MottiKhan

-Leaving the thread for fun, games & skinning .......

I think MS is seeing the whole thing different- like a test
A test that showed that there was a demand for change (number of licenses sold and disks)
So they don´t see it as mistake (since a mistake is defined as a characteristic value that does not meet the prescribed requirements or non-fullfillment of a requirement) while the requirement was reached the first month for MS in sales to cover costs.
Im sure there will be several versions office oldschool and multimedia make sure you pick the right one 
We can be glad that MS isnt EA 
(the video is a parodie its not actually  John Riccitiello)
but it fits in my eyes /At least some got the Startbutton back in MS

I was working on a Windows 8 laptop today for a client.  Having the touchscreen on the laptop was nice, but I was trying to address a WiFi issue she was having.  Normally I would go into the saved/preferred network list and alter connection info.  For whatever reason, Microsoft removed the preferred list GUI from Windows 8.  Wtf?  Apparently there is still network info being saved, but you have to alter it using netshell commands.  Again, Wtf?

Hoping this does what I need it to do
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/wifi-profile-manager-windows-8

Not the point Mark. You shouldn't need third party apps to fix functionality in an OS. Besides, 8 runs very slow compared to XP and 7 on my setup. 8 literally is so slow it takes minutes to do anything that takes seconds in 7.

By the way the boot times of 8 aren't as fast as you make them out to be.

Point taken and thank you RedNeckDude.

By the way Starkers, not trying to be rude, but if you are going to such lengths to get around using the Metro UI and making 8 look like 7, then why not just use 7?

As they say, actions speak louder than words. 8 runs like crap on my machine. 7 has NO issues. Care to explain?

I will say this. 8 with all of it's live tiles eats up my internet bandwith.

No, no borked install. I downloaded the copy of 8 from the link in my email from Microsoft. Burned at low speed, and verified after burning. I did a clean install. Asking Windows 8 to simply open control panel was like pulling teeth, took over two minutes. Booting 8 took forever, and 8 couldn't even run my wifi card. No drivers. To get the wifi card to work I had to install 7 first then install 8 on top. Still 8 was really slow.So I've done the install of 8 both ways, clean and over 7. Does not matter.

Wifi card runs fine under 7. 7 is nice and fast, never locks up nor takes forever to execute a command.

So I would say 8 isn't for every computer out here.

Your statement is not logical. Windows 7 found no issues with the hard drive or the memory. And I have conducted several scans of the hard drive using multiple tools for bad sectors, it came up clean. The memory came up clean using Memtest.

No thanks. I'll just run 7 and leave 8 alone. No worries.

But I'm pretty sure it's not my hardware as both the hard drive and memory are brand new and tested.

I doubt I will have any issues. On new hardware? The issues you speak of would have shown up on 7 by now. Thank you for your concern, but I'm sure it's OK. 

It bodes well to realize that even two of the same machines will interact differently with an os or programs.. hand built machines typically more so..

It is not unheard of that an older Os will run better than a newer one..sometimes just the hardware configuration or the hardware it's self can be a determining factor..

Is it typical to buy parts with issues or simply ones that don't work at all??  Actually yes.. I have over the years of building machines come across many many instances of broken or sub-par performing parts, right out of the box..

Had a brand new ram stick that messed all kinds of stuff up, "Mind you that it took some time to catch on that there were problems" they were nether obvious nor instant... It held its own during benchmark tests, but after yanking it out of the machine, the problems stopped.

Brand new OEM screen for my sons laptop I replaced recently, wouldn't work with the Dimming/brightness software installed by the MFG..

So yes a piece of hardware that "works" can still be not "working properly"...

Also.. I cant remember who said they didn't like all the windows8 *start menu Apps* hogging up bandwidth or resources.  See here for instructions on how to uninstall them..   uninstall windows8 apps 

You can disable it, when .1 came out i recommended to do so.
Syncing and Skydrive and more can be disabled 2 or 3 ways
1st. can be found under PC settings in the (charmsbar menu where the shutdown is located) there is more much more but we are talking about skydrive.
2nd. you can also force skydrive on spezific folders only...
3rd: FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY - 
Please if anyone else is reading this and is unsure how to use regedit : DO NOT attempt this on your own.

open cmd/regedit

navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Skydrive" 
create a new DWORD32 and name it "DisableFileSync"
double klick and insert the value "1"
confirm with ok
close cmd and restart the system
to enable it once again simply delete the created reg file.

If this is to complicated...or you currently are not in the mood to make all these steps:

ENABLE SKYDRIVE

create a reg key on your desktop
insert:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Skydrive]
"DisableFileSync"=-

save it launch it and restart - it will be enabled

DISABLE SKYDRIVE
create a reg key and insert:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Skydrive]
"DisableFileSync"=dword:00000001

PS wanted to Spoiler step 3 but its not working 

And this is not necessarily indicative of a bad OS.

Can be turned off easily enough. Yes, what Benmanns said.