Man /g/, it sure does feel good. >Windows 8.1 >Start8

>>56263342
Always deletes my thumbnails for no reason.

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b-but I am!

>>56263342
>no Telemetry
Do you understand what this entails? You are missing out on all the best features of win10 and it means that Microsoft cannot remotely scan and improve your computer while you are asleep or doing other things on-the-fly.

Telemetry lets your machine take part in a program that improves everyone's computer. Your data is sent to Microsoft and analyzed to improve everyone's experience. They can also remotely solve many problems on your machine with telemetric services

>>56263441

>that huge fuckin start button

>>56263466
Pajeet...

>>56263466
>the botnet speaks

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>>56263471
no bully

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>>56263342
I like vanilla windows 8.1 Cannot complaint about it. Windows 10 fucked some drivers on everyday laptop so i had to go back. Not complaining, it actually feels confy

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r8 my start screen

>>56263441
>>56263489
cute

>>56263342
or you could just be a normal person and use Windows 10

>>56263342
>maki

>got laptop few years back with windows 8
>disliked it but loves windows 8.1
>hard drive dies
>replace with SSD and install 8.1
>decide to upgrade to windows 10 to play minecraft win10 edition
>Windows 10 wrote my SSD to death within 6 months

either I go back to windows 8.1, or I install something like ubuntu or elementary OS on it.

>>56263798
Use 8.1

>>56263342

I still use Windows Vista.

>>56263798
Stick to 8.1 until microsoft either a. shits it up with the continued support or b. eventually ends its support.

If nothing has got better by then maybe it will be time to head to linux.

I had 8.1 with Start8 installed. I got bored and decided to try Windows 10 Enterprise N LTSB which is okay. 8.1 will always be my favorite though.

>>56263867
I need an .iso for Windows 8.1, I have a key that I got from my college but the installer it came with is an .exe that wants me to install 7 first (which in the past, would not load on my laptop). Can't I download an .iso officially from Microsoft?

>>56263650
Being a brain damaged, shit eating retard is not normal.

>>56263900

You can still download windows iso's from their server but microsoft keeps making it more difficult. There's a tool that let's you easily download said iso's, called Windows Iso Downloader, top search result if you google it.

And no, it doesn't come with malware.

>>56263900

Have you tried the installation media tool? You can pick which version of windows you want from 7 to 10 and what version including both 32bit and 64bit as well and have it download the files from microsoft's servers to your HDD in iso format.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows8

B8 harder

>>56263466
this is all a lie

it's just them making rupees from selling your data, they don't fix a god damn thing.

>>56264033
thanks, doc

>>56263650
That's the thing, you can't be a normalfag and actually use Windows 10, normal implies that it just werks but it doesn't it never werks

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>>56263342
Because Win10 doesn't sperg the fuck out on a 4k desktop.

>>56263534
It's nice Matt

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>>56263342
> Arch Linux
> No Shit At All

>>56263489
h-how did you install ahoviewer

>>56264885
https://github.com/ahodesuka/ahoviewer/releases

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b-but I am

>>56263342
I heard there are a lot of games that have some trouble working in 8.1. Also, the only reason i'm still in 7 is because i'm too lazy to fix the mouse bug.

>Can CHOOSE which updates I install
He doesn't know...

>>56263342
>posting maki desktop without source for that wallpaper
thanks anon

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But... i am?

>>56263441
Who's this semen demon

>>56264912
I didn't know this existed. This is the greatest thing ever

>no botnet

>>56263342
Because I mostly use OS X. My laptop runs Arch. Both are more than capable of doing what I want them to and I don't have to say 50 Hail Stallmans before they'll work together, so I have no reason to use Windows at all.

I am using the superior GNU/Linux.

>>56263342
Because I don't care to, why do you care? None of the problems you're describing affect me so what benefit am I deriving from using it?

>>56265744
>I'm totally gonna show off my not-caringness by replying

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>start8
>not using launchy with minimal slate skin
Fucking plebs

>>56265773
>2 clocks

>>56265773
Guys I figured out command prompt how cool am I?

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>>56265773
If you really love Kyouko you shouldn't be using anything other than windows 10 to be quite honest

>>56265842
That's not a command prompt

Is start8 lightier in resources than the regular metro screen?

i am, but with startisback, instead of start8.

been playing with the 2016 build of w10 ltsb, though, and i'm liking it enough to consider switching in a few months.

