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Ogla



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windows 8 is a scam 2
#18841605 - 09/14/13 04:41 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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no for real. its trying to rip you off. I installed windows 7 on a windows 8 computer cause i was hating the bad set up and having to sign up for stuff and the advertisements and stuff.. Now with windows 7 on it, it needs a wireless adapter driver for the internal wireless to work.. downloaded the driver off of Gateways website, then get the error 'you need windows 8 to run this'. Fuck windows. im linux all the way
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18841606 - 09/14/13 04:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Windows 8 sounds just awful.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18841611 - 09/14/13 04:43 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have some extension on windows 8 that makes it look and run just like windows 7. I forget that I even have windows 8. Seems every other version of windows sucks. (Vista and 8 suck, XE and 7 are decent)
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18841628 - 09/14/13 04:48 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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losfreddy said: no for real. its trying to rip you off. I installed windows 7 on a windows 8 computer cause i was hating the bad set up and having to sign up for stuff and the advertisements and stuff.. Now with windows 7 on it, it needs a wireless adapter driver for the internal wireless to work.. downloaded the driver off of Gateways website, then get the error 'you need windows 8 to run this'. Fuck windows. im linux all the way
Ah... no, it's not Microsoft.... Gateway is your problem.
Gateway and their proprietary crap.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Anonamoose]
#18841629 - 09/14/13 04:48 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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You mean XP? That was my favorite one, interface-wise. It gave the user plenty of power and demonstrated a marked absence of frilly bullshit and idiot-proofing. A breath of fresh air after the atrocity that was "Windows Me". Vista was also crap, 7 is aight, 8 sounds terrible.
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BlindSophist said: You mean XP? That was my favorite one, interface-wise. It gave the user plenty of power and demonstrated a marked absence of frilly bullshit and idiot-proofing. A breath of fresh air after the atrocity that was "Windows Me". Vista was also crap, 7 is aight, 8 sounds terrible.
So every other windows is good?
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I'm sure most people here are too young to remember Windows 3.1.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18841639 - 09/14/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah there may be a windows 7 driver for the wireless that you can get somewhere else, try to figure out what the wireless hardware is exactly. I ran into the same type of problem when I got a computer that was supposed to run Vista and I wanted to run XP, just couldn't get the sound to work. Eventually I put 7 on it.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: psi] 2
#18841653 - 09/14/13 04:59 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psi said: Yeah there may be a windows 7 driver for the wireless that you can get somewhere else, try to figure out what the wireless hardware is exactly. I ran into the same type of problem when I got a computer that was supposed to run Vista and I wanted to run XP, just couldn't get the sound to work. Eventually I put 7 on it.
Yeah, probably Gateway just doesn't offer the right drivers because they don't sell computers with that hardware bundled with Windows 7. I hate proprietary boxes like that, it's why I hate Apple with such a passion as well. "You use your computer that you bought with your money the way WE TELL YOU TO!" 
Your best bet would probably be to figure out what hardware it is by looking up your system's specs, then google the wireless card's model number to find the original manufacturer. You can bet it's not Gateway.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18841672 - 09/14/13 05:08 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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losfreddy said: no for real. its trying to rip you off. I installed windows 7 on a windows 8 computer cause i was hating the bad set up and having to sign up for stuff and the advertisements and stuff.. Now with windows 7 on it, it needs a wireless adapter driver for the internal wireless to work.. downloaded the driver off of Gateways website, then get the error 'you need windows 8 to run this'. Fuck windows. im linux all the way
It's actually the perfectly logical progression of Windows with respect to computing devices convergence towards tablet-style interfaces (and devices, more generally).
It is total bullshit when stuff that didn't need windows 8 suddenly insists it does.
Have you searched for the old driver?
IT MAY BE IN WITH THE OTHER WINDOWS DRIVERS IN YOUR WINDOWS.OLD FOLDER IN YOUR ROOT C: DIRECTORY, though, unless you've actually explicitly formatted the drive either between windows 7->8 or 8 back to 7.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: st1llnox]
#18841681 - 09/14/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Uninstall any 3rd party wireless software.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18841691 - 09/14/13 05:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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losfreddy said: no for real. its trying to rip you off. I installed windows 7 on a windows 8 computer cause i was hating the bad set up and having to sign up for stuff and the advertisements and stuff.. Now with windows 7 on it, it needs a wireless adapter driver for the internal wireless to work.. downloaded the driver off of Gateways website, then get the error 'you need windows 8 to run this'. Fuck windows. im linux all the way
call or go to a local PC repiar shop, tell them you want to buy a used wireless card that will work with windows xp+ for your laptop. They will probably have them and charge you like $15 bucks for it. I had to do this on a buddy's laptop when he downgraded from win8. The card is easy to change and your lucky that's all that wasn't compatible.
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losfreddy said: no for real. its trying to rip you off. I installed windows 7 on a windows 8 computer cause i was hating the bad set up and having to sign up for stuff and the advertisements and stuff.. Now with windows 7 on it, it needs a wireless adapter driver for the internal wireless to work.. downloaded the driver off of Gateways website, then get the error 'you need windows 8 to run this'. Fuck windows. im linux all the way
call or go to a local PC repiar shop, tell them you want to buy a used wireless card that will work with windows xp+ for your laptop. They will probably have them and charge you like $15 bucks for it. I had to do this on a buddy's laptop when he downgraded from win8. The card is easy to change and your lucky that's all that wasn't compatible.
Oh, so this is a thing... (the whole not letting it continue to work in Win7). How dastardly and tacky.
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That would be a workable solution if all else failed, but a Windows 7 driver for his wireless hardware may still exist even if Gateway doesn't provide it.
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st1llnox said: Oh, so this is a thing... (the whole not letting it continue to work in Win7). How dastardly and tacky.
I'm pretty sure he never had it working on Windows 7. The computer came with Windows 8 from what I understand.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: psi]
#18841713 - 09/14/13 05:24 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psi said: That would be a workable solution if all else failed, but a Windows 7 driver for his wireless hardware may still exist even if Gateway doesn't provide it.
Yeah, this will work if you can manage to find one. I would take the wireless card out and write down all the numbers on it. Then search around, you may be able to find a legacy driver for it that will work for you.
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psi, your a smart cookie.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: psi]
#18841723 - 09/14/13 05:26 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psi said: That would be a workable solution if all else failed, but a Windows 7 driver for his wireless hardware may still exist even if Gateway doesn't provide it.
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st1llnox said: Oh, so this is a thing... (the whole not letting it continue to work in Win7). How dastardly and tacky.
I'm pretty sure he never had it working on Windows 7. The computer came with Windows 8 from what I understand.
Ah, that clears that up. I suspected OP's woes are simply due to a manufacturer's thoughtless updating of their drivers rather than something general about Win8.
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BlindSophist said: I'm sure most people here are too young to remember Windows 3.1.
Dude i used to be a DOS pro nevermind windows.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Shins]
#18841778 - 09/14/13 05:47 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don't like it at all.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: SARAtonin]
#18841781 - 09/14/13 05:48 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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SARAtonin said: I don't like it at all.
The scrolling scheme/gestures ALMOST cancels out this "Metro" BULLSHIT they pulled. I really need to set out and get that damned Win8.1 patch/update...
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