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Started by humbert, August 07, 2012, 04:06 AM

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scarface

#100
if you only use notepad or minesweeper it's enough. You'll be down-and-out with ram eating programs only. If you are making videos its clearly insufficient. Still You'd better stay with windows 7 for it might be lighter. if you are in paris these days I have a spare corsair 2 gb so-dimm Im selling for a few euros.

silent2692

Quote from: scarface on February 05, 2013, 06:43 AM
if you only use notepad or minesweeper it's enough. You'll be down-and-out with ram eating programs only. If you are making videos its clearly insufficient. Still You'd better stay with windows 7 for it might be lighter. if you are in paris these days I have a spare corsair 2 gb so-dimm Im selling for a few euros.

thanks, scarface :)

i would try other ways

humbert

Quote from: silent2692 on February 05, 2013, 05:08 AM
would anyone tell me Windows 8 will run well when I setup on my 2GB RAM laptop ?
should i upgrade RAM from 2GB to 4GB then install Windows 8 ?

You can get away with 2GB on Windows 8 as long as you stick to the 32bit version. If you've got 4GB you'll be alright with either version. Also, definitely put in as much memory as you can afford, just not more than 4GB if you intend to stick with 32bit.

I've also noticed than Windows 8 actually runs better on older and lower memory systems then Win 7.

AndroMandy

Hello there,
I appreciate the support by Maher, Humbert and all others who help people here, thank you.

I've setup Windows 8 on two machines, and the two do not work now.
Both were activated using KMS.
One stopped working after doing an update i guess.
the other stopped working as soon as I linked it to a Microsoft account.

the two do not boot, i get a blank screen, then the pc automatically restarts.

is there a way to restore them?, i guess they were locked because they were not genuine and microsoft detected that.
the funny thing is after what happened, even windows 7, wich is dual boot along with Win8, lost it's crack, and i had to re-apply the Win7 Loader again.

is there a way to restore them without the need to re-install,
if not, what should i avoid to get into this again.

thanks again!

scarface

#104
There is no link between win7 and 8 anyway so the same problem at the same time seems weird.

AndroMandy

tell me about it :)
i thought that too!

humbert

AndroMandy - is it possible for you to boot into the safe mode? If so, you can reset W8 and bring it back to how you originally had it. You can even do this from your bootable W8 DVD or flashdrive. If so, repeat the procedure until you find the problem.

There are tons of activators out there, but honestly I don't think they caused the crash.

zzzzzing.lala

my six month kms activation com to end in april what can i do .

scarface

it seems the only legal way for you is switching for linux. If you stick with windows 8 other specialists will perhaps answer you. I heard there is no permanent activation possible, if your copy is not legit.

humbert

Quote from: scarface on March 10, 2013, 08:26 AM
it seems the only legal way for you is switching for linux. If you stick with windows 8 other specialists will perhaps answer you. I heard there is no permanent activation possible, if your copy is not legit.

Call it "activation" or whatever, the bottom line is it will work! There are tons of "activators" (or whatever you want to call them) out there, almost all will do the job. Many of the ones that require rearming will even rearm automatically every 6 months or so. My 100% pirated laptop is fully functional after 4 months, not even a sneeze.

I too have Linux (Mint 14 Cinnamon) on a partition on my 2nd hard drive. When I want to boot into Linux, I simply hit F8 at bootup so the boot menu will come up. The problem is simple lack of support, at least compared to Windows. Off the top of my head I can think of 3 things I do where I must use Windows. I know Mint has an emulator, but frankly if I already have Windows, I see no need to use one.