i think i am the only one who have all the things perfect, got an Acer spire 5741G Core I5 430M 2.27 GHZ, windows 8 was VERY SLOWLY to install, but then no problem, all metro apps work, i got installed ATI Drivers for RADEON HD 5470, no more, everything runs PERFECT
"The Register" Metro app when run displays the tech news information but causes the screen to flash about 6 times and then crashes dumping me to the login screen. Other apps seem to work ok - anyone else get this behaviour with The Register?
You are lucky, drivers don't work for my HD 5470 either out of the box or the ones on AMD site dated 5/31. With them, WMP is broken as well as any media player that uses EVR. So was HW accel. Flash. I had to install driver version 8.920 from Nov2011 to get working.
Currently, with RP builtin driver, Quick Sync doesn't work. Previously provided Intel HD driver is too old for RP. Wait for new official Intel driver for HD 3000/4000.
Well all went well till i tried to run Max Payne 3. Total no-go. Even Rockstar indicates the game does not and will not work until Win 8 are released as they do not support Beta OS's
You can try compatibility mode. Moreover wait for official GPU drivers from respective vendors like Intel, NVidia, and ATi
Store in Windows 8 RP is offering updates for all default metro applications. Grabbing these updates to check new features/bug fixes...
Only in Windows 8 the hot key for paste in Office 2010 sometimes changes from "control + V" to "shift + insert". It irritates me really. Can someone advice?
Thanks for reply. No programs except Windows 8 + Office 2010. I always use ctrl + V, and it was very strange for me to see I can't sometimes use this default hot key. It happens sometimes. I may use office for hours, but next time I start Word I can't use crtl + V. The problem was in CP, still persists in RP.
weird one, obviously i have clicked the right mouse button in the place, where the mouse is and all the context menus are appearing behind all windows, even the drop-down lists in ribbon in the explorer are not appearing and in paint also. hopefully, i will just restart the explorer.exe or the whole computer and the problem will be gone, but i just wanted to describe it, thus making it to be noticed and fixed until the Windows 8 reaches its final stage edit: i just noticed, that the mouse cursor is not present on a screenshot, the cursor was in the "Libraries" folder.
anyway too much bugs for a Release Candidate build, do you really think M$ will solve all in one month??? They remove Aero, then create more bugs.... Let's see.... The worst bug here, is all files stored in a two partitions HD with one CP on it, connected externally(USB), cannot be copied/executed/deleted from 8 RP(neither from Windows 7, all files created with 7(in the same HD are fully modifyable(administrator account in all SO) Have to plug back the HD as main to my dell, copy files in another external HD, re-plug the HD with RP, with luck and take ownership trick some of them are still not accesible(PS seame bug on various HD, which works as a charm on 7)