Windows 8 who's buying/upgrading

smr · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:48

Not been on it for long - only half an hour last night and just booted it up today... I miss the old start menu!

ic1male · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:49

rafster said:
Is Windows 8 even worth it over Windows 7?

Dude, you get a spangly new version of MINESWEEPER! Worth it for that alone. LMAO.

Elevon · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:49

beachBOYken said:
nice to know that can be done , is it easy to do that? as I guess there is a few games that would need to be run in desktop mode.

cheers

Yep easy to do,on my upgrade it put Steam and Origin in Metro anyway,all my Steam,and Origin games run fine,was playing them lastnight

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LeeUK · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:50

If I buy and install the £24.99 Windows 8, can I later install it on a new PC and wipe it off the old one?

ic1male · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:50

smr said:
Not been on it for long - only half an hour last night and just booted it up today... I miss the old start menu!

No you don't. Look into my eyes. In my eyes, not around my eyes. You don't miss the old start menu. And we're done.

ic1male · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:51

LeeUK said:
If I buy and install the £24.99 Windows 8, can I later install it on a new PC and wipe it off the old one?

You don't have to install right away. You can choose to make setup media in order to do as you wish.

Sighn · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:54

Stanners said:
This is the message I get, Going to have a play when I get home tonight. When you say you tried an unformatted SSD how do you mean. Did it have your previous version of windows installed on it?

I installed w8 upgrade on a new, unused SSD. I did, however, already have Windows 7 installed on another HDD connected to the computer.

Pdog · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:55

RavenXXX2 said:
No need to pay £24.99 for it when you get it for £14.99 no matter if you qualify or not Stuck W8 on USB, booted from it, done a fresh install and bam W8 activated.

can you be more specific how you got it for £14.99?

beachBOYken · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:58

Elevon said:
Yep easy to do,on my upgrade it put Steam and Origin in Metro anyway,all my Steam,and Origin games run fine,was playing them lastnight .

if you have steam pinned in metro how do get it to run automatically in desktop mode once clicked?

RichIbizaSport · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:58

bulldog147 said:
they don't work anymore.

What's making you say that? Source?

I understand there are delays in emails.

point decay · 26 Oct 2012 at 13:59

anyone know how to stop the mail app from opening links into chrome metro app?. id rather links were opened on the desktop browser.

ic1male · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:01

beachBOYken said:
if you have steam pinned in metro how do get it to run automatically in desktop mode once clicked?

All Windows software that is non-Metro (i.e. not from the store) will run just as they did previously by switching to the desktop. Don't worry ken. It will all happen automatically.

Elevon · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:03

beachBOYken said:
if you have steam pinned in metro how do get it to run automatically in desktop mode once clicked?

When you click it goes to desktop and launches Steam.

beachBOYken · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:03

ic1male said:
All Windows software that is non-Metro (i.e. not from the store) will run just as they did previously by switching to the desktop. Don't worry ken. It will all happen automatically.

thats Great!!! :cool:

Drizmod · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:13

Pdog said:
can you be more specific how you got it for £14.99?

https://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-GB/Registration

Im presuming you put in any details in the PC Purchase section and no one checks

Nutella33 · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:23

RavenXXX2 said:
No need to pay £24.99 for it when you get it for £14.99 no matter if you qualify or not Stuck W8 on USB, booted from it, done a fresh install and bam W8 activated.

so fresh install worked? if so thats great news! why is this not advertised? :confused:

str · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:26

ic1male said:
All Windows software that is non-Metro (i.e. not from the store) will run just as they did previously by switching to the desktop. Don't worry ken. It will all happen automatically.

I am finding there are two instances of Chrome, one in Metro and one at the Desktop.

To sign up for a Microsoft Account it loaded Chrome via Metro but it wasn't my desktop Chrome as I had already configured settings and added my bookmarks.

I tested by switching to the desktop and loading Chrome then back to Metro and loading Chrome again and they were different versions and I could configure and set bookmarks differently in each instance.

It's annoying because I would rather there was only one instance of Chrome running.

embalse · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:35

OK sorry for basic question.

I will back up everything, but if I upgrade from 7 to 8 will I loose all my emails (Windows Mail) etc?....

Elevon · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:36

str said:
I am finding there are two instances of Chrome, one in Metro and one at the Desktop.

To sign up for a Microsoft Account it loaded Chrome via Metro but it wasn't my desktop Chrome as I had already configured settings and added my bookmarks.

I tested by switching to the desktop and loading Chrome then back to Metro and loading Chrome again and they were different versions and I could configure and set bookmarks differently in each instance.

It's annoying because I would rather there was only one instance of Chrome running.

Wierd issue,my Opera is fine ,loads same one via Metro as on desktop.

Broken Hope · 26 Oct 2012 at 14:37

beachBOYken said:
nice to know that can be done , is it easy to do that? as I guess there is a few games that would need to be run in desktop mode.

cheers

You can pin any application/shortcut to the start screen with a right click, desktop apps automatically switch to desktop mode when you load them.