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The fun thing to see is what happens when XP support is dropped. That might trigger a whole load of upgrades and I don't think 9 will be available yet at that point.

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[quote who="moshi" reply="395" id="3303912"]a government agency is not a corporation.[/quote] Technically true but they receive money to do a job, just like corporations.

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[quote who="petrossa" reply="392" id="3303898"]Quoting Savyg, reply 390 Yeah, big 'corporation' the DoD. Also known for it's business acumen and the need to pinch every penny tot urn a profit. Also known for their 20.000$ hammers. How to spend your money wisely is their motto [/quote] ...and needs the most secure and usable options available. Look at the FBI. How much money have they thrown away trying several times to develop a custom i

Reply to Anyone Running The New UEFI Bios? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="petrossa" reply="24" id="3303895"]Buy a dell laptop[/quote] That is extremely unlikely. The other free option would be installing Linux versions that already work with it, or ones that will soon enough.

Reply to Who the hell signed off Windows 8 at Microsoft?? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="387" id="3303717"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems Yes....looks like Win8 might be as significant/important to the World's OS usage as..... ....Linux. To rephrase the OP ....who the hell cares that win8 was signed off?....[/quote] The Christmas sales haven't even factored in yet. Very doubtful those numbers will be the same next month. Plus the DoD deal just no

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[quote who="winstar4" reply="378" id="3303649"]http://www.thewindowsclub.com/force-full-shutdown-fully-reinitialize-windows-8[/quote] The answer is, in a way – Yes! But Windows 8, will reinitialize itself automatically whenever needed and whenever a system or hardware change is effected - and whenever it is required. Force Windows 8 to shutdown fully But there may be times where you may want to perform a complete shutdown manually. For instan

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[quote who="winstar4" reply="376" id="3303639"] 2.) Windows 8 by default does not "shut down" when you click shut down, but rather is hibernated. This is done to enhance a faster boot. The faster boot option can be turned on or off in control panel power options, or manually overrode. Full explanation can be found here: [/quote] It isn't full hibernation. It shuts off all applications and hibernates the OS only. No idea why you'd want to disable t

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[quote who="harpo99999" reply="371" id="3303610"]Just to add some MORE fuel to the fire, winRT is for the ARM processor family, NOT the intel i-x86 family and can not run on the intels, BUT the win32 & win64 CAN harpo[/quote] That's Windows RT, not WinRT. WinRT apps run on x86 perfectly fine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_RunTime

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[quote who="petrossa" reply="17" id="3303540"]I am not running a bank, i am running a personal computer with some music and stuff. If i want to secure my computer i prefer to do so in a way that is convenient to me, not to OS vendors to lock me out. Anyhow, why should i have to 99$ to unlock my own computer? Whose idiotic idea is that. Let me guess, not the public. [/quote] You mean the free options like disabling Secure Boot aren't good enough for you?

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[quote who="petrossa" reply="12" id="3291577"]Well, as long as you can disable it on your mobo it can do no harm. But if you want to for example double boot linux and windows you are in trouble. Best stay away from it, it gives MS way too much control over YOUR computer. [/quote] Yes, lets not secure our computers at all because someone might be inconvenienced. Stay away from it if you're a Linux type? Sure, if you can't use the already working methods. Any

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[quote quoting="post"] I have an MSI MOBO which sports the new UEFI BIOS. I wondered how many others have it now?[/quote] UEFI is not BIOS. It's a replacement for BIOS. I will not buy another BIOS machine in my life. I had UEFI on my DX58SO but I had to replace that horribly designed pile of...motherboard.

Reply to BitDefender AV Free in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Mind you it was Japanese software so I'm not expecting everyone to have the same results, but it flagged and deleted some false positives on my sys. I don't think I'll be using it again. I like Bitdefender as far as performance and coverage, but it can give you some averse affects (I was using Raxcos PerfectAntivirus for a bit, which was Bitdefender 2012 rebadged.)

Reply to Who the hell signed off Windows 8 at Microsoft?? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Geebus you guys talk too much ;) I don't even know what page I was on when I was last here. With regards to WinRT at least, of course it's going to replace Win32 (not sunset it, but replace it for the majority of development.) But it's ridiculous to think that the feature set of WinRT today will be the same in a few years, it's a new platform. Is .NET 4.5 the same as 1.0? Heh.<

Reply to I have a question...How long will it take for HTML5 to replace Flash. in Internet Stardock Forums

Seems more like Mac and Linux users are the only ones who care. I use Flash because it works great, not because I really care one way or the other about it.

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[quote who="petrossa" reply="287" id="3300406"]I must admit to having watched it without sound. Couldn't find my headphones and my wife hates english. So he talks. Must listen to it when i find where i put my headphones. But tnx, Starkers, for your insightful rebuttal of his very good points. Doesn't really stack up, but still a nice try. for effort.[/quote] I only watched seven minutes of it and he was already so full of shit I could smell it from

Reply to Riddle Me This, Windows 8 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="kona0197" reply="45" id="3280758"]I know. I have a Hotmail account. I just don't use it. I prefer Gmail. It's the fact that MS wants to tie people into using a Live account that bothers me. Oh and I'll bet going to start and all programs and selecting another app in Windows 7 is still faster than switching to Metro. [/quote] It's not a Live account. It's an MS account. You can use Passport to tie it to a Gmail account, with no MS

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[quote who="kona0197" reply="42" id="3280734"] How does that work for those that do not choose to run Stardock software.? Yet while using an app Windows 7 is much faster for launching a new app. No "Metro" to switch to first. Exactly. Some of us use a better service called Gmail. [/quote] Fantastic. So, that's great and faster if you only ever open those eight apps. Full of junk directories and uninstall links and readme links and tiny litt

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I have yet to use any of these supposedly necessary Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts. I still use alt-tab, just like in 7.

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You missed a few... I'm not a huge fan of Betanews anymore but this one makes some good points (some of which I've already made more than a few times.) http://betanews.com/2012/11/18/windows-8-is-not-a-failure/ Features like improved security, reset and refresh, support for UEFI, secure boot, better multi-monitor support, file history, storage spaces or hybrid boot are n

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[quote who="Wizard1956" reply="21" id="3280307"]millions who still use XP are PC illiterate [/quote] That's true.

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[e digicons]>_>[/e] I would say the same about this forum sometimes, and yet I keep coming back

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Give a guy some karma for actually being on topic ;) (kiddin. Y'all need to listen to Orbital - Acid Pants now)

Reply to Riddle Me This, Windows 8 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"] Okay, I have been using OS's long enough to be an expert. Unfortunately, the company I know and at some point I swear I trusted them, took all the stuff I knew and threw it out of windows. So, basically all that useless information I was learning while other kids were going outside and playing with each other is slightly more useless than before I got Windows 8. Now, I am trying to give the new OS and change in general a fair shot, but gosh darn

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[quote who="starkers" reply="142" id="3279544"]And with Start8, the final release is pretty damned good. [/quote] It's also pretty damn good without it (but you knew I'd say that, so hey.) I must go hunt and gather some sort of freezer food. RAWR.

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[quote who="Skillet98" reply="138" id="3279059"]I used the public preview release for a good 6 months after it was released. Nobody can tell me that I didn't give it a shot.[/quote] Which? There were three. The first two were pretty broken. (The third was only a little broken.)