things no work on w8.1..going back to w7

chaparral · 1 Dec 2013 at 11:07

Think I just about had enough with stuff not working on w8.1 and am going format and go back to w7 to see if it was w8.1 causing the problems..

Here three of the things that seem to been broken by w8.1 I foundout by trying to run them this morning
World in confict
Fear
3Dmark11

Vimes · 1 Dec 2013 at 11:19

Can you not just install W7 on a spare drive or partition, to test out your concerns...?

That is what I did after having some "niggles" with my Win 8.1 install, which was a fresh install of 8.1. Nothing really wrong with it per se, even with the Classic Shell installed, I just enjoy using W7.

Yesterday I ended up using Macrium Reflect to create a backup image of 8.1 and then used my W7 install on my primary drive.

I suppose I could put the backed up image of 8.1 on my secondary drive but I doubt that I would boot to it. However it is there backed up if I should ever need to.

chaparral · 1 Dec 2013 at 11:37

Vimes said:
Can you not just install W7 on a spare drive or partition, to test out your concerns...?.

Yes I most likely do that first..

As I have a brandnew unopen 2TB harddrive here that been sitting on my desk for last 6months that I bought to upgrade my skyHD box that I never got around to fitting..

StonedPenguin · 1 Dec 2013 at 11:42

Anyone find Coretemp has issues on W8.1 too? Sometimes it works ok, Other times it gives an error, Other times it locks the system when opening..

nightmare99 · 1 Dec 2013 at 12:28

World in confict
Fear
3Dmark11

Did any of these work under Win8?

If you look on the net 3dmark 11 will work as long as you have the futuremark system info component installed.
The MS compatibility centre shows fear as compatible.
Not sure on WIC

UnworthyBean · 1 Dec 2013 at 12:39

StonedPenguin said:
Anyone find Coretemp has issues on W8.1 too? Sometimes it works ok, Other times it gives an error, Other times it locks the system when opening..

I've noticed this, thought it was a problem with my system. Glad someone else is having the same problem.

iirc, RC5 (or whatever the last version is) worked fine.

gareth170 · 1 Dec 2013 at 15:03

Fear and 3Dmark11 works for me

tbh, I've had no issues with games/programs.

demonix · 1 Dec 2013 at 15:04

nightmare99 said:
Did any of these work under Win8?

I don't think that will matter, as I had one game work in windows 8 only to have it instantly stop working upon starting on 8.1

Elevon · 1 Dec 2013 at 16:41

demonix said:
I don't think that will matter, as I had one game work in windows 8 only to have it instantly stop working upon starting on 8.1

All my games (about 30+ installed)run great on Win8.1 even with overclocked CPU and video card,probably something else causing the issue IMHO.

I'll say my Win8.1 was a clean install.

Think I just about had enough with stuff not working on w8.1 and am going format and go back to w7 to see if it was w8.1 causing the problems..

To be fair I have heard this comment from XP to Vista,Vista to Win7,Win7 to Win8,sure it's easy to get frustrated and blame the OS but 99.9% of the time its always something else.

theheyes · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:10

For gaming boxes it's probably not a good idea to upgrade right away. I've seen quite a few driver issues with 8.1, and more blue screens than I've seen for a long time.

Jakus · 2 Dec 2013 at 06:09

I think Microsoft is coming to a sticky end

Hopefully soon with OS's like Steam we will be able to dual boot to a simple low overhead solid Gaming system.

8.1 is just an example of MS trying to satisfy unhappy users without actually ever really intending to do anything fundamentally different with their product.

LordVader · 2 Dec 2013 at 12:39

Ive just brought a new dell xps machine with windows 8 on..............OMG im dumstuck how bad win8 is!

I actually had to google how to shut it down! Win7 getting installed as we speak lol

DanF · 2 Dec 2013 at 12:48

they are probably getting the message

http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/01/wi...d-8-1s-minute-market-share-gains-in-november/

linktoinsanity · 2 Dec 2013 at 12:48

LordVader said:
Ive just brought a new dell xps machine with windows 8 on..............OMG im dumstuck how bad win8 is!

I actually had to google how to shut it down! Win7 getting installed as we speak lol

Just upgrade to 8.1. It makes Shutdown easier out of the box, plus then you can install StartisBack. Then set the Start Screen to come up if you press Shift+Win, then swap it with the Start Menu (so it becomes Shift+Win for the classic Start Menu) then maybe you will get used to it...

Would be my plan if having a full-screen start menu didn't really annoy me...

So I just have the Start Screen as Shift+Win and the Start Menu as Win.

theheyes · 2 Dec 2013 at 13:53

DanF said:
they are probably getting the message

http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/01/wi...d-8-1s-minute-market-share-gains-in-november/

I wouldn't read too much into it. Mac share dropped in the same period but I've yet to see an article on that, surprise surprise.

Windows 7 is the best choice to upgrade ageing enterprise machines running XP and we're simply seeing that in the usage numbers.

Nelly · 3 Dec 2013 at 01:53

StonedPenguin said:
Anyone find Coretemp has issues on W8.1 too? Sometimes it works ok, Other times it gives an error, Other times it locks the system when opening..

UnworthyBean said:

I've noticed this, thought it was a problem with my system. Glad someone else is having the same problem.

iirc, RC5 (or whatever the last version is) worked fine.

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Is that with using the latest RC 6 version released on 9th October 2013?

UnworthyBean · 5 Dec 2013 at 17:46

Nelly said:
Is that with using the latest RC 6 version released on 9th October 2013?

Thats the one. RC6 just locks up my system. RC5 works fine.