er... anyone here has upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 in a new thinkpad?
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I've just received my new laptop (t450s) :cool: and it comes licensed for windows 8.1 :cool: but it comes with windows 7 installed. :| I'm thinking about installing the already licensed windows 8.1 there, but... does anyone here know how to make it and keep all the bells and whistles from Lenovo (system update, all the keyboard shortcuts...). I've searched the internet but I've not been able to find out how to do it. :confused: I've been working with Win 8.1 for a long time now and even I do like the old start menu, I like being able to change the input language by pressing windows + space, being able to pause file transfers, the possibility to put the more used shortcuts at the first "start menu" stage... I don't know if it will be worth the effort as soon Microsoft will release windows 10 which will be clearly something I want to install in that laptop...
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I can't think of a single, compelling reason to downupgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8. If it's not broken, don't fix it.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Oh come on, it's not that bad. There are plenty of reasons why you might want to use 8(.1). Picture passwords, practically instant start up, metro apps (ok, not so much). I presume its got better handling of touch. Just get it to go straight to the desktop and use a start button if you want one. I've been using it since it came out and it doesn't offend me!
Regards, Rob Philpott.
Rob Philpott wrote:
There are plenty of reasons why you might want to use 8(.1)
There are plenty of reasons why you might want to use LSD, too, but include me out of both groups. This machine I'm typing on is 8.1, and it annoys the Hell out of me.
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I know it's bad of me to answer your direct question with a "don't do it!", but I really can't see what advantage you would get from upgrading whatevering from Win 7 to Win 8.
Joan Murt wrote:
I like being able to change the input language by pressing windows + space
That's been the default since XP, at the very least, but you can set any keyboard shortcut you like for it.
Joan Murt wrote:
being able to pause file transfers
Wow! Are you one of the few who actually uses Windows Explorer? There are sooooo many better, smaller, faster apps that have all the functionality that explorer should have.
Joan Murt wrote:
the possibility to put the more used shortcuts at the first "start menu" stage
Even if you only use the desktop and shortcuts, you can arrange them how you like -- and never have to scroll sideways to see them all (although it's best to get something like Iconoid, to remember the positions of everything). And if you really want to, you can even make your Win 7 Desktop shortcuts larger -- all the way to baby-block size -- with Ctrl + mouse-wheel up.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Wow! Are you one of the few who actually uses Windows Explorer?
Explain... I don't get it. You say this like there's something wrong with it. In my 30 years of development experience, the first thing I open is Windows Explorer. It's the GUI to your pc. I still use the QuickLaunch toolbar, with my taskbar auto-hidden, and the first icon on the left is Windows Explorer. When I open it, the it's the first app on my taskbar. Most devs I know have it open because they're constantly moving/copying files around.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I've just received my new laptop (t450s) :cool: and it comes licensed for windows 8.1 :cool: but it comes with windows 7 installed. :| I'm thinking about installing the already licensed windows 8.1 there, but... does anyone here know how to make it and keep all the bells and whistles from Lenovo (system update, all the keyboard shortcuts...). I've searched the internet but I've not been able to find out how to do it. :confused: I've been working with Win 8.1 for a long time now and even I do like the old start menu, I like being able to change the input language by pressing windows + space, being able to pause file transfers, the possibility to put the more used shortcuts at the first "start menu" stage... I don't know if it will be worth the effort as soon Microsoft will release windows 10 which will be clearly something I want to install in that laptop...
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The fact that it comes preinstalled with win7 despite being licensed for win8 is a quality sign for Lenovo. But if you want to try out Win 8, get a separate hard drive to do it on, you might not be able to go back.
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Wow! Are you one of the few who actually uses Windows Explorer?
Explain... I don't get it. You say this like there's something wrong with it. In my 30 years of development experience, the first thing I open is Windows Explorer. It's the GUI to your pc. I still use the QuickLaunch toolbar, with my taskbar auto-hidden, and the first icon on the left is Windows Explorer. When I open it, the it's the first app on my taskbar. Most devs I know have it open because they're constantly moving/copying files around.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
OK, I mean the parts of Explorer.exe that replaced Fileman.exe, thereby allowing simple file operation errors to crash the whole OS. If you want to move or copy files around, then apps like xplorer2[^] or Q-Dir[^] are way more usable, configurable, robust, and elegant (if you want elegant; if not, configure some inelegance in).
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OK, I mean the parts of Explorer.exe that replaced Fileman.exe, thereby allowing simple file operation errors to crash the whole OS. If you want to move or copy files around, then apps like xplorer2[^] or Q-Dir[^] are way more usable, configurable, robust, and elegant (if you want elegant; if not, configure some inelegance in).
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
If you want to move or copy files around, then apps like xplorer2[^] or Q-Dir[^] are way more usable, configurable, robust, and elegant (if you want elegant; if not, configure some inelegance in).
Right-Click=>Copy, RightClick=>Paste What am I missing? Why do you need a third-party app to do this? What does "elegance" have to do with it?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
If you want to move or copy files around, then apps like xplorer2[^] or Q-Dir[^] are way more usable, configurable, robust, and elegant (if you want elegant; if not, configure some inelegance in).
