Windows 8 has fast boot

Windows 8 has fast boot kind of hibernation wake mode. But if you install
updates to system or drivers, I think you have to restart and that takes
longer.

Why people say windows 8 is a toy for children if it can be used to work in
office? I think it's because industry made small mobile pc's and they aren't
very confortable to use for a long time.

In the last episode of , "Send"
said:

Windows 8 has fast boot kind of hibernation wake mode. But if you install
updates to system or drivers, I think you have to restart and that takes
longer.

Yes. The majority of reboots will use fast boot, unless there's hardware
changes, driver changes or similar.

Why people say windows 8 is a toy for children if it can be used to work in
office? I think it's because industry made small mobile pc's and they aren't
very confortable to use for a long time.

I suspect it's people covering for the fact that they can't figure out
how it works. It's easier to suggest it's wrong than admit you* are.

(Not you personally)

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Send wrote:
Windows 8 has fast boot kind of hibernation wake mode. But if you
install updates to system or drivers, I think you have to restart and
that takes longer.

When Fast Boot is enabled it applies to Shutdown and subsequent cold
starts. Fast Boot is not applicable to Restarts.



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On 10/2/2014 5:52 PM, Send wrote:
Windows 8 has fast boot kind of hibernation wake mode. But if you
install updates to system or drivers, I think you have to restart and
that takes longer.

Why people say windows 8 is a toy for children if it can be used to work
in office? I think it's because industry made small mobile pc's and they
aren't very confortable to use for a long time.\


I am running Windows 8.1 computer booting directly to the desktop on my
laptop computer which is hooked to a LAN that access the net.

I am doing research, writing reports, monitoring budgets and working
with pictures. I am doing word processing and working with spread
sheets. I am processing images for use in the reports and as part of
my research. I also use an email program, browse the web, work with
images, and play games. The last would not be consider an office activity.

Thanks for letting me know I am using a child's toy.

Do you use Power Shell?

On 14-10-02 09:50 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 10/2/2014 5:52 PM, Send wrote:
Windows 8 has fast boot kind of hibernation wake mode. But if you
install updates to system or drivers, I think you have to restart and
that takes longer.

Why people say windows 8 is a toy for children if it can be used to work
in office? I think it's because industry made small mobile pc's and they
aren't very confortable to use for a long time.\


I am running Windows 8.1 computer booting directly to the desktop on my
laptop computer which is hooked to a LAN that access the net.

I am doing research, writing reports, monitoring budgets and working
with pictures. I am doing word processing and working with spread
sheets. I am processing images for use in the reports and as part of
my research. I also use an email program, browse the web, work with
images, and play games. The last would not be consider an office activity.

Thanks for letting me know I am using a child's toy.

Windows 8, whether anyone wants to accept it or not, is the most useful
operating system at the moment. It allows you to choose from the widest
variety of software, it's stable as hell, supports the largest amount of
new hardware (obsolete hardware need not apply) and happens to have an
excellent gaming scene.

Calling it a kid's toy is something only a complete imbecile would do.

However, it still uses NTFS which is in need of replacement and still
suffers from bit rot which, even to my own surprise, is a real thing.

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OpenMedia Supporter
Help control the parasite population, have your GNU/Linux advocate
spayed or neutered.

Interesting reading;

"9. Listening to customers
are-you-listening

Windows 8 is a classic example of what happens when a company
doesn't listen to its customers. Despite ongoing feedback from
customers enrolled in the OS beta complaining that the user interface
was unintuitive, Microsoft doggedly stuck to its guns and pushed
forward with its touch-focused plans.

Unsurprisingly this meant that, despite its massive marketing push
and assurances from Microsoft that "you'll like it when you try it",
adoption of Windows 8 has been slow, with many users and business
choosing to stick to Windows 7, or unsupported Windows XP operating
systems."
[...]
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/23732...test-os/page/2

On 03/10/2014 7:49 PM, Unicorn wrote:
Interesting reading;

"9. Listening to customers
are-you-listening

Windows 8 is a classic example of what happens when a company
doesn't listen to its customers. Despite ongoing feedback from
customers enrolled in the OS beta complaining that the user interface
was unintuitive, Microsoft doggedly stuck to its guns and pushed
forward with its touch-focused plans.

