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Is that the accelerators? been there since IE8 if so, I think.
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Is that the accelerators? been there since IE8 if so, I think.
When you highlight anything in ie10 a little cloud like symbol pops up, click on it and it gives you a whole list of stuff to do from email, to translation.
Neat feature, haven't use ie much at all in the past, but someone in another thread told me how to remove the name and just show favicons, which was my biggest bug near. I'm now sold on ie10 and on installed w8 again, this time on a new SSD and haven't bothered installing Firefox.
The ms sites also are so much more responsive on ie than Firefox.
Edit - yep introduced in i8 seems a few more options since then, very cool feature.
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thanks that sorted it. I had to unpin and then pin it again for it to appear.
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Origin wont install bf3 on the latest release because of a directx error. Is that the same for anyone else
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Has anyone got a good guide (preferably video guide) that takes you through all the features (both simple and advanced) of Windows 8? (Mainly the UI stuff)
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indeed - I was hoping OCUK would manage to have some of this on pre-order too. I would like to see the OEM price as well as the upgrade price.
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Nope RTM is 9200.
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You can use a local account if you want, and then sign in to services individually in each app. Though the user setup wizard steers you to an MS one.
Using an MS account is good (any privacy concerns aside) as it automatically logs you into all your MS services, Skydrive, Outlook, Xbox etc if these are linked to your account. Also it syncs your settings if you allow it to. So if you log in to another machine it will remember some of your customisations, like desktop themes etc. It will also sync your IE. Not just the favourites, but also history, logins and passwords for sites.
I was quite impressed when I used the same account for RP in RTM - and on different machines - to find I didn't have to go digging out usernames and passwords for a lot of things
Using an MS account is good (any privacy concerns aside) as it automatically logs you into all your MS services, Skydrive, Outlook, Xbox etc if these are linked to your account. Also it syncs your settings if you allow it to. So if you log in to another machine it will remember some of your customisations, like desktop themes etc. It will also sync your IE. Not just the favourites, but also history, logins and passwords for sites.
I was quite impressed when I used the same account for RP in RTM - and on different machines - to find I didn't have to go digging out usernames and passwords for a lot of things
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I saw the comments on HUKD's is this the full disc version or download or even an upgrade. Seems to be some confusion.
I don't know what the confusion is about
But most people will have xp or w7 so you might as well get the upgrade which has been confirmed at 24.99.
That is a good point, I was going to pre-order this but then I read about the upgrade price which I may take up.
Here's the question though, do you think the upgrade for £24.99 will allow a clean install or if I ever wanted to a restore would one need to install Win 7 first then upgrade?