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NightmareX
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#101 - 2013-01-16 20:27:46 UTC  |  Edited by: NightmareX
Ops, double post.

Here is a list of my current EVE / PVP videos:

1: Asteroid Madness

2: Clash of the Empires

3: Suddenly Spaceships fighting in Tama
Alex Grison
Grison Universal
#102 - 2013-01-16 21:25:51 UTC
NightmareX wrote:
Alex Grison wrote:
With a simple registry edit you can completly disable the Metro UI. Leaving you with what is for all intents and purposes Windows 7

Steps To Disable Metro UI in Windows 8

1. First, press the Start + R buttons, to open the Run menu.

2. In the Run window, type “regedit” and hit Enter.

3. Now scroll on the top of the list and double click on “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”. This will expand the folder.

4. Do the same for “SOFTWARE “.

5. In the list, search for “Microsoft” and open it.

6. Now using the same procedure, navigate to Windows->CurrentVersion->Explorer and some registry entries will appear in the right side of the screen.

7. Click on the one called “RPenabled” and change its value from “1″ to “0″.


I couldn't find the string 'RPenabled' there on my Windows 8 Pro version on my laptop.

mama guru wrote:
Lets just put it this way. Ignoring piracy the debate is quite simple:

Windows 8 is not worth the hundreds of dollars you have to spend on it if you already have windows 7.

But spending 22 dollar from the 'Windows Upgrade Offer' you get when you have bought a laptop within a timeframe is absolutely worth it.

Not sure if that timeframe is over yet.


string not found?

put a bullet in your computer

yes
NightmareX
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#103 - 2013-01-16 21:30:18 UTC
Alex Grison wrote:
string not found?

put a bullet in your computer


Not gonna happen, EVER, because those instructions you gave are for the Windows 8 Developer preview, are you running the Official release of Windows 8 ?

Here is a list of my current EVE / PVP videos:

1: Asteroid Madness

2: Clash of the Empires

3: Suddenly Spaceships fighting in Tama
Alex Grison
Grison Universal
#104 - 2013-01-16 21:35:51 UTC
NightmareX wrote:
Alex Grison wrote:
string not found?

put a bullet in your computer


Not gonna happen, EVER, because those instructions you gave are for the Windows 8 Developer preview, are you running the Official release of Windows 8 ?


nah, I run Holes-In-The-Wall 7

yes
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#105 - 2013-01-16 21:52:55 UTC
It's possible to bypass the start screen, by adding a scheduled task top open something, at log on. Or by buying the star dock start menu replacement (4.95, iirc)

doesn't bother me. I just moved the desktop to the first and hit enter when the start screen opens. Or click on firefox as it's what I normally want to start.

Woo! CSM XI!

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Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#106 - 2013-01-16 22:38:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6639
in some ways, the windows 8 interface is better. to find a program, press the windows key and start typing the name of the program... calc for calculator, chrome, eve... in this aspect, it's faster than the traditional start bar...

Steve Ronuken wrote:
It's possible to bypass the start screen, by adding a scheduled task top open something, at log on. Or by buying the star dock start menu replacement (4.95, iirc)

doesn't bother me. I just moved the desktop to the first and hit enter when the start screen opens. Or click on firefox as it's what I normally want to start.


I have windows 8 boot straight to desktop. if my computer crashes in the middle of the night and reboots, i'd never know it
Rain Bow Dash
Doomheim
#107 - 2013-01-17 07:21:14 UTC
Hrothgar Nilsson wrote:

Um, are you actually advising he take his HDD out and perform the Windows installation on another computer before removing it and plugging it back into his machine?

Unless they have an identical motherboard, this will NOT work.



That is totally false. Highly recommend you look up what sysprep is.
Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#108 - 2013-01-17 09:39:29 UTC
Windows 7 is probably the best OS from Microsoft in recent years; much better than Vista, and comparable to XP with some decent benefits and only a few downfalls. Windows 8 is garbage for anyone interested in a real PC experience. It was designed for tablets; it should be used on tablets. Phasing out Windows 7 is a mistake.

I will never 'upgrade' to Windows 8 if I can avoid it, and as long as I have a working copy of Windows 7 I can.. hopefully. I might look at what Microsoft has next, following Windows 8, but my brief experience with that piece of software was enough. I have an iPhone that has roughly the same capabilities and usability.

Possibly more..

The only positive thing I discerned about Windows 8, (aside from it being a good way for Microsoft to get into the Tablet market), is that it would be a great way to turn your PC into a console if you wanted that sort of thing. The up front interface, (Start Page'), is not really any worse than you'd find on a PS3 or XBox, and only marginally less appealing than what you'd find on a PS3.

Aside from that, it basically just loads Store, cloud backup if you get it, and has a place where you can shortcut and launch apps, software, and games from. That's about it.
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Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#109 - 2013-01-17 09:46:31 UTC
Rain Bow Dash wrote:
Hrothgar Nilsson wrote:

Um, are you actually advising he take his HDD out and perform the Windows installation on another computer before removing it and plugging it back into his machine?

Unless they have an identical motherboard, this will NOT work.



That is totally false. Highly recommend you look up what sysprep is.


Windows 7 and--I assume--Windows 8 can both migrate to a new PC with no more than a reactivation generally. I say generally, because depending on the stability of the OS install this might fail and it may become unrecoverable, but it's rather unlikely. Generally, the worst you'll experience is a master boot record failure which Win7 has every capability to repair on Startup.

There is the potential that you might have a RAID set up that is incompatible with the new system however, which might pose other problems. Typically though, all you have to do is plug in the drives in the right order and boot up the system, make sure your RAID is set up properly and go from there. Simple reactivation and you're done.

iirc.. can't remember everything all the time.
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Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#110 - 2013-01-17 13:35:45 UTC
EVE runs on Linux, try Ubuntu, the friendliest distro.

You can even try Ubuntu before you install it with WUBI

Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco: http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco
Reiisha
#111 - 2013-01-18 13:05:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Reiisha
Hans Hoff wrote:
So that people who like to GUESS solutions from their previous experiences on earlier operating systems I will provide further information.
When pressing F8 the boot the system only allows entrance into some options. What it does not appear to do is give a boot option from CD ROM.
As people familiar with formatting and installing windows would know. this is axiomatic..
No offence intended to posters since the reply to my previous post.
Thanks all .
Stung for a computer with an OS that I wouldn't force on my worst enemy.
Attitude really really P'd.
Might need to take it to a comp shop.


Odd that no one has mentioned this, but you might be stuck with a SecureBoot thing from your motherboard. Win8 is the ONLY thing you can install and use on that PC.

UEFI is pretty good, but the secureboot thing is kinda too out there...

That is, if your new PC came with Win8 on it and you got it in the last few months. Which i assume to be the case.

If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all...