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Windows 8 a problem, what else.

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I installed win8 on my three computers and have not had more than the typical problems expressed by others. Well my Husband wanted me to install it on his computer … but this time there was a problem. I cannot get to the internet from anywhere besides the win8 start menu, not acceptable to hubbie. Everything checks out fine, drivers, network adapters, network checks and troubleshooting guides etc. I am at a loss as to where to go or what else to check. I have Start8 on all 4 computers. Please help…

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Reply #76 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Used the laptop with Windows 7. I was able to burn the ISO and I tested it. Windows 8 setup works on boot. All set to go, thanks. Turns out the issue was with Windows XP.

Reply #77 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Reply #78 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Daiwa, reply 75
Requested 2 free Media Center keys & should be good to go with 2 full Win8 licenses when I'm ready to pull the trigger(s).

I'm not so sure they'll work if you wait too late. It's a limited time thing.

Reply #79 from WinCustomize Forums Top

** Windows 8 Media Center Pack is available at no charge for a limited time only through this promotional page on Windows.com.  If you obtain Windows 8 Media Center Pack through any other location fees might apply. Offer valid from October 26, 2012, until January 31, 2013, and is limited to one product key per email address. You qualify for this promotion if your PC is running Windows 8 Pro.  Additional hardware may be required to watch and record live TV. You must provide a valid email address to receive your Windows 8 Media Center Pack product key. Your product key must be activated no later than January 31, 2013.

Reply #80 from JoeUser Forums Top

I had missed (or willfully ignored) that last sentence.  So I have two useless (but free!) keys.

C'est la vie.  Plenty of other ways to play media I expect.  Dreams might be an issue without MC from what Neil has said but I'll have to cross that bridge when I get there.  Seems really cheesy of MS to carve that out & charge extra for it, but ain't my company, so...

Thanks again, RND.

Reply #81 from JoeUser Forums Top

kona was quite correct.  No option to create media when the Upgrade Assistant is run on an XP rig.  Just 'Install Now' or 'Install Later From The Desktop'.

Reply #82 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I guess if you are upgrading from XP, Microsoft figures you've put it off long enough. :w00t:

Reply #83 from JoeUser Forums Top

Sorry for the time delay but I just got the disk I had ordered and it came with 32 and 64 bit, problems solved. As to what had gone wrong; it seems that some of the toolbars present when upgraded pissed IE 10 right the hell off so it loaded improperly. Resetting IE 10 solved the problem and I was able to get the toolbars back that hubbie wants. Now that it is working well enough, he has to decide if he wants a clean install or not. Decisions ... decisions, hahaha! Thanks for all the suggestions and help :grin:

Reply #84 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting GirlFriendTess, reply 83
some of the toolbars present
:thumbsdown: Toolbars are almost always bad news. I won't have them on any machine I own or maintain.

Reply #85 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 85

Quoting GirlFriendTess, reply 83 some of the toolbars present Toolbars are almost always bad news. I won't have them on any machine I own or maintain.
I always uninstall all toolbars(for two reasons, 1 performance as each toolbar usually has between 3 and 10 entries in the startup items, and 2 privacy, as most toolbars are designed to report back to supplier WHAT you do and WHERE you go in YOUR computer)

harpo

 

Reply #86 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 85

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 85
Quoting GirlFriendTess, reply 83 some of the toolbars present Toolbars are almost always bad news. I won't have them on any machine I own or maintain.I always uninstall all toolbars(for two reasons, 1 performance as each toolbar usually has between 3 and 10 entries in the startup items, and 2 privacy, as most toolbars are designed to report back to supplier WHAT you do and WHERE you go in YOUR computer)

harpo

 

And 3, when toolbars phone home with surfing habits, etc, spam in your inbox is usually not far behind... some of it quite harmful if your info is sold to the nefarious types out there.  I've removed nasties for various friends and family members over the years, much of it the result of having toolbars installed.  MyWaySearch toolbar and its derivatives [toolbars with similar names] are quite unpleasant, intrusive and difficult to get rid of, so it/they are ones to be wary of.  I've had several experiences with them and they've never been good, believe me.

Reply #87 from Sins Forums Top

starkers, that IS #2, and my worst offender bar is the ask family, while the myway family is a frequent occurence it is not the most frequent, and have found the deep clean facility in the iobit uninstaller seems to remove all the junk that the standard uninstallers leave behind which might be significantly more than was removed.

harpo

 

Reply #88 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah, I use the Iobit uninstaller these days... 'tis very handy tool to have.  I just wish I'd had it a few years earlier, though.... and yeah, the Ask toolbars are just as much a pain.  Between those and the MyWay family of toolbars/crapware, I must have removed them at least 2 to 3 dozen times fro friends/relatives machines over the last 3 or 4 years.

Another one my sister picked up with a download she got from C-net was the Babylon toolbar.  She was given no warning it was bundled and the next thing she knew Firefox was being hijacked, taking her to commercial sites she'd never visit in a pink fit.  Now that one was a mongrel to get rid of.  Everytime I thought it was gone it'd come back with every reboot.  Even Iobit's uninstaller didn't help.  I eventually found an entry in the registry that finally allowed me to eradicate it, but it took several hours of investigation before that happened.

