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Eve on Windows 8.1

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Nova Serine
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#41 - 2014-05-23 21:13:04 UTC
Posting this for great justice:

Use Classic Shell to make Win 8.1 look and act like Win 7.

Easy peasy lemon squeezie!

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Estella Osoka
Cranky Bitches Who PMS
#42 - 2014-05-23 21:15:24 UTC
Victor Terona wrote:
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Whilst Win8 is pathetic and annoying and frustrating ... the only issue I have had with EVE is a regular "Windows is out of memory message" even though I have 8Gb of ram.

Had the same issue it had something to do with the registry settings Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200. Went into the registry and and made a few edits to it and now its all good. Also downloaded the most recent drivers for the E2200 that came out not to long ago. My comp has been running smooth ever since.


I have had this issue, but only when running EVE and Teamspeak (or any voice comms) at the same time, and i have 12GB of ram.. What exactly did you have to change in the registry? Was it just enabling or diabling a functionality?
Alexei Stryker
Council of Stellar Erections
#43 - 2014-05-23 21:26:09 UTC
Ambassador Spock wrote:
Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with Eve on Windows 8.1? My laptop has Windows 8, and has been asking me to upgrade to 8.1 for ages now. The only real reason I haven't is in case it messes with Eve. Any advice/experiences would be appreciated.


Eve works well in Win 8.1
Eve also works well with Surface Pro with Win 8.1
Little Dragon Khamez
Guardians of the Underworld
#44 - 2014-05-23 22:11:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Little Dragon Khamez
Kristalll wrote:
Ramona McCandless wrote:
Ugh Win 8 is eyeball shredding madness

Dont let Microshaft tell you what to do.

Stick with anything other than Win8.

Win8 = LoseIt


You're an idiot.

Windows 8 is as good, if not better than windows 7 in terms of its UI.


Well, I work in the it community and deal with lots of different companies, not one person I've spoken to likes it or wants it, demand for win7 has gone up. I'm the only one who doesn't mind windows 8 in work, most of my colleagues want it to die in a fire.

edit, eve works well for me on 8.1

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PotatoOverdose
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#45 - 2014-05-23 22:32:05 UTC
I run Eve with windows 8.1, works fine. Windows 8.1 itself is perfectly viable, you just need to download classic shell so that you never see any of the windows 8 bits again.
Pix Severus
Empty You
#46 - 2014-05-23 22:43:18 UTC
I'll wait for Win 9.

Even though you can disable it, just knowing the Metro UI is there, lying dormant on my drive somewhere, is enough to make me puke in my mouth a little.

I used Win XP for nearly 10 years, and I can happily see myself running Win 7 for just as long.

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Michele Bachmann
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#47 - 2014-05-23 23:47:01 UTC
Win7 Ultimate + displayfusion = end of discussion
Adunh Slavy
#48 - 2014-05-24 00:55:58 UTC
March rabbit wrote:
Moth Eisig wrote:
Been using Eve on windows 8.1 since 8.1 came out. Zero problems. It's my favorite OS.

actually they broken search functionality in 8.1.
In 8 you could press "Win" and then "device ma" and get link to Device Management.
In 8.1 you get nice links to some garbage collectors of internet like msn.com and other.... And you actually can't find anything oon your own PC.....

Other things i'm perfectly Ok with



devmgmt.msc works

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Kristalll
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#49 - 2014-05-25 02:56:03 UTC
Hasikan Miallok wrote:

- or the counter intuitive way it handles multiple screens

... and the whole closing apps by swiping down and switching by swiping left right is just dumb with a mouse

- or the lack of any indication how many apps are actually still running

- the extra mouse clicks to do simple tasks

The list goes on.

I work in IT. Most support people hate it. Of course most sales people (cos its all they can get to sell) will tell you its great.


I had no issues doing multi monitors. It was actually easier than Windows 7, just plug and play.

The task manager is actually sorted now by active programs and background applications.

I've seen no extra clicks for anything.

Sure, it's no Google Chrome, but we're getting there.

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Winchester Steele
#50 - 2014-05-25 03:23:55 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Win 8 has caused me nothing but issues. One of the more hilariously aggravating side effects is their touch screen implementation combined with some of the manufacturer's drivers on my laptop. It makes the launcher utterly unusable(the computer thinks the launcher is on the touchpad interface, and the mouse cursor bounces off that portion of the screen while the launcher is the active window), and has relegated that machine to being used mostly for single clients, while my desktop Win 7 still runs like a dream and actually has a start button.



