Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Nov 4 17:04:46 CST 2013
Hi Arthur: I think to main point is as you stated. New hardware built specifically for Window 8.x... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, 4 November, 2013 2:15:10 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8.1 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 > >>> > -- > >>> > AccessD mailing list > >>> > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > >>> > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > >>> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You're invited to help yourself from my huge collection of ebooks. All > >>> free, in the original spirit of the web. > >>> http:www.eBookTrove.com > >>> And now on Facebook. 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