I once tried to Yahoo toolbar.  Big mistake!!!  Not long after I installed it there was ginormous amounts of spam turning up in my Yahoo Mail inbox and it just wouldn't stop coming.  I ended up uninstalling the toolbar and ditching Yahoo Mail... solved the spam problem instantly.  That was many years ago now, but it taught me to never ever install a toolbar again.

Reply #89 from WinCustomize Forums Top

As much as I like Iobit software, their uninstaller just doesn't compare to Revo. Iobit and CCleaner both work about the same in the uninstall department. They catch a few registy entries and little else. Revo does a far better job.

Reply #90 from Sins Forums Top

wizard1956, have you tried the iobit uninstaller on it's deep search (advanced) mode?

I have had several instances where the starndard iun-installer has left several hundred registry entries and several hundred files that the advanced mode uninstall has found and allowed to be removed.

I have not used the revo much as it usually stuffed up on me, so I stopped using it.

harpo

Reply #91 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 89
As much as I like Iobit software, their uninstaller just doesn't compare to Revo. Iobit and CCleaner both work about the same in the uninstall department. They catch a few registy entries and little else. Revo does a far better job.

The Iobit uninstaller works in two stages... the regular uninstall and a deep cleanse, removing extras such as registry entries, common files and program data file as well.  I have used both Revo and Iobit uninstallers, and while both are effective, I've have found the latter to remove more remnants when using the deep cleanse option.

Reply #92 from JoeUser Forums Top

How about toolbars supplied by your own security system like Zone Alarm in my case. They pretty well have a poke into everything on my computer anyway so who can you trust if not them, surely some must qualify as good???

Reply #93 from Sins Forums Top

girlfriendtess, the only toolbar that I (bearly)tolerate is the one from the antivirus, and ALL others, I remove with the deep clean, just to help speed up the computer.

harpo

 

Reply #94 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting GirlFriendTess, reply 92
How about toolbars supplied by your own security system like Zone Alarm in my case.

Quoting harpo99999, reply 93
girlfriendtess, the only toolbar that I (bearly)tolerate is the one from the antivirus

Nope, I won't even have those on my rig... I just have an aversion to toolbars... period.  Like the old Ian Hunter song says: Once Bitten Twice Shy.

Reply #95 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I had a run in with the ask toolbar once. Came bundled in an update for a program that I got from cnet. That was before cnet went to bloat heaven. Took me awhile to figure out how it got on my machine. Its very insidious! Suffice to say it didn't last very long. I'm like starkers.....I can't stand those toolbars. A friend had four of them installed and it took up so much room on the screen you could barely get any work done not to mention what they do to your spam folder and sometimes even your inbox gets flooded with all kinds of garbage. Most of which come loaded with bugs!

Reply #96 from Sins Forums Top

I agree that the ask bar is just ASKING to be removed, along with any other bars that start up in the boot  area OR crowd into the web browser(s), and Idid say bearly tolerate meaning if the computer is not a high powered(ie 4ghz+ quad+ core with at least 8gb ram) it is removed, but regarding the install of those HORIBLE bars, I have developed a simple policy of scan every page of the install of each program looking for the word bar, and removeing the ticks from all such 'offers'.

harpo

 

Reply #97 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 96
I have developed a simple policy of scan every page of the install of each program looking for the word bar, and removeing the ticks from all such 'offers'.

That's alright when you're forewarned a toolbar is bundled.  A while back I installed Winamp and the site I downloaded it from neglected to advise that Google Chrome and the Google toolbar were bundled.  There was no opt out or anything, just Chrome and its toolbar opening as the default browser when I clicked on a link I'd gotten in an email to confirm a registration. 

I've never used Chrome and never will, so I'd have no reason to install it, but there it was, thumbing its friggin' nose at me that it snuck onto my system.  Yup, got the Iobit uninstaller onto that one and booted it halfway to Hell.  Weren't there some laws introduced regarding full disclosure on bundled software, and severe penalties for non-compliance?  I seem to remember something along those lines but I'm not 100% certain if they were passed or not.

Reply #98 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If it's a 2.9x ver of Winamp it actually doesn't need installing at all.

It's skinnable...low impact....plays your mp3s just fine....and all you need is to copy/paste the installed folder onto any other computer...and right-click the exe to a shortcut on your desktop/wherever.

I haven't 'installed' WA in YEARS yet every machine I've had...and every OS [win] has had it...;)

Reply #99 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 98
If it's a 2.9x ver of Winamp it actually doesn't need installing at all.

It's skinnable...low impact....plays your mp3s just fine....and all you need is to copy/paste the installed folder onto any other computer...and right-click the exe to a shortcut on your desktop/wherever.

Nope, it was in a bundle that had to be opened manually before it was made accessible... by which time it was installing crap I neither asked for or was notified of.  I got it from a site called AllPurposeFiles or something like that, but it's no longer around as far as I can tell.  Needless to say it was the last time I ever used it.

Reply #100 from WinCustomize Forums Top

starkers...just go back to a decent ver of Winamp...aka 2.9x ....not 3...not 5....or any other deadbeat ver.

Apps you can copy paste without requiring an install are by default self-contained and painless.  One folder removal and it's gone totally.