I just thought of something, is it a pain in the ass to open the charm bar on a multi monitor setup?
[QUOTE=altern;39048406]I just thought of something, is it a pain in the ass to open the charm bar on a multi monitor setup?[/QUOTE]
Its a little bit of a pain to perform the gesture on a monitor that is to the left of another. If your not careful, you could go too far onto the other monitor. However, your mouse can go on the other monitor, just as long as Windows recognizes the gesture. Alternatively, you can always press Winkey + C which opens it on your primary monitor.
[QUOTE=altern;39048406]I just thought of something, is it a pain in the ass to open the charm bar on a multi monitor setup?[/QUOTE]
Windows will automatically catch your cursor if you throw it into the corner of any display, then you can (carefully) move the mouse down to use the bar. It'll stay there as long as the cursor is within a couple hundred pixels on either side of it, same display or not.
[QUOTE=altern;39048406]I just thought of something, is it a pain in the ass to open the charm bar on a multi monitor setup?[/QUOTE]
it's fine really but i hate how it moves metro apps to the other screen when you use any of those gestures on it
I'm so glad that Uninstall window in Control Panel lists programs that you've installed.
Windows 8 came pre-installed on my new MSI GE60 laptop. My first experience was pretty bad, didn't like it except for the UEFI booting and task manager stuff. But now that I did some research and looked at the alternative (going back to Windows 7), I just bought Start8 (that's $5 I won't spend on Steam games I'll never play) and that should remove my biggest gripes with Win 8.
[QUOTE=redBadger;39041344]start menu looks pretty shitty now that I have windows 8. Honestly I don't even remember it existed.[/QUOTE]
Windows had a start button?
I seem to remember a steam icon app being discussed but cannot find it, iirc it was a paid one. I just found this one and it seems reasonable except occasionally showing errors, but clicking try again sorted it for me.
[URL]http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-gb/app/steam-launcher/a325b5d8-dee7-4825-8526-6b1e033af528[/URL]
Note: It doesn't auto boot the apps, but the tiles look reasonable.
Aaaah, I removed my windows key while using window 7 but on windows 8 I want to use it and I can't remember where I put it.
Just got Windows 8 for Christmas, and I'm wondering if I need to install a antivirus program. I know that windows 8 comes integrated with an AV like MSE, but it's now called Defender. Is this enough, or should I install a proper antivirus? I do have Malware Bytes installed, so I'm not sure if I'm covered between the two.
It's enough
[editline]1st January 2013[/editline]
You must either have really bad luck or be a complete idiot to get a serious virus these days.
[QUOTE=MadBomber;39055511]Aaaah, I removed my windows key while using window 7 but on windows 8 I want to use it and I can't remember where I put it.[/QUOTE]
but why would you remove your windows key in the first place?
[QUOTE=Mooe94;39056740]but why would you remove your windows key in the first place?[/QUOTE]
Never used it and I sometimes hit it by accident pulling me out of games. My keyboard came with a flat key to place over where the windows key would be so I don't accidently hit it. Im a clumsy typer.
[QUOTE=MadBomber;39056913]Never used it and I sometimes hit it by accident pulling me out of games. My keyboard came with a flat key to place over where the windows key would be so I don't accidently hit it. Im a clumsy typer.[/QUOTE]
I thought you meant your activation key :v:
[QUOTE=Cabbalistic;39055120]I seem to remember a steam icon app being discussed but cannot find it, iirc it was a paid one. I just found this one and it seems reasonable except occasionally showing errors, but clicking try again sorted it for me.
[URL]http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-gb/app/steam-launcher/a325b5d8-dee7-4825-8526-6b1e033af528[/URL]
Note: It doesn't auto boot the apps, but the tiles look reasonable.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/steam-tile/f17f134c-c72d-470b-9d97-9c9d6d4aae85"]This[/URL] one gets the job does, and can launch the Steam games from Metro. It gets some icons off and wrong, and its launches the games by launching itself and then the game, but other than that, it definitely works.
How are you people adapting to metro? (those of you that chose to stick with it and use it).
[QUOTE=kevaughan;39061658]How are you people adapting to metro? (those of you that chose to stick with it and use it).[/QUOTE]
I can live with it.
It has potential, but the metro apps just feel weird on a 24" or 27" monitor.
They could have executed the idea of metro much better on the PC.
It's fine.
I have everything organized into categories so I know where everything is and it takes 2 clicks to open some ~40 programs I have pinned on my start menu. And mostly everything else is pinned to the taskbar, so the amount of time I spend in the new menu is minimal.
I have yet to use the Charms bar on my desktop, and that's probably the only UI change I dislike. Everything else is fine.
[QUOTE=kevaughan;39061658]How are you people adapting to metro? (those of you that chose to stick with it and use it).[/QUOTE]
Adapted just fine. I really don't understand all the hate behind it - once you've sat down, learned how it works, and customized it, it's great. I've got all my programs and apps into groups and everything is incredibly fast to get to.
As Protocol7 said, I don't use the Charms on my desktop either. They're incredibly useful for the tablet experience though - when I had my EliteBook tablet it was probably the most-used action, as you can't open the start screen any other way (aside from a hardware button).
After using Windows 8 for a week, it was definitely worth the $30 I paid for Windows 8 Pro upgrade
My only complaint is that the bottom left doesn't exclusively switch between Metro and Desktop, but between your last used apps. Swapping from Metro to desktop and vice versa would be hundreds of times easier than having to manually open the Metro icon for the desktop after you use a metro app.
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;39069601]After using Windows 8 for a week, it was definitely worth the $30 I paid for Windows 8 Pro upgrade
My only complaint is that the bottom left doesn't exclusively switch between Metro and Desktop, but between your last used apps. Swapping from Metro to desktop and vice versa would be hundreds of times easier than having to manually open the Metro icon for the desktop after you use a metro app.[/QUOTE]
I agree, but they're doing a hardline saying "The desktop is just an app, and it'll be treated accordingly". I don't think it'll change, and it's pretty rare that it's a problem, but it's still dumb.
[QUOTE=kevaughan;39061658]How are you people adapting to metro? (those of you that chose to stick with it and use it).[/QUOTE]
Start screen, or metro apps? I don't use any metro apps at all, but I do use and like the start screen, at least since I customized the tiles and grouped everything.
is it just me or do a lot of metro apps crash almost instantly? anything that involves video or media or anything. (news, netflix, ect)
you know what somebody should do? multiple desktops that act as separate metro apps - tiles in the start menu and all
do you mean virtual desktops?
[editline]3rd January 2013[/editline]
eg in my linux WM i can scroll on the desktop and it brings me to another blank environment that I can use for editing, and have another environment for web browsing
yeah that
I don't know why microsoft didn't pick up on that earlier, even the worst of the worst linux distributions have virtual desktops
Install windows on multiple other VM's and use those.
[editline]3rd January 2013[/editline]
Only mildly kidding, but why again is there only one desktop in windows?
Microsoft released a PowerToy for Windows XP that gave you virtual desktops. It was pretty sweet, shame they don't do PowerToys anymore.
[img_thumb]http://www.calazan.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/virtual_desktop_manager_preview.jpg[/img_thumb]
Question, if Windows 8 is pretty fast to begin with, how do you think it would perform with an SSD?
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