Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread

[Murray]

Has anyone installed Nvidia drivers? Need to know if they work

 

[Montala]

Presumably none of the 'major players' such as Intel or Adobe have released any drivers or programs specifically for 'Windows 8' yet?

 

[cymatty]

Got it working in my VM, time for some messing.

 

[indyskyz]

All good so far, although its just like having a really big phone interface :s

task manager is excellent
as is windows explorer
just had a blast on SWTOR and it worked great! even installed DX for me

 

[marc2003]

Presumably none of the 'major players' such as Intel or Adobe have released any drivers or programs specifically for 'Windows 8' yet?

adobe reader and flash both install fine as do the intel chipset drivers i normally use on windows 7.

the only way stuff isn't going to work is when companies deliberately detect a version being higher than the current mainstream and refusing to install. it wouldn't surprise me if the adobe CS suite did this.

 

[paradisiac]

adobe reader and flash both install fine as do the intel chipset drivers i normally use on windows 7.

the only way stuff isn't going to work is when companies deliberately detect a version being higher than the current mainstream and refusing to install. it wouldn't surprise if the adobe CS suite didn't work.

I think they meant windows 8 exclusive.

 

[ringo747]

Anyone got this working with Virtualbox? Mine was working until I installed VMAdditions.

Edit: Trying to install 64bit into a 32bit VM maybe didn't help.

 

[marc2003]

anybody else seeing these rectangle glitches around the file buttons in office 2010??

 

[marc2003]

I think they meant windows 8 exclusive.

well there's no need. it's supposed to be fully compatible with all windows 7 software. admittedly not all drivers work but that's another story.

 

[anything I don't mind]

I have installed it on a ssd, took 5 mins to install. I been using it for the last few hours. I can't get quake live to work correctly, just glitches. Any one else had any problems with games?

Firefox has crashed a few times as well, seems to be getting a bit better though. Metro screen still pointless.

Anyone know how long this demo will last ?

 

[Murray]

I read that when some guy installed the Nvidia drivers it made his screen go completely black and couldn't get it back.

 

[anything I don't mind]

I installed the latest ati drivers, do you think has caused the problem?

 

[Kutter]

wow took less than 10 mins to install on this old laptop can we get apps from anywhere yet ?

 

[silversurfer]

Cheers for that, will bung it on a VM before dual booting on my netbook.

Last time I installed win 8. The Win 7 usb tool worked just fine with 8.
http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/en-GB/Service-Centre/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool

Edit. Gah Beaten to it

usb never works for me normally but I will try this tool thanks

 

[Subliminal Aura]

usb never works for me normally but I will try this tool thanks

See "first" post.... I used rufus - worked like a charm

 

[XeNoN89]

Can you still disable the Metro UI and get a proper start menu like with the developer preview?

 

[Matteysan]

how do I get messaging to show me who is online?

It seems random to who it wants to show online.

But if you go into the people app, the people online have a green bar down the left side of their picture, When it works that is.

 

[Montala]

I read that when some guy installed the Nvidia drivers it made his screen go completely black and couldn't get it back.

Hopefully it comes with some 'built in' Nvidia drivers which will give a resolution higher than basic VGA?

Otherwise I would hope that the latest WHQL ones Nvidia released last week would be compatible.

 

[paradisiac]

the one thing I like about it is, you sign on on any windows 8 pc and all your browsing stuff is there, your desktop background is the same, its just, well great. shame it doesn't do the same with programs, be sorted then lol

 

[cymatty]

Nice!!!!!