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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

I can't close this thread, I'm not an admin here. But any moderator that reads this, feel free to close it, I'm fed up with all these morons so I'm going to keep reinstalling Windows 7 and then get some work done.
- sebazvideo
- Post #52
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

You're an idiot. I am a proud democrat, and I wouldn't accept a job at Fox News even if my life depended on it.
- sebazvideo
- Post #51
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

I made a huge mistake. Three actually. The first was to think that a POS OS like Windows 8 was going to get better after one revision. The second one was to install it. The third one was to post in this forum thinking that I was going to find intelligent and knowledgeable users as opposed to the...
- sebazvideo
- Post #50
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Yeah, cows will fly to the moon by themselves before I install Windows 8 ever again. I can use Windows 7 for several more years, perhaps after that more major apps will have been ported to Linux, or perhaps Mac OS X will be open to all computers without any hacks.
- sebazvideo
- Post #46
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Your idiotic condescending tone is based on your own failing to read instead of just typing, which if you would have done you would have read in my first post that I did my homework, that I searched everywhere for answers, I tried to implement all of them without success, even after the recovery...
- sebazvideo
- Post #45
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Yes, LOLOLOL but you, and nobody here has been able to tell me how to fix the problem I started the post about, because I didn't to state my hatred for this POS OS, but to see if I could boot into Windows 7 one last time to get some settings and work on some urgent things before I wiped the...
- sebazvideo
- Post #42
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

I didn't lose any files dude. My files are safe and sound. What I didn't do is an image of the OS to restore it right away because I didn't have a spare 3 TB drive. Besides, every single version of Windows before this calamity had a boot manager that would give you the choices right after POST...
- sebazvideo
- Post #41
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

No, you helped me get on it, so thank you.
- sebazvideo
- Post #40
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

As far as I know, this was going to be the only version released for free to the public. I don't have Windows 8 because of the same reason, I tested it when the consumer preview was released, I saw it was a piece of crap and took it out. I didn't even buy it for the $40 it was available back...
- sebazvideo
- Post #39
- Sep 7, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

OK, but you didn't say you had Windows 8.
- sebazvideo
- Post #31
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Another sheep on the "I will buy whatever crap Microsoft pukes" train. So if for you having an opinion on things is being a sheep, then everybody is a sheep. I would say sheep are those who blindly follow a company to death no matter how bad their products eventually become, or if they are not...
- sebazvideo
- Post #30
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

I know what RTM stands for, but did you pay for it? If not, it's illegal, period. If you paid for it, then good for you. You just purchased the worst software product of all time.
- sebazvideo
- Post #28
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

It's not a matter of giving up at the first sign of trouble, or the second or third, it's an OS designed by idiots with really poor visual taste and not even one quarter of the testing that Windows 7 had, because the Win 7 consumer preview didn't have any of these issues. But for all the...
- sebazvideo
- Post #27
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Well, I wouldn't pay a penny for this piece of crap OS, and if you're suggesting to download a leaked RTM copy, that's illegal, not to mention stupid because then you would have to install hacks to circumvent the genuine software validation. Too much trouble for something that is not worth it.
- sebazvideo
- Post #24
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

That's good advice, unfortunately I was out of space to do a major backup of my main drive, since my external backup drive is almost full. Yet, every single past version of Windows shows the boot choices right after POST, so I figured that even if the demonic OS 8 wrote the boot manager I would...
- sebazvideo
- Post #22
- Sep 6, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Yeah dude, pebkac error... I have been a computer geek for 20 years now, I've installed all versions of Windows since 3.1 on dozens of computers, and I also built several computers for myself, friends and clients which still work fine to this day, included the one I installed this abomination...
- sebazvideo
- Post #6
- Sep 5, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Everybody should get goose bumps from the mere thought of having Windows 8 installed on their computer.
- sebazvideo
- Post #3
- Sep 5, 2013
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview ruined my life

Yesterday I had the most stupid idea I've had in a long time. I had a spare SATA drive from an old computer and I decided to install a giant virus. This giant virus is called Windows 8.1 Consumer Preview, which closely follows Windows 8 as the worst OS in the history of the universe, in...
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- Thread
- Sep 5, 2013
- Replies: 53
- Forum: Operating Systems
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2x2 to 2x4 power supply adapter, do I need it?

I got a bunch of very old computers for free and I was trying to use spare parts to put together a machine with an old Intel D975XBX2 motherboard and a quad core CPU that I'm not using (the case and power supply that was used with that computer is now part of another faster computer, so I can't...
- sebazvideo
- Thread
- Sep 3, 2013
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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File sharing not working

Right, but if I do that I would have to enter the password each time I reboot, which is a waste of time since both computers are at home. And I know it worked before without password, I wonder if the router is the problem, since it worked the last time I tried it with the older Netgear router.
- sebazvideo
- Post #3
- Feb 25, 2013
- Forum: Networking
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File sharing not working

My main PC has Windows 7 Pro, and there's an older Vista PC from which I every now and then I need to copy large files from over the network. The router is a Cisco Linksys E4200 and all four ports are in use, besides these two computers, there's a third PC and a Roku box. These four devices and...
- sebazvideo
- Thread
- Feb 25, 2013
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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What are the most important BIOS settings for performance without excessive heat

