Windows 8 Consumer Preview Discussion

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crashguy

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Sorry ignore that. i finally worked out how to do so, it was just a weird way to do it... for those, who may want to know, you need to go into the people application, then click to add a service 'connected to' in the bottom right, add a new account there, and it shows up in mail. Seems like a weird way to do it, but hopefully this is just a consumer preview thing.

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I can't, for the life of me, figure out how I can change the microsoft account for the 'People' area, no matter where I look, I just can't find it. Does anyone have any idea where it is?

Very bottom right of the screen, tiny "Connected To" link

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crashguy

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I can't, for the life of me, figure out how I can change the microsoft account for the 'People' area, no matter where I look, I just can't find it. Does anyone have any idea where it is?

Can you explain what you mean? down the bottom right of the People application there's a bunch of icons saying 'connected to' maybe this is what you're looking for? also if you go to the next control panel (mouse down to the bottom right, scrolling up and click settings, then 'More pc settings' at the bottom, and go to users. Maybe this could also be what you mean?

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justmike

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This may be a silly question, but can someone explain how to add a second email account to mail? i can't see an option, and it doesn't show up when you right click to bring up the action menu at the bottom. Thanks in advance :-)

I had the same problem in Metro mail. Open Metro mail then open the charm bar on the right, then settings / account / add..

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Som

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anyone else have a problem where you open a document in reader and there is no back button to open another document, am i missing something here cause i feel dumb :-(

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ah i found it, you have to right click and select open in the menu on the bottom right, i'm becoming a metro hater ha

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Gio Takahashi

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Very bottom right of the screen, tiny "Connected To" link

Yes. Connected to "M" which is for Microsoft Account. If Iclick it, it just brings up "add to account", but no way to change the account.

Basically, what I'm saying is I used a wrong microsoft account for the messenger/people area, and I want to delete this account and use a different microsoft account.

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Am_I_Evil

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Sure your RAM / HDD are ok ?

How do you know its been corrupt? Are you checking the HASH ?

tried another harddrive...checked HASH...still wrong...i wasn't checking originally but after 3 or 4 installs erroring and saying corrupt i figured i should start checking...

Grand Master

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Your downloading it direct from MS servers ?

Checking HASH before burning / copying to USB ?

Suppose you could try resetting your router, bit weird so many would be corrupt - I would try a MemCheck or use the Online Web Installer version ?

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Yes. Connected to "M" which is for Microsoft Account. If Iclick it, it just brings up "add to account", but no way to change the account.

Basically, what I'm saying is I used a wrong microsoft account for the messenger/people area, and I want to delete this account and use a different microsoft account.

Try adding a new one before it lets you remove the old ?

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crashguy

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Yes. Connected to "M" which is for Microsoft Account. If Iclick it, it just brings up "add to account", but no way to change the account.

Basically, what I'm saying is I used a wrong microsoft account for the messenger/people area, and I want to delete this account and use a different microsoft account.

go to the next control panel (mouse down to the bottom right, scrolling up and click settings, then 'More pc settings' at the bottom, and go to users

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PGHammer

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Something that I think is new... but WordPad can now open & save Office & OpenDocument formats.

Not new in the case of Word format - WordPad has been compatible with Word documents from its inception (with Windows 9x/NT4, replacing Write); however, the ODF format support is.

Damn that is another way to do so! i feel stupid now lol

One quibble - it supports GMail, but not standard POP3 (ISP-based or equivalent) e-mail accounts, or Yahoo Mail.

However, I'm stating right off that it's a quibble - Outlook 2010 remains my primary mail client.

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BajiRav

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Not new in the case of Word format - WordPad has been compatible with Word documents from its inception (with Windows 9x/NT4, replacing Write); however, the ODF format support is.

One quibble - it supports GMail, but not standard POP3 (ISP-based or equivalent) e-mail accounts, or Yahoo Mail.

However, I'm stating right off that it's a quibble - Outlook 2010 remains my primary mail client.

ODF was introduced in Windows 7. It's not new in 8.

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ViperAFK

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Major negative points:

1: With multiple monitors, it's crazy to use this stuff. I just want to pin a HTML5 app on the 2nd monitor, but it won't let me. Unless I set it as my main-taskbar, which will make everything crazy to work with :)

2: On a desktop PC with huge monitors, Metro is useless. It really is. I want to like it, but it doesn't offer me anything useful. The fullscreen apps are frustating to use on this big setup, the options what to do with the apps are very limited.

3: It might be cool to show the startscreen on the second monitor, and pin an app next to it. Then it can give you information and stuff like that, which isn't as useless as it is now. However, this is impossible in Windows 8 so far.

