Windows 8 Latest Topicshttps://forums.lunarsoft.net/forum/54-windows-8/Windows 8 Latest TopicsenWindows 8.1 Extended Support Endshttps://forums.lunarsoft.net/topic/8401-windows-81-extended-support-ends/ Today the extended support for Windows 8.1 has come to an end.

As such and due to very low usage, this forum is being moved to the Archives.

]]>8401Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:11:06 +0000Microsoft will allow free upgrade to Windows 10 (formerly 9)https://forums.lunarsoft.net/topic/5787-microsoft-will-allow-free-upgrade-to-windows-10-formerly-9/There's lots of talking going around about the free upgrade. I'd like to get myself Windows 8 just to try it and be able to get the free upgrade to Windows 10.
 
Why is it now Windows 10 instead of 9? Because of third party programmers using the wrong code.
 

Microsoft dev here, the internal rumours are that early testing revealed just how many third party products that had code of the form

if(version.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{ /* 95 and 98 */
} else {
and that this was the pragmatic solution to avoid that.

 


Quote source: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2hwlrk/new_windows_version_will_be_called_windows_10/ckwq83x

 

A huge offender is Java, just take a look at https://searchcode.com/?q=if%28version%2Cstartswith%28%22windows+9%22%29

]]>5787Thu, 02 Oct 2014 20:30:18 +0000forced to select Windows update settings after every reboothttps://forums.lunarsoft.net/topic/5810-forced-to-select-windows-update-settings-after-every-reboot/An issue that has plagued me on and off for months on Windows 7 Ultimate has now started happening on Windows 8.1 Pro.

 

After every reboot without fail I'm now being prompted by action centre to set the Windows Update settings. When I go to check them it tells me that the option for "Give me recommended updates...." is deselected and that it is set to never check for updates.

 

Everytime this happens I go in and select the option and set to automatically check and install. While it never installs them automatically forcing me everytime to choose to do it, at least the check was automatic until this started happening.

 

Any idea how I resolve this?

]]>5810Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:48:14 +0000removing meteoroidshttps://forums.lunarsoft.net/topic/5805-removing-meteoroids/i need help removing meteoroids

i entered Control panel and uninstalled meteoroids but it is still there and does not disappear every time i click uninstall

i tried to remove it from firefox using thte reset function in internet options with no joy

 

can anyone help bafore i go out of my F@*&ing mind or my head explodes with anoyance

 

thanks

 

Steve

]]>5805Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:07:28 +0000Virtual Boxhttps://forums.lunarsoft.net/topic/5329-virtual-box/Hi all.  I wasn't sure where to post ths because I have Windows 8.

 

I have games that I can't play on Windows 8, so I want to install an older version of Windows on the same PC.  I know I'm supposed to be able to play older programs on Windows 8, but that hasn't worked for these games...or actually for any program I've tried so far.

 

I got a copy of Windows 95, downloaded and installed Virtual Box, set up a virtual machine, and inserted my disk.  But it said "Fatal:  No bootable medium found.  System halted."

 

As a test, I exited Virtual Box and clicked on SetUp on the Windows 95 cd as though I was going to install it without Virtual Box.  It said, "This app can't run on your pc."

 

Any advice?

 

 

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