Windows 8 Clubhouse - Page 22

Drone · Nov 16, 2012, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Von Matrices

Does that mean I should uninstall the manufacturers' USB 3.0 drivers I installed on my computer? The standard Microsoft ones work, but you're saying the Microsoft ones will be faster?

Are they Windows 8 drivers? If so do not delete them, because almost all manufacturers have windows 8 drivers by now. If they're windows 7 then yes uninstall them, because native drivers are signed and they're proper windows 8 drivers.

Dos101 · Nov 21, 2012, 03:57 PM

Here's some interesting reading:

Microsoft mistakenly gifts Windows 8 pirates with a free activation key

Windows 8 app count is closing in on 20,000

Quote:

Originally Posted by MightyMission

Can you add me to the list of users of windows 8 pro 64 bit please?

Quote:

Originally Posted by TotalChaos

Windows 8 Pro here

Done

TRWOV · Nov 21, 2012, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dos101

Here's some interesting reading:

Microsoft mistakenly gifts Windows 8 pirates with a free activation key

Windows 8 app count is closing in on 20,000

wow, so with this basically any upgrade version can become a full install? Activate with the registry edit, install MC... BOOOM legit W8 Pro. Now I'm tempted to buy another for my Octanux rig.

Mussels · Nov 22, 2012, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by TRWOV

wow, so with this basically any upgrade version can become a full install? Activate with the registry edit, install MC... BOOOM legit W8 Pro. Now I'm tempted to buy another for my Octanux rig.

no. it means you dont activate/dont install a key, use the KMS trick to extend the activation period and then install the MCE key, and boom, activated windows.

doubt the trick will last long.

TRWOV · Nov 22, 2012, 12:49 AM

ok, then. Well, I already bought it again

Updated sig

vawrvawerawe · Nov 22, 2012, 12:54 AM

I don't like windows 8. I like windows 7 x64

Techtu · Nov 23, 2012, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vawrvawerawe

I don't like windows 8. I like windows 7 x64

That's good for you.

This clearly is the Windows 8 Clubhouse, what are you doing here?

Drone · Nov 23, 2012, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dos101

Windows 8 app count is closing in on 20,000

Now they have more than 20K apps.

Windows 8 apps store cracks 20k, most of them free

7000 apps in two weeks, ~ 500 apps daily!

At that rate, the store could reach 40k apps by the end of the year.

Who can say now that W8 got no future lol.

TRWOV · Nov 23, 2012, 10:27 PM

BTW, to anyone wanting to use W8 with ATi AGP bridged cards, the AGP hotfix installer won't recognize your card but you can install the driver manually from the Device Manager. Unpacked installer is in C:\AMD\Support\, direct the driver search to that directory and let W8 look for the driver (don't forget to check "Look into subdirectories"). You can install APP, the video encoder and the other doodads but CCC won't run. If needed, you can OC your card with Trixx or Afterburner.

Apparently dinosaur AGP users like me will have to wait for AMD or a good soul to provide an updated installer for our old AGP cards.

H82LUZ73 · Nov 25, 2012, 07:46 AM

Hi guys....I just found this kinda by mistake...I downloaded office 2013 in ISO file format .Went to check the hash tab numbers,While i right clicked the ISO.I notice this new thing in the pop up menu MOUNT ,Silly me clicks the mount option ...lol and behold Win8 has native clone drive support out of the box.I installed office 2013 using it.Anyone else care to try it?

Here is the page with HASH Tab it,adds a tab to the file properties. http://www.implbits.com/HashTab/HashTabWindows.aspx

Wow forgot to mention this also,If you got your free WMC key from Microsoft`s offer that key is a one time activation By Feb 31 2013,You try to activate after that date it will not work.It is in the small print on that offers web page.So any pirates stealing the keys for warez use they will not work after next February.

WhiteLotus · Nov 25, 2012, 10:48 AM

What the media player like in W8? Have they given that any attention whatsoever in this release?

