win 8.1 sucks
 

So Windows update decided it would be cool to glitch out somehow and replace parts of system32 with empty files, eventually resulting in a laptop with capabilities equivalent to a punch card reader accessible through command line.

After 12 hours of trying to diagnose and fix the issue via smartphone, it became obvious that the only way to fix this would be to reset the computer to factory settings, reinstall Windows, and then enjoy recovering files.

tl;dr win 8 is really good at bricking a laptop

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

i thought it was common knowledge windows 8 sucks ass

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

use a linux live cd to move files to an external hdd and then install windows 7

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

i recently had the opportunity to apply for a migration project from (brace yourself) windows nt to windows 8

this is not a joke, this actually happened

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

heyyy I just got a new laptop running win8. so far so bleh. to be fair I've messed with it for all of an hour.

the windows update bricking your computer thing just sounds like microsoft being incompetent though, right? I would guess that could happen with a different OS if they were to similarly botch an update.

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

no cd drive on laptop rip

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

when is the last time you have heard of a linux distro or a mac bricking on an update though

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

a different *windows* OS, should have specified rofl

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

make a live usb stick

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

Go tell at Microsoft techs and tell them to give you another laptop?

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

they will blame it on hardware

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

Now all I need is a time machine and go back to before I reset the laptop

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

Personally, I haven't run into any problems with win 8.1 yet (thank god). I had it happen with Ubuntu a few years back. Thankfully I was dual-booting linux and windows, though.

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

I love windows 8, maybe I'm in the minority though. It just feels like a better windows 7 to me..

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

I want to try whatever you're smoking.

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

Beyond disabling the metro UI I can't think of anything about windows 8 that isn't as good or better than windows 7.

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

windows 8 uses resources better than windows 7 does but the interface is a trackwreck for anyone that's not a new user

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

So once you disable that new UI then what is the problem?

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

I might be in the minority who actually likes metro but you can pretty much disable it entirely, and eliminate it all together practically with http://startisback.com/

Once you do that you have a better Windows 7. Only complaints I ever hear that are legitimate about Win8 is the UI. Billium's issue is quite irregular IMO

Re: win 8.1 sucks
 

So basically you have to spend money on windows 8 to get it to be windows 7



Or you could just have gotten windows 7 in the first place, which is cheaper to get than windows 8 anyway and doesn't require a separate product for it to not be utter shit.