Unsurprisingly this meant that, despite its massive marketing push
and assurances from Microsoft that "you'll like it when you try it",
adoption of Windows 8 has been slow, with many users and business
choosing to stick to Windows 7, or unsupported Windows XP operating
systems."
[...]
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/23732...test-os/page/2


I don't think 10 will change their minds - not on first acquaintance
anyway - the interface is 90% Windows 8 and more or less as hard to use.
It may grow on me, but not so far.

--
Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

She was only a whisky maker's daughter, but he loved her still.

On 10/3/2014 3:56 PM, Bob Henson wrote:
On 03/10/2014 7:49 PM, Unicorn wrote:
Interesting reading;

"9. Listening to customers
are-you-listening

Windows 8 is a classic example of what happens when a company
doesn't listen to its customers. Despite ongoing feedback from
customers enrolled in the OS beta complaining that the user interface
was unintuitive, Microsoft doggedly stuck to its guns and pushed
forward with its touch-focused plans.

Unsurprisingly this meant that, despite its massive marketing push
and assurances from Microsoft that "you'll like it when you try it",
adoption of Windows 8 has been slow, with many users and business
choosing to stick to Windows 7, or unsupported Windows XP operating
systems."
[...]
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/23732...test-os/page/2


I don't think 10 will change their minds - not on first acquaintance
anyway - the interface is 90% Windows 8 and more or less as hard to use.
It may grow on me, but not so far.

You mean they have removed the ability to boot directly to the desktop
as in Windows 8.1?

Spent 5 minutes to find disk cleanup, first did settings but I was on
desktop and settings app must be loaded from metro interface to turn on
administrative tools. You have different settings options for almost every
app.

"Keith Nuttle" escreveu na mensagem ...

On 10/3/2014 3:56 PM, Bob Henson wrote:
On 03/10/2014 7:49 PM, Unicorn wrote:
Interesting reading;

"9. Listening to customers
are-you-listening

Windows 8 is a classic example of what happens when a company
doesn't listen to its customers. Despite ongoing feedback from
customers enrolled in the OS beta complaining that the user interface
was unintuitive, Microsoft doggedly stuck to its guns and pushed
forward with its touch-focused plans.

Unsurprisingly this meant that, despite its massive marketing push
and assurances from Microsoft that "you'll like it when you try it",
adoption of Windows 8 has been slow, with many users and business
choosing to stick to Windows 7, or unsupported Windows XP operating
systems."
[...]
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/23732...test-os/page/2


I don't think 10 will change their minds - not on first acquaintance
anyway - the interface is 90% Windows 8 and more or less as hard to use.
It may grow on me, but not so far.

You mean they have removed the ability to boot directly to the desktop
as in Windows 8.1?

On 10/03/2014 04:01 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 10/3/2014 3:56 PM, Bob Henson wrote:
On 03/10/2014 7:49 PM, Unicorn wrote:
Interesting reading;

"9. Listening to customers
are-you-listening

Windows 8 is a classic example of what happens when a company
doesn't listen to its customers. Despite ongoing feedback from
customers enrolled in the OS beta complaining that the user interface
was unintuitive, Microsoft doggedly stuck to its guns and pushed
forward with its touch-focused plans.

Unsurprisingly this meant that, despite its massive marketing push
and assurances from Microsoft that "you'll like it when you try it",
adoption of Windows 8 has been slow, with many users and business
choosing to stick to Windows 7, or unsupported Windows XP operating
systems."
[...]
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/23732...test-os/page/2


I don't think 10 will change their minds - not on first acquaintance
anyway - the interface is 90% Windows 8 and more or less as hard to use.
It may grow on me, but not so far.

You mean they have removed the ability to boot directly to the desktop
as in Windows 8.1?


I think 10 does boot to the desktop. The apps now run in the desktop.
At least that’s what I gleaned from different articles and screen shots.

