windows 8 with start button

Freddy Smelly

here is a free app that puts the start button back in windows 8

http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php

no need to downgrade to win 7 anymore
if you hate the metro user interface


now does anyone know how to fix the windows 8 update stuck on downloading 0% problem?

jabberwock

Been using this since I got W8.

http://www.classicshell.net/

Gives some nice extra features.

Freddy Smelly

jabberwock wrote: »

Been using this since I got W8.

http://www.classicshell.net/

Gives some nice extra features.

does windows update work for you?


i cannot get it working on mine.


getting fed up of windows 8 already and i only bought the laptop this morning

jabberwock

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

does windows update work for you?


i cannot get it working on mine.


getting up of windows 8 already and i only bought the laptop this morning

windows update is working fine for me. i don't think i did anything special to it

Just checked there, had 1 optional driver - downloading atm

Freddy Smelly

mine wont download any updates.... they just hang at 0 percent

jabberwock

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

mine wont download any updates.... they just hang at 0 percent

super quick look found this - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2700567

probably not what you have there.

Guessing you are on the machine right now so you have internet.

go in to the windows update window and change what you are attempting to DL - see if that helps.

quaidox

yeah windows update isn't working for me either. i have it set to notify me if downloads are available, but it is not doing this.

Dr Silly Bollox MD

Windows 8.1 set to bring back the Start button

yoyo

Dr Silly Bollox MD wrote: »

Windows 8.1 set to bring back the Start button

All the button does is link to the metro ui, so not the start menu back as such. Being honest the metro ui has grown on me, find it easier finding stuff now than trawling through the menus. The large icons are also easier to spot

Nick

Freddy Smelly

i f'disked the laptop and installed win 7 ultimate.

all is running perfect now.

windows 8 for now is still very buggy. will wait for at least service pack 1 before ill bother with it again

unkel

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

windows 8 for now is still very buggy.

What do you mean it's buggy? Any specific problems? I've been using it myself now for nearly 2 years and I find it very stable and quick. Can't think of a single big issue I've come across on the final version tbh...

Freddy Smelly

unkel wrote: »

What do you mean it's buggy? Any specific problems? I've been using it myself now for nearly 2 years and I find it very stable and quick. Can't think of a single big issue I've come across on the final version tbh...

Windows 8 bugs i found on a brand new toshiba c870d-x11 laptop that had win 8 preinstalled on it

1. windows update wouldn't work at all - always got stuck on downloading 0%

2. windows 8 froze for 30 seconds every so often

3. windows 8 would not shutdown or restart the laptop properly

4. when installing programs it always took 2 or 3 attempts to get it to work

5. wifi would keep turning itself off

6. manual standalone windows updates always failed

7. full charged battery life was 90 mins on win 8 - i get 4 hours life on win 7

since i put windows 7 on it the laptop has been running perfectly with no issues at all

Freddy Smelly

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

windows update wouldn't work at all - always got stuck on downloading 0%

Give it some time, 10-15 minutes or so. It'll then jump up to a high percentage. It's not very intuitive but it does work.

Freddy Smelly

Karsini wrote: »

Give it some time, 10-15 minutes or so. It'll then jump up to a high percentage. It's not very intuitive but it does work.

no i left it an hour and it was still stuck on 0%

its a well known issue... just google it

tbh i happy with win 7 x64 ultimate. windows 8 gui is just awful to use imo

Freddy Smelly

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

no i left it an hour and it was still stuck on 0%

its a well known issue... just google it

... and any time I've seen it I've just waited and let it do it's thing.

Freddy Smelly

Karsini wrote: »

... and any time I've seen it I've just waited and let it do it's thing.

i even tried using standalone update installers but they would fail everytime.

like i said ill wait til sp1 is available then i might try it again.

i plan on buying a 480gb ssd drive for the laptop in a few months. when i get it ill try win 8 again to see if it is any better then. if it is still buggy then ill just clone the drive i have now onto the ssd drive and continue using win 7

Dr Silly Bollox MD