How To Optimize Windows 8 On Old Hardware

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How To Optimize Windows 8 On Old Hardware

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 04:21 AM

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#2 MCTronix

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 04:56 AM

FYI. The Modern side of Windows 8 does require that the UAC settings be at least at the lower setting. Turning off UAC by moving the slider all the way down will disable all Modern/Marketplace apps.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 05:34 AM

I swear by the Black Viper tweaks - the "safe" column - SOP when I get a new OS or reinstall. Hopefully he'll update for W8. Using CCleaner is a good idea after purchasing a brand new machine and uninstalling the OEM bloatware - often a couple of GB of useless files and huge numbers of useless Registry entries. All that said, I'm in no flaming rush for W8.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 07:45 AM

I think you'll be wrong on all accounts.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 09:32 AM

Windows 8 is an awesome interface and the "Admin" enhancements they've added are fantastic. I had an adjustment period but after I got used to it, no mow WIndows 7 for me.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 11:20 AM

They forgot to mention the fact that windows 8 might not work on certain computers with certain chip types. If your computer isn't capable of using pae/nx/sse2 then it won't run windows 8. To find out more go to http://msdn.microsof.../hh975398.aspx.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 12:15 PM

I usually send the less technologically capable, to ninite.com to pick up Glary Utilities and Auslogics disk defrag. Auslogics disk defrag has worked very well on my older XP and Vista PCs.

I also recommend installing Soluto on a brand new machine; it makes it painfully easy to manage the start-up behavior of applications throughout the life of the PC.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 12:44 PM

"Although Windows 7 was well received and typically offered better performance and stability than its much-maligned predecessor."

You mean unfairly maligned, right?

"Although Windows 8 is Microsoft’s latest operating system, its minimum requirements aren’t much higher than the ancient Windows Vista."

Windows Vista isn't ancient. Service Pack 2 was released in 2009, and it also released the Platform Update later that year.

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 05:48 PM

Hey, I wanted to put Windows 8 on a 10 year old Dell computer running XP. All of my specs are as good or better than what Microsoft is saying is needed, except for my graphics card.

I have a Nvidia Geforce2 MX/MX 400.

Will that be good enough or should I install a better card or forget the idea altogether?

Thanks for any help anyone can give me!

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 06:20 PM

*minuscule, not "miniscule"

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Posted 24 October 2012 - 08:27 AM

or you could just take this time before trying out windows 8 to try ubuntu. throw it on a usb and give it a try here is a video to get you started https://www.youtube....h?v=YEREE0J-XJ4

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Posted 24 October 2012 - 10:56 PM

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Posted 24 October 2012 - 10:59 PM

Even though 64 bit windows can run on a system with 2GB RAM, for optimal experience 32 bit is preferable in my opinion.

For 3GB and above 64 bit is a no brainer.

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 12:26 AM

berock212, on 23 October 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:

The link is broken.

Wildly Insane Now Dumb Or Willfully Stupid. :)

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 01:12 AM

Were you able to get 1024x600 on the eeePC 900? I can't seem to find a way to use that resolution. It's always stuck on 800x600 due to a driver issue.

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 06:24 AM

This article is very misleading. It seems to say nearly anything you currently have running on Windows 7 will work on Windows 8 with the latest drivers. The Intel clover trail (launched Q4 2011/Q1 2012) video chips do not support Windows 8, AMD Radeon HD 4000 series and below (inc. the last AGP graphics card produced by AMD) do not support Windows 8, and what's surprising is that the 915GM graphics mentioned by Marco in the article are ALSO not supported in Windows 8 (http://communities.i.../docs/DOC-19647) - did he not notice this when trying to install the driver?

Personally, I would not describe a crippled system with no 3D support or hardware-assisted video decoding as "squeezing additional life out of an ageing PC".

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 05:00 PM

meolive, on 27 October 2012 - 06:24 AM, said:

Yes. It's truly distressing how the articles often leave out the fine print of what DOES NOT WORK in Win 7 or Win 8. You have to google on user problems or read the more competent commenters, to get the fine print. So thank you for your comment, here.

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Posted 27 October 2012 - 09:21 PM

The best way to disable start-up items is actually via the Task Manager. It even tells you what programs are the worst offenders for start-up time.

And while I don't know how much more effective Defragger is than the build-in version, the build-in version auto-detects the drive type and runs TRIM on SSDs instead of defragging them. It also passes through HDDs several times so I don't know how Defragger is more thorough.

And while CCleaner *is* more aggressive at cleaning out temp files for those lacking disk space (so every MB counts), the point of temp files is actually to increase performance and log errors for micosoft so that future patches can better improve stability.

Results: Piriform's software is overrated.

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Posted 28 October 2012 - 05:40 AM

I was bound and determined to not like Windows 8 but I am a convert. I figured for only $40 what could I lose, so I installed on spare hard drive clone of windows 7 OS. The precheck had already told me that I had 12 issues with several programs I use were not compatible with Win 8 including Word 2000 and MSPublisher 2000.It turned out that only MSE didn't work and all of my applications worked fine. I will admit the installation, on my system, took a very long time, forever it seemed, but I was very pleased with what I ended up with. I did miss the Start button but for $4.49 I downloaded Start8 and installed it, It works fine and things work just like windows 7 which I liked very much. Why did I update? Well, for only $40 dollars I can now legally install windows 7 on my wife's system, she is now running XP which is no longer supported...