windows 8.1 thoughts so far

[sulky_uk]

Well i decided to download 8.1 this morning and here are my initial thoughts

1) it asked me during install for my login information that i used when i first used windows 8......why didnt it know? all it had to do was look at the place where windows 8.0 looked when it wanted that info....fail
2) upgraded internet explorer (i only use this for ebanking as my banking page doesnt like chrome) so it says that out of the 3 modules for jave, 2 are now incompatible (and theres no update as of yet) so i cant access my bank info..luckily i have a win7 laptop and that works fine
3) the download is 3.1 gigs!!! is this an update or a new os?
4) its only available in the windows store, not as an update on the update page...why?

update
5) just did a chrome update and now it works on my banks site...bb IE

update 2
6) if you get this turn of steroscopic 3d in nvidia setting....never had it turned on before but windows 8.1 decided i needed some kind of epi fit




update 3)

so i was moving a folder on my desktop and this happened, apparently it so you can do 2 things at the same time...well i could if the 1/2 pane showed me the full desktop...seriously who asked for this!

click this
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ill add more as the day progresses and the more frustrated i become, on a plus note start 8 upgraded so i still have a working start button

update 4)

and now there are a load of updates

[albert]

I upgraded on Friday and the first thing to require and update was Punkbuster so BF3 could join a server. Then I used the nVidia latest beta drivers which worked well but a clean install was needed.

Seems to be faster and the graphical performance is smoother.

Start button is not a real start menu, just a shortcut to metro. Classic shell reinstalled.

[kregoron]

sadly MS killed lucid MVP for now, causes a black screen right before login screen, oddly, when loading 8.1 with debugging on stuff worked o.O awaiting update for lucid, else the stuff runs brilliant.

[Snokio]

I upgraded on Friday and the first thing to require and update was Punkbuster so BF3 could join a server. Then I used the nVidia latest beta drivers which worked well but a clean install was needed.

Seems to be faster and the graphical performance is smoother.

Start button is not a real start menu, just a shortcut to metro. Classic shell reinstalled.

Had the same issue with BF3 punkbuster, had to also re-install sound card drivers, not seeing to much of a difference tbh

[Blunt]

I've just bought the Mrs a new lappy with Windows8.

How and why should we upgrade/not upgrade?

[Tutonic]

I've tried upgrading to 8.1 twice now, both times resulting in failure and a "0xC1900101 - 0x2000C" error :eyebrow:

[smilodon]

Hmmm I just ran the update and oddly for Microsoft it went OK? Although a Google of the error code shows you're not alone.

[smilodon]

I've just bought the Mrs a new lappy with Windows8.

How and why should we upgrade/not upgrade?

Windows 8.1 fixes a few things, add a few nice features and fails to seriously address the issues many have with the new Start Page/Metro thing. I updated and then upgraded my StartIsBack app to StartIsBack +, which is a free upgrade to anyone who owns the original StartIsBack for Windows 8.0. I assume other start button fixer programs do something similar.

[Tutonic]

The best suggestion I've seen is to unplug any Xbox 360 pads you might have, so I'm trying that and running it again.

Microsoft's own hardware causing an issue, how unlikely.

[Tutonic]

Well that didn't work, it never even got to the rebooting stage - just a big fat f0rk you.

I really can't be bothered to sift through the enormous log file it's spat out, I can live without this update for now.

[sulky_uk]

update...just realised it uninstalled avast for me as well...***!!

[Snokio]

Reports are already citing that this won't help improve PC sales, I wonder why that is :g:

FYI: Windows 8.1 download (which is not part of windows update that I have seen) : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/download-shop

[smilodon]

I've tried upgrading to 8.1 twice now, both times resulting in failure and a "0xC1900101 - 0x2000C" error :eyebrow:

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/users-hit-blue-screen-0xc1900101-0x40017-error-windows-81-update-229058

[Blunt]

I think I'll leave it for now:lmfao:

[albert]

I found it spat out an error code reporting a failed download a number of times but it was in fact still updating. I waited and it upgraded.

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