Soldato
Anyone been able to use VMWare Player to load up Win 8 as a VM ??
Keeps crashing on mine.
Thanks
Keeps crashing on mine.
Thanks
The Windows 8 Thread
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it works absolutely fine with a mouse, it's a bit of a learning curve, but once you find out how to do stuff, it is simple and fast to use a mouse.
People are moaning at some of us not liking the Metro stuff. Well I have a reason. I work in IT support - supporting 3000 business users in business critical enviroments. And getting people to use Windows 7 is hard enough let alone stupid metro, it will just get in the way and cause more problems. Hopefully the business/pro version won't come with this.
At home okay I can see it has its uses but other wise comes to me as a waste of time for businesses
At home okay I can see it has its uses but other wise comes to me as a waste of time for businesses
Soldato
Surely you'll be able to remove the metro stuff with group policy in a corporate environment
MW
MW
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Got it running in VMware Workstation 8 (64bit). I'll have a play later.
Soldato
Installing it on a spare notebook now, will see if there's anything in add/remove Windows features, as that's where it should be
Soldato
Installing it on a spare notebook now, will see if there's anything in add/remove Windows features, as that's where it should be
Where did you get it from ?
MW
I completely hope so for my sanity, but until we see group policy schemes its hard to know. TBH I hope the professional/business version doesn't have it.
If there is no Group policy, it will have to be reg disabled accross the board.
Soldato
From what I've seen over the last few weeks W8 is going to be a massive improvement over W7. About time they finally ended the life of XP and Vista.
MW
MW
Soldato
Didn't see it posted already, but here is another "unveiling". 
http://blogs.cio.com/operating-systems/16502/windows-8-unveiled-again-metro-ui-steals-show
http://blogs.cio.com/operating-systems/16502/windows-8-unveiled-again-metro-ui-steals-show
Is there any information on whether Win8 will be available for pre-order at similar prices to the Win7 pre-order offer? I think I picked up Win7 Retail for about £45!
Would be great if they do something similar for Win8.
What sort of release date are we talking, I'm assuming it's still a long way off.
Would be great if they do something similar for Win8.
What sort of release date are we talking, I'm assuming it's still a long way off.
Same thing here
you need the latest version of vmware workstation (released only yesterday). it's not free but you can get a 30 day trial.
vmware player will probably be updated to support windows 8 but i have no idea when.
Soldato
I have it running fine in Oracle Virtual Box (free)
Soldato
Anyone know:
1) How to remove the watermark on the desktop?
2) How to get the volume/brightness graphical overlaps on bootcamp to display? They appear to be missing in Windows 8 even with Bootcamp 4.0 installed.
1) How to remove the watermark on the desktop?
2) How to get the volume/brightness graphical overlaps on bootcamp to display? They appear to be missing in Windows 8 even with Bootcamp 4.0 installed.
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