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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
On 8/14/2013 12:52 PM, Good Guy wrote:
The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
On 15/08/2013 00:23, Drew wrote:
On 8/14/2013 12:52 PM, Good Guy wrote: The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. You'll never know what you are missing. Windows 8 is here and all future operating system will be based on windows 8. Either you keep up with it or regret it when it becomes too late for you to remain employable. World is moving fast these days. -- Good Guy Website: http://mytaxsite.co.uk Website: http://html-css.co.uk Email: http://mytaxsite.co.uk/contact-us |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
On 14 Aug 2013, Drew wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8: Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. Of course you don't. Nobody runs the release version of Windows 8.1 unless maybe you're well-connected to Microsoft. |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
Drew wrote:
On 8/14/2013 12:52 PM, Good Guy wrote: The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. If you're like me, you try out the Previews, just to see what's going on. That puts you in a better position to decide whether the thing is an absolute bust or not. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...eview-download The license key lasts until Jan.15. The availability of the Preview for download, may stop as soon as Win 8.1 is "released". So if you have any interest, or even if you don't, download the Preview now. In the event you don't like it, you can use that DVD as a means to boot to a Command Prompt when you need it. My shortest test interval, for a Preview installation, was ten minutes. This Preview got more test time. 1) Task Manager does not give absolute control like it did in say WinXP. In WinXP, a 3D game might prevent you from recovering the system. In Win 8 or 8.1, just an ordinary program could use so much system resource, that Task Manager stops responding. 2) On screen BSODs are now useless. You'll have to work much harder to get diagnostic information. The first one is pretty important, for a day to day OS. And that's a reason Win8 cannot become my primary OS. I regularly use and rely on Task Manager in WinXP, to handle issues for me. Paul |
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Propably I'll never get one copy. The operating system I'm using came with
the machine without recovery dvd. I guess if something bad happens I'll be in serious trouble, so I must take care. "Good Guy" escreveu na mensagem ... The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
Good Guy wrote :
On 15/08/2013 00:23, Drew wrote: On 8/14/2013 12:52 PM, Good Guy wrote: The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. You'll never know what you are missing. Windows 8 is here and all future operating system will be based on windows 8. Either you keep up with it or regret it when it becomes too late for you to remain employable. World is moving fast these days. How can you and what you say be trusted? For example the company (Tax Group Ltd) you list on your mytaxsite.co.uk website doesnt exist at companies house, the archives on mytaxsite.co.uk suggests posts which go back to July 2010, yet your domain name whois data says the domain name was only registered in 25-Feb-2012 and the Wayback machine only shows activity since early 2012 as well. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://mytaxsite.co.uk All in all, you dont look very genuine and I would never underestimate the under hand tactics MS employs to gain market dominance one way or another. Plus what you have said above can apply equally to Linux, Apple or Android OS's. |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
Richard Rose wrote:
Good Guy wrote : On 15/08/2013 00:23, Drew wrote: On 8/14/2013 12:52 PM, Good Guy wrote: The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. You'll never know what you are missing. Windows 8 is here and all future operating system will be based on windows 8. Either you keep up with it or regret it when it becomes too late for you to remain employable. World is moving fast these days. How can you and what you say be trusted? For example the company (Tax Group Ltd) you list on your mytaxsite.co.uk website doesnt exist at companies house, the archives on mytaxsite.co.uk suggests posts which go back to July 2010, yet your domain name whois data says the domain name was only registered in 25-Feb-2012 and the Wayback machine only shows activity since early 2012 as well. http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://mytaxsite.co.uk All in all, you dont look very genuine and I would never underestimate the under hand tactics MS employs to gain market dominance one way or another. Plus what you have said above can apply equally to Linux, Apple or Android OS's. Question: How many of you use winxp on modern hardware? How many of you use vista? How many of you use win7? Where do you think those os are going? I have used winxp a m2n-sli deluxe mb the internet was crap put win7 on it and the internet was usable! And people still say winxp was the best! |
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Question: How many of you use winxp on modern hardware?