+1 for Win 7. Quite love it tbh.

Win 8 on the other hand. Ugh My wife has it on her laptop and it is a constant source of aggravation and irritation.

...

Winchester Steele
#51 - 2014-05-25 03:27:07 UTC
Anonymous Forumposter wrote:
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Anonymous Forumposter wrote:
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When people complain about windows 8, A good majority of the time they're complaining about the metro UI, Which is really for the most part optional.


... and the fact that it defaults to downloading fullscreen apps for skype etc even if you have three 30" monitors

- or the counter intuitive way it handles multiple screens

... and the whole closing apps by swiping down and switching by swiping left right is just dumb with a mouse

- or the lack of any indication how many apps are actually still running

- and the way it tries to trick people into logging in with a microsoft account which plays havoc on business lans especially running samba shares

- and the way there is no easy way to tell what desktop programs have been installed on an unfamiliar PC

- the extra mouse clicks to do simple tasks

- defaulting to apps rather than installed full feature desktop versions when opening documents

- a total stuff up with wireless networking where WIN8 cannot communicate with many dualband wireless routers at all

The list goes on.

I work in IT. Most support people hate it. Of course most sales people (cos its all they can get to sell) will tell you its great.


The reasons that I avoid "APPS" like the plague are many. So long as you take the time to force windows 8 to behave less like metro and more like windows the better your experience gets.



So if I force the new OS to behave like the old OS I already run it gets better?


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Doomheim
#52 - 2014-05-25 03:27:09 UTC
I hate win 8
Eve runs fine
Bill Gates needs podding

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Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#53 - 2014-05-25 05:18:41 UTC
still use xp)love it
Asuka Solo
I N E X T R E M I S
Tactical Narcotics Team
#54 - 2014-05-25 07:25:14 UTC
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
EVE works fine with 8.1.

I, however, am still running 7 Ultimate x64, because I love it Big smile




Windows 7 is the new Windows XP where Windows 8 is the new Windows Vista.

Like with XP, I'll be using Windows 7 until the bloody end.



^^this


Not empty quoting.

The day Eve stops working on Win 7, is the day I'll consider options.

Win 8 can die by fire

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Alexei Stryker
Council of Stellar Erections
#55 - 2014-05-25 08:05:55 UTC
Asuka Solo wrote:
Doreen Kaundur wrote:
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
CCP Falcon wrote:
EVE works fine with 8.1.

I, however, am still running 7 Ultimate x64, because I love it Big smile




Windows 7 is the new Windows XP where Windows 8 is the new Windows Vista.

Like with XP, I'll be using Windows 7 until the bloody end.



^^this


Not empty quoting.

The day Eve stops working on Win 7, is the day I'll consider options.

Win 8 can die by fire


Use Linux
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#56 - 2014-05-25 09:19:07 UTC
Too bad i didn't save old win7 cds now it is ~90$ for version that bound it self to single comp.

Hm there might be slight chance of one being in a box somewhere,new lap is on a way with 8 will upgrade to win 7 as soon as it arrive.

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Xasnevian
sadfadsfadsadsf
#57 - 2014-05-25 10:09:24 UTC
Me and my dad were going to get a laptop for my grandma so that she could browse the web and send emails. We wanted a windows 7 laptop, but all the store had were windows 8 laptops (because microsoft is great company and they want to force their awesome operating system on you). We told the sales person that we did not want windows 8, because we had no experience with it and we heard very bad stories about it. The sales person offered us a 'course' in windows 8, because windows 8 is supposedly very awesome. We told the sales person that if even we did not know how to use windows 8, my grandma at the age of 80 would certainly not be able to use it before she died. We left the store without a laptop and bought a second hand one with windows 7.

tldr: Don't use windows 8
Logan Revelore
Symbiotic Systems
#58 - 2014-05-25 11:40:52 UTC
Allergic to Windows 8. Hope Windows 9 will be an iteration on the success of Windows 7 Pro.
March rabbit
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#59 - 2014-05-25 11:47:56 UTC
to all Win 8 haters: grow the pair and move to Linux Cool

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fido goran
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#60 - 2014-05-25 14:15:08 UTC
Using Windows 8.1 x64 for a while now, not had an issue yet. I run multiple clients on multiple monitors, switching between them is just as easy as it ever was, and they run at the same fps as when I was using Windows 7.

I think all the hate directed towards Windows 8 is due to people not liking change.

People comparing Windows 8 to Vista really don't remember the issues that Vista used to have.