Windows 8 General Discussion

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by Spider-Vice, Aug 16, 2011.

  1. naseap

    naseap MDL Senior Member

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    #421 naseap, Sep 14, 2011
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    I got it. I had to right click on the bottom of the screen and it popped up the bottom menu to change a city. Thanks. This new UI is a bit difficult and it will take some time to get used to. I noticed that right clicking will bring up a bottom menu bar when in certain programs. I tried Sudoku and when I right clicked it popped up the menu bar at the bottom.
     
  2. stasio

    stasio MDL Expert

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    Are you have latest version Skype 5.5.0.117 (-support for Microsoft Windows 8)?
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  3. murdoch

    murdoch MDL Novice

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    this will be splendid for tablets but is pants for a proper machine

    installed the developer preview this morning and i am not that impressed.

    i think Metro will be great for the Tablet/toy market but for proper users this is dreadfull

    it will take a lot of getting used to having no start menu and it seems what used to take me a couple of clicks now takes me half a dozen

    cant find a way to close the metro apps once they are opened
    if you look in task manager it says they are suspended after a while ? why not put an x in the corner so we can just close them ?

    only way i could find to shut down / reboot is to hit ctrl alt del and shut down that way !

    i was very impressed with the earlier builds and had been running 7989 happily for a while
    but so far i am finding this build very counter productive as far as normal pc use goes

    i look forward to windows 8 tablets and will buy one once they are released but need an os i can do my day to day stuff on too

    anybody else having these issues ?
     
  4. Shenj

    Shenj MDL Expert

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    To access the Shutdown/Restart you hover your mouse to the the winlogo corner and click Settings, then you see a Power Icon on your Right side
    (definitly not really obvious, Settings? Shutdown? how is that connected!!!, not alot of persons will probably find the it out right away)
     
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  5. MuffloN

    MuffloN MDL Novice

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    I can't seem to change the default web browser opened when I click links in for example Skype, anyone else experiencing similar issues?
     
  6. free1975yuly

    free1975yuly MDL Expert

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    I cannot upload images....WTF?
     
  7. jayblok

    jayblok MDL Guru

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    wat do u mean? i just uploaded 25 images to imgur.com from 8012
     
  8. TheBlade

    TheBlade MDL Senior Member

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    you remind me of me O: 8102 :p
     
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  9. TechDudeGeorge

    TechDudeGeorge MDL Member

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    Is there a hack to change the Start Screen wallpaper yet?
     
  10. ReelFiles

    ReelFiles MDL Addicted

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    Figured out how to RDP into my server. You have to first create a local user account, run and configure remote desktop to remember credentials and then finally switch to a live account for local logon.
     
  11. Yanze

    Yanze MDL Novice

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    I've searched for that restart option for like an hour :eek:

    You'll also have to hover to the most bottom-left pixel you see (not just the logo), then the 'mini start menu' pops up ...
     
  12. TechDudeGeorge

    TechDudeGeorge MDL Member

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    Thankfully it's only a DP, I hope they move Shutdown and stuff to the usertile.
     
  13. Madonna

    Madonna MDL Novice

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    When I open an immersive app on w8 I can't turn it off, I don't find a way to turn them off, is there a way to turn those apps off? :wacko::confused::confused:
     
  14. Shenj

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    They automatically suspend after a short amount of time or when you switch to Desktop (it's bugged it seems, not all win8 apps suspend correctly cause of their high cpu useage or other problem) and after being ignored for longer they are supposed to automaticly close (so i heard.., didnt see that happen)
    It's just kinda nasty right now cause these suspended apps can't be accessed with swiping but you have to click the Tiles again, so its just wasting your memory for nothing...
     
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  15. Pikey

    Pikey MDL Junior Member

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    I was fiddling around with the RSS app and noticed there doesn't seem to be a way of editing it .. or other tiles , short of deleting and moving them around!

    In fact I accidentally deleted the RSS tile in the process , now I can't seem to add it back in again! ...

    Any ideas about this adding/editing of these tiles folks??
     
  16. Shenj

    Shenj MDL Expert

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    I didnt look into this app, but all Win8 Apps have their Settings in the new Settings pane and the Commands in the Bar on the bottom
    The bottom bar (without touch) is accessed via rightclicking into free space, Settings pane is the mouseover when you go into the corner of the start button (not clicking it)
     
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  17. Pikey

    Pikey MDL Junior Member

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    Yeah .. I still don't see any way of adding a new tile , and then editing it's settings!

    Ah well .. it's early days , perhaps it's not complete in this build.

    I must say I'd like this *Metro* thing a bit better if you could add a glassy or translucent look to it somehow ..
     
  18. free1975yuly

    free1975yuly MDL Expert

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    If you wanna to add new title in that metro here is my way...windows+f find what you want then exists option pin... Picture12.jpg
     
  19. Pikey

    Pikey MDL Junior Member

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    Aha ... yes!!

    Thanks for that tip about *pinning* ... I didn't think of that!
     
  20. free1975yuly

    free1975yuly MDL Expert

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    So I found how to close that metro or this kind off stuff: I push the windows button and the system come back to desktop...few refresh with right button of mouse and ready!