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Re: [WIN8] Who is buying Windows 8? Watcom Intruos5 |
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said by Glen T:said by izy:I Not trying to get anal here but have you tried 8. Yup. I have installed it as an upgrade on separate machine that I'm using for installer testing... ...When I install Windows software on Win8 Pro, it automatically puts all of the installed program's shortcuts at the top level in the Metro Start page. Since you can't create folders on the Metro Start page, you can't organize the shortcuts easily. That would be about 200 shortcuts compared to your 50 or so.... You actually can create "folders" in the Modern start menu. Move the icons you want to group to a column. Click the '-' (minus) sign in the lower right corner. Right click on the column. Click name your column and name your column. And you have "folders" just like one may have had them in the old start menu.
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Got both biz and home PCs on Windows 8 Pro now. RDP is even better! I dunno if it's me but it feels smoother over RDP than previous Windows. It has this connection meter on the status bar that looks like wifi/mobile data meter.
I'm using the same live.id on both machine so everytime I changed a background or add a favorite or whatever (a lot of things) gets sync, the other machine automatically gets updated (and you can turn this off per machine) I have everything synced including passwords. |
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join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
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said by izy:said by Glen T:When I install Windows software on Win8 Pro, it automatically puts all of the installed program's shortcuts at the top level in the Metro Start page. Since you can't create folders on the Metro Start page, you can't organize the shortcuts easily. That would be about 200 shortcuts compared to your 50 or so. And you can easily "unpin" those programs from the top-level metro interface. Attached "All Programs" screenie under metro which is just one third of all installed programs on one screen. Again, have you actually used Win8 yet? said by jbgroup1:said by Glen T:said by izy:I Not trying to get anal here but have you tried 8. Yup. I have installed it as an upgrade on separate machine that I'm using for installer testing... ...When I install Windows software on Win8 Pro, it automatically puts all of the installed program's shortcuts at the top level in the Metro Start page. Since you can't create folders on the Metro Start page, you can't organize the shortcuts easily. That would be about 200 shortcuts compared to your 50 or so.... You actually can create "folders" in the Modern start menu. Move the icons you want to group to a column. Click the '-' (minus) sign in the lower right corner. Right click on the column. Click name your column and name your column. And you have "folders" just like one may have had them in the old start menu. Edited--correction Very informative lots of good info there. Thanks for sharing that. I enjoy learning Windows 8 tips and tricks. I look forward to using Windows 8 and becoming more proficient with it as well as finding new ways of doing things,....
said by Glen T:I'm sure with time I could learn more efficient ways to get around Metro. But why bother? Once I'm done testing installers, I'll be putting Win8 on the shelf where it will stay unless I have a support issue.
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endless loop
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Re: [WIN8] Who is buying Windows 8? Excellent! Did not know that. More I use Win8 the more I'm diggin it. 
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kudos:2 | You don't have to use Live for you windows logon account. Local accounts still exist and you can "link" to Live if you wish.
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Ork
kudos:6 | Re: [WIN8] Who is buying Windows 8? You should actually read the articles you post. 
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 atuarreHere come the drumsPremium
join:2004-02-14
College Station, TX | reply to brianiscool
Re: [WIN8] Who is buying Windows 8? I don't know what people are complaining about it for. I love Windows 8 but as always, haters are gonna hate. |
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said by izy:Sorry, after re-reading missed this but man are you making it tough on yourself....even with windows 7 using the start menu or metro to locate an app!
Win7:
Win key - Type name of app in the search box to return results
Win8:
Win key - Start typing name of app.
Win7/Win8 if it is installed search will find it! If I wanted to type commands to search, I'd switch back to DOS. Same with accelerator keys. I like clicking on icons and I like the Start menu. The way that I have it set up, it is efficient for me and I will stick with what works, until something better comes along. And for me, Win8 is not something better.
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Completely understandable. There is always Local account you can use. Live ID is not required to use Windows 8. I do NOT save any important sites like email password. Only sites like forums, Facebook, Twitter, whatever it's not important. I do not use the same passwords that my important sites on those sites. |
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Clicking on "All Programs" (or wait for hover time) is not efficient for me. |
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join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:3 | reply to atuarre
said by atuarre: I love Windows 8 but as always, haters are gonna hate.
Why do people always confuse "not worth the upgrade cost" for "I hate this product"? Can't a product be both acceptable but not worth upgrading from Windows 7?  |
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atuarreHere come the drumsPremium
join:2004-02-14
College Station, TX | 39.99? I think that's the cheapest upgrade (besides them giving it away for free or for 14.99 (which ive seen some where)). |
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Well I couldnt get any stability out of Win 8 Pro, did the upgrade and had nothing but hang ups and rebooting issues, kept getting the sad face BSOD DPC watchdog violation error, most of the app tiles could not connect to the internet, bing.com kept auto launching in its own browser window, battlefield 3 was extremely laggy, droped frames like mad, tried to do a clean install but I kept getting corruption, Im using a i5 ivybridge with a Intel extreme mobo, could be a issue with the boards firmware? right now it not going to work for me, I did like the desktop environment, especially after I installed the stardock start button...anyway I re installed windows 7 and everything is rock solid again. |
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Los Angeles, CA
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$40 or $15 is a chunk of change to spend on something that still seems to be a desktop skin change. Windows 8 is worth the money if it comes on a new computer, but again, still haven't seen anything very moving as to why Windows 7 users want/need this thing. |
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