Windows 8 Clubhouse

Mindweaver · Nov 12, 2012

@Dos101 - I'd like to be added to the list for Windows 8 Pro. :toast:

Dos101 · Nov 12, 2012

Mindweaver said:
@Dos101 - I'd like to be added to the list for Windows 8 Pro.

Done

Crap Daddy · Nov 13, 2012

Dos101 said:
I'm hoping sales of Surface RT are more than "modest" http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/11/ballmer-says-microsoft-surface-sales-off-to-modest-start/

To Microsoft PR: Don't let Balmer speak alone, especially to French press.

erixx · Nov 13, 2012

LOL

Well after a week and one reinstall I am coming to terms with this. For sure, it is not the easy step from Vista to 7.

Now running Classic menu, and installing programs by default with "compatibility mode = Win 7". (Lots of "installers" hang at the end of an installation if not)

DirectX error with GPU-Z miracoulusly solved... One day I got to phone W1zard...

Drone · Nov 13, 2012

SkyDrive tips and tricks

I don't use SkyDrive much but it's awesome.

TheMailMan78 · Nov 13, 2012

Drone said:
SkyDrive tips and tricks

I don't use SkyDrive much but it's awesome.

One thing I can tell you about Skydrive is the metro app. has a 100MB upload limit. Meaning you can only upload 100MB at a time to your 7GB storage. If you go to the Windows Live website you can upload an unlimited amount. I end up always using the website to share files as they are ALWAYS over 100MB.

Dos101 · Nov 13, 2012

Crap Daddy said:
To Microsoft PR: Don't let Balmer speak alone, especially to French press.

And you know what's funny? Apparently now Microsoft is saying the journalist misquoted him, sales are actually very good http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-surface-sales-modest-144790

This is either an honest mistake, or Microsoft was quick to do damage control.

TRWOV · Nov 13, 2012

Count me twice with anothe W8 Pro

My local OfficeDepot is selling W8 Pro retail versions at the same price as the upgrade versions (75% discount over retail price) :rockout:

Picked up another copy for my HTPC.

Drone · Nov 13, 2012

The first official Patch Tuesday and we have ... 344 MB of updates! What an eyeroller. Dafuq is happening lol

ROFL if 56K users still existed they'd go postal

erixx · Nov 13, 2012

Lovin' it!!!

And I have 459 Mb to update (Office2010 incl.)

What a shame the information of the patching as it is given in WUP is obscure and you have to click and go to MSDN pages. I have no time.

TRWOV · Nov 13, 2012

Dos101 said:
And you know what's funny? Apparently now Microsoft is saying the journalist misquoted him, sales are actually very good http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/microsoft-surface-sales-modest-144790

This is either an honest mistake, or Microsoft was quick to do damage control.

Well, even if sales were a hit they would still be modest. How many MS Stores are in your area? "Meet expectations" would have been a better choice of words.

MightyMission · Nov 13, 2012

Can you add me to the list of users of windows 8 pro 64 bit please?

TotalChaos · Nov 14, 2012

Windows 8 Pro here

TheMailMan78 · Nov 14, 2012

Drone said:
The first official Patch Tuesday and we have ... 344 MB of updates! What an eyeroller. Dafuq is happening lol

http://img.techpowerup.org/121113/updt.png

ROFL if 56K users still existed they'd go postal

I wonder what they patched.

Drone · Nov 15, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
I wonder what they patched.

Yeah, description didn't provide any useful info. Just says it improves reliabilty and stuff.

BTW people "add features" to Windows 8 option is now missing. :confused:

So many people have this problem and they can't install Media Center. Anyone knows what's going on?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...t/thread/1469a30e-ae05-4b8d-9bed-77abfccdc74c

phanbuey · Nov 15, 2012

http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-says-windows-head-sinofsky-leaving-020337266--finance.html

^ thought that was interesting.

TRWOV · Nov 15, 2012

I don't know if this has been mentioned but the W8 ISO file works with the W7 USB Download tool.

If you get a retail disc, LC ISO Creator makes compatible ISO files (I tried with an ISO made with Alcohol 52% and the W7USB tool said it was an incompatible file).

Rocking W8 Pro MC in the HTPC. The MetroUI looks pretty good on a 42"

erixx · Nov 15, 2012

Drone said:
Yeah, description didn't provide any useful info. Just says it improves reliabilty and stuff.

BTW people "add features" to Windows 8 option is now missing. So many people have this problem and they can't install Media Center. Anyone knows what's going on?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...t/thread/1469a30e-ae05-4b8d-9bed-77abfccdc74c

Now (I found) it is in Add or Remove Windows features (In Add Programs), Sorry if my localisation is wrong. Then you go to Multimedia features (Media Player and Media Center)

I believe that if you once registered it, it now "hangs" on your windows key. This was what I had to do when I reinstalled last weekend.

iTile · Nov 15, 2012

i Bought + clean instal of windows 8 Pro x64 (used RTM 9200 iso).

From win7 x64 Pro to this i've noticed a couple of problems on my network and internet conn which never appeared on win7.

