[AccessD] Windows 8.1

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Nov 4 16:15:10 CST 2013


Boy o boy o boy. I don't know what I did right but I have none of these
issues. I bought a Dell laptop recently, a fargin' whopper, 8GB RAM and 1TB
hard disk, and Windas 8. HD Died; I phoned Dell and they couriered a
shipping box to me, pre-stamped with From and To addresses. I boxed the
laptop and phoned Purolator and they fetched it and two days later I got
the laptop back, fresh with a new copy of Windows 8. Turned out that was
the day that the free download of 8.1 became available, so I bit the bullet
and now 8.1 is installed. And everything worked perfectly and I am a happy
camper.


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Paul:
>
> I have had a similar situation with installing Windows 8 on a client's
> computer. It seems that the graphic accelerator had to be set on (or was it
> off?), in the BIOS, on the computer. This is just a wild suggestion.
>
> Also, depending on the motherboard, the latest hardware driver upgrades
> must be installed first before attempting to install Windows 8. Windows 8.x
> seems to have not problem installing on the latest hardware but there
> appears to have been little effort on supporting legacy hardware (4-5 years
> or older) and if that hardware does not support a UEFI upgrade, there can
> be more issues.
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "paul" <paul at wordwright.org>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, 4 November, 2013 12:41:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8.1
>
> Hello Jim
> I think this was the website where it began -
> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2013/10/17/windows-8-1-now-available/?win81=
>
> It had been recommended around the middle of last month. This led to
> the 8.1 upgrade. As mentioned, the one machine it's safely installed
> on is my laptop. So I attempted several times to upgrade online, from
> the free upgrade. Each time it started well and began the process, but
> before long an error message showed to say that the upgrade had
> failed. It offered no explanation.
>
> 8 works ok on the laptop, but I can't see any improvement on Windows
> 7.  If I (crazily) hadn't followed my old habit since 3.1 of trying to
> upgrade on the very day a revised OS was offered, I don't think I
> would have been tempted by 8. I've regretted it since, I confess -
> especially as I lost my PC through it.
>
> Hope this helps, Jim.
>
> All the best
> paul
>
> On 4 November 2013 20:12, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Hi Paul:
> >
> > What was the message?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "paul" <paul at wordwright.org>
> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, 3 November, 2013 12:15:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8.1
> >
> > Sorry, Charlotte, not to be clear. As with so many windows' changes
> > (even back with the horrendous 95), I was there on the front line,
> > hoping that this time there would be something groundbreaking.
> >
> > So, yes, I had Win 8 and within the last few weeks, a fortnight
> > perhaps. came news of the 8.1 upgrade. However, although the upgrade
> > began on the machine each time I tried, soon an error message appeared
> > to say it had failed.
> >
> > On 3 November 2013 19:43, Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> I'm not sure how the upgrade from Win 7 to 8.1 works.  I thought you
> had to
> >> install 8.0 first, but maybe not.  I don't find Win 8 or 8.1 any less
> >> stable than Win 7, it's mostly the UI that's different and 8 loads way
> >> faster than 7.  I actually like Win 8, although I still occasionally
> have
> >> trouble finding ways to do things that were easy in earlier versions.
> >>
> >> Charlotte
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 10:41 AM, paul <paul at wordwright.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well done, Charlotte, for downloading 8.1.
> >>>
> >>> Win 8 killed my PC and I chose to stay with 7 for my replacement
> >>> desktop. It loaded onto my laptop without problems, but recently when
> >>> I've tried to upgrade to 8.1 (hopefully it is an upgrade), I keep
> >>> getting messages saying that the session failed.
> >>>
> >>> When I compare the performance of the two machines, win 7 is quite the
> >>> better system.
> >>>
> >>> All the best
> >>> paul
> >>>
> >>> On 2 November 2013 19:31, Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Anybody have good or bad experience to report on this? I put it on my
> >>> > tablet pc and don't see much difference overall.   The so-called
> start
> >>> > button just brings up the same screen as the windows button.  I like
> the
> >>> > new small button size and the fact that new apps aren't automatically
> >>> added
> >>> > to the start screen.  I haven't seen any performance differences.
> >>> >
> >>> > Charlotte
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