Right-Click=>Copy, RightClick=>Paste What am I missing? Why do you need a third-party app to do this? What does "elegance" have to do with it?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Kevin Marois wrote:
Right-Click=>Copy, RightClick=>Paste What am I missing?
How about because Windows appears to have done something to its clipboard that allows it to paste things that you cut or copied one or more cut or copy operations previous to the one you want to paste now?
Kevin Marois wrote:
Why do you need a third-party app to do this?
Ever wanted to cut/copy and paste from more than one location to more than one destination? Use Win Explorer to do that without waiting for each operation to complete, and the file ops can bog down to bits per month. An elegant solution to this is to optionally queue cut/copy/paste operations -- but if you don't want elegance, don't bother. Just go off for a couple of hours, until your machine is usable again.
Kevin Marois wrote:
What does "elegance" have to do with it?
(if you want elegant; if not, configure some inelegance in). I'm sure you don't need my help to do that.
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Kevin Marois wrote:
Right-Click=>Copy, RightClick=>Paste What am I missing?
How about because Windows appears to have done something to its clipboard that allows it to paste things that you cut or copied one or more cut or copy operations previous to the one you want to paste now?
Kevin Marois wrote:
Why do you need a third-party app to do this?
Ever wanted to cut/copy and paste from more than one location to more than one destination? Use Win Explorer to do that without waiting for each operation to complete, and the file ops can bog down to bits per month. An elegant solution to this is to optionally queue cut/copy/paste operations -- but if you don't want elegance, don't bother. Just go off for a couple of hours, until your machine is usable again.
Kevin Marois wrote:
What does "elegance" have to do with it?
(if you want elegant; if not, configure some inelegance in). I'm sure you don't need my help to do that.
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I have no clue what you're referring to... I cut/copy/past from one to may locations all the time. And my machine doesn't bog down. With the exception of very large files, it's never been an issue for me. But no third party app is going to get around a huge file being copied. It's just going to take some time.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I have no clue what you're referring to... I cut/copy/past from one to may locations all the time. And my machine doesn't bog down. With the exception of very large files, it's never been an issue for me. But no third party app is going to get around a huge file being copied. It's just going to take some time.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Kevin Marois wrote:
I cut/copy/past from one to may locations all the time. And my machine doesn't bog down.
Yeah, right. You've got one of those HDDs that were handed down by God, obviously. Bored with this. T'ra.
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Kevin Marois wrote:
I cut/copy/past from one to may locations all the time. And my machine doesn't bog down.
Yeah, right. You've got one of those HDDs that were handed down by God, obviously. Bored with this. T'ra.
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You're right... I'm clearly lying to you. Everyone has the same problems as you, and should run right out & pay for a third party explorer replacement.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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You're right... I'm clearly lying to you. Everyone has the same problems as you, and should run right out & pay for a third party explorer replacement.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Kevin Marois wrote:
I'm clearly lying to you
If you say that you can run several file operations simultaneously on a PC without losing performance, then I'm afraid you quite obviously are.
Kevin Marois wrote:
and should run right out & pay for a third party explorer replacement.
Q-Dir is free, as are several other Explorer replacements. I chose to pay for xplorer2 because it is quite simply the best, but Q-Dir in particular is catching up with it extremely fast, so I shall probably not be renewing my xplorer2 license. And I'm not an apple-y or linux-y type, who is saying "This is the best because I like it!". There is quite simply no comparison between what you can do with Win Explorer and the better tools; they are worlds apart. I suggest that you try one of them, before continuing to troll with ignorance of the tools being discussed. Or don't. I don't care. I'm not interested in discussing it with you, any more. You can take the piss as much as you like, and you'll get no complaint out of me, but nobody likes a troll.
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Kevin Marois wrote:
I'm clearly lying to you
If you say that you can run several file operations simultaneously on a PC without losing performance, then I'm afraid you quite obviously are.
Kevin Marois wrote:
and should run right out & pay for a third party explorer replacement.
Q-Dir is free, as are several other Explorer replacements. I chose to pay for xplorer2 because it is quite simply the best, but Q-Dir in particular is catching up with it extremely fast, so I shall probably not be renewing my xplorer2 license. And I'm not an apple-y or linux-y type, who is saying "This is the best because I like it!". There is quite simply no comparison between what you can do with Win Explorer and the better tools; they are worlds apart. I suggest that you try one of them, before continuing to troll with ignorance of the tools being discussed. Or don't. I don't care. I'm not interested in discussing it with you, any more. You can take the piss as much as you like, and you'll get no complaint out of me, but nobody likes a troll.
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I'm happy with the tools I have "Troll"?? We're done.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I'm happy with the tools I have "Troll"?? We're done.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Kevin Marois wrote:
"Troll"??
The first step in recovery lies in seeing that you're doing it.
