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blazorthon
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[citation][nom]s3anister[/nom]I think it's sad that Windows 8 needs a tutorial. The OS is supposed to be easy an intuitive, meaning you're supposed to be good to go after install and not need any help in figuring out how things work.[/citation]
The same logic applies to Windows 7. How many people would know about Snap and similar features or task bar pinning without being told about them or reading about them elsewhere? Heck, the same logic applies to any operating system. Unless it's exactly the same as the previous, which it usually isn't for MS, you'd need someone somewhere to inform you about the new features.
Personally, I think that it's sad that people mock Windows 8 just because it's different. If it's given a chance, and I mean a real chance, it does the job no worse than 7 in almost everything and has a few advantages of its own to more or less make up for its disadvantages to 7.
The same logic applies to Windows 7. How many people would know about Snap and similar features or task bar pinning without being told about them or reading about them elsewhere? Heck, the same logic applies to any operating system. Unless it's exactly the same as the previous, which it usually isn't for MS, you'd need someone somewhere to inform you about the new features.
Personally, I think that it's sad that people mock Windows 8 just because it's different. If it's given a chance, and I mean a real chance, it does the job no worse than 7 in almost everything and has a few advantages of its own to more or less make up for its disadvantages to 7.
danwat1234
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Patch explorer.exe to deal with file paths longer than 255 characters in length. NTFS supports it, but some windows APIs don't fully support it.
Patch Task Manager so it does not delete it's configuration settings from the registry every time it starts and re-saves the configuration settings when it quits. The settings are lost if the computer crashes while Task Manager is open, unless you made a backup of that portion of the windows registry.
Patch Task Manager so it does not delete it's configuration settings from the registry every time it starts and re-saves the configuration settings when it quits. The settings are lost if the computer crashes while Task Manager is open, unless you made a backup of that portion of the windows registry.
blazorthon
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[citation][nom]DjEaZy[/nom]... Write Win 8 Tutorial, Win a Tom’s Goodie Bag? ... wait a minute...? M$ employees would get payed for this, but if we do it, we get just a bag??? No, no, no... M$ should do this job and due it proper!!![/citation]
They did it already. Tom's simply seems to want tutorials of our own here at Tom's.
They did it already. Tom's simply seems to want tutorials of our own here at Tom's.
nukemaster
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The current how to guides listed
How-To: get a start menu and quick launch in Windows 8 & other tricks by blazorthon
How-To: Insert hidden Windows 8 emoticons and symbols by glitch00
How-to: Make custom Windows 8 Metro tiles for your websites by blibbi
How-To: Get rid of Modern UI and much more by Soda-88
How-To: Stream Video and Audio Files to your XBOX360 by dallaswilm
How-To perform an upgrade-install of Windows 8 by sojrner
How-To: get a start menu and quick launch in Windows 8 & other tricks by blazorthon
How-To: Insert hidden Windows 8 emoticons and symbols by glitch00
How-to: Make custom Windows 8 Metro tiles for your websites by blibbi
How-To: Get rid of Modern UI and much more by Soda-88
How-To: Stream Video and Audio Files to your XBOX360 by dallaswilm
How-To perform an upgrade-install of Windows 8 by sojrner
susyque747
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Put Ubuntu disk in and run, when prompted allow Ubuntu to wipe the Windows 8 infestation from the Hard Drive. Now you have a secure operating system and with a little practice you will never turn back to the the Swiss Cheese FED controlled OS known as Windows.
susyque747
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[citation][nom]_Cosmin_[/nom]Don`t bother: as always is open for US residents ONLY ![/citation]
Thats because the US distro of Windows is full of spyware so our police state masters can watch us, look at the new Crapboox 720 requirements if you don't think Homeland Security (sieg Heil) is watching.
