[dba-Tech] Windows 8.1

Hi Peter

I forgot that, sorry.

Win8 is a learning experience. I'm not counting hours but days - or rather have stopped counting. But I want to get it right, though it works extremely well I would say, and as a forever-fan of the Bauhaus design patterns and ideas, I'm very pleased with the Metro/Modern design.

/gustav

>>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 19-10-13 2:40 >>>
My wife runs win8. Not by choice---hernew laptop came with it 3 mos. ago. So far win has cost me about 15 hours. Ugh.

PB

---- Original Message ----
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
Reply-To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Date: 10/18/13 5:47 PM
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
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Sub: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1
Hi Peter (and Jon)

How sad and pessimistic can one be? You don't even run Windows 8 as far as I understand.

That said, I'm happy to be able to download the ISO file as this really is a huge download.
Also, I will run a clean install on a new disk and transfer what I need from the old. Not much really as I run off our Active Directory and all docs and files are stored on servers.

It will be busy; Visual Studio 2013 final is ready for download too. It has to be the first "app" to be installed on my Win8.1 workstation. 
And the free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is out as well. A true gem - if you are not familiar with this, you now have a new priority one. MS rocks these days.

/gustav

PS: Jon, what's the trouble? Don't you install behind a firewall?

>>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 18-10-13 22:17 >>>
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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [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,
>>
>> --
>> Arthur