5 Mins after i've finished installing win8 pro x64 i got my first blue screen of death. HIghly likely it was caused by my nVidia beta driver installation (solved)

I do received disconnections quite often, which can be quite annoying on origin, as you have to manually tell origin to reconnect again. (EA should fix that if you want to go offline, you have to manually choose to go offline, if you disconnect it should automatically reconnect when and internet conn is active.)

(Via 100Mbps Ethernet LAN conn)
Network discovery is broken at the moment on win 8 pro x64 rtm, takes 5+mins to discover 2 PCs on my LAN, manually pinging and then accessing via IP still does not work. Trying to access a network drive from win 8 pro x64 on a PC running XP 32bit is really horrid and terrible experience. Very very slow.

A couple of games crash.. all the time.. seems fine after 1 minute.. then the games crash with no error code. a simple "stopped working" windows, with a "close application" button.

All in all It is quite responsive. boots pretty fast, most apps appears more responsive.

Win 8 Pro x64 does not seem to have native USB 3.0 Support. Which is a bit weird.

it was my first format after 2 years.. But i'm strongly considering going back to Win 7 x64 Pro until the majority of problems in win 8 Pro x64 have been sorted out.

Add me to the list of Win 8 PRo x64 Users

iTile · Nov 15, 2012

TRWOV said:
I don't know if this has been mentioned but the W8 ISO file works with the W7 USB Download tool.

If you get a retail disc, LC ISO Creator makes compatible ISO files (I tried with an ISO made with Alcohol 52% and the W7USB tool said it was an incompatible file).

Rocking W8 Pro MC in the HTPC. The MetroUI looks pretty good on a 42"

Try UltraISO.

It will work, you can also use UltraISO to create a bootable Win7/Win8 USBDrive.
Alcohol and Deamon Tools is overkill for today's discs since most use online authentication, the files on the disc is merely for installation and there is not "security features" on the discs. No need for overkill cloning software that installs 3rd party drivers..

erixx · Nov 15, 2012

USB3: I did not install drivers and Win8 installed by itself drivers for Intel and Asmedia USB3 chips. Do you call that "native support"?

iTile · Nov 15, 2012

erixx said:
USB3: I did not install drivers and Win8 installed by itself drivers for Intel and Asmedia USB3 chips. Do you call that "native support"?

For my MSI 870A-G54 i had to manually install the windows 7 x64 Renesas USB3.0 Drivers, Win 8 Pro x64 Didn't pick it up. Seems the Win7 Renesas USB3.0 Drivers work on win8 quite fine.

Drone · Nov 16, 2012

erixx said:
Now (I found) it is in Add or Remove Windows features (In Add Programs), Sorry if my localisation is wrong. Then you go to Multimedia features (Media Player and Media Center)

That won't work for people who haven't installed Media Center. However I found a solution. It's simple:

Open command line as admin and type:

control /name Microsoft.WindowsAnytimeUpgrade

I'm glad to know that it works, yay!

erixx said:
USB3: I did not install drivers and Win8 installed by itself drivers for Intel and Asmedia USB3 chips. Do you call that "native support"?

Yup W8 has not only native support for USB3 but it also utilizes it in an optimized way. And W8 also has a native support for wifi/lan, it's good for net/notebook users. No need to install drivers.

The Von Matrices · Nov 16, 2012

Drone said:
Yup W8 has not only native support for USB3 but it also utilizes it in an optimized way.... No need to install drivers.

Does that mean I should uninstall the manufacturers' USB 3.0 drivers I installed on my computer? The standard Microsoft ones work, but you're saying the Microsoft ones will be faster?

iTile · Nov 16, 2012

The Von Matrices said:
Does that mean I should uninstall the manufacturers' USB 3.0 drivers I installed on my computer? The standard Microsoft ones work, but you're saying the Microsoft ones will be faster?

I don't know, but i'm certain that my win 8 didn't even detect the USB 3.0 ports on my motherboard. had the OS running for 2 days, and the ports still didn't work, even trying to install through windows update it didn't pick it up. So i had to look for my drivers, since it never completes the download from the MSI site, for those specific drivers..

System Name	Tower of Power / Delliverance
Processor	i7 14700K / i9-14900K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z690-A Gaming WiFi D4 / Z690
Cooling	CM MasterLiquid ML360 Mirror ARGB Close-Loop AIO / Air
Memory	CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600 / DDR5 2x 16gb
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti / GeForce RTX 4080
Storage	4x Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2, 2x Crucial 1TB SSD / NVM3 PC801 SK hynix 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 32" Odyssy G5 Gaming 144hz 1440p, 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k / 2x LG HDR 32" 60hz 4k
Case	Phantek "400A" / Dell XPS 8960
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC4080 / Sound Blaster X1
Power Supply	Corsair RM Series RM750 / 750w
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3 Hyperspeed Wireless / Glorious Gaming Model O 2 Wireless
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK with box-white switches / Keychron K6 pro with blue swithes
VR HMD	Quest 3 (512gb) + Rift S + HTC Vive + DK1
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Blue Beast 2.0
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER
Cooling	EK EK-AIO 360 D-RGB
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra Gaming Hybrid
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 520 500GB NVME, Western Digital SN750 1TB NVME, Western Digital SN850 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC AG271QG, Dell UltraSharp U2414H
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic - Black
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DGX PCI-E 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G502 HERO
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe MK.2 Cherry MX Silent
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64bit

