Posted on 05/19/2013 12:58:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
>>times itself out<<
Go to “power options” in control panel — they are all set way too low. And NEVER sleep if at all possible — Hibernate is much better (too bad that isn’t an option).
Also — VERY IMPORTANT: Go to the device manager and find your network card(s). For all of them, under the “Power Management” tab DE-CLICK the “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.” Let’s face it, when the network card is down yo have a doorstop or a brick on your hands.
As for me, well I like to do multiple things and have multiple windows in “windowed” mode. Live Tiles won’t do that (or not very well).
I use the Desktop tile and ignore the rest of that crap.
And yes, Win 8 is much more unstable than Win 7. It is like my first wife: easily offended and shuts down for no good reason.
Download Classic Shell (free). It is a “Start” button replacement for Win 8.
LOL,I started to type the word file. It came up before I could type it out.
But I don’t WANT to run a touchscreen on my desktop or (probably) laptop. It’s stupid. I have to clean my monitor at least once a month now. Why would I intentionally put my grimy little fingers on it? I work with industrial UIs, which of necessity are often touchscreens, and sometimes on PC’s rather than dedicated devices, and using the touchscreen PC’s in normal PC non-industrial-UI mode, blows. It’s moronic.
I gather from your post that you don’t own a tablet at all?
It's a setting option - Start8 allows you to retain some features of the Windows 8 interface or disable. I hadn't perused all of the options prior to this, since the most important issue was resolved with the default installation.
Yes, Start8 is $5, but I didn't mind paying. Had I looked at your option, I might have chosen that instead, but I'm not unhappy with my modest purchase.
I use windows based computers because I can make them work. and they are way cheaper than Apple Gadgets. I have learned you do not upgrade to a new version of windows till at least the first service pack and then waiting a bit more is usually worth it.
The computer I am typing this on just recently (1 month ago) was updated to Windows 7. Why? because XP was doing the job. Then I noticed I could update and add some Ram and make a few of my programs I use extensively to work much better.
I will upgrade this computer to newer version of windows some day. But it may not be Version 8. 7 is working great right now. Its the whole "sleeping dogs" theory of Desktop computing. It works for me!
Nope. If I did, then of course it needs a touch-aware OS (or something embedded that you don’t even think of as an OS), but it doesn’t need to be Windows, and there’s certainly no reason to assume that the same thing that would be good/necessary on a tablet would even be acceptable, let alone desirable, on a normal PC.
Well that’s too bad that this person is conning himself into thinking that his Mac will be in perfect working order permanently with now interaction from himself. People like that are the reason why he had to “maintain” Windows. It doesn’t break on it’s own unless you are completely careless. I’ve never had to do anything. My systems also are filled with crap nor do I goof around with stuff that isn’t meant to be goofed around with.
Maybe he isnt too aware that Each Apple store has a repair desk in the back just for that same reason?
Sorry, you are way off base. I helped him move his corporate accounting stuff over to Mac, including virtualization to support the *one* program which he needed to keep from Windows. He and his bookkeeper both love it, and commented that everything just seems to keep working. With Microsoft, even without any tampering from the user, you can bank on one of Microsoft’s updates to screw up something on your system sooner or later.
Mac OS X 10.7.3 update causing severe app crashes for some users
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/2/2766036/mac-os-x-10-7-3-update-sever-app-crashes
Like I was saying.
If you think that just because you bought an Apple machine it’s all nothing but roses and sunshine, then you are both the naive user types that always have issues “caused” by the OS just magically doing something wrong.
Okay, well, let’s put it this way: all my many years of using Windows, including all the way back to being a Win95 beta tester, have sucked ass. Mac OSX has been consistently awesome. YMMV.
That matches my experiences with Vista. Put it on a strong system and it’s perfectly capable. The only BSOD’s its ever had were from pre Jan 2010 Nvidia drivers. Once I hit on 196.21 I’ve left it alone and its behaved quite perfectly.
I saw your reply to me and got to wondering if you purchased a new PC with Win 8 or decided to install Win 8 on an existing PC. The latter can be a receipe for disaster. Before I retired and MIS departments were under my supervision, we never would upgrade the operating system on existing PCs.
If you use Microsoft Outlook to send and receive emails, your problem likely is with the POP and SMTP settings, as well as maybe another setting in the email setup. In such cases, your Outlook cannot direct itself properly. If you are using web based email such as gmail or hot mail, then that simply is a matter of going to their website and signing on to view your emails.
We just converted our internet vendor from Verizon to Time Warner. I had to reset Outlook Email on our two desktops. We have Outlook 2010. Once I got to the setup page and inserted my new email address and password, it completed the process automatically. With my netbook that runs on Win XP, and has Outlook 2003, I had to manually input each of the settings. Then you can run a test email to see if it goes out and then gets delivered to your in box.
As to the screen going dark, it sounds like you need to go into the Energy Savings settings and either change them to allow more time or turn them off entirely in which case your screen would never turn off.
I would suggest you look for a PC guru with experience in Win 8. Also, there is a book available on amazon.com titled Windows 8, Inside Out, a Microsoft publication by Tony Northrup. It is very comprehensive. You might also try checking out the Microsoft Windows 8 Help site and bulletin board.
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