Microsoft Windows 8.1 Is Now Available

Ravenas · Oct 18, 2013

Easy Rhino said:
incorrect. microsoft is developing a business friendly interface for Windows 9.

Microsoft hasn't given any information in regards to metro interfaces changes or desktop changes for Windows 9. Your argument is solely based on suiting your needs and what you want to see.

FordGT90Concept · Oct 18, 2013

Prima.Vera said:
So why isn't this called simply Win 8 SP1??

Because Microsoft is being silly. Windows 8.1 is Windows NT 6.3, ya know.

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 18, 2013

Ahhzz said:
Not to stress, Brandon, and thanks for the assist, but it doesn't seem to want to let me login...

Tried it too, wont log in.

xvi · Oct 18, 2013

tigger said:
Tried it too, wont log in.

Tried three, got message saying "The free version only allows 5 users logged in at a time". I suspect that's the issue.

Easy Rhino · Oct 18, 2013

Ravenas said:
Microsoft hasn't given any information in regards to metro interfaces changes or desktop changes for Windows 9. Your argument is solely based on suiting your needs and what you want to see.

actually, i know several people who work in development at microsoft and it is not a big secret in the IT community that windows 9 will be business friendly...

brandonwh64 · Oct 18, 2013

Sorry guys, Just realized I have the personal edition of xlight which only allows 5 users to be connected at one time. If anyone knows of a easy free ftp server that allows more users at a time I will set one up under that.

*edit*

FIXED

Ok I got the second FTP up and going! I used Quick N Easy FTp server lite and it has a max connections of 50 set.

Frick · Oct 18, 2013

Easy Rhino said:
actually, i know several people who work in development at microsoft and it is not a big secret in the IT community that windows 9 will be business friendly...

And what exactly do you mean with business friendly? Are you saying businneses (?) will use tablets more, or are you saying they will ship Office with every Windows copy or what? Also Windows Everywhere isn't going anywhere, unless the next CEO does a proper ninja backflip and burns every single thing MS has done the past 3 years or so to the ground. Which probably will not happen.

Also, you do not know people working at MS. You'd sooner kill yourself. :laugh:

xvi · Oct 18, 2013

brandonwh64 said:
Sorry guys, Just realized I have the personal edition of xlight which only allows 5 users to be connected at one time. If anyone knows of a easy free ftp server that allows more users at a time I will set one up under that.

Maybe give this one a try? Make sure to go under general settings and change max connections.

Edit: It's buggier than I remember. FileZilla maybe?

Ahhzz · Oct 18, 2013

brandonwh64 said:
Sorry guys, Just realized I have the personal edition of xlight which only allows 5 users to be connected at one time. If anyone knows of a easy free ftp server that allows more users at a time I will set one up under that.

No worries, thanks for the support

brandonwh64 · Oct 18, 2013

xvi said:
Maybe give this one a try? Make sure to go under general settings and change max connections.

Edit: It's buggier than I remember. FileZilla maybe?

Hell yea man! I have a secondary FTP server up with details below!!

ftp://205.144.212.5:22/

User: tpuuser
Pass: tpu

*EDIT*

Fixed! Ok I got the second FTP up and going! I used Quick N Easy FTp server lite and it has a max connections of 50 set.

xvi · Oct 18, 2013

brandonwh64 said:
Ok having issues. It will allow users to connect to the folder but when you click to download it craps out

Might have to try FileZilla Server. Haven't played with it as much since I prefer lightweight servers (in this case, excessively lightweight). FileZilla should be rather stable.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Oct 18, 2013

has the windows experience index test been removed from 8.1 its not available for use in the system section of control panel anymore here??

xvi · Oct 18, 2013

theoneandonlymrk said:
has the windows experience index test been removed from 8.1 its not available for use in the system section of control panel anymore here??

Had to go check, but it is indeed gone. How am I going to know which apps from the Windows Store my computer can handle?!

Ravenas · Oct 18, 2013

Easy Rhino said:
actually, i know several people who work in development at microsoft and it is not a big secret in the IT community that windows 9 will be business friendly...

http://betanews.com/2013/10/08/5-re...w-away-ipads-for-a-mobile-business-workforce/

Proof not talk.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Oct 18, 2013

xvi said:
Had to go check, but it is indeed gone. How am I going to know which apps from the Windows Store my computer can handle?!http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/willy_nilly.gif

well its not that big a deal i agree but i did ponder if there was a noticable gain there with 8.1 but hey no probs ive sisoft sandra to call on :toast:

TheOne · Oct 18, 2013

theoneandonlymrk said:
has the windows experience index test been removed from 8.1 its not available for use in the system section of control panel anymore here??