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I've just received my new laptop (t450s) :cool: and it comes licensed for windows 8.1 :cool: but it comes with windows 7 installed. :| I'm thinking about installing the already licensed windows 8.1 there, but... does anyone here know how to make it and keep all the bells and whistles from Lenovo (system update, all the keyboard shortcuts...). I've searched the internet but I've not been able to find out how to do it. :confused: I've been working with Win 8.1 for a long time now and even I do like the old start menu, I like being able to change the input language by pressing windows + space, being able to pause file transfers, the possibility to put the more used shortcuts at the first "start menu" stage... I don't know if it will be worth the effort as soon Microsoft will release windows 10 which will be clearly something I want to install in that laptop...
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I've been using Windows 8/8.1 for years. I love it. No, I don't use the pointless metro, except extremely occasionally. Doesn't the Windows 8.1 install offer an option to upgrade? If not, I'm pretty sure I read that Windows 10 will offer one. Given that it will be out this summer (latest by August), you might want to consider waiting... :-D
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Kevin Marois wrote:
"Troll"??
The first step in recovery lies in seeing that you're doing it.
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Insults are the last refuge of the out-argued.. You've now insulted me twice over a simple conversation. It's clear you're unable to contribute to a serious debate without demeaning other people. Which one of us is trolling? Don't bother replying, you'll get no more responses from me. Have a nice day.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Joan Murt wrote:
Not in Spanish windows versions X| In our case it looks like it is left shift + left alt...
That's weird. My missus is Chinese, so we're always switching language; have been for years. It's always been either Winkey+space or Ctrl+space, on every machine we've bought -- in fact, on her machines, I move the combination to only toggle between English and PinYin (Chinese), rather than rotate through all installed languages.
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But... do you have spell check according to the language you are using in i.e. a post here in CP? this one is being posted from my new laptop, I've changed the input language to English but no spell check is working for me... this orks perfectly in Windows 8 and 8.1... It looks in Windows 7 intenet explorer is selecting the spell checking language based on the display language more than the input language... :((
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
Wow! Are you one of the few who actually uses Windows Explorer?
Explain... I don't get it. You say this like there's something wrong with it. In my 30 years of development experience, the first thing I open is Windows Explorer. It's the GUI to your pc. I still use the QuickLaunch toolbar, with my taskbar auto-hidden, and the first icon on the left is Windows Explorer. When I open it, the it's the first app on my taskbar. Most devs I know have it open because they're constantly moving/copying files around.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
I have to back Mark on this one. In the 10 last years, I have maybe fired up an explorer ten times on my machine. I only use it on other people's machine. Try TotalCommander, and you will never ever want to come back. The two panes are gold, it makes copy and paste so much easier. Mutliple-files renaming. Quick launch bar, quick shortcuts to special directories, thumbnail views, previews, etc... Ultraquick copying, works also in the background, almost accurate timing. Create a directory in one click with a proposed name. Actually, it has A LOT of small but obvious features a real file manager should have. To me, when copy/pasting in Windows Explorer, you must leave the source directory to get to the target directory. This is a no go, so the simple fact that TotalCommander makes it possible to keep source and target visible is already a reason to ditch the windows explorer.
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I have to back Mark on this one. In the 10 last years, I have maybe fired up an explorer ten times on my machine. I only use it on other people's machine. Try TotalCommander, and you will never ever want to come back. The two panes are gold, it makes copy and paste so much easier. Mutliple-files renaming. Quick launch bar, quick shortcuts to special directories, thumbnail views, previews, etc... Ultraquick copying, works also in the background, almost accurate timing. Create a directory in one click with a proposed name. Actually, it has A LOT of small but obvious features a real file manager should have. To me, when copy/pasting in Windows Explorer, you must leave the source directory to get to the target directory. This is a no go, so the simple fact that TotalCommander makes it possible to keep source and target visible is already a reason to ditch the windows explorer.
Again, I don't really care to use anything else. I copy & paste files all the time without issue. I'm not being stubborn - just don't see the need for a 3rd party app
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Win7 -> 8.1? That's not an **Up**grade... :sigh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Apart of losing the nice recent files in some start menu elements... what is worse in Win 8.1 in relationship with Windows 7? Just crious about what others think about it... it has worked well for me for a long time... Thank you! I've posted a complete new thread with that question so everyone that feels doing it will be able to answer. :thumbsup:
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Insults are the last refuge of the out-argued.. You've now insulted me twice over a simple conversation. It's clear you're unable to contribute to a serious debate without demeaning other people. Which one of us is trolling? Don't bother replying, you'll get no more responses from me. Have a nice day.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
There are no insults in what I say. This is the CP Lounge; I only insult people here in fun, and this thread certainly doesn't qualify as fun. Why did you take part in this thread? - To have some fun? Hell no. - For an exchange of ideas and opinions? Hell no. - For rational discussion of preferences in tooling? Hell no. You wanted an argument; you wanted to start and win a fight. That's known as trolling. Ask any dictionary. You weren't interested in talking to me or having a laugh with me; you wanted to humiliate me, in the way that only trolls believe that they can humiliate people who are thousands of miles away, and whom they will never meet. You failed, by the way, because causing such humiliation is beyond the realm of the possible. All you really did is make yourself look foolish, for arguing "I know nothing about B, but A is better than B!" (That's troll behaviour, too, BTW.) Like I said, if you won't admit it to yourself, you'll just keep doing it.
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