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[quote who="Island Dog" reply="17" id="2998914"]You really don't need that, the desktop and the "Aero" look are still present under Metro. [/quote] But you do if you want the Start Menu (or at least if you want it to be reached via the Start Button).
The first episode of season two of Friendship is Magic is out, and it is very good. And Discord is Q.
[quote who="Uvah" reply="39" id="2997342"]To reply 13...if the laptop HD is removed from the old one you're saying I can put it in an enclosure and use that as another external drive? That would very interesting.[/quote] Yes. Currently my parents are using such a set up for their backup drive.
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="16" id="2997151"]@Gwenno1 I have no idea what a virtual machine means in this context. I thought win 7 was backwards compatable re running Xp applications (oblivion). Is not? better with one of these virtually Xp machines? Oh, are these emulators, like the old Windows-soft (soft-windows?), that allowed one to run a PC based program on an apple/mac?[/quote] It is backwards compatible (for the most part, and the things that ar
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Metro is more of an alternate desktop than an alternate start menu/taskbar. Preferable a desktop from which you access all others and should include the ability to create virtual traditional desktops that have access to the Windows 7 Start Menu.
[quote who="kona0197" reply="13" id="2996926"]He does not need an enclosure. Just a special cable. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812156014[/quote] That has already been mentioned, I am pointing out other options for consideration. An enclosure is good as then the drive can be used as an external drive.
[quote who="kona0197" reply="9" id="2996906"]I've read reviews from many reputable sources that state MSE has a slow detection engine.[/quote] From my reading it is just the on demand scans that are slow and not so much the real time scans.
[quote who="Uvah" reply="4" id="2996899"]Thanks Doc. That's what I wanted to know. Now...if I can move everything from that drive to this one. That'll be great.[/quote] http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=92&name=External-Enclosures
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[quote who="kryo" reply="62" id="2996893"]I can't even think of a single game that requires DX10 currently, so I don't think there's much risk of that any time soon.[/quote] Not yet, but by the end of the year there should be. -------------------- Start Menu > Metro. The only reason to have Metro on a non-mobile device is to use programs made for mobile devices. It should not be forced upon people.
[quote who="jackswift85" reply="47" id="2996878"]As much as I love SotS, I really hate the way certain random events are implemented, especially the Von Neumann. I wouldn't say the balance of the game is better, the notorious "sadorandomizer" of SotS does anything but balance the game. The humans may get stuck because some node lines don't form, you may be stuck in a corner of the galaxy with no inhabitable planets, you might get asteroids and von neumanns showing up with no warn
[quote who="Nikitosina" reply="39" id="2996577"]Random events = random game. Do we need random and unbalanced game?[/quote] What are you talking about? Clearly you must have a lack of experience with random events and need to play Sword of the Stars with randoms set to 200%. The balance of the game is better that way than without randoms.
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="18" id="2996635"]So Dosbox will work in Windows 8 with 16 bit games? Best regards, Steven.[/quote] If it does not at first then its developers will likely make it work.
[quote who="StevenAus" reply="16" id="2996632"]However the 16 bit subsystem is going bye-bye AFAIK, so Gog.com will have to rewrite all its older games to be compatible with Windows 8. Best regards, Steven.[/quote] DosBox.
[quote who="Philly0381" reply="10" id="2996275"]also us a firewall, either software or hardware. [/quote] Both would be good, if the software one can have application based policies, as they have different strengths.
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="9" id="2996267"]Thanks all. BTW, meant to ask, A) what about partitioning the 2TB drive? IS there any advantage to, say into three partitions? partition one> witcher 2 (and other games that when i finish, i uninstall), partition two > Elemental, Fallen enchantress (leaving space games on other PC - galciv -sword of the stars, etc) partition three> oblivion and skyrim
On the topic of backup software, the four major ones to consider are Norton Ghost (only included because it is one of the most prominent), Shadow Protect Desktop, Acronis True Image, and Paragon Hard Disc Manager. Backup software is very important, so it is very worthwhile to research it properly. Since if you ever need the backup it is likely too late to go back it must never fail; reliablity is the most important feature. I use Paragon Hard Disc Manager, which has proven v
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Is Comodo Defense+ installed as part of the AV and active?
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[quote who="unacomn" reply="3" id="2994988"]Although that last bit has been bothering me. So far, I've only had one HDD fail on me, after about 4 years of constant use, and it was already used when I got it. Now, everywhere I look in the comments for an HDD, all I see is "had bad sectors, returned it, other one was broken as well". All I can think of now is "what would happen if the whole archive goes dead over night". I've had nightmares about stuff like this in the past, ever since
[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="8" id="2992852"]Hm... those videos... are not the best they have I hope.[/quote] It is not finished yet. For instance ground combat will be in the final game but is totally missing in the videos.
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[quote who="Goontrooper" reply="21" id="2991833"]I wouldn't really put that Dragon Commander game anywhere near this category. Looks like more like an action game / RTS.[/quote] It is turn based at the strategic level.
[quote who="flymar" reply="10" id="2991526"]One more thing about W7. For a few months running it never hard freezed on me. Ctrl+Alt+Del always works![/quote] It can freeze up, but it takes something really serious to cause it.
[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="9" id="2991210"]@doc yes, the xp mode looks interesting...definitely warrants research.. thanks ... [/quote] If you want to be able to run XP apps in a real XP enviorment, you are better off installing XP into another Virtual Machine or using VMWare Player to run XP Mode instead of Virtual PC. Cause Virtual PC is not that good compared to say VirtualBox.
[quote who="flymar" reply="8" id="2991135"]Crappy things - New Quick launch bar is now mixed with taskbar - and I can't use it effectively (in XP I've had bout 20 different shortcuts there with autohiding taskbar). We still live in 32 bit world so some old application wouldn't work and there's no 'stable' Flash player for 64 bit IE (but I encountered the problem once or twice only.[/quote] You can create your own quick launch like menus. See Toolbars
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[quote who="Campaigner" reply="15" id="2991308"]Never heard of Dragon Commander.[/quote] https://forums.stardock.com/411194
