Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread

[PAz]

I've tried installing ATI drivers but I still get an annoying black border on my second monitor (Connected via HDMI). Primary monitor is fine but this is really starting to bug me now.

 

[smithy83]

I've put nvidia drivers on too. Everything works apart from source engine games (L4D 2, Portal 2 etc).

huh your not getting lock ups just by being on the desktop?

i guess something went wrong when installing

 

[Subliminal Aura]

huh your not getting lock ups just by being on the desktop?

i guess something went wrong when installing

I installed the Nvidia drivers too no problems here. What card are you using ?

 

[POB]

I have ordered a Dell Inspiron Duo to play with Windows 8, as it was the cheapest possible way to get a touchscreen pc that met the minimum resolution standards.

Waiting for delivery so I can touch windows.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

I have ordered a Dell Inspiron Duo to play with Windows 8, as it was the cheapest possible way to get a touchscreen pc that met the minimum resolution standards.

Waiting for delivery so I can touch windows.

Ewww atom processor ?.... I'm going to wait a couple of months

 

[smithy83]

I installed the Nvidia drivers too no problems here. What card are you using ?

msi 560ti

think i am going to do a new install anyway its impossible to use now and prob increase the size of the partition as well

 

[POB]

Ewww atom processor ?.... I'm going to wait a couple of months

It was cheap and the dual cores are not so bad now. Adding a spare Crucial M4 to enhance the disk speed.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

OK Windows gurus and queens how do I export registry keys from windows 7 (installed on a different partition) whilst being logged into win8 ?

BTW Parental controls on Win8 blows windows 7 to smithereens

 

[HangTime]

the correct number and quote is:

"In fact, 88% of app launches are from outside the Start menu today".

That makes more sense; the problem with the original 'quote' was that it was claiming "88% of Windows 7 users already do not use the Start menu", which is a far less believable than if just talking about app launches.

I mostly launch from items pinned to taskbar, but I still use the start menu on a regular basis.

 

[Django x2]

WinKey + Q for me. Now that's more like it Windows 8

 

[james.miller]

I'm liking it, mostly. It's not exactly intuitive at times, but given its a bare bones beta that's hardly surprising, or much of a problem. The biggest problem i have is internet explorer refusing to load certain images and video and lack of flash. It means I have to use chrome, which doesn't have that full screen metro goodness. Otherwise I do like it a lot

 

[marmalade]

On using a USB stick to boot I find that I now need an 8gb stick - 4gb is not large enough!

 

[Murray]

I installed the Nvidia drivers too no problems here.

+1 GTX 580

 

[scooby555t]

is it safe to install over windows 7 ie can i go back to windows 7 without reinstalling ?

 

[robinbredin]

The latest AMD drivers are not much good. I have a 21.5 inch monitor, and the latest driver does not have the scaling option to allow me to use the full screen on my monitor.

 

[marc2003]

is it safe to install over windows 7 ie can i go back to windows 7 without reinstalling ?

no. i'd dual boot. then if you get fed up with 8, it's easy to remove it.

 

[scooby555t]

ok thanks for the info forgot ive got a spare hdd empty

 

[james.miller]

The latest AMD drivers are not much good. I have a 21.5 inch monitor, and the latest driver does not have the scaling option to allow me to use the full screen on my monitor.

I have it in mine :/

 

[TAC4U]

I've tried installing ATI drivers but I still get an annoying black border on my second monitor (Connected via HDMI). Primary monitor is fine but this is really starting to bug me now.

That sounds like a scaling issue. Just go to the Catalyst Control Centre > My Digital Flat-Panels > Scaling Options and scale the monitor until the border is gone.

I'm running the AMD Windows 8 Consumer Preview drivers and they're working fine. Games performance seems a tad slower but I haven't had any actual problems with games, unlike with the Developer Preview (that broke half my games).

On using a USB stick to boot I find that I now need an 8gb stick - 4gb is not large enough!

The minimum required size is 16GB and Microsoft is targeting 32GB as the typical size, plus you need to make sure the drive actually has decent read/write speeds. A 32GB USB3 drive with 135/40Mb/s read/write speeds costs less than £40. Cheap pendrives have read/write speeds of 10/5Mb/s, so even if it were to run the experience would be pretty terrible. Time to upgrade.

 

[robinbredin]

james.miller

The latest AMD drivers are not much good. I have a 21.5 inch monitor, and the latest driver does not have the scaling option to allow me to use the full screen on my monitor.

I have it in mine :/

Thanks, that must be a newer driver, the driver I used came out with the previous version of Win 8.