Windows 8 released for all to try

[Ailantd]

Originally Posted by epoch

You got a VM working? Which host?

It wouldn't even install on VMware Workstation 7.

I installed it in Oracle´s VirtualBox over win7
Googling a bit you can find how to configure it so it works fine.

[Talbot]

Originally Posted by ratzmilk

Did you have to re-install Steam and/or Clod?

The game isn't starting for me at all. No errors, or anything. Even tried running the launcher.exe direct as administrator, and still nothing happens.

+1

[AWL_Spinner]

The game isn't starting for me at all. No errors, or anything. Even tried running the launcher.exe direct as administrator, and still nothing happens.

Well I have that trouble in Windows 7....

I've got CLoD to start three times, each of which was immediately after re-installing my NVidia drivers. Needless to say this is a bit of a hassle to go through just to start a game, so I'm waiting to see if things improve with future patches.

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by Ailantd

People like me that use it to work, not only gaming, and that are opening and closing heavy programs all the day.

I'd actually be one of those, myself. I spend by day buried in various server-consoles, network traffic-reports, Excel spreadsheets and a horde of other muppetry. With the ability to create my own start-page, like you can once Win8's beta actually gets here, I can have what I need at my fingertips, and I don't need to minimize anything to get hold of them. A which jab at the Windows-key gets me the startpage.

We'll have to see how the system works once the Beta gets here. I'll render my final judgement at it then.

[ReconNZ]

Originally Posted by AWL_Spinner

Well I have that trouble in Windows 7....

I've got CLoD to start three times, each of which was immediately after re-installing my NVidia drivers. Needless to say this is a bit of a hassle to go through just to start a game, so I'm waiting to see if things improve with future patches.

Spinner, mate there is no point waiting for future patches, you are clearly in the massive minority - the vast majority of people have CloD working easily on Win7, so the problem lies almost certainly with your system, not with the game. I strongly suggest a full re-install of Win7, or perhaps try a different graphics card as maybe there is a problem with yours or a corruption deep in your registry. Either way if you are having problems with something that works for the vast majorty, you need to look at your rig, not the software.

[ratzmilk]

Originally Posted by ratzmilk

Did you have to re-install Steam and/or Clod?

The game isn't starting for me at all. No errors, or anything. Even tried running the launcher.exe direct as administrator, and still nothing happens.

Having task manager open while starting launcher.exe has revealed that it does in fact start up, runs for a few seconds, then exits. Still without any error messages though. It appears to start, you see that amount of memory it's using grow for a few seconds, then it will stop. I've seen it stop anywhere between 700k and 8000k. At any point between those two figures, the memory usage will stop growing, it'll sit there for another 30 seconds frozen, then disappears from task manager.

I've just finished doing a complete fresh install of the OS, then steam, then downloaded the game fresh again, still does exactly the same thing.

[Fjordmonkey]

Wait, people are trying to run a game on a DEVELOPER-version of a new OS? And by Developer-version, I mean Pre-Beta software specifically designed for and given out to developers on a Build-conference on a Samsum-pad (aka not a PC) long before the Beta is ready?

[yakaddict]

Lets just be honest, this is not progress, its retarded. It does not look better. Adding tiles as a desktop that a computer from 2002 could have run does not look good, and the search feature is worthless. It now takes about 5 steps rather than two to pull up the control panel, and accessing my pictures and folders also takes more work. I cant really search for files and applications instantly like in 7, etc etc. Instead of fixing the problems with 7 and leaving the metro UI as an option for tablets (which is actually a genius idea) they have tried to integrate it into a desktop UI (which is impossible). In its current state windows 8 is no more than a brilliant idea gone wrong in every conceivable way. And they still havent added in multiple desktops. The ONLY feature windows 7 was lacking to make it compete directly and on the same terms with mac and linux. I really do hope they manage to integrate this into a functional system within the next year, or even better, add an option to remove the stupid UI overlay completely during installation, but in its current state I think this picture is required:

I was perusing a Windows publication the other day and in it they described Win8 as being a contemporary of Win7, not a replacement. Win8 sounded to me like it was basically Win7 but with an entirely new UI to take advantage of all the new portable hardware out there.

Doesn't sound to me like anything the typical home desktop user is going to feel compelled to buy.

[AWL_Spinner]

Originally Posted by ReconNZ

Spinner, mate there is no point waiting for future patches, you are clearly in the massive minority - the vast majority of people have CloD working easily on Win7, so the problem lies almost certainly with your system, not with the game. I strongly suggest a full re-install of Win7, or perhaps try a different graphics card as maybe there is a problem with yours or a corruption deep in your registry. Either way if you are having problems with something that works for the vast majorty, you need to look at your rig, not the software.

Can't bring myself to reinstall Win7, everything else is just working flawlessly. FSX, no problem. DCS:A10 - bought it yesterday, installed it, works without a hitch (great user experience too, from the UI to the training missions). RoF, ditto.

A new graphics card is on my roadmap somewhere (probably in the Black Friday sales), that's likely going to be the saviour.

Cheers, Spinner