windoz taking control

[solarman216]

Hi does anyone have windoz 8, I have just got a laptop with it on and it is trying to take control, just wondered if any one has similar problems and how to deal with it, I will not be ruled by a computer or any other Microsoft sh*t for that matter, Rick

[stinka]

I thought windows 8 was not released properly yet, also it's a tablet based operating system

I have win 7 ...

[supergnome]

Take care if you decide to change operating systems as your new laptop will have a new secure boot, UEFI. this has replaced the old bios. there are "work arounds" but not easy. David.

[arcascomp]

Not played with it yet, but Stinka, Windows 8 is a single OS that will infect tablets, phones, laptops, netbooks, desktops and servers in one form or another.

Very wary of it, although we have thought of a few gestures we could teach it, if we end up with it at work!

[solarman216]

still learning my way round yet, but it has racked up 1.5 gb of downloads in 2 days, that's half my monthly allowance ffs, Rick

[Kamsin]

Windows 8 is another name for SKYNET. :eek:


The world is doomed i tell you. :nono

[briggie]

im very happy with windows 7 ultimate thankyou very much ..... i have absolutely no desire to change to windows 8 , although i wonder if you can change from windows 8 back to windows 7 ? :nenau

[clivvy]

had it for a while, as we are Microsoft Partners, so been playing with it for months.

what do you mean by "taking control" though, ive not seen any such issue as yet, and we use it daily....but, my first thought would be User Account Control, which you can turn off, or adjust from with Users inside Control Panel.

read here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hyperyash/archive/2012/07/18/disabling-user-account-control-in-windows-8.aspx

also, have a play here for help

http://www.acer.com/windows8-tutorial/template.html

:thumbs

[clivvy]

im very happy with windows 7 ultimate thankyou very much ..... i have absolutely no desire to change to windows 8 , although i wonder if you can change from windows 8 back to windows 7 ? :nenau

you can, if you backup your PC first lol

[clivvy]

Windows 8 is another name for SKYNET. :eek:


The world is doomed i tell you. :nono

true, why just the other day a machine at the side of the road told me to SLOW DOWN....can you believe it?

[briggie]

true, why just the other day a machine at the side of the road told me to SLOW DOWN....can you believe it?

i have a " machine " that sits in the passenger seat that tells me to slow down :eek:

[clivvy]

you should listen to her, she is wise.

[solarman216]

[quote=clivvy;188772]had it for a while, as we are Microsoft Partners, so been playing with it for months.

what do you mean by "taking control" though, ive not seen any such issue as yet,

it is just that I have been using it for three days now and it has downloaded 1.6 gb of data and I have not a clue what it has downloaded? I have only downloaded 1 boiler manual a few kb, I have disabled most of the apps that I do not need or want, and it seems to have slowed the downloads down, also the touch pad is soo sensitive, and it does odd things but I guess I will learn to control this, other than the current inability to look round the system to see what is going on it seem OK, Rick:thumb2:thumb2 oh look me smilies wor

[clivvy]

Ah I see. There will be windows updates, news feeds, video feeds all sorts, its data hungry is Windows 8 much like Apple IOS and you have to turn that shit off if you are on a meter with your internet!

Try this

http://m.voices.yahoo.com/how-limit-live-app-tile-update-data-usage-windows-11558162.html

[solarman216]

thanks clivvy, that is just the ticket, I only get 3gb per month which I do not normally get near to exceeding, but this month is going to cost, seems I must learn to keep my hand high when typing as the merest touch on the pad does weird things, Rick

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

W8 = "wait" !

wait for service pack, and bugs to be fixed, not much help if already got it though.

[solarman216]

well getting there, shut down all the crap that was downloading so now only a few mb per session, much more like it, still have issues, but getting there, the up side is much faster start up, in fact it can be left on but it goes to sleep but restarts in a few seconds, this I like, Rick

Oh and already had a mega update so know where some of the download has gone.