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Promising. I'm gonna check this out... thanks SO much for pointing me/us this shell's direction!
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Ogla



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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: st1llnox]
#18842136 - 09/14/13 07:20 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mush4Brains said: Uninstall any 3rd party wireless software.
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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.
too much hassole man. I got usb wireless that i use when i use windows, but i dont use it anymore.. not paying any money. My computer has ubuntu and windows7, but was originally 8. i only went to windows to try and use vmware. Ive had windows7 on this computer a long time. I only use it for photoshop and winpg
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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.
No, its more than that. I have an expensive as fuck laser printer that doesnt work with windows8. Its like they are trying to get you to 'upgrade' everything
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ComputerTekGuy
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla] 1
#18842275 - 09/14/13 08:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Just look up the specs on the website and see what the card model is and download from manufacture, there are no wifi cards that are only win8.... yet....
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ComputerTekGuy
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or what the chipset is and go to the chipset maker. Or just find a wired connection and download from windows updates
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18842768 - 09/14/13 10:49 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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BlindSophist said: Windows 8 sounds just awful.
It's pretty much identical to windows 7 but has a smaller footprint, runs slightly faster and has more features. Terrible 
OP is just a noob because he's doing it wrong. For me windows 8:
>cost $15 >easy to set up >didn't have to sign up to anything >never seen a single advertisement.
Maybe he's talking about some kind of OEM bloatware.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Anonamoose]
#18842988 - 09/15/13 12:09 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Anonamoose said: 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)
You wouldn't happen to remember the neame of said extension would you?
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18843013 - 09/15/13 12:19 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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If in doubt, format the hard drive. 
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spore baby



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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18843042 - 09/15/13 12:32 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm currently running XP Media Center Edition.
It's as smooth as cold beer. After seeing other people hate vista and everything after it. I plan on keeping my Xp for as long as possible.
Edited by spore baby (09/15/13 12:33 AM)
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Le_Canard
The Duk Abides


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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: spore baby]
#18843065 - 09/15/13 12:42 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I've got good 'ol XP too. I've been using it since 2001 and have gotten quite good at tweaking it. It's a good OS, that's for sure.
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Shroomism
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Le_Canard] 1
#18843105 - 09/15/13 01:11 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Windows 7 is the new XP, Duk.
As for 8 I personally hate it, just as a tech and having to help people troubleshoot issues with it. It's such a pain in the ass compared to 7. Just the fact that you have to mod it to make it useable and "look like 7" is retarded. That plus fucking Secure Boot issues. Fuck Secure Boot. Also it takes like 10 convoluted steps to get into Safe Mode. BSODs literally gives you a frown face , instead of a specific STOP code. It's a dumbed down Windows 7 for the tablet masses, a little too dumbed down for me.
Windows 9 should be really good, going by Microsoft's track record.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Shroomism]
#18843114 - 09/15/13 01:17 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Free Software, Free Society :-)
Linux is the way to go
Just say no to windows, don't sacrifice your freedom
Proprietary software must die, it is a bad invention, any program you buy should come with full source But don't buy your software, when you can get software that is as good/better for free
Define your needs and install the software that fulfills those needs or reduce your needs in order to be free
Linux can do 99% of what windows can today, as easy/easier , with Ubuntu i.e. Ubuntu finds any driver incl wireless internet, scanners, printers without even installing them, after a new install
And firefox + openoffice for free with a new installation, with windows you get internet explorer which is useless, and no office
I've installed ubuntu on 4-5 pcs, noone has gone back to windows vista / win 7 yet and noone has called me for support, that is new and they were complete windows newbies usually they call about windows support every 3-4 weeks, because they installed a new program that broke internet explorer/startup :-)
Always go against the current, try out what there is on the market, often it will surprise you, and if it doesn't you can always go back to Microsoft
Ubuntu or Mac OS X is about as popular combined on Uni as windows here
Ubuntu is better than windows 7 for office work/surfing the web IMO , and better at finding drivers too automatically without you having to install them often Windows is often best for games, because most games are made for windows - but Ubuntu can run 99% of all games, and 70% of the time they work first time, 30% of the time you have to do something to play them (but you still get the classical games with a ubuntu, solitare,minesweeper etc.:-)
If you don't play games you have no excuses for running windows
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Shroomism
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: lessismore]
#18843117 - 09/15/13 01:18 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Free Linux, Free Windows, Dual Boot all day everyday
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Le_Canard
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Shroomism]
#18843130 - 09/15/13 01:27 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Shroomism said: Windows 7 is the new XP, Duk.
As for 8 I personally hate it, just as a tech and having to help people troubleshoot issues with it. It's such a pain in the ass compared to 7. Just the fact that you have to mod it to make it useable and "look like 7" is retarded. That plus fucking Secure Boot issues. Fuck Secure Boot. Also it takes like 10 convoluted steps to get into Safe Mode. BSODs literally gives you a frown face , instead of a specific STOP code. It's a dumbed down Windows 7 for the tablet masses, a little too dumbed down for me.
Windows 9 should be really good, going by Microsoft's track record.
Yeah, Windoze seem to miss and hit like that a lot.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Le_Canard]
#18843137 - 09/15/13 01:37 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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There's not even any mention of Windows ME anywhere on Microsoft's web site. If you ask them about it they will probably try and tell you such a thing never existed.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Shroomism]
#18843141 - 09/15/13 01:39 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well, that's understandable. I'd be ashamed to put my name on such a massive piece of shit too.
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: Ogla]
#18843237 - 09/15/13 02:44 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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You just need to find out what chipset the internal wireless is, there are a few companies that make them, Realtek, Gigabyte, Intel, etc, then they sell them to OEM manufacturers. Just go into your control panel/device manager and look at the network adapters, it will tell you what one you have. Than you go to that manufacturers website and get the driver. I'd be really surprised if you couldn't find a windows 7 driver for the network adapter.
I haven't found anything that doesn't work with windows 7, and everything is stable.
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BlindSophist said: I'm sure most people here are too young to remember Windows 3.1.
3.1 was classic. 'File manager' was easy to understand, and i dont remember anything not working right.
windows 8 has some improvements, but for the last two years of windows most up to date version being prolific, most of the ass holes I deal with still run 7 and have all sorts of conflicts with 8.
It reminds me of my college... They sent out mass emails informing everyone that the new standard was windows 7, and all submissions, and tech requirements were to be based on 7. Then the next year I was graduating, and had to fill a computer class requirement, because when I tried to place out (failed the interactive test on windows);
I didn't know that they would be testing me on an interactive, 3 strikes and-you're-out version of Vista while windows 7 was the 'university standard' OS, and (testing on) a generation old version of Office (2002 I believe). I wanted to flip out.
I got three strikes every time I tried to hot key into something... each wrong key press was an 'error' so instantly jamming ctr+alt+something was 3 errors. Tab was an error when ever you used it too...  I had to show up to this shitty class to... get this:
teach me windows 7, and Office 2007. I had already been using those for a couple years, and skipped Vista as my first 3 or 4 installs of it were nothing but fucking problems.
I never successfully ran any of my games on Vista. Granted I was an early adopter, I do not doubt dropping vista early and sticking with XP saved me many hours of trouble shooting.
Fucking microsoft...
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: rodfarva]
#18843452 - 09/15/13 05:46 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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What's up with the fuzzy little creatures, OP?
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Re: windows 8 is a scam [Re: koods]
#18843456 - 09/15/13 05:48 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8, and I no longer can install anything. Myself nor any tech support guys have been able to figure it out. I'm planning on going back to Windows 7 as soon as I can!
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