Thats because the US distro of Windows is full of spyware so our police state masters can watch us, look at the new Crapboox 720 requirements if you don't think Homeland Security (sieg Heil) is watching.
blazorthon
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[citation][nom]susyque747[/nom]Thats because the US distro of Windows is full of spyware so our police state masters can watch us, look at the new Crapboox 720 requirements if you don't think Homeland Security (sieg Heil) is watching.[/citation]
Windows 8 doesn't need to send spyware data to anyone because simply being on the internet sends pretty much everything about the computer and where you go in the internet out 24/7. It doesn't even matter what OS you have. Only extreme paranoia-level security/privacy defenses can do much about it.
Windows 8 doesn't need to send spyware data to anyone because simply being on the internet sends pretty much everything about the computer and where you go in the internet out 24/7. It doesn't even matter what OS you have. Only extreme paranoia-level security/privacy defenses can do much about it.
dalethepcman
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[citation][nom]susyque747[/nom]Thats because the US distro of Windows is full of spyware so our police state masters can watch us, look at the new Crapboox 720 requirements if you don't think Homeland Security (sieg Heil) is watching.[/citation]
Wear tinfoil hats much?
Question for you, when does homeland security, or any institution / branch of government / corporation have time to watch, catalog, and police everything everywhere, and why would they care to?
First off, you would need multiple nuclear power plants just to generate the electricity required for the processing and cooling alone, let alone the petabytes per second of data that you would need to store. Add to that that 3/4 of what you would be looking at is other people watching porn of tending their virtual farm's...
Trust me if big brother wanted you for something they wouldn't need to watch you, they would just email you some kiddie porn and come arrest you.
Back on topic, I hope you get some great articles, looks like the trolls are out in force today though. If you don't like windows 8, then why did you bother reading an article about it? Enjoy windows 7 forever, you will be just like all the people at my work stuck on windows xp not willing to learn Windows 7, you know what we call those people? Unemployed.
Wear tinfoil hats much?
Question for you, when does homeland security, or any institution / branch of government / corporation have time to watch, catalog, and police everything everywhere, and why would they care to?
First off, you would need multiple nuclear power plants just to generate the electricity required for the processing and cooling alone, let alone the petabytes per second of data that you would need to store. Add to that that 3/4 of what you would be looking at is other people watching porn of tending their virtual farm's...
Trust me if big brother wanted you for something they wouldn't need to watch you, they would just email you some kiddie porn and come arrest you.
Back on topic, I hope you get some great articles, looks like the trolls are out in force today though. If you don't like windows 8, then why did you bother reading an article about it? Enjoy windows 7 forever, you will be just like all the people at my work stuck on windows xp not willing to learn Windows 7, you know what we call those people? Unemployed.
What's really sad is that w8 is MS officially ceasing and refusing to provide users (and third parties: developers, oem, software distributors) a true pc os experience in the name of alleged profits.
And the model they are going for, betting the entire company on it, is so chesy that windows 7 plus bluestack offers for free either a better pc and a better tablet experience on the same machine for free.
That's really sad that yearsof development from one of the biggest group of developers can lead so poor results due to a such foolish business plan behind!
Please fire Ballmer soon.
And the model they are going for, betting the entire company on it, is so chesy that windows 7 plus bluestack offers for free either a better pc and a better tablet experience on the same machine for free.
That's really sad that yearsof development from one of the biggest group of developers can lead so poor results due to a such foolish business plan behind!
Please fire Ballmer soon.
Apanzee
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I hate the crap out of Windows 8 myself, but I've gotten used to the horrid UI. The simple fact is that Windows 8 employs numerous types of hardware acceleration and has improved responsiveness on lower end machines.
If you have a top of the line gaming PC with immense power, just use Windows 7, you'll never see any improvement in performance by making the switch to Windows 8.
You all have to remember Windows 8 was developed for devices with touch screens, and simply made usable in a standard PC environment. It has many cons and not alot of pros, but those few pros, are big ones.
You also need to realize that it's a strategic move for Microsoft. More and more people are making the switch to tablet type computing solutions for mobility and battery life's sake. Take businessmen for example. Carrying a 10 pound notebook and having to sit down in order to use it is a drawback in productivity. Most people in fields like that use a tablet now days because they can make notes and data tables on the fly. Be it an iPad, an Android or Microsoft Surface.