It was removed from System properties, but the test can still be run through an admin cmd prompt.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chad/archive/2012/11/12/run-winsat-without-the-gui.aspx
http://www.intowindows.com/get-windows-experience-index-wei-score-in-windows-8-1/

Easy Rhino · Oct 18, 2013

Ravenas said:
http://betanews.com/2013/10/08/5-re...w-away-ipads-for-a-mobile-business-workforce/

Proof not talk.

how is this at all relevant? it is an article about how the surface is better for business than the ipad... ok....

Ravenas · Oct 18, 2013

Easy Rhino said:
how is this at all relevant? it is an article about how the surface is better for business than the ipad... ok....

Surface comes with Windows 8. You said Windows 8 isn't good for business. Thus, you are now agreeing that it is obvious that Surface is good for business, and that logically means you believe Windows 8 is as well.

Besides that read the whole article before you get locked in a anti Windows 8 rant again.

GSG-9 · Oct 18, 2013

Ravenas said:
Surface comes with Windows 8. You said Windows 8 isn't good for business. Thus, you are now agreeing that it is obvious that Surface is good for business, and that logically means you believe Windows 8 is as well.

Besides that read the whole article before you get locked in a anti Windows 8 rant again.

This conversation is ridiculous. The world used to do business on palm pilots. Just because they were better than using a pager does NOT mean they were 'good for business'.

Windows 8 was targeting/designed for non business use, it is targeting the market that has been slipping to OSX/iOS devices. Rhino is claiming Windows 9 is going to target business users.

Easy Rhino · Oct 18, 2013

Ravenas said:
Surface comes with Windows 8. You said Windows 8 isn't good for business. Thus, you are now agreeing that it is obvious that Surface is good for business, and that logically means you believe Windows 8 is as well.

Besides that read the whole article before you get locked in a anti Windows 8 rant again.

dude, you gotta take your meds or we won't be able to discuss this.

i am not anti-windows 8. it is a better OS than windows 7. i am anti-metro. i do not like it for personal computing and i do not like it at work. the metro UI is way too big of a change from windows 7 and it is scaring away businesses from buying it. it would require training users on how to find the programs they most commonly use to do work. that costs money.

now, the article you posted only shows that the metro ui is better for business when is it on a tablet than OSX is for ipad. that doesn't mean metro is not a business friendly UI for desktop workers...

Ravenas · Oct 18, 2013

GSG-9 said:
Windows 8 was targeting/designed for non business use, it is targeting the market that has been slipping to OSX/iOS devices. Rhino is claiming Windows 9 is going to target business users.

How is it a non-business friendly OS?

Easy Rhino said:
dude, you gotta take your meds or we won't be able to discuss this.

i am not anti-windows 8. it is a better OS than windows 7. i am anti-metro. i do not like it for personal computing and i do not like it at work. the metro UI is way too big of a change from windows 7 and it is scaring away businesses from buying it. it would require training users on how to find the programs they most commonly use to do work. that costs money.

now, the article you posted only shows that the metro ui is better for business when is it on a tablet than OSX is for ipad. that doesn't mean metro is not a business friendly UI for desktop workers...

Oh businesses have to spend money to train their workers? I can't remember the last time that happened. We better claim that Windows 8 is a failure now. Everyone run!!! Windows 8 is coming!!!

FX-GMC · Oct 18, 2013

Easy Rhino said:
dude, you gotta take your meds or we won't be able to discuss this.

i am not anti-windows 8. it is a better OS than windows 7. i am anti-metro. i do not like it for personal computing and i do not like it at work. the metro UI is way too big of a change from windows 7 and it is scaring away businesses from buying it. it would require training users on how to find the programs they most commonly use to do work. that costs money.

now, the article you posted only shows that the metro ui is better for business when is it on a tablet than OSX is for ipad. that doesn't mean metro is not a business friendly UI for desktop workers...

If they can figure it out on a tablet, they should be able to figure it out on a PC. Also, what does OS X have to do with any of it?

GSG-9 · Oct 18, 2013

Ravenas said:
How is it a non-business friendly OS?

Rhino went over that

Business has overhead, security policies to build, tech support to run them, and every employee to onboard.
The cost of change is staggering.

It is not a flaw in Windows 8, it is a reality of corporate culture.

Ravenas · Oct 18, 2013

GSG-9 said:
Rhino went over that

Business has overhead, security policies to build, tech support to run them, and every employee to onboard.
The cost of change is staggering.

It is not a flaw in Windows 8, it is a reality of corporate culture.

You better stay off Delta flights then, they just ordered 11,000 Surface tablets equipped with Windows 8... The cost of change is going to be staggering for Delta... Your arguments are so ridiculous.

FX-GMC · Oct 18, 2013

Ravenas said:
You better stay off Delta flights then, they just ordered 11,000 Surface tablets equipped with Windows 8... The cost of change is going to be staggering for Delta... Your arguments are so ridiculous.

His arguments are valid. It's naive to think that every business will have the same experience with adding Windows 8 to their environment.

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