I tried to adapt to Windows 8 but I can't!

moontan,

No, you don't have to do that even though the disk is an Upgrade.

 

Re: 3rd Attempt to use and KEEP Windows 8

There's so much missing information that nobody could say, but I'll take a shot in the dark and say to try this for number 1:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Windows_8_Codecs_d7587.html

You might also go into Folder Options and set it to "Always show icons, never thumbnails."

 

Re: 3rd Attempt to use and KEEP Windows 8

could it have anything to do with the fact that I uninstalled Windows Media Player?

 

i'll try again installing it with only the Upgrade disk then when i have some spare times.

doesn't the installer look for an existing Windows installation first before prodeeding?

 

When I read this thread I'm glad of my old policy of skiping every other MS o/s.

I went from windows 95 straight to xp then to W7. Skipped windows 98 , vista.

Sorry you are having trouble though just revert.

 

Re: 3rd Attempt to use and KEEP Windows 8

Possibly; especially if it took some codecs with it.

I wouldn't uninstall WMP, though. Just let your preferred media player take all file associations and don't enable the homegroup and streaming options.

Your best bet is to just use standard options to disable things you want and leave things in place until you're more familiar with the operating system. You can then further secure things with your firewall, etc. If you try to hack apart a new OS without knowing anything about it then you're going to create a miserable experience for yourself; those kinds of things are risky enough even when you do have a good idea of what you're doing, and it doesn't benefit you any in the end. If WMP can't run automatically, then the only way a media file could make it play would be if it compromised your system in another way, at which point it wouldn't need to exploit WMP.

 

moontan,

This works...

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=334847&highlight=ei.cfg#11

 

Every other MS OS is correct.

~Image removed per Policy.~

 

Yes, but historically this gets acknowledged by the majority much later. I can already remember the enthusiastic first wave of Windows Me users, shouting "system restore, what a feature, this OS is much better than 98SE!"

As well as "It boots faster than 98SE!"

Oh and "it has movie maker, new WMP, how cool is that!"

 

So I reinstalled Windows Media Player and that error is gone now!

Darn MS

 

Windows 8 Needs Permission for everything

I am the admin, I disabled UAC, why the heck do I keep getting this for every file operation?

please help me get rid of this nonsense:

 

It's not MS's fault that you uninstalled something that you shouldn't have.

 

1) Why shouldn't I have uninstalled it? I choose what media player runs on my system not MS

2) I've always uninstalled it in Vista and 7 and never got a problem

3) I spoke too soon, the error came back later

I have now officially uninstalled this crappy OS and will NEVER EVER touch it again. It's fragile as crap!

And I've disabled UAC and Im the freakin' admin yet I have to confirm every file execution I perform!

You all who are using it, I pity you for living in the placebo bubble and trying to convince yourself that it is a fully baked OS....matter of fact....it isn't...this wouldn't even pass for BETA in my books. Perhaps MS released it too soon while its in Alpha stage to mess around with people

 

Because Windows 8 is not Windows 7 or Vista, because you get no benefit from uninstalling it (see my previous post), because you should get to know the lay of the land before trying to hack it apart, and because when you do hack it apart you need to be ready to handle the problems that it will cause.

If you don't want to change operating systems then that's fair enough, but giving up after an hour because things don't work the same and throwing around ad hominems doesn't reflect favorably on you.

 

berryracer,

That's a cavalier attitude. Did you try to uninstall Internet Explorer? That would be an even better way to destroy your OS.

 

But, all you needed to do is install a 3rd party media player and get it to associate video files with it and not WMP. No need to uninstall anything.

That has not been my experience with Windows 8. It's running fine for me on two laptops, one 3 years old and the other 6 years old. Before the $40 upgrade offer runs out I'm going to buy a few more licences.

Lol, threre is no placebo bubble here, it does run faster then Windows 7 for me on two laptops which came with Vista installed. You can even download a free program which brings back the traditional start menu, and makes Windows 8 boot to the desktop rather than the new Metro interface. In which case it essentially works like an improved Windows 7.

Sure, there may be some people having issues with Windows 8, but I'm sure they are in the minority. Just because you are having problems, it does not mean that all Windows 8 users are having problems.

 

Re: Windows 8 Needs Permission for everything

Open

Code:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

and change EnableLUA to 0

This is the master control for UAC. Turning it off also disables the ability to run Start Page apps, however.

 

tnx Brian, i'll give it a try

 

OP needs to perform a clean install and stop removing windows component as well as stop installing unneeded codec packs, thats where the COM Surrogate error comes from....oh and stop spamming every windows 8 forum available.

 

Although this might NOT be the right thread for this specific question i guess you guys could help me out.
MS has some nice promos online where you only have to pay $40 bucks to upgrade but my question is:
I know they deliver the OS through a the internet but what if i decided to format my PC after i got it installed?
Do they send me an ISO that i can use over and over or it's just a one time download?

Thanks.

 

Noob,

You're given the option of creating an ISO when you download the update. That's what I did and used the ISO to create a disc, which I then used to do a fresh install of Windows 8 (on top of Windows 7) and plan to use the disc/ISO in the future when I upgrade to an SSD drive.

 

Awesome.
Now my last question, are there any deals out there where i can get W8 for lower than the $40 official upgrade price?

 

I highly doubt it - it's more than cheap enough as it is.

 

I'm not even going to try to adapt "or to Win7"

 

You can get the upgrade for $15 if you purchased a win7 machine after June 2.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/upgrade-offer