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Hi everyone,
I've just got a new laptop with Windows 8 and it doesn't seem to want to install any of the programs I need.
I've downloaded Itunes 11 and Vuze, both in my downloads folder but I can't open them. I double click and nothing happens. I go to the task manager and they're there but I'm not seeing any installation boxes.
I've turned my firewall off and still nothing is happening! :angry:
Somebody please help me
I know this is of absolutely no help to you, Abigail, but I have just bought a new computer and was given the choice of Windows 7 or Windows 8. My son, who knows a lot about computers, said don't get Windows 8, it's complete rubbish!
It is. Plug and Play doesn't work, I can't find the programs list and I can opt to use a windows 7 type interface instead of the tiles - which I just don't understand! Why have the option of two interfaces?
I wish I'd have done more research about windows 8 before buying it.
It is. Plug and Play doesn't work, I can't find the programs list and I can opt to use a windows 7 type interface instead of the tiles - which I just don't understand! Why have the option of two interfaces?
I wish I'd have done more research about windows 8 before buying it.
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I still can't install programs. Any ideas, folks? I'll give anything a try.
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I still can't install programs. Any ideas, folks? I'll give anything a try.
Sorry Abi Igave up on Windows a long time ago
Sorry for stating the obvious, but have you tried right-clicking and "run as administrator"?
If that doesn't work, I found an article which describes your problem:
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/ga...ix-them-962136
Look at 6. Secondary Users Cannot Install Application.
Yours seems to be a common problem among Windows 8 users.
I've tried running as administrator but still nothing :(
So I take it nobody has any experience of installing programs on this useless piece of software? Google isn't helping much either.
Does anybody know how difficult it is to remove Windows 8 and install 7? I'm not sure I can live with this OS much longer :wall: I haven't got any programs or files on it that would cause trouble removing before downgrading.
So I take it nobody has any experience of installing programs on this useless piece of software? Google isn't helping much either.
Does anybody know how difficult it is to remove Windows 8 and install 7? I'm not sure I can live with this OS much longer :wall: I haven't got any programs or files on it that would cause trouble removing before downgrading.
Your problem with running programs could be to do with compatibility. Instructions for running the Compatibility Wizard are detailed here:
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/s...s-in-windows-8
I don't know anything about downgrading to Windows 7 sorry.
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Thanks Dazzle, I've not seen that possible solution. I'll give it a try later tonight. I would have thought Itunes 11 would be compatible and run automatically though. Vuze perhaps not :p
Why did windows mess around. Windows 8 is a disaster!!!
Microsoft have a habit of making every other release a disaster. XP fine; Vista rubbish; 7 fine; 8 rubbish. So the next release should be ok!
If it's not broken, why fix it? Although I will say that Windows 8 is a massive pile of rubbish that needs burning rather than fixing.
For some reason, when I'm on the internet, I'm always signed into messenger. I can't seem to sign out of it, so I have several people sending me messages when I don't really want to talk to them. There's no option to sign out! I can close the program but it still runs in the background. Tres annoying.
If it's not broken, why fix it? Although I will say that Windows 8 is a massive pile of rubbish that needs burning rather than fixing.
For some reason, when I'm on the internet, I'm always signed into messenger. I can't seem to sign out of it, so I have several people sending me messages when I don't really want to talk to them. There's no option to sign out! I can close the program but it still runs in the background. Tres annoying.
I just can't get my head around it t all. Like for instance I am really struggling just shutting the flipping thing off. How to you exit a browser? It's driving me crazy!!