Mussels · Nov 25, 2012, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteLotus

What the media player like in W8? Have they given that any attention whatsoever in this release?

what media player?

WhiteLotus · Nov 25, 2012, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

what media player?

Is it that bad?

I google it but I'm not sure if they have switched to the Zune player as default or if they are still using WMP.

Basically, what plays music in W8?

TRWOV · Nov 25, 2012, 01:38 PM

Windows Media Player is still there. Same as W7 as far as I can tell although it has native support for more codecs. You'd still need a codec pack though, couldn't play some mp4s.

There's also the Video and Music apps but i haven't used them.

Mussels · Nov 25, 2012, 01:53 PM

when i installed W8 pro (without the MCE addon) it couldnt play MP4s i'd downloaded from youtube. afai was concerned, it had no media playback so i gave up on it (and the whole OS) shortly after.

TRWOV · Nov 25, 2012, 02:10 PM

To be honest, I added MC right off the bat so I can't really confirm if WMP is there by default or not.

kg4icg · Nov 25, 2012, 05:56 PM

Media Player is in Win 8, Media Center is the extra that you have to initiated.

Frick · Nov 25, 2012, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

when i installed W8 pro (without the MCE addon) it couldnt play MP4s i'd downloaded from youtube. afai was concerned, it had no media playback so i gave up on it (and the whole OS) shortly after.

so windows 7 and ubuntu has no media playback either?

msgclb · Nov 25, 2012, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Frick

so windows 7 and ubuntu has no media playback either?

I understand Media Center is included with Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise.
I'm told that if you have one of those editions of Windows 7 you can click Start, All Programs and then you should see your Media Center button. That button is on my Windows 7 Home Premium but I've never use it.

Now back on topic.
I've just got my new 24/7 rig running and as soon as I can get all of my old programs and data off my antiquated 24/7 rig I'll be installing my copy of Windows 8 Pro along with my Media Center Key.
At this point I see my only real deadline is that these free keys must be activated no later than February 1, 2013.

Drone · Nov 25, 2012, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteLotus

What the media player like in W8?

It has the same WMP like in W7. It also has a Video app and Music app (in Metro).
By default W8 can play mp4, mpeg, wmv, mov and avi. If you install WMC it will play bluray and dvd as well.

Real media, vob, ts and mkv are not supported. You need to install third party codecs or players like KMPlayer, GOM Player or VLC.

edit: not sure about *.ts and *.vob. I don't have such files.

H82LUZ73 · Nov 26, 2012, 10:18 AM

There is a Xbox music app,In that app you can add free songs ...just watch out for the ones that ask you to buy,I like it but it is time consuming when your looking for a certain artist.My taste ranges from jazz to metal so it helps.WMP is there just scroll to the left and you will see it.Media Centre plays standard DVDs and really is only good for the DVR functions.I still use Winamp to play my mp3s. Loaded MKV player and VLC Player also.

cadaveca · Nov 27, 2012, 03:31 PM

So, I've been suing Windows8 since the launch, with not a single issue noticed. I did have some hardware issues, a bad VGA, but it was problematic in Windows7, too, and I have two of these cards, and one was working fine.

So, anyway, things are going good, I like the new OS and how it's different. Very much so, actually. Been gaming without issue, and all my old apps are working just fine.

So, yesterday, I'm working on a review. In the middle of writing, actually, with all my testing and everything else done and ready to rock. Every afternoon, I take a break from doing whatever I'm doing to go and help my youngest son, who is in Kindergarten, work on his spelling and reading. We sit for half an hour, do some "homework", and then back to review stuff I go. So, I shut down for this break, go do my thing with my son, and come back to finish writing this review.

Hit the power button, system boots up, I see the Win8 splash screen...and then nothing.

Blackness. NO HDD activity light. Just a black screen.

I reboot. Same thing. Reboot again, Win8 does a recovery, says it cannot recover, reboots.

Board boots, Win8 splashes up, blackness. Nothing but blackness.