As computers evolve and so do the habits of people towards touch oriented devices, you will start to see the drawbacks of this kind of operating system slowly disappear.
They simply have not perfected it yet. Think back to Windows Vista and how awful it was - basically XP with a re-skin. An ugly one at that. When they released Windows 7, almost everyone running Vista instantly upgraded - I only know one person who still uses it, and only because she has no technical know-how and basically just uses her PC for playing solitaire. I'm willing to bet that the next version of Windows will make Windows 8 AND Windows 7 entirely obsolete.
If you have a top of the line gaming PC with immense power, just use Windows 7, you'll never see any improvement in performance by making the switch to Windows 8.
You all have to remember Windows 8 was developed for devices with touch screens, and simply made usable in a standard PC environment. It has many cons and not alot of pros, but those few pros, are big ones.
You also need to realize that it's a strategic move for Microsoft. More and more people are making the switch to tablet type computing solutions for mobility and battery life's sake. Take businessmen for example. Carrying a 10 pound notebook and having to sit down in order to use it is a drawback in productivity. Most people in fields like that use a tablet now days because they can make notes and data tables on the fly. Be it an iPad, an Android or Microsoft Surface.
As computers evolve and so do the habits of people towards touch oriented devices, you will start to see the drawbacks of this kind of operating system slowly disappear.
They simply have not perfected it yet. Think back to Windows Vista and how awful it was - basically XP with a re-skin. An ugly one at that. When they released Windows 7, almost everyone running Vista instantly upgraded - I only know one person who still uses it, and only because she has no technical know-how and basically just uses her PC for playing solitaire. I'm willing to bet that the next version of Windows will make Windows 8 AND Windows 7 entirely obsolete.
Page 1 line one: never buy windows 8 in the first place, and boycott OEMs that do not sell new computers with windows 7!
blazorthon
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[citation][nom]OEMsDeepPockets[/nom]Page 1 line one: never buy windows 8 in the first place, and boycott OEMs that do not sell new computers with windows 7![/citation]
Ignoring the obvious bait, what OEMs don't have any Windows 7 systems anymore?
Ignoring the obvious bait, what OEMs don't have any Windows 7 systems anymore?
livebriand
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[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]Ignoring the obvious bait, what OEMs don't have any Windows 7 systems anymore?[/citation]
None have Win7, on the consumer side. I have yet to find any that got rid of it on the business side though.
None have Win7, on the consumer side. I have yet to find any that got rid of it on the business side though.
blazorthon
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[citation][nom]livebriand[/nom]None have Win7, on the consumer side. I have yet to find any that got rid of it on the business side though.[/citation]
Dell has dozens of consumer models with it, HP has several, Newegg has over a thousand, and that's just what I found in a few minutes. Please don't say none have it for consumer models because that's completely wrong. There are even more supposedly business models well within consumer price ranges from Dell, HP, and more that qualify well enough.
Dell has dozens of consumer models with it, HP has several, Newegg has over a thousand, and that's just what I found in a few minutes. Please don't say none have it for consumer models because that's completely wrong. There are even more supposedly business models well within consumer price ranges from Dell, HP, and more that qualify well enough.
thecolorblue
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[citation][nom]jpishgar[/nom]Absolutely not. There's zero guarantee you'll win the goodie bag. This little contest is mostly for users who were already probably going to write one in the first place, or who may have already helped out in the Windows 8 subsection and had a response that would make a great How-T
ur job is to not only bring the tech news to you, but to foster an environment where users can help each other with hardware and software. There's a lot more of you than there is of us, and users helping users is one of the reasons our forums have exploded to the size they have over the past few years. You don't have to participate if you don't want to - I'm sure there will be other ways to win goodie bags and the items inside in the future.[/citation]
translation: you create the content, we get the ad revenue.
how about you give 100% of the ad revenue to each tutorial author?
