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Posted: Sat, 31st May 2014 10:16 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I must have turned off system restore at some point as i have no saved restore points! Anyway i have just re installed. I'll make a clone backup this time when i have everything back installed, i didn't realise it was feb 2013 since i made a backup.. Ooops MSI X570 Tomahawk \|Corsair Vengeance LPX 32gb 3600mhz \| Ryzen 5800X3D \| EKWB Watercooling \| Seasonic Focus GX 850 Gold PSU \| 4090 Founders \| Predator X34P UW curved monitor \| Window Pro 10 x64

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TheDiggler

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Posted: Sat, 31st May 2014 15:47 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Look in the Task Manager>Startup and look at the Startup Impact of each app. Check Event Viewer, see if anything standouts, errors on boot, disk errors, blah blah blah. Check if a SFS/SCANNOW picks up any corrupt files. Create another account. Reformat.

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StrEagle

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Posted: Wed, 27th Aug 2014 13:42 Post subject:

I'm new to this OS. Reconfiguring an ACER W510 for my parents, win8.0 32bit.
Fucking shit interface, and it's not even in english.

Couple of questions:
1. how the fuck do I get rid of the horrid tiles and get a simple start menu back, found several third party tools, not sure which to pick
2. if I update it to 8.1, how much space would that take? currently the memory of the notebook is 16gb of 32. I can spare max 10 more.
3. I created a custom wifi connection, but it's inactive, and I can't view it to edit it now, how do I show hidden connections?

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and yes, mine is only average

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sabin1981
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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 17:54 Post subject:

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Failure configuring Windows updates.

Reverting changes.

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WhiteBarbarian

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 18:21 Post subject:

Wow, try to play with window size, men. At some points Sabin's rage transforms into perfect columns Drooling

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Newty182

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:02 Post subject:

sabin1981 wrote:

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Failure configuring Windows updates.

Reverting changes.

I might be wrong but I'm sensing you are slightly displeased...

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sabin1981
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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:22 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I'm near apoplectic with rage. I despise Windows 8 at the best of times, clunky counter-intuitive ugly buggy piece of broken shit that it is, but today has been one problem after another. You can't upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows 7 and I didn't want to format and lose everything or spend a day backing shit up and restoring, so I had to upgrade to Windows 8 and then go to 8.1. Thing is, you can't go to 8.1 unless 8 is fully updated... and therein lies the fucking problem. After sitting through an hour of downloading and installing updates (1.4GB worth), the system reboots and then gets stuck in that godfuckingdamn "Failure configuring Windows" BULLSHIT. It's a massive problem with Windows 8 (not 8.1, apparently! Fixed there! ) going back two fucking YEARS. Every solution is different to the previous solution and so nothing works. So it's update, fail, revert changes (which takes 1hr++++++++ and loops through multiple reverts) back to desktop, update again. Ad fucking infinifuckingtem. The irony of not wanting to spend all day reinstalling Windows and my apps/settings, while spending all day trying to fix a broken Windows update, is definitely not lost on me.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:26 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Why are you not on 8.1? Why didn't you upgrade from 7 to 8.1? My IMDb Ratings \| Fix NFOHump Cookies \| Hide Users / Threads \| Embedded Content (Videos/GIFs/Twitter/Reddit) \| The Derps Collection Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:30 Post subject:

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Why are you not on 8.1? Why didn't you upgrade from 7 to 8.1?

Because you can't, not if you want to keep settings/setup, the installer blanks everything and only saves your "personal files" - so the plan was to go 8 and then 8.1 At this point I'm so pissed with everything that I'd be better off just wiping the lot and installing Win 8.1 direct from ISO.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:35 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:35 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

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sabin1981
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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:36 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Yup, my sentiments exactly. You can upgrade from 7 to 8 no problem at all (theoretically, at least... today has shown there are PLENTY of problems doing so ) but 8.1? No sir, can't do that, nope. Oh fuck it. Formatting and installing clean fresh 8.1. It'll take less time than downloading and installing ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY INDIVIDUAL UPDATES That's the only way I can find out which update is killing the process and forcing everything to revert. I can't be arsed. I'd rather just spend a couple of hours installing/restoring apps and settings.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:40 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Why not download a bundle of the latest windows 8 with all updates from torrentleech, install in place and then upgrade? My IMDb Ratings \| Fix NFOHump Cookies \| Hide Users / Threads \| Embedded Content (Videos/GIFs/Twitter/Reddit) \| The Derps Collection Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:43 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Fresh install is best when changing OS

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sabin1981
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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 19:50 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

