I thought it would be better than the disastrous Windows 8.0.. However it's sort of like throwing your laptop into oncoming traffic.   

Quote from: The Boo Man... on January 28, 2014, 06:24:23 PM
I thought it would be better than the disastrous Windows 8.0.. However it's sort of like throwing your laptop into oncoming traffic.

you poor man.     Now you need to go in and download all the up-dates.    

Don't ya just love how they claim it's an upgrade? When in truth, it's a fix for earlier fuck ups.
And to think, ther'll be a Win 8.2 coming out shortly, completely validating my point.

Quote from: Solar on January 28, 2014, 06:37:39 PM
Don't ya just love how they claim it's an upgrade? When in truth, it's a fix for earlier fuck ups.
And to think, ther'll be a Win 8.2 coming out shortly, completely validating my point.

8.1 is making it almost impossible to post here. suddenly my browser can't handle the CPF...

Quote from: The Boo Man... on January 28, 2014, 06:43:35 PM
8.1 is making it almost impossible to post here. suddenly my browser can't handle the CPF...

Give your browser a drink, it may help it our.   

Quote from: The Boo Man... on January 28, 2014, 06:43:35 PM
8.1 is making it almost impossible to post here. suddenly my browser can't handle the CPF...

Please tell me, you aren't using Microsoft IE for a browser, are you?

Quote from: Solar on January 28, 2014, 07:09:15 PM
Please tell me, you aren't using Microsoft IE for a browser, are you?

Mozilla

Quote from: The Boo Man... on January 28, 2014, 07:10:59 PM
Mozilla

LOL, OK, maybe Gates has it in for anything with FOX in it, as in Mozilla Fire Fox.

Check and see if there's an update in Mozilla....

I'm just going to restore the computer to an earlier time and go back to Windows 8. I hate windows 8 but at least I have figured out how to use it without having a stroke and will deal with it until I get a new laptop.

Quote from: The Boo Man... on January 29, 2014, 07:06:58 PM
I'm just going to restore the computer to an earlier time and go back to Windows 8. I hate windows 8 but at least I have figured out how to use it without having a stroke and will deal with it until I get a new laptop.

I found a guy on Craigslist who's selling copies of Win7 Pro for $40. Says they're "surplus," whatever that means. He's a dealer with a brick & mortar store and a reputation to uphold, so I dunno.

Just a thought. Win7 beats the living shit out of Win8. Well, feature-wise there's very little difference, I guess, but with Win8 it's like a bunch of weirdos sat in a little room and dreamed up every way they could think of to make all the cool stuff in Win7 utterly impossible to use.

I'm moving to this:

Linux Mint 16 XFCE Full Review

When I downloaded 8.1 on my computer, suddenly the wireless internet connection stopped working and I had to plug the computer in the router (which disconnected all of the other members who were connected to the internet), and it took me an hour of searching and testing these solutions until I had to reset my computer 

Quote from: flo on February 17, 2014, 10:08:37 AM
When I downloaded 8.1 on my computer, suddenly the wireless internet connection stopped working and I had to plug the computer in the router (which disconnected all of the other members who were connected to the internet), and it took me an hour of searching and testing these solutions until I had to reset my computer 

When I have a problem with my puter I always unplug the router and restart my puter.   It always solved my problems.  That or get a new puter.     I have had 3 go belly up on me so I always save everything I do to a external hard drive also.  They say Laptops are only good for about 5 years, I am on my 6 year with this one.   So I will start looking around at the new one.

Quote from: Solar on January 28, 2014, 06:37:39 PM
Don't ya just love how they claim it's an upgrade? When in truth, it's a fix for earlier fuck ups.
And to think, ther'll be a Win 8.2 coming out shortly, completely validating my point.

Microsoft always releases a new version before it's tested for reliability.

I understand but cannot confirm that 8 will not allow previous versions to replace it.