>>56265870
he never said it was

>>56265979
So what the fuck was he talking about then?

>>56265994
I don't know

>>56266038
Ok

>>56263534
perfect

>>56263342
Where can I download pirated Windows 8.1?

>>56266171
pIrAtE bAy

>>56266303
They have no Windows there.

can't be riced unlike 7 can at least be riced

>>56263342
This.


Anybody who talks shit about 8.1 is a Pajeet.

Windows 8.1 is love.
Windows 8.1 is life.

Windows 10 is a shit.


Also 7, and 8.1 have been receiving botnet updates through Windows Update, you probably already have telemetry running.

>>56266171
go to your local best buy and look at the older laptops
boot them into the bios and find the win 8 key there
then go home and use that key on your computer, and activate using the phone thing

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>>56263534
Step it up Matt.

>>56266534
>actually using the start screen

>>56266649
If Windows users had a 3-digit IQ, they'd understand how much quicker it is to type the first letters of a program and press enter instead of manually searching a huge list of programs filled with garbage.

>>56263900
to get an iso you should get "random agent spoofer" addon for firefox and select linux, then the .iso link will show up instead of the media creation tool.

>>56266712
I do that with the start menu, why do you need a full screen for it?

>>56266756
Fullscreen or not doesn't change anything for something that pop instantly and disappear within 2-3 seconds, do you need to admire your menu or something? If both start and classic menu have a search feature, why install slower 3rd party shit.

>>56266756
The only difference is the size of the start menu.

You can always turn that off and use a more classic style, but the functionality is identical.

>>56266712
>>56266848
>>56266851
>Sending an email
>Typing a paper

"Oh shit, I gotta open up this page to cite a source"

>Go to type it in
>Doesn't search because it goes by the primary window

Do you see the issue? What's so hard about hitting the Windows key and then typing it? Sure, I could do that with the stock menu, but I literally lose site of what I'm doing to search for something.

I can keep an eye on my work, and search for something at the same time. Start8 is much faster in my opinion than Metro and it looks much better.

>>56267635
>Start8

HE PAID FOR SOFTWARE LMAO

>>56268452
i don't see where she said that anywhere?

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>>56265773
Link wallpaper pls

>>56263342
Post wallpaper

>>56263441
you know you can just press print screen on Windows, right?

>>56269531
nani?

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>>56263342
> installed win7 in college
> couldn't afford, pirated
> pic related
> now can afford
> impossible to purchase
> REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>56263342
>manchildren games
>"Joe"
>muTorrent
>not hiding cursor when taking screenshots
I want to retch.

>>56270307
do NOT bully joe! especially with aria pictures
i'll steal ur sticker nerd

>tfw bought it when it was 20 quids

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>>56270323
EHH??

>>56270358
u heard me

>>56266534
>games not in order
baka desu senpai

>>56266419
I'm a Pajeet. Still using OEM version of win 8. Didn't update to 8.1 to dodge force upgrade to 10. Might finally update to 8.1

>>56263342
Classic Shell > Start 8

>>56263342
can some1 give me that maki wall

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>>56268938

>>56263342

>>No telemetry
>>No botnet

Anon, I don't know how to say this to you, but...

>>56271187
this. I use 8.1

>>56271187
on 7/8/8.1 you can just uninstall the relevant updates, on 10 it's built in from the ground up and there's nothing you can do about it

>>56263342
>8.1
>no botnet
Eight is where they made the entire OS into a botnet. Ten made it a million times worse.

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>Not reverse searching the image.
Maki is not impressed, senpai.

Any up to date anti-telemetry list of windows 7/8.1 updates?

>>56263342
>Firefox
>uTorrent
>M-Muh games
>HwMonitor
>Not using Gimp

wew

>>56263342
lel, 7 and 8 were updated with telemetry

>>56272024
so uninstall those updates?

>>56272024
>updating Windows

>>56263342
>SSD fully optimized
>memory is optimized
>no botnet
>this is what gaymers actually believe

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>>56266411
Just install blackbox and cygwin, you'll feel comfy as heck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7SukjjD2o

>>56263342
I'll upgrade to 8.1 in 2020 when Win 7 support ends.