--
Caver1

Randy laid this down on his screen :
Spent 5 minutes to find disk cleanup, first did settings but I was on
desktop and settings app must be loaded from metro interface to turn on
administrative tools. You have different settings options for almost every
app.

Go to the Start Screen or the Search box on the Start Menu and type
"disk cleanup".

Thank you very much.

"Seth" escreveu na mensagem
...

Randy laid this down on his screen :
Spent 5 minutes to find disk cleanup, first did settings but I was on
desktop and settings app must be loaded from metro interface to turn on
administrative tools. You have different settings options for almost every
app.

Go to the Start Screen or the Search box on the Start Menu and type
"disk cleanup".

On 03/10/2014 9:01 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 10/3/2014 3:56 PM, Bob Henson wrote:
On 03/10/2014 7:49 PM, Unicorn wrote:
Interesting reading;

"9. Listening to customers
are-you-listening

Windows 8 is a classic example of what happens when a company
doesn't listen to its customers. Despite ongoing feedback from
customers enrolled in the OS beta complaining that the user interface
was unintuitive, Microsoft doggedly stuck to its guns and pushed
forward with its touch-focused plans.

Unsurprisingly this meant that, despite its massive marketing push
and assurances from Microsoft that "you'll like it when you try it",
adoption of Windows 8 has been slow, with many users and business
choosing to stick to Windows 7, or unsupported Windows XP operating
systems."
[...]
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/23732...test-os/page/2


I don't think 10 will change their minds - not on first acquaintance
anyway - the interface is 90% Windows 8 and more or less as hard to use.
It may grow on me, but not so far.

You mean they have removed the ability to boot directly to the desktop
as in Windows 8.1?


No, I was using "8" generically to include 8 and 8.1. As it installs
itself on a desktop machine (in a VM here) it boots to desktop (I must
remember how I got rid of that silly lock screen on Windows 8), and has
a sort of start button that reveals a panel of settings and on the right
side, mini app icons/squares. It has a "reveal" that shows all the apps
in a small panel, but lacks the only thing all desktop users want, which
is the old program menu. So, from the desktop users point of view, (who,
like me, probably will never use a cut-down "app" version - only the
full versions of the programs from the desktop) it is no better than
8.1. I've just downloaded the Classic Shell program to see if it works
as before - if it does, it's staying on there.

It says that that Windows 10 will recognise what sort of system it is
installed on, so I'm guessing that on a tablet, or phone, it will boot
to the Metro/Modern interface. If it doesn't, Microsoft have made
another giant cock-up, because the tablet/phone users won't like the
interface that I have got either - the metro squares will be too small
for them. However, I'm sure other tablet/phone users will soon tell us
that - if anyone tries it.

Other than that - it works just fine - but so did 8/8.1. It seems to
recognise networks and handle them as well as Windows 7. It seems quick
here (loading and shutdown times are similar to Windows 7) - but as yet
it has few programs running, so I can't really compare it with my hugely
overloaded, multiple start-up programmed Windows 7 machines. However, I
think folks will like the speed. I'm hoping to find something else I
like, though, because so far I have yet to see anything which we even
vaguely tempt me away from Windows 7. Anyway, back to the testing.

--
Bob Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK

Gynaecologist - a man who can redecorate his hallway through the letterbox.

Bob Henson has brought this to us :

It says that that Windows 10 will recognise what sort of system it is
installed on, so I'm guessing that on a tablet, or phone, it will boot
to the Metro/Modern interface. If it doesn't, Microsoft have made
another giant cock-up, because the tablet/phone users won't like the
interface that I have got either - the metro squares will be too small
for them. However, I'm sure other tablet/phone users will soon tell us
that - if anyone tries it.

It does recognize it. On a physical laptop it goes to desktop and the
start button brings up a start menu. On my Surface Pro 2 it uses the
start screen and boots to that. Eitehr settings (screen vs. menu and
boot to desktop vs start) are user selectable by rt-clicking the
taskbar and going to properties.