Windows 8

[Ahmad94]

Ok, I download Windows 8 and loved it, now I released it is not compact able with a lot of software I use to record patient data, so I have to uninstall my laptop back to factory settings, but I don't know how to. Can anyone help?

 

[SaiSrini]

Ok, I download Windows 8 and loved it, now I released it is not compact able with a lot of software I use to record patient data, so I have to uninstall my laptop back to factory settings, but I don't know how to. Can anyone help?

What OS did you have before? In Windows 8, you have the same compatibility mode that you had with W7. If a particular application/program is not working on W8, right click on the program and select "Troubleshoot compatibility" and see what suggestions Windows gives. It will ask you if the program worked with previous versions of Windows. Select the version with which it worked, and it will apply compatibility settings and will ask you to test the program to see if it works. If it works, click "Next" and select "Apply these settings to the program" which will make sure that program always runs under that compatibility mode.

 

[Ahmad94]

What OS did you have before? In Windows 8, you have the same compatibility mode that you had with W7. If a particular application/program is not working on W8, right click on the program and select "Troubleshoot compatibility" and see what suggestions Windows gives. It will ask you if the program worked with previous versions of Windows. Select the version with which it worked, and it will apply compatibility settings and will ask you to test the program to see if it works. If it works, click "Next" and select "Apply these settings to the program" which will make sure that program always runs under that compatibility mode.

I have Windows 7 before. It is not just that, there are quite a few programs. Is there anyway to go back to factory settings as Windows 7

 

[SaiSrini]

I have Windows 7 before. It is not just that, there are quite a few programs. Is there anyway to go back to factory settings as Windows 7

So the "compatibility settings" option didn't work for you at all?

Did you do a clean install or just the regular upgrade? Also did you have a recovery partition when you had Windows 7? Did you do anything to it while installing 8? Because if you don't have a W7 recovery partition and if you don't have an installation disk, you can't go back.

 

[Ahmad94]

So the "compatibility settings" option didn't work for you at all?

Did you do a clean install or just the regular upgrade? Also did you have a recovery partition when you had Windows 7? Did you do anything to it while installing 8? Because if you don't have a W7 recovery partition and if you don't have an installation disk, you can't go back.

Thanks for all the information, basically I can't go back. I will download Windows 7 online and then go back to it that way, but thanks for all the help

 

[SaiSrini]

Thanks for all the information, basically I can't go back. I will download Windows 7 online and then go back to it that way, but thanks for all the help

Try this and see if it works on your Windows 8

Windows Virtual PC: Home Page

This will give you Windows XP mode within Windows 8, and I am sure your apps should run in XP. If not, search and see if Windows 7 can be run in a virtual environment. This will save you time, and also let you keep Windows 8 that you love.

Also check this YouTube video (on using W7 in Oracle Virtualbox)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoSebbqBQQo

 

[zeustrojanstark]

Just for the sake of it:Anyone is a MSDN here?Can i get a Windows 8 key?

P.S: Dont mistake me for a cheap freebie people.I use a MSDN windows 7 and i heard that the offer isnt available for it.So need to spend the full amount to buy Windows 8,i will certainly if no one is a MSDN here.
Thanks

 

[MattW]

Some educational institutions have the equivalent of MSDNAA - or Dreamspark Premium as it is now - which includes a free Windows 8 for educational purposes. Otherwise the broader MSDN doesn't, because it's $40 and if you can afford MSDN you can afford $40.

 

[zeustrojanstark]

Some educational institutions have the equivalent of MSDNAA - or Dreamspark Premium as it is now - which includes a free Windows 8 for educational purposes. Otherwise the broader MSDN doesn't, because it's $40 and if you can afford MSDN you can afford $40.

Thanks mate,will look into this

 

[shubham466]

Try this and see if it works on your Windows 8 Windows Virtual PC: Home Page
This will give you Windows XP mode within Windows 8, and I am sure your apps should run in XP. If not, search and see if Windows 7 can be run in a virtual environment. This will save you time, and also let you keep Windows 8 that you love.
Also check this YouTube video (on using W7 in Oracle Virtualbox) Installing Windows 7 on VirtualBox - YouTube

Why?

He can use dual boot system also.

 

[SaiSrini]

Why?

He can use dual boot system also.

Booting an OS within a Virtual environment is better than dual booting where you have to restart the PC and then select the other OS. But here, you select your existing OS, then fire up the Virtual Environment software and then boot the other OS into it.

 

[aussie1st]

Been having some crashes of late mainly when the computer is trying to sleep. Think it might be something to do with my USB 3 PCI E card which was one of those cheap Chinese ones.

 

[sohum]

Some educational institutions have the equivalent of MSDNAA - or Dreamspark Premium as it is now - which includes a free Windows 8 for educational purposes. Otherwise the broader MSDN doesn't, because it's $40 and if you can afford MSDN you can afford $40.

MSDN has many subscription levels. The one I'm at offers W8 licenses, for example.

However, it is in violation of the MSDN agreement to give software licenses to people outside the program, so I won't be doing that.

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Booting an OS within a Virtual environment is better than dual booting where you have to restart the PC and then select the other OS. But here, you select your existing OS, then fire up the Virtual Environment software and then boot the other OS into it.

Depends on your definition of "better". It is more convenient because you can fire up the OS without having to restart, but at the same time you have RAM, graphics memory and HDD constraints (although VBox allows you to link to local HDDs as network shares, IIRC).

 

[BlitzBerg]

This is how I got lucky with Windows 8. Thanks for the blunder, Microsoft.

Note: This is not piracy.

 

[SaiSrini]

This is how I got lucky with Windows 8. Thanks for the blunder, Microsoft.

Note: This is not piracy.

To activate it initially for 180 days, you are using some activator. You are still using a piracy workaround to eventually activate it to the full featured version.