Windows 8.1 nightmare..
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Well, yesterday I got excited since I saw Win 8.1 is available for free inside my Win 8.0 store. Download notice says that "you will be asked to accept the General Condigitions Aggreement" at some point during install. Ok, so far, so good. Started download, came OK. Them it immediatly started to "Applying changes". And then came the status "Gathering info...". And then, after a restart, to my surprise the old win 8.0 was back, saying I didn't aggree to General Conditions..." How can you aggree to something when you are never asked for it??:mad: After 3 times I got tired... (still takes some time to download). Have to retry it tonight to see if it works.. Did anybody here had the same kind of issue with Windows Upgrade??
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No issues here. I always wait until others have helped debug new operating systems before I do any optional upgrades. Besides, I've gotten used to Win8 and didn't see anything interesting to upgrade for.
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Dave Calkins wrote:
And yes, the search when you type thing filters it by the category selected on the right. So unlike Win7 where you could just type a partial name of anything, now you have to now and select the category first. This is lost functionality imo.
That's no longer the case in Win8.1. You will however probably want to uncheck the box that says to combine local system searches with Bing searches.
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Interesting; I just recently installed Win 8.1 but hadn't noticed that change.
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Rage wrote:
I cannot see what feature were in the start button that you do not have in Win8
The ability to click the start button and type and have the search results show up in the start menu. With Win8, instead, you are forced to the full screen RT interface to do the search and also have to switch between categories (apps/settings). So its not nearly as smooth as it was in Win7 and the whole "forcing you to a full screen view" just to do a search can be annoying. More generally, the full screen nature of the start screen is an issue. Why force me to occupy my entire screen just to pick a program? Also, the start screen doesn't let you setup a multi-level folder hierarchy to organize things, its all one big flat list (with groups of course).
Also note that there's a company with an addon for Win8 which re-adds the Win7 start button (not the 8.1 start button but the real 7 start button). They have another addon which lets you run windows store apps in desktop windows. So if you want, you can get the full start button back in Win8 and if you like the apps, you can run them in desktop windows and essentially not need to use the start screen at all then.
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Have you tried the best upgrade windows can have? It is called linux.... :laugh: :laugh:
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I've heard people complain about Ubuntu Unity just as loud as they complain about W8... In the end, you get used to anything. JM2B,
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I've heard people complain about Ubuntu Unity just as loud as they complain about W8... In the end, you get used to anything. JM2B,
Pablo. "Accident: An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws." (Ambrose Bierce, circa 1899).
Jokes apart, Yes, there truly are problems on any operating system. I believe the most important is if it delivers what promises and if it is worth the cost(or the lack of it). :cool:
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Well, yesterday I got excited since I saw Win 8.1 is available for free inside my Win 8.0 store. Download notice says that "you will be asked to accept the General Condigitions Aggreement" at some point during install. Ok, so far, so good. Started download, came OK. Them it immediatly started to "Applying changes". And then came the status "Gathering info...". And then, after a restart, to my surprise the old win 8.0 was back, saying I didn't aggree to General Conditions..." How can you aggree to something when you are never asked for it??:mad: After 3 times I got tired... (still takes some time to download). Have to retry it tonight to see if it works.. Did anybody here had the same kind of issue with Windows Upgrade??
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