I bought Windows 8 two weeks ago, installed it on a separate hard drive just to see if it's working on my hardware etc. Next step is to do it for real... I'm afraid...! Changing OS can be sooooo time consuming, especially when one skipped several versions, like I did (I'm still on XP).
Anyhow, maybe I'll check tomorrow if IQ is working properly on Windows 8. It should.
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I think you meant to reply to this thread Pierre (so I quote it here)
Yes, it's IE10
Well I tried all the different modes - from IE7 to IE9.
IE forgets the mode on restarting - I presume that's a bug (but I dont know).
So, all I can do is select my mode. Start IQ. Test.
I'm afraid none of the modes worked that way.
edit/ had the number wrong ...
Trying Windows 8 for the last 2 days wasn't a success.
IQ worked ok, but... without the ability to edit in the HTML pane. It seemed a tad slower (on the same laptop). Your mileage may vary... It could be me and my skewed perceptions.
All in all, after the first "Wow", I disliked my experience with Windows 8.
- The upgrade/installation was a pain (I won't go through all the details, but it took me one FULL day, just for getting working OS with no applications installed -- this is baaaaad as I'm not exactly a novice),
- I don't understand their interface choices. (I won't go into the metro debate as we're all sick of it.)
So I decided to backup my installation, and put back my reliable and known XP (a fresh image, of course)... until I have plenty of time to configure Windows 8 so that it becomes something to work with instead of something to play and consume with. Maybe somewhere in January, or... next summer.
Yes my experience was terrible. I think Microsoft did a bad job with the online buying/upgrade process. It's not event the XP/Windows 8 step that's the problem.
Here's what I went through :
[The first 7-10 hours]
1- Bought Windows Online from my laptop with windows XP 32 bits (service pack 3) installed.
2- Before installing anything : did all the necessary image backups etc. on an external hard drive
3- Tried a clean install on a spare hard drive to make sure everything was working properly : everything did (windows got installed, it booted, etc.), but I never got the choice to choose a 64 bitinstall. So... Realized that I was stuck with a 32 bit OS as I was downloading from a 32 bit XP... Even before the download process, Microsoft offered NO choice to actually upgrade from 32 to 64 bit.
I didn't activate anything as this was just a test drive.
At this point I'm telling myself. "I should've just bought the packaged version at future shop for just 20$ more". I downloaded it to avoid loosing time going there... But I ended up loosing more time !
Anyway :
4- After some research, found out that I had to download Windows 8 from a 64 bit system to have access to the 64 bit version. What a weird decision Microsoft made. especially that upgrading from Windows XP is basically a clean install... Anyhow.
5- So... after some pondering, decided to install Girlfriend's Windows 7 64 bit on my laptop (she actually chose the 32 bit option -- that option exists on Windows 7... -- for her own so it wasn't going to work downloading Windows 8 from hers) to be able to download Windows 8. This worked. (Note that Windows 7 didn't need to be activated to download windows 8 from the link I already had... just in case you wonder).
[The next 7-10 hours]
After good sleep : now ready to install my new 64 bit Windows 8.
6- Formatted Hard Drive #1
7- Installed Windows 8. After an hour or so of fiddling, windows 8 boots. Cool, all is nice.
Now let's activate it...
OOOOPS ! Microsoft tells me that the key I have isn't valid for a clean install. It's only valid for an upgrade ! Can you believe that ?
First, they tell me that after everything is already installed and XP is now non existent... since it's been wiped off. Cool !
Second, it would make no difference what so ever, but they insist that I install it from XP. Installing from XP is always a "clean install".
What now ?
8- I have to erase windows 8 and restore my windows XP image. At least, that's what I think.
9- Some hours later, I have a functioning XP from which I can restart the upgrade process. Absurd, but here you go.
I double click on the windows 8 upgrade program...
Tada ! it tells me that the 64 bit Windows 8 I have can't be installed from a 32 bit Windows XP ! Fantastic.
Yes, I know, I should've known better, but...
10 - Ok. I'm patient and not discouraged that easily. So I reinstall the bogus window 7 (how many installs did I already go through...?? Forgot to count) to be able to install windows 8 from it.
11- It works, but 3/4 through the process, it stops. No Windows 8 or 7 is available at this point. Windows 8 installation failed.
12- So I reinstall Windows 7 Yet again (!), but I disconnect from the internet, as I suspect that Windows 7 tried to upgrade to the latest bestest while it was also trying to upgrade to Windows 8.
13 - Finally Windows 8 installs, and it works. Yes : IT WORKS !
Fewwww ! What a relief. But that was just for an normal install with no applications, nothing.
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In the second part of this soap -- if there was one -- you'd get to know the disastrous use of PCMover (Yes, I did buy that, desperate to get back to work ASAP), and how it failed lamentably, and how that was the cherry on top of everything.
In the third part of this installation soap, I'd tell you the story of my disappointment (after the initial "Wow !") with the full screen Metro apps and strange extra steps I had to go through to do things I'm used to do in 2 steps. Granted, I would've probably found better ways after weeks of using it, but I still found that some Metro choices are poor as far as a laptop and touchpad/keyboard centric user is concerned.
So, in the end, I felt : na.... better go back to XP. My old slippers aren't cool, but I won't loose 2 more weeks of work trying to get my productivity back... I'm not a billionaire.
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(Do other have this problem too???)
Don't send it back !
I'll make it work, don't worry !!![/quote]
there seems to be so little common sense involved in a lot of Windows 8 related decisions.