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Windows 8.1.
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07/11/2013 23:56
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If you have Windows 8 running, keep it.
Windows 8.1 is even worse. Never thought I would say that.
Lost my Avast Antivirus programmes on the "upgrade", crappy screen definition on the forum with no apparent way of running in compatibility mode either.
According to Microsoft they won't guarantee that I can get it back to Windows 8 either.
Why did I have to but this PC about a week after they stopped shipping with windows 7?
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We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 00:34
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Just tried to do a system restore and I'm back with windows 8.1. It looks like when ii was updated from Windows 8 all the previous restore points were deleted. editNote
• System Restore isn't available for Windows RT 8.1.
What a heap of crap.
Last edited by petep; 08/11/2013 00:40.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
[Re: PeteP]
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08/11/2013 06:42
08/11/2013 06:42
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Windows RT 8.1 is a different heap of crap from Windows 8.1 - it's for a different processor. Seriously, Pete, if there are no applications you use that are *strictly* Windows (e.g. specialist finance packages, some CAD systems, some compilers, and games) then consider Linux Mint. The documentation is here: http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation.php and you might note page 12 and onwards in the pdf which tells you how to play with a boot version of the DVD - so you can see how things work without messing up your Windows installation. Download here: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php - I would recommend cinnamon 64 bit as the best version for a new PC. If you do decide you like it, I can talk you through installing it alongside Windows so your data is not nadgered - though to be honest a clean boot is easiest and safest! To what sort of usage do you put Windows?
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Re: Windows 8.1.
[Re: PeteP]
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08/11/2013 08:04
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Im running windows 8 on my laptop. I actually think its an awesome OS. So much quicker and more stable than windows 7. Its even pretty usable once you get used to not having a start menu. RT on the otherhand as neil pointed out is another kettle of fish and utter crap.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 08:36
08/11/2013 08:36
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I am amazed at people who like Windows 8. I used it for a week on a touchscreen device (dell xps) and it was awful. Yes it started quickly and yes it was stable. But so is windows 7. Having two desktops is plain weird and for microsoft to say that they will be re-introducing the start button in version 8.1 was a blatant lie. I am all for progress where needed but Win 8 is essentially two interfaces badly implemented, it does nothing more than 7 and a whole lot less. The metro interface is rubbish without the touch screen and not that great with one. No doubt the next major fix will be Windows 9 I always maintain that every other MS OS is utter shite:- Window 3 = carp Win 95 = OK Windows 98 = terrible Windows 98SE = OK and what 98 should have been Win ME = OMG Xp = good, getting there at last Vista = OMG and I thought ME was bad Windows 7 = Good Windows 8 = I know my thoughts.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 08:49
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I liked 7. Having just upgraded to 8.1 because I disliked 8 I may resort to getting our IT geek to wipe my laptop and install a pukkah copy of 7.
Any issues if I attempt to do that? There is nothing on the lappy I can't reload.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 09:08
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I have Windows 8 on my work laptop and thought there was something wrong as everything is just so slow but when I showed our IT contractor how long it takes to do things (if you're in Excel and right click to do something like 'format cells' it routinely takes several seconds for the box to come up) he just nodded and said his was exactly the same.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 09:42
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I always maintain that every other MS OS is utter shite:-
Window 3 = carp Win 95 = OK Windows 98 = terrible Windows 98SE = OK and what 98 should have been Win ME = OMG Xp = good, getting there at last Vista = OMG and I thought ME was bad Windows 7 = Good Windows 8 = I know my thoughts. Your list is missing Windows 3.1 (better than 3), 3.11 (Better than 3.1) and the NT3.51 and 4.0 releases. I had a late 90s laptop running NT Server 4.0 and it was as stable as a very stable thing. Lovely.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 09:44
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I have 8.1 not RT8.1 loaded Neil, but I will have a look at Linux as you suggest. I did not notice the RT bit in what I quoted.
Thanks.
It still killed off all the previous restore points.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 10:21
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I always maintain that every other MS OS is utter shite:-
Window 3 = carp Win 95 = OK Windows 98 = terrible Windows 98SE = OK and what 98 should have been Win ME = OMG Xp = good, getting there at last Vista = OMG and I thought ME was bad Windows 7 = Good Windows 8 = I know my thoughts. Your list is missing Windows 3.1 (better than 3), 3.11 (Better than 3.1) and the NT3.51 and 4.0 releases. I had a late 90s laptop running NT Server 4.0 and it was as stable as a very stable thing. Lovely. And Windows 2000
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 10:38
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Yes But the NT / OS2(OS2 Warp!!!) 2000 thing was a blind alley and were corporate not consumer releases. They had their share of crud versions too.
We were running 2000 at work until June this year!
Last edited by bockers; 08/11/2013 10:42.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
[Re: PeteP]
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08/11/2013 11:02
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Still running Vista here with no problems and only recently found a couple of things which require Windows 7/8. Vista got a bad name 'cause 64 bit drivers weren't available for all hardware at release, but my usual advice is to wait for the first service pack before jumping to any new version of Windows and by doing that I had no issues with drivers when I upgraded from XP. Might upgrade to Win 7 next year, but in no rush.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 11:32
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Yup, I'm still running Vista at home without any problems.
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Re: Windows 8.1.
[Re: PeteP]
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08/11/2013 11:53
08/11/2013 11:53
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I've only just been "upgraded" to Windows 7 at work from XP Pro, and at home my 10 year old laptop still wallows oalong on XP. I don't like Windows 7 much, but I wouldn't say I hate it (yet), the problem is more the loss of admin rights on the work laptop.
I thought I would miss the old file explorer but I'm not doing too bad so far.
I was thiking of getting a new laptop/ultrabook/tablet thingummy (Lenovo Yoga or similar) but I'm not sure whether I will get on with Win 8/8.1...
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Re: Windows 8.1.
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08/11/2013 19:16
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I am stuck with 8.1 but at least I have got everything important back now.
16VT and X1/9 1500
We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
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