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The thread discusses frustrations with upgrading to Windows 8 Pro, highlighting installation difficulties, poor performance, long update times, and issues with Windows Update getting stuck. The original poster strongly criticizes Windows 8, comparing it unfavorably to Windows 7, and notes the significant user effort required to troubleshoot updates. Subsequent contributors reinforce these frustrations, mentioning driver problems and update failures, while one user recommends sticking to Windows 7 with Classic Shell for a better experience. Overall, the sentiment is negative towards Windows 8's stability, performance, and update process.

sirloyne

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This morning I spent 2 hours, that's right... 2 hours, installing Win 8 Pro. Win 7 takes about 30 minutes... and that's a full install from scratch. Anyway, after downgrading my laptop from Win 7 to 8 I re-ran the Windows Experience Index test. Not only did all of my scores drop by 0.1, but I noticed that they raised the bar from 7.9 to 9.9... so my CPU went from a 6.7 out of 7.9 to 6.6 out of 9.9. This might explain why after I installed 8 my computer is running as smooth as the Titanic's second voyage.

And why, whenever I click on a program shortcut on my "Start Screen" does it open my "Desktop Screen" first. How does that make things faster? All I can say is Win 8 is shockingly bad.

After doing a windows update it spent at least 20 minutes at Configuring Windows Updates 13%. Installing 14 updates has taken over an hour.

Jeez... after "Configuring Windows Updates", my screen went black, so I assumed it was going to (finally) load windows... wrong... it's went back to Configuring Windows Updates". It started from the beginning and seems to be stuck at 13% again. How could anyone like this crap? This is making 7 look good by comparison (and I f'n HATE 7).

I'm not the first I see
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...pdate-at/89b3733f-45e6-4579-89ca-135b4182bafb

And here
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2777330

I'm glad about 2 things.
1. I use a good disc image program so I can have this garbage off my computer and be back to normal in around 10 minutes.
2. I only paid $15 for that garbage, although I think the money would have been better spent if I used a fistful of singles after visiting the porcelain throne.
 

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Oh buddy you have not scratched the surface of how badly thought out Windows 8 is on updates.
I have to uninstall some of my drivers like my sound and video drivers then install windows 8 version for a update to work.
If I do not do this the WINDOWS UPDATE NEVER FINISHES or says my hardware is unsupported.
My hardware is a MacPro Quad core Xeon, the same exact specs as a DELL SERVER version.
So quess what any HP and Dell with same hardware has to do the same thing.
Now how is that for a crappy update software to the public?

Richard Gilbertson

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Oh buddy you have not scratched the surface of how badly thought out Windows 8 is on updates.
I have to uninstall some of my drivers like my sound and video drivers then install windows 8 version for a update to work.
If I do not do this the WINDOWS UPDATE NEVER FINISHES or says my hardware is unsupported.
My hardware is a MacPro Quad core Xeon, the same exact specs as a DELL SERVER version.
So quess what any HP and Dell with same hardware has to do the same thing.
Now how is that for a crappy update software to the public?
 

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