Windows 8 who's buying/upgrading

Thanks for all the help last night chaps, but my install is borked and I want to start again. I am very much up for giving the tiles a go but need to start all over again as I swear my install is corrupted or I have just ruined it.

Even when I click on settings nothign works now. It is totally fubar'd.

How can one refresh / reinstall Win8 without an ISO / bootable USB?
 
PapaLazaru said:
Thanks for all the help last night chaps, but my install is borked and I want to start again. I am very much up for giving the tiles a go but need to start all over again as I swear my install is corrupted or I have just ruined it.

Even when I click on settings nothign works now. It is totally fubar'd.

How can one refresh / reinstall Win8 without an ISO / bootable USB?
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Did you read my last post?
 
Owenb said:
Upgraded from Vista at the weekend. Went from bad to worse- it's like using a Linux distro from 10 years ago.

Vista was crap, but at least I had it in a state where it would do what I wanted. I had problems getting my Linksys WMP54Gv4.0 working on Vista and I had the same problems with Windows 8 but was unable to get around it this time.

Not a single keyboard shortcut works. Ctrl+C/Window+E etc. Typing on the Metro window to launch the Run menu worked once, after that it just decided not to work. Having to Google 'How to shutdown Windows 8' just set of alarm bells in my head. Who designed this crap? Ok press 'Start' to shutdown wasn't the most sensible thing either but one knew that nearly everything could be accessed from there so it was a good place to start(no pun intended) looking. Having to move your mouse to the bottom right of the screen for an imaginary button and go to 'Settings' is just daft. Maybe there is a short cut for this, but damn, not 1 of them work for!

Metro is nice to look at, but it didn't add a single thing to my experience other than get in my way while I was trying to access the old menu's which is where all the useful stuff still is.

All in all, another crap desktop experience from Microsoft.
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Very much looks like a bad upgrade,personally I would get it working/installed right first then use it for at least a week before making any judgement ;).
 
TwsT said:
I am speechless, I don't even know where to begin. You used vista? You actually used it?
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Serves me right! First genuine copy of Windows that I bought and it was far worse than all before it!!

Very much looks like a bad upgrade,personally I would get it working/installed right first then use it for at least a week before making any judgement
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Yeah, there is certainly something strange going on, and the driver issue is more down to Linksys been crap than Microsoft. However the look and feel of the OS just doesn't work for a desktop. Linking Windows Phone to their tablet OS made sense, but not to their desktop- although I understand why they did it.
 
Owenb said:
Serves me right! First genuine copy of Windows that I bought and it was far worse than all before it!!



Yeah, there is certainly something strange going on, and the driver issue is more down to Linksys been crap than Microsoft. However the look and feel of the OS just doesn't work for a desktop. Linking Windows Phone to their tablet OS made sense, but not to their desktop- although I understand why they did it.
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Personally very easy to customize Win8 as a desktop user myself,I've removed Metro tiles I don't need,made some new Metro Columns/Tiles etc ie My Games,My Software ,Win8 Applications,also made some shortcuts to desktop Taskbar for things I need etc....


I even added Shutdown,Reboot,Notepad etc to Win+X on Desktop and Metro Tiles too, got everything within one to two clicks now is that hard to work with?


This is how too ,

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http://www.howtogeek.com/77061/how-to-add-shutdown-restart-sleep-to-the-windows-8-metro-start-screen/


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http://www.howtogeek.com/113775/add-shutdown-and-reboot-to-the-windows-8-winx-menu/


Win8 makes its easy for you if you got the time to learn your way around the changes/features etc..
 
George Hincapie said:
Yes, no problem though. I bought Windows 8 Pro yesterday evening for my desktop PC and have e-mailed Samsung to get them to send me a W8 key for my new laptop, as they didn't supply one, just a recovery partition which I very helpfully nuked ;)
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Bah! They only supply W8 in the Recovery Partition and they can't send out a disc or product key. I have to buy another license. Good job it's only £25 :(
 
George Hincapie said:
Bah! They only supply W8 in the Recovery Partition and they can't send out a disc or product key. I have to buy another license. Good job it's only £25 :(
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This can't be. You've technically paid for the Windows 8 install so they should be able to send you recovery media even for just a nominal fee to cover the DVD. Kick off a massive fuss with them.
 
dasyad said:
This can't be. You've technically paid for the Windows 8 install so they should be able to send you recovery media even for just a nominal fee to cover the DVD. Kick off a massive fuss with them.
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They have offered to restore their image to the drive but it means sending the laptop back.

I'll just buy a new license and take it as a lesson ;)
 
jmahoney said:
i did then went back to windows 7 no drivers for my hd 5000 radion laptop
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If there are windows 8 drivers for my laptop which has an older ATI GPU then that, then there should be one for your laptop (windows 8 should install the latest driver if you upgraded from windows 7 and if there's no driver listed on the main AMD site, then it's probably listed in the legacy section).
 
Ran the 'Upgrade' Wizard on my main Win7 Ultimate Game PC - Purchased and downloaded Win8 upgrade & Media Centre.

Clean Installed Win8 on Dell Optiplex 780, 8GB Ram, Passive GeForce 210 [Entry level card with HDMI & Audio stream], 80GB O/S & 1TB Storage Samsung disks. Logitech K400 touchpad wi-fi keyboard.

Now I have a lovely Media Centre PC working through my 42" Panasonic Plasma Smart TV. Just gota uprgade to Plus.Net Fibre unlimited and enjoy the streaming... :)

So far I'm finding the Start Screen cumbersome and IE10 clunky, but the colours & style have sold it to my Family. With some patience the look & feel can but tuned but only time will tell if the functionality will match Win7
 
Bah! They only supply W8 in the Recovery Partition and they can't send out a disc or product key. I have to buy another license. Good job it's only £25
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The product key is in an ACPI table in the BIOS, you just need to install Windows 8 and it should activate automatically.
 
Whats so bad about windows 8?

I think touch screen interface etc actually feels a bit faster than windows 7...

it feels more "fluid" to me.

Everyone saying it's terrible i'm confused, the missing start button is annoying though but you right click All apps then press computer or control panel or whatever it is u wanted.
 
I agree, however there are many who have convinced themselves that Windows 8 is terrible regardless of the improvements and hold Windows 7 up as if were near perfect. Simply put neither is, so I say go for what you like and please can they stop posting the same drivel in every thread. Some people on here are as much a victim of Win7 fanboy-ism as many old Mac fanatics. I really like Win7 but I use Win8, as I've grown to like the GUI and quick search access it provides.
 
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