I recently purchased an HP Envy touchsmart computer that came with Windows 8. I really just don't like the interface, and even with Classic Shell I find it annoying that I cant't even make a Chrome window smaller than full screen. (Literally, the only option is full screen?) Plus I really like the task bar at the bottom.
How difficult is it for me to download a copy of 7 and install it? What...
New computer, how do I roll back to Win7?
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win 8 64 won't install on 32 vista dell inspiron 531
Hi,
I have been given a dell inspiron 531 with 64 bit AMD processor, running 32 bit vista home basic, that has responded well to RAM upgrade to 4GB.
I want to install 64 bit win 8 pro media centre which I have on an original MS CD. either over current vista or on separate partition as dual boot.
For some reason the dell wont read the MS win 8 64 disk (or any other original MS OS disks...
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New Laptop like to do clean install of Windows 8
I just purchased a new Toshiba laptop it comes with Windows 8 Home 64 bit. It has been my custom when purchasing a new computer to do a complete clean install to get rid of all the bloatware that comes on the new machine. There is no Windows 8 dvd it is pre installed and I only have the Win 8 User Key how do I go out wiping out the new computer and starting fresh? Never had to deal with not...
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trying to install win7 in uefi mode
hi im new here and not sure if i can join this thread or if should start a new thread so if im in the wrong area please say so. i bought an Acer Aspire One 725-0826 for my girlfriend, it came with windows 8 pre-installed and shes really not liking it. as you probably already know it doesnt come with cd/dvd drive so im trying to install windows 7 ultimate sp1 x64 via usb drive. i've tried several...
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My ASUS X8AIE cannot run Windows 8 well
I could install Windows 8 on my laptop. But it usually crash after a short time using. In that time, I cannot do anything, I must hold and press power button in 10 seconds to shutdown it! And I also restarted many times, but still not!
I also installed the latest driver compatible with windows 8. My installed windows 8 was genuine. My laptop ran Windows 7 very well. These are my laptop...
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Installing Windows 8 Without UEFI
Hello!
I have an Acer Aspire 5745G-644G50MNKS notebook with preinstalled OEM win 7 home premium.
Specs as following:
* Core i7 640M Processor (2.87GHz, 4MB L3 Cache)
* 4 GB DDR3 RAM
* 500 GB HDD
* 15.6" 16:9 HD LED Display
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Bloatware & Win 8 OEM PCs - is 8.1 preview a workaround?
Here's my thinking... some people have Windows 8 OEM PCs and don't like the bloatware that comes on them.
However, the only version of the Windows 8 installer which is readily available to consumers is the Upgrade, which as I understand it doesn't work with OEM versions of Windows 8. There is a system builder version, but you have to pay for it, I'm not even sure the licence for that allows...
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Use recimg to create a snapshot of your system, including
I was doing some Google searches looking at information on Windows 8 backup possibilities, and came across this:
Create a Windows 8 image with recimg.exe to preserve your Desktop apps after a refresh - Matt Harrington - Site Home - MSDN Blogs (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harrington/archive/2012/04/01/create-a-windows-8-refresh-image-with-recimg-exe.aspx)
I'm running it now to see what it...
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Driver Letters
Here is my situation: I had windows 7 installed on [C:] I then split [C:] into two renaming the other half to [F:] I then installed Windows 8 on [F:] and removed C: and gave the free space back to [F:]
Now I just have [F:] and I want to rename it to [C:] but I have been told that you cannot with a system boot partition. Is there any way that I could manipulate the drive (maybe I could split...
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No recovery disc made and formated harddrive
I bought a brand new Acer Aspire xc600 today and it had win8 installed. First thing me and my husband did was to try to install win7 (as we dislike win8 for many reasons)... When it didnt work with just putting in the cd and install, we (stupidly without making recovery discs as we thought we would never need it) formated the drive and made it completely clean before installing win7 (which works...
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Recover legacy boot and remove old entries from UEFI boot
Hello, first post here...
First, some context: I have a Dell Inspiron 15R SE that came with Windows 8.
I've managed to get a working dual-boot system with Ubuntu 12.10. I can't remember exactly how I done that, but I remember that I had to disable secure boot. I think that the boot configuration those days was:
* Secure boot: Disabled
* Load legacy option rom: Enabled
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Windows on a bare Hard Drive
What I have is a 160 GB hard drive using Vista that will not start. (I received the message that the resistry is corrupt.)
What I want is to put in a new 1 TB hard drive as the master, purchase Windows 8 and load it on the new HD.
I read "Clean Install - Windows 8". Several question have come to mind.
1.
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Solved Windows 8.1 Preview Licence - use in VM?
I'm trying to find the official Microsoft licence agreement for Windows 8.1 Preview - does anyone have a link?
I want to use Windows 8.1 Preview in a VM on a Windows 7 PC.
Normally for the full version of Windows 8, and I guess Windows 8.1 when the full version arrives, you'd need a separate licence for the VM installation. But does this apply to the preview version as well?
I'm...
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BSOD Critical process died
Hi
My laptop crashed and I now have a Windows 8 dvd,but I cannot get to the repair screen. I pressed f2 to enter BIOS and changed boot to boot to cd,but computer just reboots with BSOD and critical process died message. Any ideas?
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Moving From W8 32bit to 64bit?
I downloaded from Microsoft (so no disc) W8 32bit. Didn't realise my 64bit compatible Dell laptop was not using all its 8gb of RAM then found out it couldn't with a 32bit OS.
Its just when I run some tasks like Handbrake conversion or DVD conversion processes it slows my web browsing to a snails pace and someone suggested I needed more RAM!...thus my investigating why only 2.99gb was being...
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Installing never gets past post splash screen
So i bought an Acer Aspire M5 for school and wanted to do a clean install of windows 8 to remove bloat ware. I installed it using legacy mode from a usb boot stick. I than learned about UEFI and how it is a better option. So i followed the guide here, used Rufus to remake my usb boot. I put my bios into boot from usb hdd in UEFI mode, plug usb in. Than my computer goes into an infinite loop where...
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Installation of Win 8 64-bit on Asus P5N32-E SLI SATA
Hello All;
I have searched high and low and have tried a 101 different drivers from NVidia and Asus websites to try and get my rig installed with windows 8. I installed windows 8 preview without a problem at all. However, now that I try to install the full version, I am unable to do so. When in the beginning of the installation it claims that no media is found and no drivers seem to help...
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Solved Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Problem
I bought a new Dell laptop earlier in the year with Windows 8. I didn't like Windows 8 at that time and re-installed my copy of Windows 7 Pro I had. Now I am trying Windows 8.1 Preview and have decided that when the Update comes out in October that I may want to go to Windows 8.1. My question is: Will I be able to update the Windows 8.1 Preview to Windows 8.1 Pro without any trouble? I want to...
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Windows 8 Pro + Media Center self-deactivation
Hi all, I've had a problem with Windows since early this morning. As the title states, it would seem that my Windows 8 Pro (64 bit) with Media Center has deactivated itself. It was working fine yesterday, but this morning I started my laptop to find that Windows was asking me to activate it. Strange, considering I've had it activated for around 10 months without any problems. I've tried the...
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dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu
Hi I have been researching installing Ubuntu alongside Win 8.on my daughters laptop. I already boot Ubuntu & Win 7 on my desktop pc, but I have read some horror stories about installing Ubuntu with Win 8., mostly in regard to the uefi boot system in Win 8., as well as, its a laptop as opposed to desktop.
I have been told that i must enter the bios first and disable secure boot. Most of the...
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