4: When I press escape, the HTMl5 apps will not close. You need to do all kinds of stuff with your mouse, which basicly sucks.

5: The UI is very inconsistent. When you press the WIFI icon in the right corner for example, a huge ugly bar comes up with the options to select on top of it :) Who makes this stuff? Damn..

6: It doesn't make any sense to remove the old start-menu. Desktop people will work on the desktop for like 100% of the time. The Startscreen on a desktop, as it is implented right now, is the most stupid thing Microsoft released in their entire existence. It's horrible to use on a bug monitor with your mouse and keyboard. The app-pining is confusing and just much slower to use then a normal startmenu.

Positive points:

1: Windows 8 uses much less resources

2: The boot-up time is excellent

3: Explorer is much nicer

4: Dualscreen support is better then it was in Windows 7

Conclusion:

What the hell Microsoft? For tablets, Windows 8 is a great experience, I'm sure of that. But to force this Metro startscreen with all the horrors to normal desktop-users like me, will be the biggest mistake the company ever made. I can't see that someone will actually use this Metro app-stuff on a big screen-desktop PC. 9/10 times we don't actually want a fullscreen app, it's stupid on a big monitor! The mail client for example is nice for a tablet, but come on. On a desktop, it's crap to use. It doesn't make any sense! And with a second monitor, you can't use any of these apps, which makes it even worse, because the only possible reason to use them will involve a second monitor.

Agree. There's a few nice improvements, but overall why the hell would I use this over win7 on the desktop? it doesn't bring enough to the table. I generally upgrade to every new version of windows, I upgraded to vista on release and liked it. This... I think I'll stay with win7. Its not that win8 looks BAD, its that most of the new features are useless for a desktop.

Also I do tech support and things like the invisible start button, and redundant settings dialogue's ect... is going to be a ****ing nightmare. I can't wait to deal with hopeless people trying to switch between the classic and metro screens. Have you ever tried getting some of these people to drag windows, use gestures, or keyboard shortcuts? *shudders*

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AWilliams87

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Can I just say that I have nothing agianst metro at all, in fact I think it's a great idea for Tablet and Touch interfaces. However, what I have issues with is how it seems to have unnecessarily impacted the desktop side. Doing simple tasks with the mouse is downright painful - I hate having to bring up the "charm bar" just to go into Control panel or shut my computer down. Bringing up the start screen is equally a pain - and this is before I get to the issue of the start screen itself. I get the idea, have your apps as easy to access as possible, but the start menu did a alot more than that with regards to PC settings, opening your computer (and no icon on the desktop as default, how exactly were MS hoping people would access it?) and more besides.

I read the Win8 developer blog and admit that I agreed with most of what they said about the design changes, but having tried to use it myself, I'm sorry to say that I'm really dreading Windows 8 now.

The vast majority of consumers don't use the control panel. If you need to shut your laptop down, what's wrong with using the power button?

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djdanster

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Now, who's ridiculous idea was it to limit the music, video and xbox companion to the US, Japan, France and Germany? I can't even add my own music collection into the music app!!! Bloody stupid!

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AWilliams87

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Now, who's ridiculous idea was it to limit the music, video and xbox companion to the US, Japan, France and Germany? I can't even add my own music collection into the music app!!! Bloody stupid!

Is this satire or are you serious? You know this is basically an unfinished OS right?

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djdanster

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Is this satire or are you serious? You know this is basically an unfinished OS right?

It was a serious comment. I know it's not a finished OS, but what's stopping MS from adding those apps to what is one of Microsoft's biggest markets; the UK? The Zune Marketplace is available in the UK, so why can't they offer it inside the music app? Seems a little unnecessary to me!

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DarkyDan

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Why when I click on the Metro Internet Explorer tile does it open on the desktop? Shouldn't it open in Metro? Is there a way to choose it to open in Metro?
In the Dev Preview, this happened to me if I chose Firefox/Chrome as default Browser.. the IE Tile on the start screen no longer opened immersive. To fix it, make IE the default desktop browser again.
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abysal

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but I can continue what I am doing on Windows 7, and not have to switch screens at all, I can have windowed apps, and gadgets on my second screen, look over boom, look back, boom. or even have it on the same screen with windowed apps and not have to even leave the program I am working on.

And unless you want to use mouse gestures to get to the next one, you are also limited to whatever app you pin to the side.

There is absolutely zero reason to go to windows 8, for me productivity drops to a crawl, can't quickly multi-task, am in the broken beaten desktop half the time anyways. May as well stay with Windows 7

Dude stop making sense, obviously Metro is the best.

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