Finally had enough... time to upgrade.
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Just backed everything up on my Windows 8 laptop and have my Windows 7 Pro DVD in the drive. Time to reboot. Bye bye Win8. I will run Win8 in a VM if I absolutely need it. :)
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Just backed everything up on my Windows 8 laptop and have my Windows 7 Pro DVD in the drive. Time to reboot. Bye bye Win8. I will run Win8 in a VM if I absolutely need it. :)
I bought a new PC a couple months ago. The first thing I did was pop in the Win 7 DVD. I refuse to use Win 8, with the exception of the tablet my client sent me to test my app on.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I bought a new PC a couple months ago. The first thing I did was pop in the Win 7 DVD. I refuse to use Win 8, with the exception of the tablet my client sent me to test my app on.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
I had Windows 8 using "Classic Shell" so I never saw the Metro screen so was happy for a while since I had a regular desktop. Things that made me mad: 1.) Windows would tell me is was "GOING TO REBOOT" for an update and didn't give me choice to postpone reboot! I just hit cancel thinking it would keep asking... no it just rebooted while I was using it! 2.) When I tried to start VMWare Workstation a windows prompt came up telling me because of recent updates I need to reinstall VMWare Workstation. Why is the OS making me "reinstall" my apps that it should not touch? I'm on Win7 now. Still got drivers to download. Going backward screws you as far as the OS detecting drivers. I had to go straight to RealTek site on my other computer to download driver so I could get a "wired network" connection. Then Win 7 Update found my wireless card. I'm going to go crazy today but it will be worth it. As soon as I have all drivers working I'm using Macrium Reflect Free to backup image of a clean install so if I have to reinstall again I don't go through this.
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I had Windows 8 using "Classic Shell" so I never saw the Metro screen so was happy for a while since I had a regular desktop. Things that made me mad: 1.) Windows would tell me is was "GOING TO REBOOT" for an update and didn't give me choice to postpone reboot! I just hit cancel thinking it would keep asking... no it just rebooted while I was using it! 2.) When I tried to start VMWare Workstation a windows prompt came up telling me because of recent updates I need to reinstall VMWare Workstation. Why is the OS making me "reinstall" my apps that it should not touch? I'm on Win7 now. Still got drivers to download. Going backward screws you as far as the OS detecting drivers. I had to go straight to RealTek site on my other computer to download driver so I could get a "wired network" connection. Then Win 7 Update found my wireless card. I'm going to go crazy today but it will be worth it. As soon as I have all drivers working I'm using Macrium Reflect Free to backup image of a clean install so if I have to reinstall again I don't go through this.
I had the same problem with drivers. I can't get any USB ports to work, other than mouse & keyboard. I'm using my new PC as a server, and II remote in anyway, so I can live with USB ports for now.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I had the same problem with drivers. I can't get any USB ports to work, other than mouse & keyboard. I'm using my new PC as a server, and II remote in anyway, so I can live with USB ports for now.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is