Thanks for the long reply, but I was looking more for a simple advice like which of all those settings in my screenshots are the ones that are important in which ones not so much. I know that Vcore is the most important one when it comes to reduce temperature, and that you need to raise it if...
- sebazvideo
- Post #4
- Oct 28, 2012
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What are the most important BIOS settings for performance without excessive heat

I'm trying to do a mild overclock on my new system based on a 3930k, which should show on the signature. I don't care to take it to 4.5 or even close, I just want to get a little more juice without decreasing the life of the CPU or motherboard, something like 4 Ghz would be fine. I don't know...
- sebazvideo
- Thread
- Oct 28, 2012
- Replies: 7
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

There was a link somewhere to Realtek drivers and they were only drivers, these seem to be more than that, but I already have the Asus drivers and after I reinstalled the whole system from scratch for the second time, I'm not going to waste any more time with this, but thanks for the tip anyway.
- sebazvideo
- Post #24
- Oct 18, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

OK, what I don't understand is this: Does nobody test these motherboards when they are being designed, put together a system with them and spend a few days playing around with it, making sure it has no major bugs? Because I don't have some crazy weird configuration, the CPU is one of the most...
- sebazvideo
- Post #22
- Oct 18, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

I tried the previous to last version and it was the same. The Asus website only has two or three versions, but regardless I'm not going to uninstall and install several versions to see which one doesn't have this problem. I just set it to AC97.
- sebazvideo
- Post #20
- Oct 18, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

Oh, actually the easiest way is to set the connector to AC97 in the Realtek control panel, the annoying popup is gone and I still get sound from the headphones. I haven't tested the mic input, but I never use it anyway so I don't care. This is not the way it's supposed to work, but I'm not...
- sebazvideo
- Post #18
- Oct 17, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

Oh well, I called Newegg and they don't do advanced replacements for motherboards. Because, hey, it's totally fine that people are supposed to take apart their whole system to ship back the motherboard, and be without their computer for days. So I'll have to suck it up and keep this...
- sebazvideo
- Post #16
- Oct 16, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

- What's the rest of your configuration? - Is your power supply on top or bottom? I'm wondering if this is because my PSU is on the bottom, the top of it barely an inch away from this plug on the motherboard, even though I lifted the cable so it wouldn't touch. - In the Realtek control panel, if...
- sebazvideo
- Post #15
- Oct 16, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

OK, the issue still continues despite having gone through a series of tests, patiently waiting to see if the balloon would pop up after each of these, and it did: - I took out one of the PCIe cards, the HD Spark, which was in the nearest slot to the connector, even though most likely it had...
- sebazvideo
- Post #14
- Oct 15, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

Thanks Bankster, but taking out the HD Spark is not an option. Even if this didn't come up without it, I would need to put it back, so that wouldn't help me. Besides, this card was on my previous build, where this problem never happened with the same exact front panel connector. At the most I...
- sebazvideo
- Post #12
- Oct 14, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

Here's the capture from the device manager with the audio section open:
- sebazvideo
- Post #10
- Oct 14, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

I don't understand the point of this. Why would I want to disable HDMI audio from the card? I did that back when I had a Radeon 4850 that had no HDMI outputs but for some reason it showed an HDMI audio playback device. But my current card has an HDMI port, and while I'm not using it now, I might...
- sebazvideo
- Post #9
- Oct 14, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

What's Dev Man?
- sebazvideo
- Post #5
- Oct 13, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

Thanks, I did that, but even if the panel doesn't come up, the balloon still does, unless I choose not to display the tray icon, but I prefer to have it there for easy access. But my point is, in the older Realtek control panel in my Gigabyte motherboard, notifications were enabled and it never...
- sebazvideo
- Post #3
- Oct 13, 2012
- Forum: Motherboards
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Asus P9X79 Pro, really annoying audio problem

I just finished my build with this motherboard and I'm having a problem that is getting on my nerves, which apparently many other people do with Realtek chips. At random intervals that can be sometimes 20 minutes apart but sometimes 1 minute, a balloon in the tray pops up up saying that I just...
- sebazvideo
- Thread
- Oct 13, 2012
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Motherboards
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New build, wondering if my temps are too high

OK, but what I don't get is why this board doesn't allow to select PWM or voltage controlled? I haven't had a lot of boards, but the other three systems I built had that option, and all were different brands of motherboards. In them, I could adjust the speed of the 3 pin fans to whatever speed I...
- sebazvideo
- Post #5
- Oct 13, 2012
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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New build, wondering if my temps are too high

Thanks for your reply. The CPU fan is actually plugged into the CPU FAN connector. Now what I'm trying to find out is if there is a way to change the fans that are not PWM to voltage controlled. I replaced the rear fan with a CM that is PWM, but the other three in the case, also Cooler Master...
- sebazvideo
- Post #3
- Oct 13, 2012
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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New build, wondering if my temps are too high

I finished my build two days ago, and I think something may be wrong. For starters, every now and then, on bootup, the motherboard shows this old style screen from American Megatrends, instead of the normal simplistic Asus bootup screen. At the bottom of the screen, it says CPU FAN ERROR and...
- sebazvideo
- Thread
- Oct 12, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Defective Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo?

I'm putting together my new build right now, and I don't know if I have a defective Evo. The cooler I put in my last build from two years ago was the Hyper 212+, and when I screwed it in, it put so much pressure on the motherboard that I was worried it was going to crack. But now, I just put...
- sebazvideo
- Thread
- Oct 10, 2012
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Cases & Cooling

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