Well, I regularly back up my OS to an extra SSD, I pop this in...boot...Win8 splash, ...

BLACKNESS.

WTF!!@!!!!@@!@##$$%!#$!#%R$^@#$%@!!!!

Of course, I'm here, typing now, so I got it fixed, albeit 6 hours later. Any guess as to what happened?

Drone · Nov 27, 2012, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cadaveca

snip

I've encountered absolutely the same problem at my father's pc. However in my case W8 recovery fixed that issue and it never came back. No idea what it was but my wild guess it was because of HDD.

cadaveca · Nov 27, 2012, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drone

I've encountered absolutely the same problem at my father's pc. However in my case W8 recovery fixed that issue and it never came back. No idea what it was but my wild guess it was because of HDD.

I wish it was a simple fix, but it wasn't. I even tried refreshing the OS, that failed, and it reverted back to the way it was (thankfully).

Crap Daddy · Nov 27, 2012, 04:50 PM

I have another weird issue. Shutdown is fine and very quick. As you know, after shutdown when you power the machine there's no BIOS screen, it goes straight to Windows and everything's fine. Now, if I do a restart sometimes it gets stuck in the BIOS welcome screen and I have to force shutdown from the start button and after some rinse repeat it boots fine.

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Nov 22, 2012, 12:49 AM	#530
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,047 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	ok, then. Well, I already bought it again Updated sig __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Nov 22, 2012, 12:54 AM	#531
vawrvawerawe Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 500 (2.64/day) Thanks: 269 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts	I don't like windows 8. I like windows 7 x64 __________________ MSI Z77A-G45 \| Sapphire HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 x2 CROSSFIRE \| Intel Core i7-3770K \| Patriot Viper 3 16GB 1866 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX \| OCZ Agility 4 256GB SATAIII \| Xbt \| 10TB WD SATAIII HDDs \| Rosewill Challenger Case Selling 2x HD 7950 3GB: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=182118

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Nov 23, 2012, 10:27 PM	#534
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,047 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	BTW, to anyone wanting to use W8 with ATi AGP bridged cards, the AGP hotfix installer won't recognize your card but you can install the driver manually from the Device Manager. Unpacked installer is in C:\AMD\Support\, direct the driver search to that directory and let W8 look for the driver (don't forget to check "Look into subdirectories"). You can install APP, the video encoder and the other doodads but CCC won't run. If needed, you can OC your card with Trixx or Afterburner. Apparently dinosaur AGP users like me will have to wait for AMD or a good soul to provide an updated installer for our old AGP cards. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650 Last edited by TRWOV; Nov 23, 2012 at 10:33 PM.

Nov 25, 2012, 07:46 AM	#535
H82LUZ73 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cobourg,Ontario Posts: 1,359 (0.72/day) Thanks: 1,133 Thanked 248 Times in 205 Posts System Specs	Hi guys....I just found this kinda by mistake...I downloaded office 2013 in ISO file format .Went to check the hash tab numbers,While i right clicked the ISO.I notice this new thing in the pop up menu MOUNT ,Silly me clicks the mount option ...lol and behold Win8 has native clone drive support out of the box.I installed office 2013 using it.Anyone else care to try it? Here is the page with HASH Tab it,adds a tab to the file properties. http://www.implbits.com/HashTab/HashTabWindows.aspx Wow forgot to mention this also,If you got your free WMC key from Microsoft`s offer that key is a one time activation By Feb 31 2013,You try to activate after that date it will not work.It is in the small print on that offers web page.So any pirates stealing the keys for warez use they will not work after next February. Last edited by H82LUZ73; Nov 25, 2012 at 07:59 AM.