ur job is to not only bring the tech news to you, but to foster an environment where users can help each other with hardware and software. There's a lot more of you than there is of us, and users helping users is one of the reasons our forums have exploded to the size they have over the past few years. You don't have to participate if you don't want to - I'm sure there will be other ways to win goodie bags and the items inside in the future.[/citation]translation: you create the content, we get the ad revenue.
how about you give 100% of the ad revenue to each tutorial author?
thecolorblue
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[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]Wear tinfoil hats much? Question for you, when does homeland security, or any institution / branch of government / corporation have time to watch, catalog, and police everything everywhere, and why would they care to?First off, you would need multiple nuclear power plants just to generate the electricity required for the processing and cooling alone, let alone the petabytes per second of data that you would need to store. Add to that that 3/4 of what you would be looking at is other people watching porn of tending their virtual farm's...Trust me if big brother wanted you for something they wouldn't need to watch you, they would just email you some kiddie porn and come arrest you.Back on topic, I hope you get some great articles, looks like the trolls are out in force today though. If you don't like windows 8, then why did you bother reading an article about it? Enjoy windows 7 forever, you will be just like all the people at my work stuck on windows xp not willing to learn Windows 7, you know what we call those people? Unemployed.[/citation]
you are ignorant
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/
you are ignorant
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/
thecolorblue
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[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]Wear tinfoil hats much? Question for you, when does homeland security, or any institution / branch of government / corporation have time to watch, catalog, and police everything everywhere, and why would they care to?First off, you would need multiple nuclear power plants just to generate the electricity required for the processing and cooling alone, let alone the petabytes per second of data that you would need to store. Add to that that 3/4 of what you would be looking at is other people watching porn of tending their virtual farm's...Trust me if big brother wanted you for something they wouldn't need to watch you, they would just email you some kiddie porn and come arrest you.Back on topic, I hope you get some great articles, looks like the trolls are out in force today though. If you don't like windows 8, then why did you bother reading an article about it? Enjoy windows 7 forever, you will be just like all the people at my work stuck on windows xp not willing to learn Windows 7, you know what we call those people? Unemployed.[/citation]
gotta crush ignorance whenever i see it
"Given the facility’s scale and the fact that a terabyte of data can now be stored on a flash drive the size of a man’s pinky, the potential amount of information that could be housed in Bluffdale is truly staggering. But so is the exponential growth in the amount of intelligence data being produced every day by the eavesdropping sensors of the NSA and other intelligence agencies. As a result of this “expanding array of theater airborne and other sensor networks,” as a 2007 Department of Defense report puts it, the Pentagon is attempting to expand its worldwide communications network, known as the Global Information Grid, to handle yottabytes (1024 bytes) of data. (A yottabyte is a septillion bytes—so large that no one has yet coined a term for the next higher magnitude.)"
from article linked in my previous post... and if you bother to read the article you'll notice the other article about DHS involvement http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/rsa-security-panel/
please delete your account now.
gotta crush ignorance whenever i see it
"Given the facility’s scale and the fact that a terabyte of data can now be stored on a flash drive the size of a man’s pinky, the potential amount of information that could be housed in Bluffdale is truly staggering. But so is the exponential growth in the amount of intelligence data being produced every day by the eavesdropping sensors of the NSA and other intelligence agencies. As a result of this “expanding array of theater airborne and other sensor networks,” as a 2007 Department of Defense report puts it, the Pentagon is attempting to expand its worldwide communications network, known as the Global Information Grid, to handle yottabytes (1024 bytes) of data. (A yottabyte is a septillion bytes—so large that no one has yet coined a term for the next higher magnitude.)"
from article linked in my previous post... and if you bother to read the article you'll notice the other article about DHS involvement http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/rsa-security-panel/
please delete your account now.
And why on the business side users get to install windows 7, but on the consumer side users are force fead windows 8! M$ wants consumer computers to be nuthing more than shopping kiosks! I would like my computer to remain a general purpose computer, and not an extension of the M$ store! Metro is the tip of the iceburg and a large BLUE iceburg, that is the beginning of M$ plan to depreciate the desktop, and turn our computers into a M$ sales channel bonanza!
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