windows 8

sunrise27_2

when I plug my external hard drive in on my vista computer it shows when I go into the my computer icon where will I find it when I have my windows 8 computer ??

prowla

RobTang wrote: »

Actually I just pin all the common programs and have icons on the desktop for the less common ones, no change from windows 7 to 8

So, you have to choose to pin the common programs to the taskbar or make shortcuts on the desktop.

RobTang wrote: »

My pc as this cool piece of hardware called a power button, it works great on both windows 7 and 8 in exactly the same way.

I run a number of physical PCs via a KVM and I find that having a virtual button on the desktop is a great advance over pressing each one's physical button; I also run Windows in VMs (which don't have real power buttons), so then the question is which virtual button to press (the VM one's default is to standby).

RobTang wrote: »

Oh fyi the full screen pdf reader app you can just drag select and then copy (ctrl-c, or right click n copy) then paste to wherever, you know like every other windows applications since the dawn of windows.

Except it doesn't run in a window like every application since the dawn of Windows (and I used Windows 2!).

RobTang wrote: »

I have previously commented on why I think the new start menu is better...

Oh - I must've missed that - somebody actually thinks it is better! (You don't work for Microsoft do you?)

prowla

sunrise27 wrote: »

when I plug my external hard drive in on my vista computer it shows when I go into the my computer icon where will I find it when I have my windows 8 computer ??

You may get a pop-up dialog saying something like "Please tap here for options"; I tried tapping my screen there but nothing happened except the picture had a momentary ripple effect!

penrhyn

I got that, another example of the !!!!!! poorly thought out product, no wonder the bloke responsible for Windows 8 left the company.

macman

So you cannot see the attached drives or partitions in 'Computer'? Or some equivalent?
How do you then operate Disk Management?

custardy

macman wrote: »

So you cannot see the attached drives or partitions in 'Computer'? Or some equivalent?
How do you then operate Disk Management?

My computer is still there,alongside disk management etc

Lum

So much misinformation in this thread.

Windows Vista is not a bad OS. It had a bit of a rocky start when it first came out, mostly due to a lack of hardware support (now fixed) and a bunch of stupid bugs (now also fixed in the latest service pack)

Windows 7 is not the second coming of Jesus. It's basically Vista with a few tweaks and improvements and a fancy new taskbar. It mainly exists for marketing purposes because of the terrible reputation of Vista. It's still a good OS though.

Windows 8 is not a bad OS either. It's basically yet more tweaks and improvements over 7 but people just can't look past the horrible new start menu, which is ludicrous given the number of free and cheap apps out there to put the old one back.

For 25 quid Windows 8 isn't a bad upgrade. I really wouldn't spend the extra money to get Windows 7. Just be prepared to install a start menu replacement and spend a little time changing the file associations back to non-metro apps.

prowla

Lum wrote: »

So much misinformation in this thread.

Windows Vista is not a bad OS. It had a bit of a rocky start when it first came out, mostly due to a lack of hardware support (now fixed) and a bunch of stupid bugs (now also fixed in the latest service pack)

Windows 7 is not the second coming of Jesus. It's basically Vista with a few tweaks and improvements and a fancy new taskbar. It mainly exists for marketing purposes because of the terrible reputation of Vista. It's still a good OS though.

Nobody said that Windows 7 was the 2nd coming of Jesus, but it was an improvement on every previous release of Windows.

Lum wrote: »

Windows 8 is not a bad OS either. It's basically yet more tweaks and improvements over 7 but people just can't look past the horrible new start menu, which is ludicrous given the number of free and cheap apps out there to put the old one back.

The strange thing about Windows 8 is that they took out the areo features part way through the Beta process (actually I couldn't get the Beta to run!), and the idea that you have to get a load of public domain/shareware to half reinstate them and make it usable is what is ludicrous.

Lum wrote: »

For 25 quid Windows 8 isn't a bad upgrade. I really wouldn't spend the extra money to get Windows 7. Just be prepared to install a start menu replacement and spend a little time changing the file associations back to non-metro apps.

Windows 8 is not an upgrade, for any money.

(And why the heck should you be expected to spend time on the new OS to change things back to better apps?)

Roll on Windows 9 - I hope they learn from their mistakes (getting rid of the Windows 8 chiefs shows they might have got the gist of it!).

penrhyn

macman wrote: »

So you cannot see the attached drives or partitions in 'Computer'? Or some equivalent?
How do you then operate Disk Management?

On the desktop you move your mouse to the bottom lefthand corner of the screen, when the start thumbnail appears right click, and select disk management from the menu that pops up looking suspiciously like a Window 7 menu.

prowla

penrhyn wrote: »

On the desktop you move your mouse to the bottom lefthand corner of the screen, when the start thumbnail appears right click, and select disk management from the menu that pops up looking suspiciously like a Window 7 menu.

Pretty obvious, really...