System Name	Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor	2500K / 6600K
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	TheMailbox 5.0 / The Mailbox 4.5
Processor	RYZEN 1700X / Intel i7 2600k @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard	Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 / Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH Intel LGA 1155
Cooling	MasterLiquid PRO 280 / Scythe Katana 4
Memory	ADATA RGB 16GB DDR4 2666 16-16-16-39 / G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB DDR3 1866: 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	MSI 1080 "Duke" with 8Gb of RAM. Boost Clock 1847 MHz / ASUS 780ti
Storage	256Gb M4 SSD / 128Gb Agelity 4 SSD , 500Gb WD (7200)
Display(s)	LG 29" Class 21:9 UltraWide® IPS LED Monitor 2560 x 1080 / Dell 27"
Case	Cooler Master MASTERBOX 5t / Cooler Master 922 HAF
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec / SupremeFX X-Fi with Bose Companion 2 speakers.
Power Supply	Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-750PX 750W Platinum / SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold
Mouse	SteelSeries Sensei (RAW) / Logitech G5
Keyboard	Razer BlackWidow / Logitech (Unknown)
Software	Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Benchmark Scores	Benching is for bitches.

System Name	Blue Beast 2.0
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER
Cooling	EK EK-AIO 360 D-RGB
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ultra Gaming Hybrid
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 520 500GB NVME, Western Digital SN750 1TB NVME, Western Digital SN850 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC AG271QG, Dell UltraSharp U2414H
Case	Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic - Black
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DGX PCI-E 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G502 HERO
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe MK.2 Cherry MX Silent
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Windows 8 Clubhouse

Mindweaver

Moderato®™

Dos101

Crap Daddy

erixx

Drone

TheMailMan78

Big Member

Dos101

TRWOV

Drone

erixx

TRWOV

MightyMission

TotalChaos

TheMailMan78

Big Member

Drone

phanbuey

TRWOV

erixx

iTile

iTile

erixx

iTile

Drone

The Von Matrices

iTile

System Name	Dell-y Driver
Processor	Core i5-10400
Motherboard	Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling	Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory	2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	UHD 630
Storage	1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Dell 220w
Software	Windows 10 64bit

System Name	Prodigy
Processor	i5 2500K
Motherboard	AsRock Z77e-ITX
Cooling	Liquid
Memory	2x4GB Samsung LV
Video Card(s)	Zotac GTX 680
Storage	OCZ M-SATA 120GB SSD/OCZ Petrol 120GB SSD/Intenso 240GB SSD/500GB Seagate HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 32" HDTV
Case	BitFenix Prodigy
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ Elite 500w

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-6100
Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX
Cooling	Fans:1x120mm, 2x140mm
Memory	16GB Hyper-X DDR III 1866 9-11-9-27-1T
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6950 2GB x 2
Storage	Kingston V200+ 128GB SSD + OCZ Petrol 64GB SSD + WDB 500GB + WDB 640GB + WDB 750GB
Display(s)	Asus PA238QR IPS @ 1920x1080
Case	Lancool
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Software	Windows 8 Pro X64

System Name	Stress Less
Processor	9800X3D @ 5.42GHZ
Motherboard	MSI B650 PRO Wifi
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO
Memory	64GB DDR5 6000 CL28
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 FE
Storage	2TB WD SN850, 4TB WD SN850X
Display(s)	Alienware 32" 4k 240hz OLED
Case	Jonsbo Z20
Audio Device(s)	Yes
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	DeathadderV2 X Hyperspeed
Keyboard	65% HE Keyboard
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	They're pretty good, nothing crazy.

System Name	wutLulz
Processor	AMD FX8350 @ 4.0 Ghz
Motherboard	MSI 990FXA-G65
Cooling	Corsair H100i Push Pull
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum @1600Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI R9 290 4GB OC Gaming Edition
Storage	WD Caviar Black 1Tb
Display(s)	ASUS VG248QE @144hz
Case	NZXT Phantom White
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX PCie
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i

System Name	My Surround PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX X670E-F
Cooling	Swiftech MCP35X / EK Quantum CPU / Alphacool GPU / XSPC 480mm w/ Corsair Fans
Memory	96GB (2 x 48 GB) G.Skill DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24GB
Storage	WD SN850 2TB, Samsung PM981a 1TB, 4 x 4TB + 1 x 10TB HGST NAS HDD for Windows Storage Spaces
Display(s)	2 x Viotek GFI27QXA 27" 4K 120Hz + LG UH850 4K 60Hz + HMD
Case	NZXT Source 530
Audio Device(s)	Sony MDR-7506 / Logitech Z-5500 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x 1 kW
Mouse	Patriot Viper V560
Keyboard	Corsair K100
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Mellanox ConnectX-3 10 Gb/s Fiber Network Card