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nanoprobe
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download
----------------------------------------I tried it but it didn't play nice with Boinc version 7. It will take some getting used to because there are a lot of changes compared to Win7.
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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Started the fetch DVD image process last night and then it went straight into wanting to install to the HD... First have to dig out just to get it to do a live CD type launch. Did discover that 7 [to me critical pieces wont work with this W8]. The interface... , it's already passé for non-touchscreen systems. My [large] touchmousepad does already do these things using thumb-pointing finger gestures [or alternate point&middle finger] for document zooming and swiping them aside.
BOINC 7 is being prepped for W8, or at least developer comments suggest that the metro changes are being considered. See though nothing specific in the daily check-in notes. Maybe a reinstall as service gets it past the problem [which of course wont be nice to GPU crunchers, lest the way the interface drivers are being addressed has changed too from Vista/W7]. --//-- |
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nanoprobe
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It's also not compatible with Microsoft Security Essentials, which I find rather strange. I already imaged my drive back to 7 for now. I don't have the time to try and make things work.
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mikey
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It's also not compatible with Microsoft Security Essentials, which I find rather strange. I already imaged my drive back to 7 for now. I don't have the time to try and make things work. That is a deal breaker for me too! I wonder if they are going to start selling MSE? Seems to me keeping it free helps cut down on some of the spam and 'botnets' of the World. [soapbox mode]For all the money they make they could make it the best AV/Spam stoppers around and stop a ton of the stuff that MS has caused!! If MS made us be Users instead of Admins by default, like Apple does, then we MS users would be smarter Users! You can't fix stupid, but you can help people be smarter! MS seems to have opted for ease of use and darn the torpedoes full speed ahead![/soapbpx mode] I downloaded both the 32 bit and 64 bit English versions this morning and will try them on a pc I have laying around. I have always liked AVG a/v too!   |
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if win 8 is anything like past microsoft history. Then version 8 will be a bad system. History shows thAT MICROSOFT OS'S ONLY PRODUCE RELIABLE OS'S EVERY OTHER OS OUTPUT.
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kffitzgerald
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tried setting it up as on a separate partition BUT, kept coming up with missing file errors. will try it again after I build a new system just to try it out
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petehardy
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It's also not compatible with Microsoft Security Essentials I've installed MSE on both preview versions without any problem. Have you tried using the WEB installer?  "Patience is a virtue", I can't wait to learn it! |
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nanoprobe
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It's also not compatible with Microsoft Security Essentials I've installed MSE on both preview versions without any problem. Have you tried using the WEB installer? I installed 8 over an install of 7. During the install a message appeared that MSE was not compatible and had to be uninstalled before the installation could proceed. I didn't try to install it again but it wouldn't have mattered. The problems running Boinc took me back to 7.
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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mikey
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It's also not compatible with Microsoft Security Essentials I've installed MSE on both preview versions without any problem. Have you tried using the WEB installer? I installed 8 over an install of 7. During the install a message appeared that MSE was not compatible and had to be uninstalled before the installation could proceed. I didn't try to install it again but it wouldn't have mattered. The problems running Boinc took me back to 7. I do work on other peoples pc's and they give me thier old hardware in payment meaning I have lots of old harddrives laying around, I always use those when installing a new OS as a test basis. Often I just unplug all the existing drives and then plug in the 'new' C: drive and install to it. Troubles for me come in when like Windows Home Server the OS wants a minimum size drive, 160gb in that case. |
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At the developers there was a reply that 6.12.38-6.12.43 and 7.0.18 alpha have W8 detection (whatever that means, but implying something special kicks in).
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