Windows Eight

entwisi said:
call me old fashioned but I still like burning a CD of my Linux installs......


Always thought that USB creators under Windows should specifically block C drive unless you jump through at least 4 hoops of pain... there is so little chance of wanting to splat a C drive that its surely better to block it and make those who really know what they are doing jump through a few hoops that have the pain of an accidental wipe of a OS



:D

its part of the ritual dont you know.... ;)

A bit like I prefer

a pot of tea with milk in the cup first....
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Now you are making me nervous........:eek:
 
They do block the C drive but there is an option to show all drives-- I suppose they have to do this because the odd drive doesn't show up in there(it did that with me on the 8GB one i have)
 
No need to be nervous afterall if it went over our C drive vista would be gone. Perhaps then you could put another HDD in your pc and then use the HDD that was already in there as an installer (not sure if that would work...it prob would).
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Margaret Pilkington said:
Now you are making me nervous........:eek:
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Margaret, don't panic, it's me being as you would say "of advancing years" I like being old fashioned in so many things. burning a CD to me is how it always was so I'm just like you, I do stuff how I always did it
 
I was burning CD's till I got the "disc is dirty" message off one of my ubuntu discs(also I have tried that many distros lately-- Burning them all to disc is not an option! lol)
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
I like 7....hated Vista......I have it on a laptop and I hate using the laptop because Vista is so unfriendly to users.
Don't see me getting Windows 8 anytime soon.
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stick win7 on yer lappy in 99.9% of cases anything with vista can take win7

the only time i have not been able to do so was with a fijitsu laptop and that was because fijitsu were stubborn and refused to fix a glitch with the keyboard that occured when you put win7 on their laptop.

by rights anyone with vista should have got a free download of win7 as an appology but hey ho downloading a copy elsewhere and calling it even will have to do ;)
 
Restless said:
A good video showing how horrific 8 looks

Windows 8 Final Version - YouTube
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I've just got a Dell Inspiron this week with Windows 8, accyman was good enough to set it up for me although I had managed to get on line prior to his visit, at first I though what have I done:eek: but after playing about with it and learning more about its capabilities I really like it, all my fans from jaysayism web site will be pleased to hear there is an inbuilt spellchecker which actually corrects any mistakes as your going along a bit like Microsoft Word:) its also like grease lightening, can recommend it to anyone
 
jaysay said:
I've just got a Dell Inspiron this week with Windows 8, accyman was good enough to set it up for me although I had managed to get on line prior to his visit, at first I though what have I done:eek: but after playing about with it and learning more about its capabilities I really like it, all my fans from jaysayism web site will be pleased to hear there is an inbuilt spellchecker which actually corrects any mistakes as your going along a bit like Microsoft Word:) its also like grease lightening, can recommend it to anyone
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Just a message to mods I've noticed that on two posts this morning, there has been an automatic link inserted in my post, it wasn't done by me, will try and find out if I can stop this in anyway
 
I know the feeling John. I am slowly getting used to windows 8,although my 7 year old grandchild will teach me this weekend as I think windows 8 is on her I pad
 
jaysay said:
Just a message to mods I've noticed that on two posts this morning, there has been an automatic link inserted in my post, it wasn't done by me, will try and find out if I can stop this in anyway
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The links are inserted when you type in keywords, e.g. Asda
Just another way of advertising.


:D
 
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Glad you like it. Goes to show that my assumption that the older generation might have difficult to move to the new windows style.

Did you have ad blocking program before?
 
maxthecollie said:
I know the feeling John. I am slowly getting used to windows 8,although my 7 year old grandchild will teach me this weekend as I think windows 8 is on her I pad
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I actually think it was designed for I phones with a touch screen Frank, but its certainly interesting, am still tripping over things that were standard and out in the open on previous systems
 
jaysay said:
I actually think it was designed for I phones with a touch screen Frank, but its certainly interesting, am still tripping over things that were standard and out in the open on previous systems
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It was designed for.... Well everything I suppose. Not for Iphones though. Apple make that.

Perhaps you are thinking of windows phones which are similar to the new start menu on w8. Also some tablets... 'Surface' for example.

I can't see myself at home with a touch screen monitor.
 
Restless said:
It was designed for.... Well everything I suppose. Not for Iphones though. Apple make that.

Perhaps you are thinking of windows phones which are similar to the new start menu on w8. Also some tablets... 'Surface' for example.

I can't see myself at home with a touch screen monitor.
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Didn't know who makes what R and I'm with you on touch screen monitor either
 
maxthecollie said:
When did you get windows 8, John? I was asked if I wanted a touch screen monitor with it but I declined.
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Monday Frank, but its a laptop and I bought it direct from Dell at a special knockdown price, well it was a tad cheaper and no postage
 
I've had mine for two weeks now but still not used to it.I have to keep going online with my laptopon windows 7 to find how to use it
 
I upgraded to Windows 8 on the tenth of January this year and like everyone found it hard at first to get to grips with could not even find the off button, so I went and purchased the book Windows 8 for dummies and now I am slowly getting the new ways to find things.
Most of the things you need to use are hidden and only come in from the sides, top and bottom when you require them, you have to go into the corners and click. As I only use my laptop for emails, listening to music, and things like booking hols, buying online it does everything I need but I am always discovering new things. In the last week or two I have found (no joke) thousands of songs old and new big bands, jazz, pop all at no cost so if like me you enjoy your music as they say you can fill your boots, but can only to be used on your own laptop. I have also found a microphone where you can speak and the speech is changed into words. I have tried that and hoped to write this that way but it takes a lot of practice to get it to understand your speech, at the moment it is thrown into the corner.
Hopefully more practice and I may be able to write the next by just speaking into the microphone.
Yes Restless us oldies will come through but it may take a little longer. Half
 
I cling to my old OS like a child to a security blanket.......well except for Vista, which was absolutely awful.
I can't see me using Windows 8 anytime soon.......I think it was originally formulated for touch screen devices....or at least I read that somewhere.
 
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