Windows 8 Release Preview Discussion

[theyarecomingforyou]

Nope, that start screen layouts don't sync - due to differences in layout between PC's caused by screen sizes, and that PC's even with the same account may have different installed applications breaking the sync.

I appreciate that apps will change between computers but the start screen should still synchronise as much as it can. For instance, if you always install Office and put the apps in a group called "Productivity" then it should remember that. I found it very disappointing that Windows 8 can't synchronise the start screen layout, as it means you have to spend ages rearranging it on every install.

Nvidia 680 here, lots of lockups, but is remedied by using by uninstalling drivers. Chrome on the dev channel seems to lock the system up, so I reverted back to the stable release channel, and I can use it without problem.

I haven't had any stability issues here, using the latest nVidia Win7 drivers with a GTX680 SLI setup. And games performance in most cases rivals that of Win7.

[Aergan]

Happy with the Dark grey / Lime colour scheme (almost matches my Lumia 800's scheme).

Would really like Dark grey / Purple though - anyone worked out how to adjust the swatches yet?

[Roger H. Veteran]

I'm still not sure on Windows 8 Start Menu replacement thing. Don't even know what to call it. LOL. I like seeing it but i'd almost rather it being an App to launch which gives me all that wonderful smart tiles. So yeah I do like information at a glance but even replacing the "show desktop" thing in the far right with that would be better (IMO right now). Openining multiple explorer windows becomes a pain by having to right click. Generally it's faster that way but I guess muscle memory is killing me as i'd always go to the Start menu and click Pictures or Network (or Computer to reach my shared drives).

I like Windows 8 desktop itself, lots of nice improvements but just gotta get out of my old habbits it seems.

[~Johnny]

I'm still not sure on Windows 8 Start Menu replacement thing. Don't even know what to call it. LOL. I like seeing it but i'd almost rather it being an App to launch which gives me all that wonderful smart tiles. So yeah I do like information at a glance but even replacing the "show desktop" thing in the far right with that would be better (IMO right now). Openining multiple explorer windows becomes a pain by having to right click. Generally it's faster that way but I guess muscle memory is killing me as i'd always go to the Start menu and click Pictures or Network (or Computer to reach my shared drives).

I like Windows 8 desktop itself, lots of nice improvements but just gotta get out of my old habbits it seems.

Can you not middle click on it on the task bar? That usually opens another instance. (Some laptops at least allow middle click my clicking the left & right buttons at the same time)

[ToneKnee]

Anyone have an annoyance with the Metro notifications? If I'm on the Desktop and don't go to the Start screen, someone could send me a message or an email and I could be looking away from the screen, only for the notification to disappear and not alert me again until I'm back in the Start Screen. It's really annoying as people send me messages and a lot of the time I don't know about it until I look in the Start Screen. Is there a setting I can use to change this behaviour or a regedit key or something? Would be cool to have it float a small notification tab that you can click for it to pop out or something like that.

[Roger H. Veteran]

Can you not middle click on it on the task bar? That usually opens another instance. (Some laptops at least allow middle click my clicking the left & right buttons at the same time)

Yeah the Thinkpad has that upper set of buttons for middle click so yeah I guess I could do that. Thanks for the reminder :D It's not that I don't like it, it's just current implementation and the change :)

[Harrison H.]

Can you not middle click on it on the task bar? That usually opens another instance. (Some laptops at least allow middle click my clicking the left & right buttons at the same time)

Shift click also does this if you don't have a middle click.

[Stoffel]

Shift click also does this if you don't have a middle click.

WIN Key + E works fine too, not?

[grayscale]

I've only had two problems with the RP so far.

The first one is that I have an issue shutting down my computer after plugging in a USB removable storage device. I don't know if it's because I'm not safely removing it, but I get a message saying that winlogon is looking for the "disk in drive F" when I'm shutting off the computer. It will NOT shut down no matter what I do and I have to hold the power button down to power it off.

This happened to me (installed RP on a laptop). I did not safely remove as well, shut down, and left. Came back after around 2 hours, battery almost drained because it did not shut down, and worse, even after restarting, it still can't shut down properly until I safely remove the now non-existent removable device.

The apps "restarting" is starting to annoy me. Like when using the StumbleUpon or the Store app, if I decided to browse on desktop mode, and keep them in the background, they do not pick up where I left off and loads the 'home page' instead. Is it how it was supposed to work?

[x.iso]

Anyone have an annoyance with the Metro notifications? If I'm on the Desktop and don't go to the Start screen, someone could send me a message or an email and I could be looking away from the screen, only for the notification to disappear and not alert me again until I'm back in the Start Screen. It's really annoying as people send me messages and a lot of the time I don't know about it until I look in the Start Screen. Is there a setting I can use to change this behaviour or a regedit key or something? Would be cool to have it float a small notification tab that you can click for it to pop out or something like that.

there is a setting for it. first, when you access Charms bar and hit settings, you can click on notifications if you ever want to disable them. then if you click 'More PC settings' and go to 'Ease of Access', you can adjust there how long notifications will stay on screen.

