The Windows 8 and other failed Microsoft products thread - Windows 8 "relaunches" Feb

[arbiter901]

Downloading a. iso for windows 7 should be completely legal as long as you have a CD key. If you lost it you can just use product key viewer.

[Kirby_422]

I need to still be able to use 3ds max 8, HEK, and Halo CE without an issue, so if anyone knows of any issues with that please let me know.

You wont be able to use 3dsmax8. You know how in Windows 7 it changes to that basic theme mode? it does that for a reason. W8 can't do it, so the program slowly breaks every time you use it. Anytime you use context menus, etc, it will freeze part of the view port; you have to restart 3dsmax to fix it. So, unless you want to restart 3dsmax every few minutes (however often you use menus, etc), then its not worth it. Microsoft should have direct downloads on their servers for W7, google those links up, and grab the ISO from them, then just use your current key.

Anyways, out of the applications I tried, the compatibility is similar to using WINE in linux, plus the fact how its almost impossible to do what you want now (you have to use regedit for a lot of things now. If you're someone who hates UAC, you need regedit to actually disable it. Even the 'off' option still asks you for permission. for all the icon height, width, etc, that you'd normally get in the advanced desktop area, you need regedit.. and the numbers aren't even listed the same way, its not in pixels.. Doing what you want in W8 REALLY, REALLY, sucks)

[Masterz1337]

^So no HEK+ either then?

[Ki11a_FTW]

Also, another thing, I have 2 hard drives in my computer, say I were to reinstall windows 7 or 8 on my primary, could i just put all of the files i want to keep on my secondary? Or will the clean install refresh the secondary drive as well?

[Warsaw]

Word to the wise, I've read reports saying that using a Windows 8 UPGRADE​ license nullifies your Windows 7 license permanently.

[Rosco]

Word to the wise, I've read reports saying that using a Windows 8 UPGRADE​ license nullifies your Windows 7 license permanently.

might be hdd specific or something idk.. but I certainly had a working 7 oem license even after using a windows 8 upgrade license, as I installed another hdd with that win7 license in my probook for dual booting after ugrading my original drive to 8 from that same oem license..

[jcap]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/557...top-experience

Also reposting http://www.modacity.net/forums/showt...l=1#post614375


Also also just posting that this new start menu looks like the inbred child of metro and the old start menu. #1 please ditch the fugly windows 8 flat style. #2 please for the love of god support consistency with useful shortcuts to standard areas on a computer that are default on every system and cannot be disabled or accidentally removed by the user (Computer, Network, Control Panel, Devices and Printers, <name_of_currently_logged_in_user_root>)

I still don't understand why they still refuse to highlight the usefulness of tiles if done right. For tiles to be successful, everything needs to be live - like tile widgets. The tile for the weather app needs to show the current conditions (which you click on to get the full forecast). The mail app should give you the latest message subject and/or sender (and clicking on it should bring you straight to the message). The Music tile should be the "now playing" song and album art (background), and it should have live controls for pause, stop, skip, or jumping to playlist. Twitter should display the latest tweet. Basically, they NEED to turn the start menu into a combination of jump lists, notification menus, and a dashboard. They've failed to do that for two years with Windows 8.

Edit: Oh I also really like the new CEO. He's a pretty cool guy. He's from the only successful part of Microsoft (the business sector) which makes up over 80% of Microsoft's profits and doesn't fuck around. If you haven't checked out their enterprise products, they're really awesome. They know what's up. Unlike the clusterfuck Windows division.

[Tnnaas]

Also also just posting that this new start menu looks like the inbred child of metro and the old start menu. #1 please ditch the fugly windows 8 flat style. #2 please for the love of god support consistency with useful shortcuts to standard areas on a computer that are default on every system and cannot be disabled or accidentally removed by the user (Computer, Network, Control Panel, Devices and Printers, <name_of_currently_logged_in_user_root>)

Sounds like too much to ask from Microsoft. Please let them grow beyond building with Duplo blocks first and ask again. :v

[jcap]

Sounds like too much to ask from Microsoft. Please let them grow beyond building with Duplo blocks first and ask again. :v

Windows 10

[Phopojijo]

Great, now your mobile phone will go rampant in a half-dozen (or so) years. (trollolololol)