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Nov 25, 2012, 10:48 AM	#536
WhiteLotus Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 4,798 (2.26/day) Thanks: 529 Thanked 856 Times in 682 Posts System Specs	What the media player like in W8? Have they given that any attention whatsoever in this release? __________________ “Sorry but I cannot respond now, I am running a full virus scan on the internet.” -brandonwh64

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Nov 25, 2012, 01:38 PM	#539
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,047 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	Windows Media Player is still there. Same as W7 as far as I can tell although it has native support for more codecs. You'd still need a codec pack though, couldn't play some mp4s. There's also the Video and Music apps but i haven't used them. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Nov 25, 2012, 01:53 PM	#540
Mussels Doctor Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA) Posts: 34,545 (10.98/day) Thanks: 3,699 Thanked 8,686 Times in 6,387 Posts System Specs	when i installed W8 pro (without the MCE addon) it couldnt play MP4s i'd downloaded from youtube. afai was concerned, it had no media playback so i gave up on it (and the whole OS) shortly after. __________________ Edumacational thread about PC Audio My external HDD's.5x samsung 1TB + 2x Seagate 1.5TB = 8 TB external storage 32 Bit OS vs 64 bit OS information How to get hardware accelerated H264 playback (DXVA) Netbook Owners United!

Nov 25, 2012, 02:10 PM	#541
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,047 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	To be honest, I added MC right off the bat so I can't really confirm if WMP is there by default or not. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Nov 25, 2012, 05:56 PM	#542
kg4icg Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Herndon,Va Posts: 72 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts System Specs	Media Player is in Win 8, Media Center is the extra that you have to initiated.

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Nov 26, 2012, 10:18 AM	#546
H82LUZ73 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cobourg,Ontario Posts: 1,359 (0.72/day) Thanks: 1,133 Thanked 248 Times in 205 Posts System Specs	There is a Xbox music app,In that app you can add free songs ...just watch out for the ones that ask you to buy,I like it but it is time consuming when your looking for a certain artist.My taste ranges from jazz to metal so it helps.WMP is there just scroll to the left and you will see it.Media Centre plays standard DVDs and really is only good for the DVR functions.I still use Winamp to play my mp3s. Loaded MKV player and VLC Player also.

Nov 27, 2012, 03:31 PM	#547
cadaveca My name is Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 10,766 (4.15/day) Thanks: 4,473 Thanked 5,187 Times in 3,197 Posts System Specs	So, I've been suing Windows8 since the launch, with not a single issue noticed. I did have some hardware issues, a bad VGA, but it was problematic in Windows7, too, and I have two of these cards, and one was working fine. So, anyway, things are going good, I like the new OS and how it's different. Very much so, actually. Been gaming without issue, and all my old apps are working just fine. So, yesterday, I'm working on a review. In the middle of writing, actually, with all my testing and everything else done and ready to rock. Every afternoon, I take a break from doing whatever I'm doing to go and help my youngest son, who is in Kindergarten, work on his spelling and reading. We sit for half an hour, do some "homework", and then back to review stuff I go. So, I shut down for this break, go do my thing with my son, and come back to finish writing this review. Hit the power button, system boots up, I see the Win8 splash screen...and then nothing. Blackness. NO HDD activity light. Just a black screen. I reboot. Same thing. Reboot again, Win8 does a recovery, says it cannot recover, reboots. Board boots, Win8 splashes up, blackness. Nothing but blackness. Well, I regularly back up my OS to an extra SSD, I pop this in...boot...Win8 splash, ... BLACKNESS. WTF!!@!!!!@@!@##$$%!#$!#%R$^@#$%@!!!! Of course, I'm here, typing now, so I got it fixed, albeit 6 hours later. Any guess as to what happened? __________________ Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp -Only real men play games THIS way.

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Nov 27, 2012, 04:50 PM	#550
Crap Daddy Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,282 (2.44/day) Thanks: 941 Thanked 961 Times in 669 Posts System Specs	I have another weird issue. Shutdown is fine and very quick. As you know, after shutdown when you power the machine there's no BIOS screen, it goes straight to Windows and everything's fine. Now, if I do a restart sometimes it gets stuck in the BIOS welcome screen and I have to force shutdown from the start button and after some rinse repeat it boots fine.

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