[x.iso]

by the way, is there any Microsoft Touch mouse users? the one with multi-touch surface. ever since Developer Preview I had a problem with Task manager, it doesn't recognize this mouse's touch scrolling. in Consumer Preview problem still there, and I decided not to install RP (especially after seeing all these reports about lockdowns with Nvidia gpu's on board) because of needless software reinstall routine that will happen anyway when RTM hits. can anybody confirm if they have same issue at all or at least in RP? I'm surprised MS even have this issue in first place, don't they use their own hardware in Rendmond?

[Grinch]

by the way, is there any Microsoft Touch mouse users? the one with multi-touch surface. ever since Developer Preview I had a problem with Task manager, it doesn't recognize this mouse's touch scrolling. in Consumer Preview problem still there, and I decided not to install RP (especially after seeing all these reports about lockdowns with Nvidia gpu's on board) because of needless software reinstall routine that will happen anyway when RTM hits. can anybody confirm if they have same issue at all or at least in RP? I'm surprised MS even have this issue in first place, don't they use their own hardware in Rendmond?

For the record my Touch Mouse has the same issues with task manager.

[Ice_Blue]

One major annoyance for me is the lack of a volume control in the Metro video player. WTF?

[anidais]

For the record my Touch Mouse has the same issues with task manager.

I also have a Microsoft Touch Mouse and can't scroll in Task Manager. Also, is there a way to turn off the letter underlines in some menus? Right click on the desktop, and you should see some letters underlined (if you have Intellipoint software installed). This also happens in Windows 7.

[Dot Matrix]

One major annoyance for me is the lack of a volume control in the Metro video player. WTF?

Settings Charm. ;)

[x.iso]

One major annoyance for me is the lack of a volume control in the Metro video player. WTF?

well, it's supposed to be controlled by hardware volume buttons (like on tablets and smartphones), but if your PC doesn't have any - there is a charms bar and settings to adjust global volume.

[Quillz]

Does anyone know if the UI of the built-in apps, like Windows Media Player and Windows Photo Viewer, will be updated to also have a flatter, more matte appearance? Right now, they are still sporting glossy, shiny buttons.

[calimike]

I got saving inside catalog from Costco via mail. It say "Buy a Windows 7 PC and get Windows 8 for only $14.99 when available. Offer valid June 2, 2012, through January 31, 2013. For complete details, visit www.windowsupgradeoffer.com"

[anidais]

Does anyone know if the UI of the built-in apps, like Windows Media Player and Windows Photo Viewer, will be updated to also have a flatter, more matte appearance? Right now, they are still sporting glossy, shiny buttons.

I hope so. But it wouldn't surprise me if they don't.

[ajnauron]

Is there a workaround for booting straight to the desktop? I heard that the desktop code is not loaded at all unless you click on the desktop tile, so I would assume you would have to wait the few seconds after clicking the tile for the desktop code to load and become responsive(Like how Win7 and older aren't immediately responsive upon seeing the desktop, you have to wait for all the startup items and services to load)?

[bandit_liberty_rumble]

Settings Charm. ;)

So, four steps instead of one ?

1 - drag mouse cursor into the corner

2 - click the settings button

3 - click the volume button

4 - adjust volume slider

vs.

1 - drag volume slider to the right or left

:)

[xendrome]

Is there a workaround for booting straight to the desktop? I heard that the desktop code is not loaded at all unless you click on the desktop tile, so I would assume you would have to wait the few seconds after clicking the tile for the desktop code to load and become responsive(Like how Win7 and older aren't immediately responsive upon seeing the desktop, you have to wait for all the startup items and services to load)?

Hah nice rumor, ignore it.

Anyone know how to get a on screen keyboard up in either remote desktop app on a tablet?

[Detection]

Hah nice rumor, ignore it.

Anyone know how to get a on screen keyboard up in either remote desktop app on a tablet?

If you right click the taskbar > toolbars > touch keyboard > it should add the keyboard icon to the taskbar

[xendrome]

If you right click the taskbar > toolbars > touch keyboard > it should add the keyboard icon to the taskbar

Not when you are RDP into a server....

[xendrome]

http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-tip-printing-metrostyle-apps-143401

So if I am reading this correctly, there are (2) separate control panel sections for printers.. one for regular apps and one for metro apps...

This just doesn't make any sense to me... I don't see the need for it having to be in 2 locations.. honestly?,,,,