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>>56263342
I am. While 8.1 may not be the perfect OS, it is by far the best OS

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Why would anyone use anything else?

>>56273546
8.1 fixes a few glitches and apart from that is almost the same as 8.1.

>>56273567
I just use it for the start button. I turned any metro shit off with Start8.

>>56263466
Are you even trying to not sound like a shill? That post sure isn't worth those 0.02 cent.

should I get win8.1 for my new laptop or just go for linux? win seems to support more shit and linux just seems buggy for me

>>56263489
What I'm asking all the time..do you anime faggots fap to this?

>>56273575
even on 8.1 i find myself using classic shell

Because I'm using a far superior OS, macOS.

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>>56263342
Linux will never look this good :^)

>>56263342
Why Windows 8 and not Windows 2016 server?
No cortana or anything

>>56263342
I can't believe that with the release of Win10, the Win8 actually became a viable option.

>>56276373
The finished product will have the same telemetry settings as Windows 10. Can't turn them off either. Stick with server 2012 r2.

Man /g/ it sure does feel good
>Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016
>latest and greatest modern OS, faster than 8.1 or 7
>lets you control updates and telemetry
>is stable, only bug fixes and security updates, let the common sheep be a beta tester for MS
>all software and gaymen just werks and runs better than on 7 and 8.1
>no cortana, store, modern apps or edge bloat

Sure, it's still Winblows, but if you're going to use it, why would you torture yourself using 8.1 instead?

>>56276611
Still can't completely turn off telemetry in ltsb.

http://orig01.deviantart.net/5c16/f/2015/212/7/3/maki_nishikino_v3__love_live___minimalist_by_lucifer012-d93ko4l.png

>>56276042
PoSh got ported to Linux and Mac OS X, so it is possible it will.

>>56263342
>He ironically uses utorrent

wew

>>56270307
>>56271980
>>56277874
Wh-Which torrenting program is the bestu?

>>56271593
I tried but then I remembered I had better things to do, like not reverse image searching the image.
Thanks kouhai.

>>56263342
>shill8
>start menu replacement con 8.1
Never go full retard, NEVER

>>56263466
Fun bait


Lemme improve your experience, post all your credentials and passwords so i can improve your experience while improving your experience too either. Thanks

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is this the new Maki thread

>>56278300
qbittorrent

>>56278300
Jag använder Deluge.

Someone post those Microsoft mascots image.

>>56263441
can you please post that wall?

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>>56280343

>have 8.1
>windows 10 free update
>get windows 10
>half games I play have huge resolution
>update amd drivers
>still can only see half the game on screen
>downgrade to 8.1
>wait 2 months
>rinse repeat still can't play my games
>wait another few months
>rinse repeat still crap
When shit amd drivers didn't work for windows 10 and saved me from keeping botnet before I knew it was botnet.

>>56263342
I run it in a VM for games.

>>56263466
POO IN THE FUCKING LOO

>>56263650
Since when is being ignorant considered normal? Oh wait... forgot it's the current year and everyone is retarded.

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>>56266718
oh wow that's a cool tip, thanks man

Anyone know if KMSpico is still the best to keep it activated? I don't really like it, but I'll bear with it if it's the most reliable solution

>>56273265
Mind sharing your dotfiles anon|?

>>56263342
Because i don't use windows.
I created my own system because of my personal needs.
I called it M.A.S.O.T Multi Aspect System Of Tasks it's called this way because i can have active task for example "game is runing in background but using less ram/almost no cpu because it's in sleep mod.
Minus i must adjust every program to this.

>>56263342
>It feel good to have an OS you PAID for do what you want
Retarded cock-sucking fag.
Every single thing you listed are to be EXPECTED. If your OS can't do it OUT OF THE BOX, it is shit.

>>56283272
>PAID
>he thinks we pay for windows

>>56283294
op paid for windows :^)

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>>56283303
what a good goy

>>56283294
If you get it from DreamSpark. You technically paid for it.
If you pirated it. You are even more stupid for shilling something you pirated.
Either way you are retarded.

>>56276431
No kidding. If there wasn't Win10, 8/8.1 would still be considered satan by a lot of people.

Greater evils, huh. I wonder what'll happen when the next Winblows rolls around.