@LeoNatan Because I'm tired and annoyed and I've wasted 7 hours on this today already. I already have a clean direct-from-MS 8.1 ISO (I've got a legit key from my little brother so I grabbed a burnable ISO using their online tool) and I can get it installed and up and running in less than half an hour. Restoring my apps can be a day-by-day thing. @scaramonga Yup, that was always my ethos too but so many der... "people" claim that Windows upgrade paths are a lot better lately and it's worth doing. Pffft.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 20:22 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I'm too with scaramonga's view on things. I always freshly install Windows. I prefer installing/configuring a gazillion programs and/or games post-installation than to risk the upgrading process messing something on a grander scale. As for Windows 8 itself - I'm on a year-old installation now and have never had any trouble with it. It's as if it's been fixed up only a few days ago.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 21:20 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

who in the hell updates their os to next version even ms advise against it. The reason being is just as sabin found out, many people hit issues and it turns into being longer to sort out than if they had just wiped and reinstalled. never cut corners.... http://www.speedtest.net/result/4302967033.png

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sabin1981
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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 22:50 Post subject:

I've pretty much got Win8.1 how I want it but I just can't get Aero Glass working decently Sad

It's installed and looking nice, but only on standard windows .. full screen apps have full Glass and it means the sodding tabs in Firefox are all transparent when full screen Facepalm

I'd be happy without Glass and just having the rounded corners/buttons rather than this boxy Win8 crap but it seems you can't have one without the other.. because if you "disable" the Glass look then you lose the rounded corners >_<

Fuck it, I'd rather have legible windows than pretty ones. I'll disable Glass for now, it's not worth the headaches Sad

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even ms advise against it.

No they don't.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 23:03 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

On OS X, I've been upgrading now for 3 years consecutively, with beta releases in between and there have been no issues. On Windows, on the other hand, this shit has never gone smoothly. My IMDb Ratings \| Fix NFOHump Cookies \| Hide Users / Threads \| Embedded Content (Videos/GIFs/Twitter/Reddit) \| The Derps Collection Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 23:05 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I honestly don't recall a single time an upgrade has gone smoothly for me.

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Posted: Thu, 4th Dec 2014 23:18 Post subject:

sabin1981 wrote:

I've pretty much got Win8.1 how I want it but I just can't get Aero Glass working decently Sad

It's installed and looking nice, but only on standard windows .. full screen apps have full Glass and it means the sodding tabs in Firefox are all transparent when full screen Facepalm

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even ms advise against it.

No they don't.

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While upgrading your windows installation will normally be fine the most basic advantage of having a clean installation is that all of your systems can begin with the same configuration. All applications, files, and settings are reset. You can use a single disk image or answer file to make sure that all of the desktops in your organization are standardized. In this way, you can avoid many of the support problems that are caused by irregular configurations.

^^ seems like they advise well to me. The last part is key to them knowing the shit storm they can cause lol

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 12:13 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I'm part of the new hip crowd, yay! I must say that Win 8.1 is snappier and better than Win 7, though I haven't used it much yet. I have a question though. There's a huge update (kb3000850) which is under optional updates. I've read a bit up on it, it seems to cause problems for some people (crashes etc.). Is this some kind of beta "use at your own risk" updates? Is that why it's under optional?

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 12:36 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 19:29 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I also install every update through WU. No system crashes or any other erroneous behavior for the past year or so on my current W8 installation. The huge update mentioned above - I've had it installed for maybe a month now and have experienced nothing out of the ordinary so far.

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 19:45 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Well, even Micro$oft recommends a clean install for every new Windows. Updating is somehow dodgy... or is it my OCD kicking in ? Made in China is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 20:03 Post subject:

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Well, even Micro$oft recommends a clean install for every new Windows. Updating is somehow dodgy... or is it my OCD kicking in ? Sad

Where does "even Microsoft" recommend it exactly?

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 20:20 Post subject:

LeoNatan wrote:

M4trix wrote:

Well, even Micro$oft recommends a clean install for every new Windows. Updating is somehow dodgy... or is it my OCD kicking in ? Sad

Where does "even Microsoft" recommend it exactly?

Well, call it a 'hunch'. I guess there are employees inside Micro$oft who also thinks that updating sucks donkey bollox. Cool Face

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 20:29 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

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Posted: Sat, 6th Dec 2014 21:00 Post subject:

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In other words, words coming out of your ass. Rolling Eyes

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Posted: Sun, 7th Dec 2014 05:53 Post subject:

Mister_s wrote:

I'm part of the new hip crowd, yay! I must say that Win 8.1 is snappier and better than Win 7, though I haven't used it much yet. I have a question though.
There's a huge update (kb3000850) which is under optional updates. I've read a bit up on it, it seems to cause problems for some people (crashes etc.). Is this some kind of beta "use at your own risk" updates? Is that why it's under optional?

I've 'hidden' it in updates, as its uncertain, yet, if it causes anything, but at 725Mb, its changing something, thus I will wait a little while longer before making my decision to install or not. After all, it's 'optional', and best left to the lab rats for testing Wink

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