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I have only recently started having problems with Win8 detecting my Galaxy S3. I have tried numerous USB driver uninstall, reboot, re-installs. Including the USB driver that electrotune1200 mentioned, the useless Kies application, and driver included with PDAnet. The problem started yesterday...

"just go to MS site and purchase - but don't download." - Is there a way to do that with out using the Upgrade Assistant ? I already have Win8 Pro 64bit on a USB drive.. I just need to buy a key for my desktop.

Ive been trying to upgrade my desktop, running Vista Business N 64bit edition to Win 8 Pro. But get stuck on the "Windows 8 isn't available for download" screen.. I don't have a compatible mode for XP service pack 3, but have one for XP service pack 2. However the Upgrade Assistant will not...

Yes, once phone is unplugged, Win8 has no problems activating. However, if I somehow run out of activations.. there may be a problem.

"M$ support, nah I wont bet on it So did you try to get the galaxy hooked to win 8 while offline? does the same happens? Win 8 has to hit the server to get activated, or the galaxy alters something in spp folder or triggers deactivation somehow. Sorry, I do not have a Galaxy so I cant test...

I'll post reply in this thread: http://www.eightforums.com/hardware-drivers/16858-samsung-phn-no-longer-showing-my-comp-deactivates-win.html

Wish I knew how the phone is deactivating Windows 8. There is another thread on it here but guess no one has a fix yet. On another site, a Microsoft "Support Engineer" recommends the following: 1) Upgrade your chipset driver and then try connecting to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Phone. 2)...

ASUS support leaves much to be desired. I guess they expect the OS a device is shipped with should never be upgraded. That being said, using the Win 7 drivers I've installed on my G73SW, all FN keys have worked. The turbo power boost button doesn't seem to do anything. However, I can tell by...

I have a similar problem here with the Galaxy S3. Haven't had any problems with Win 8 Pro seeing the phone, but it does randomly deactivate windows. Also, last night my phone seemed to cause some conflict with my Nvidia drivers (310.90). I am fairly sure the phone was at fault, because the...

Well I'm back up and running, all updates installed and most all my needed apps. I didn't need to re-create or modify the USB installer.. the one that the Upgrade assistant made works well for both UEFI and standard boot. Just turned UEFI on in BIOS and selected that mode to boot from USB. Did...

Thanks for that input Znod. I probably will reinstall sense I don't have a ton of apps loaded yet, and the Win8 image is still on USB drive. I just hope everything gos smoothly, sense I've never messed with GPT formats. Ill try later this evening, and update post once I'm up and running.

I've tried to disable by going to control panel / mouse / hardware tab / properties / driver and also have tried to disable using the device manager. In both instances, the Disable button is greyed out.

"Is Thunderbird a good replacement and how does that work?" Hi Jack, I've been using Thunderbird for a few years and never had a problem with it. UI is pretty strait forward and neat. Wish I had something positive to say about the Modern UI email app in Win 8.. But after a few hours of trying...

I also can not disable touchpad on ASUS G73SW. Makes typing difficult. I've tried to disable it with and without synaptics drivers installed. May just have to cludge out my touchpad with duct tape :(

Thank you for the info on Win8 install with UEIF I've been searching for any benchmarks on MBR vs GPT boot times, that could help me decide if reinstalling Win8 would be worth the effort. So far I haven't found any solid statistics and some people saying there really isn't a noticeable...

Greetings everyone, I've recently upgraded from win7 to 8 and did a clean install. My BIOS is capable of UEFI but has no secure boot option and UEFI mode was turned off in BIOS at the time I installed Win8. Would have been nice if Win8 setup could have informed me of this before I installed and...