Question to those with Win8 and DCS?

[Ramstein]

Question to those with Win8 and DCS?

 

Windows 8, seems to be a different beast with account. log on account, admin accounts, accounts tied to e-mail, etc.. and when I went to change from my admin account and use an account I had tied to Hotmail... DCS acted like I was a new user, or it was a different computer, and wanted new activations,,

 

in Win7 (before I upgraded) I did not have al the activation problems. I did not have new hardware or software, I only had changed my user account.

 

I think** I made a huge mistake by using my Hotmail account... Win8 has choices asking if you want to use a *local account** or other account,, and me not knowing the repercussions ended up burning activations, because when I fired up DCS is started demanding new activations.. I truly never saw this behavior until Win8.

 

It was a mess and really cannot explain very well the mess. Only that the less types of personal accounts , even as the owner, admin, etc,,, can make it a nasty experience.. and if I try top explain in the forum, some people don't understand and think I did some boneheaded thing..

 

with Win8, even if you don't deactivate, and change from user to admin.. DCS thinks you are doing something bad and demands new activations, with each module.

 

Just sayin'

 

Maybe there needs to be a stickie made to alert people who go to use Win 8,,, the things that can happen... or might happen,, or not... I don't know,, but maybe someone who know enough to explain Win8 upgrade and DCS can explain it all better,, and save people from a mess..

 

IMHO

:doh:

[Lange_666]

I think** I made a huge mistake by using my Hotmail account... Win8 has choices asking if you want to use a *local account** or other account,, and me not knowing the repercussions ended up burning activations, because when I fired up DCS is started demanding new activations.. I truly never saw this behavior until Win8.

 

It was a mess and really cannot explain very well the mess. Only that the less types of personal accounts , even as the owner, admin, etc,,, can make it a nasty experience.. and if I try top explain in the forum, some people don't understand and think I did some boneheaded thing..

 

You are right, had to deal with the same shit after a clean Win8 install.

First upgraded over Win7 (since it was an upgrade that i bought) but then i found out that you could create an installation disk/usb to make a full clean install of Win 8 (not bad for 29,99€).

The problem on my end started after the Win 8 clean install because i had to login into my computer every time i fired it up.

Main reason for this was the Microsoft account i created (out of my old non-used hotmail account) when the installation asks for it. Then i tried to remove this but that wasn't possible. I found out that you can remove the password for every account, admin or local but that you can't remove it on the Miscrosoft account and therefore you always need to login into your computer "if" you created a Microsoft account on installation of Win 8.

Took me three clean installs in a row to figure that one out and on the thirth time i selected to create a local account with blanc password (option on the bottom of the create a Microsoft account screen, easely overlooked) and all was OK after that (for 99%). No more login at startup en more more UAC overlay on the icons like with a Microsoft account (even though UAC was removed on that account, the overlay icon stayed).

The only thing i currently have is an UAC overlay icon onmy Afterburner icon which i can't seem to remove for whatever reason.

 

But you can't do much without a Microsoft account when using apps from the Metro interface. You need it to login to almost anything that has an M$ tag on it.

 

Best way to get around all this throuble is to clean install with a local account and then, when everything is installed, use your Microsoft account to login into the Metro apps who need it. More you don't need (if you are the only one using your computer).

 

What i really find stupid is that you always start on the Metro desktop (bypassable through the use of some programs like Classic Shell or Start8) but the moment you use anything else then an app, let it Microsoft Office, DCS World, Internet Explorer or anything else that is not an app, you always end up on the old desktop, having to make the switch to the Metro desktop manually (i bypass it on startup and only use the old desktop so it's a non-existing problem for me).

 

Another thing that bugs me is why there is no option anymore to choose your own font for the desktop (including icons) but are forced to use the horrible Segoe UI font by default. Only way around it for the moment is a register edit (which works fine but is rather clumsy in 2013!!)

Edited February 26, 2013 by Lange_666