How many of you use vista? How many of you use win7? Where do you think those os are going? I have used winxp a m2n-sli deluxe mb the internet was crap put win7 on it and the internet was usable! And people still say winxp was the best! Watch this and learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&f...&v=fVNHX1Hrr6w Bruce even states in this vid its all XP, although the event log was changes in Vista+ Backwards compatability means the underlying technology doesnt change. When MS say apps are no longer backward compatible then windows is really moving forward, until then its just mainly cosmetic changes in the main, with some SU/SUDO/UAC & Event log API changes. |
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Richard Rose wrote:
Question: How many of you use winxp on modern hardware? How many of you use vista? How many of you use win7? Where do you think those os are going? I have used winxp a m2n-sli deluxe mb the internet was crap put win7 on it and the internet was usable! And people still say winxp was the best! Watch this and learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&f...&v=fVNHX1Hrr6w Bruce even states in this vid its all XP, although the event log was changes in Vista+ Backwards compatability means the underlying technology doesnt change. When MS say apps are no longer backward compatible then windows is really moving forward, until then its just mainly cosmetic changes in the main, with some SU/SUDO/UAC & Event log API changes. Ya that video was in 2011. Is it relervant now? Can you install winxp on 2013 hardware? Or if you have old winxp hardware install win7 and tell me which runs better? My ex has my old hardware amd athlon x2 6400 which is winxp compatiable and she uses a 3 dongle the internet was crap. So i put win7 on it and with the same dongle the internet is good. Go figure that! |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
Jon wrote:
The operating system I'm using came with the machine without recovery dvd. I guess if something bad happens I'll be in serious trouble, so I must take care. And there were no instructions included with the purchase of that pre-built computer to tell you how to burn the recovery CDs? There is no boot-time hotkey to go into a hidden partition to run their recovery manager from there? |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
On 8/14/2013 5:55 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 15/08/2013 00:23, Drew wrote: On 8/14/2013 12:52 PM, Good Guy wrote: The release date has been announced!!! http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/08/14/mark-your-calendars-for-windows-8-1.aspx http://www.zdnet.com/windows-8-1-to-launch-in-october-7000019387/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539 Get your machines ready for this wonderful day! Why?..I do not run it and probably never will. You'll never know what you are missing. Windows 8 is here and all future operating system will be based on windows 8. Either you keep up with it or regret it when it becomes too late for you to remain employable. World is moving fast these days. Now that is funny!!! By the time our work stations are upgraded (XP) I will be retired! Also since you probably do not work for Microsoft then how do you know this? Future op systems might be based on windows 10 for all you know right? |
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Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1!
The machine came with a basic instructions paper where there is no mention
related to burning recovery dvd's. In older days that was an illegal operation and things didn't work quite well. I can see under the main menu, definitions, pc personalization, an option to recover the system and another option to boot from a pen drive, dvd or other. But where I live there is no complete windows 8 dvd for sale, only the upgrade version. That means I would have to buy an older version of windows, install it, and buy the windows 8 upgrade version to update. I've search on local stores for a windows 8 complete version but couldn't find it. I like very much this new system and don't want to change it because I'm afraid of surprises. I think the salesman told me to hit F8 (can't remember very well) in case of any emergency. "VanguardLH" escreveu na mensagem ... Jon wrote: The operating system I'm using came with the machine without recovery dvd. I guess if something bad happens I'll be in serious trouble, so I must take care. And there were no instructions included with the purchase of that pre-built computer to tell you how to burn the recovery CDs? There is no boot-time hotkey to go into a hidden partition to run their recovery manager from there? |
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On 8/16/2013 12:31 PM, Jon wrote:
The machine came with a basic instructions paper where there is no mention related to burning recovery dvd's. In older days that was an illegal operation and things didn't work quite well. I can see under the main menu, definitions, pc personalization, an option to recover the system and another option to boot from a pen drive, dvd or other. But where I live there is no complete windows 8 dvd for sale, only the upgrade version. That means I would have to buy an older version of windows, install it, and buy the windows 8 upgrade version to update. I've search on local stores for a windows 8 complete version but couldn't find it. I like very much this new system and don't want to change it because I'm afraid of surprises. I think the salesman told me to hit F8 (can't remember very well) in case of any emergency. If you can give us the make and model of your machine, it would be a lot easier to help you. -- Alias The only real problems are avarice, anger and stupidity. |
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Thanks, things are running stable for now, while the product exists, think I
can count on you. "Alias" escreveu na mensagem ... On 8/16/2013 12:31 PM, Jon wrote: The machine came with a basic instructions paper where there is no mention related to burning recovery dvd's. In older days that was an illegal operation and things didn't work quite well. I can see under the main menu, definitions, pc personalization, an option to recover the system and another option to boot from a pen drive, dvd or other. But where I live there is no complete windows 8 dvd for sale, only the upgrade version. That means I would have to buy an older version of windows, install it, and buy the windows 8 upgrade version to update. I've search on local stores for a windows 8 complete version but couldn't find it. I like very much this new system and don't want to change it because I'm afraid of surprises. I think the salesman told me to hit F8 (can't remember very well) in case of any emergency. If you can give us the make and model of your machine, it would be a lot easier to help you. -- Alias The only real problems are avarice, anger and stupidity. |
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