Re: Any one running Window 8 yet
In place upgrades or clean install? As you know, with any clean install of
windows, you run a risk of missing dlls, like the various c runtime
libraries that have been installed over the year and lord knows if the
plugins handle that well. For sure you need to plan some time to
investigate why certain plugins fail to load all the sudden.
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, Arvid Björn wrote:
We installed it on a workstation here for testing, I can't connect our
workgroup in Soft, it crashes right away. Other than that, Soft seems to
work. Haven't tried it very much because of that problem. However, I'm
running it on my personal laptop, and over all it's a fantastic upgrade to
windows, IMO. I'd use it on my workstation if everything worked, which I'm
sure it will.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Ben Beckett
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Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one switch is it any
good
Any thoughts
Thanks
Ben
Re: Any one running Window 8 yet
Happens often when people run xsi.exe instead of xsi.bat On Dec 10, 2012 11:46 AM, Leoung O'Young digim...@digimata.com wrote: I upgraded one of my systems from win7 pro to win8 and I tried to install XSI V7.1, everything went fine with the installation, sees the license servers but when I tried to run XSI, it gave me an error can't find an interactive license. I even open the up the ports in the firewall On 12/10/2012 6:02 AM, Ben Beckett wrote: Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one switch is it any good Any thoughts Thanks Ben
Re: Any one running Window 8 yet
I have been running Windows 8 since August. The main downsides are: - I tend to find applications to run by hitting start and typing in their application names, it is just faster than trying to find applications in the new Start Screen. I used to usually use the mouse to find items in the start menu, but its just too hard now. - Printer drivers -- if you have an old printer it may not work with Windows 8, specifically 3 year old Brother printers that are perfectly fine otherwise. This is by far the most annoying thing about Windows 8. - There are two versions of many applications (both Desktop and Metro) that appear to be mostly the same except that they are different and run different, this got me initially: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/983-73-versions-chrome-windows - Windows Explorer (the file manager) tends to crash much more often than on Windows 7 - a couple times at a week - but it restarts pretty quickly and automatically. Besides the annoyances above, it otherwise works for me in all of my daily tasks. Best regards, Ben Houston On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Ben Beckett nebbeck...@gmail.com wrote: Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one switch is it any good Any thoughts Thanks Ben -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.
Re: Any one running Window 8 yet
@ Ben: Finding apps by tapping the start button and start typing will still work for W8. I did the same as Paul, and make groups with the most used apps at the beginning of the screen. So far all apps work just fine, and missing drivers isn't a Windows thing, but like with Vista, IMHO manufacturers screwing up again. Rob \/-\/\/ On 10-12-2012 13:50, Paul Griswold wrote: I switched to it when my main Windows 7 machine crapped out. I've had no major problems with it. It seems to be a little snappier than Windows 7 in general. The howling you hear from the press about it being a horrible failure, etc., is mostly talk IMHO. These are the same people in the press who freaked out over the Start button when it was first introduced. The one thing I actually like about the start screen is the ability to create groups and then re-order the groups. I have a modeling group, texturing/painting group, animation/rendering group, and so on. Just make sure to get the Pro version. AFAIK the standard version is missing a bunch of networking stuff you need. -Paul On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com mailto:b...@exocortex.com wrote: I have been running Windows 8 since August. The main downsides are: - I tend to find applications to run by hitting start and typing in their application names, it is just faster than trying to find applications in the new Start Screen. I used to usually use the mouse to find items in the start menu, but its just too hard now. - Printer drivers -- if you have an old printer it may not work with Windows 8, specifically 3 year old Brother printers that are perfectly fine otherwise. This is by far the most annoying thing about Windows 8. - There are two versions of many applications (both Desktop and Metro) that appear to be mostly the same except that they are different and run different, this got me initially: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/983-73-versions-chrome-windows - Windows Explorer (the file manager) tends to crash much more often than on Windows 7 - a couple times at a week - but it restarts pretty quickly and automatically. Besides the annoyances above, it otherwise works for me in all of my daily tasks. Best regards, Ben Houston On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Ben Beckett nebbeck...@gmail.com mailto:nebbeck...@gmail.com wrote: Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one switch is it any good Any thoughts Thanks Ben -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 tel:613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2634/5448 - Release Date: 12/09/12
Re: Any one running Window 8 yet
Hi Thanks Forgetting back, on that i think am going to stay with what works at the mo, until am force to do it. Ben On 10 December 2012 16:45, Leoung O'Young digim...@digimata.com wrote: I upgraded one of my systems from win7 pro to win8 and I tried to install XSI V7.1, everything went fine with the installation, sees the license servers but when I tried to run XSI, it gave me an error can't find an interactive license. I even open the up the ports in the firewall On 12/10/2012 6:02 AM, Ben Beckett wrote: Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one switch is it any good Any thoughts Thanks Ben
