[dba-Tech] Windows 8.1

Not at all. There's loads of great things in it, but they screwed up the gui
with the godawful metro dashboard, and that's all most people will know
about it.


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
Sent: 18 October 2013 21:17
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1

On 2013-10-18 2:24 PM, Jon Tydda wrote:
> Be careful:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/windows_81_update_what_to_know
> /
>
> I tried it last night and it asked me to uninstall my Anti-Virus 
> software - no chance. I'm also not going to want to uninstall any of 
> the other software either...

Win8 looks like a bigger disaster than Vista.

PB

>
>
> Jon
>
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur 
> Fuller
> Sent: 18 October 2013 19:07
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1
>
> Thanks, Gustav. I've been reading about the update and it looks as if 
> it's a significant improvement.
>
> A.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Arthur
>>
>> Go to Store on the Start screen. It will splash a giant tile 
>> encouraging you to update.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>>>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 18-10-13 19:54 >>>
>> Is this an automatic update or does one have to download it specifically?
>> If so, should I just run Windows Update? If not, is there a specific URL?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
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