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[torrentthief]

Hi guys, i'm thinking about upgrading to Win8 soon. Which applications do you have that don't fully work on windows 8? Please write your application and which things don't work.

Please don't write apps that do work otherwise this thread will get very long.

thanks.

[devBrian]

From what I've heard, there's practically nothing that doesn't run fine in Windows 8, outside of 16 bit apps in x64, obviously.

[azspeedbullet]

max payne 3 and la noire dont work in windows 8

[devBrian]

azspeedbullet, on 06 August 2012 - 11:16, said:

max payne 3 and la noire dont work in windows 8

Sure you're not pirating, mate? I have both games and they both are running perfectly fine for me, Windows 8 Pro RTM x64

[Arkos Reed]

devBrian, on 06 August 2012 - 11:18, said:

Sure you're not pirating, mate?  I have both games and they both are running perfectly fine for me, Windows 8 Pro RTM x64

Says another type of pirate

[devBrian]

Arkos Reed, on 06 August 2012 - 11:31, said:

Says another type of pirate

Hey, I'll be activating with my BizSpark key when the time comes.

[+jamieakers]

devBrian, on 06 August 2012 - 11:18, said:

Sure you're not pirating, mate? I have both games and they both are running perfectly fine for me, Windows 8 Pro RTM x64

I have LA Noire via Steam and I can confirm that it doesn't work on Windows 8 Pro x64 RP. As for RTM, well I will let you know when it's actually released!!!

[Sheza]

Arkos Reed, on 06 August 2012 - 11:31, said:

Says another type of pirate

It's not pirating until you activate it without paying for a key

[devBrian]

jamieakers, on 06 August 2012 - 11:40, said:

I have LA Noire via Steam and I can confirm that it doesn't work on Windows 8 Pro x64 RP. As for RTM, well I will let you know when it's actually released!!!

I'm guessing it has more to do with driver issues than actual incompatibility.

[BajiRav]

This is all from RP but I guess it is still same in RTM because they haven't been updated.
Zune. Wifi sync with Windows Phone is sadly broken.
Live Mesh. Remote connections don't work
Flash. Terrible performance. Although might have to do with the ATI driver (or rather lack of it for my 4850).
Skype. Extreme CPU spikes during video calls.

[Ross Alexander]

http://www.microsoft...mpatCenter/Home

That might help you guys find out if apps work or not.

I've not had any trouble with any application or game not working.

[SirEvan]

avast! doesn't seem to work. Tried installing it, while it installed, the UI would never come up. each time i double clicked the icon, i would hear it starting, but gui never came up, and when i tried to right click and scan something, it would say that the UI wasn't loaded.

[ahhell]

I did an upgrade on my Win 7 machine. The only thing that the installer suggested that I remove before the upgrade was Live Essentials. Everything worked after the upgrade (Steam, games, browsers, etc). Even all my file sharing still worked. I couldn't be happier.

[x-byte]

Having trouble with Minecraft. Either crawls after a while or crashes. Seems to be Java related.

[+devHead]

SirEvan, on 17 August 2012 - 17:45, said:

avast! doesn't seem to work. Tried installing it, while it installed, the UI would never come up. each time i double clicked the icon, i would hear it starting, but gui never came up, and when i tried to right click and scan something, it would say that the UI wasn't loaded.

Don't install a second antivirus program in Windows 8. Actually, you shouldn't really need 2 antivirus programs in any OS. Windows 8 comes with Defender built in.

For me, BeJeweled 3 doesn't run at all. It installs fine, but when I click the icon I see the wait cursor briefly, then nothing. Trying it in Compatibility mode for Windows 7 doesn't work either. No combination of things allows it to run at all.