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Might need to clear those cookies then...
 
Penk Wolf said:
That's what I thought. It would be a nightmare if I lost all that info.
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Have you considered a password manager? There are various ones out there which are essentially all encrypted vaults for your passwords, meaning that you don't have to save them as cookies/cache in your browser, which is a lot more insecure. You only need one master password to access your vault and you can then launch all your sites from there. It will also generate and save random passwords on request.

I use www.lastpass.com which is free and about GBP 6 or 7 for an annual premium account where you can sync with all your phones/tablets etc.
 
broughtonwolf said:
Have you considered a password manager? There are various ones out there which are essentially all encrypted vaults for your passwords, meaning that you don't have to save them as cookies/cache in your browser, which is a lot more insecure. You only need one master password to access your vault and you can then launch all your sites from there. It will also generate and save random passwords on request.

I use www.lastpass.com which is free and about GBP 6 or 7 for an annual premium account where you can sync with all your phones/tablets etc.
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Thanks, I'll have a look at it.
 
MARKakaJIM said:
Well I don't have any boot media for Windows 8, which is integral to step 1 so that's not a great start.
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The link in Step 1 shows you how to create it.

MARKakaJIM said:
There doesn't seem to be anything in there for problems creating this boot media so again I'm out it luck there.
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See above.

MARKakaJIM said:
The most relevant thing I could find was trying to dig out my original product key to validate the Enterprise edition I've currently installed but once again, that failed. The key finder script that it suggested failed to find my product key, just told it doesn't work with Enterprise edition.
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The most relevant thing is all of it. Your key won't work with an Enterprise edition as the tutorial explains before that step. Read it all until you understand it and it will have you up and running.

MARKakaJIM said:
You obviously know the problem better than me so I may as well just admit I'm doing it wrong eh?
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If you can't be arsed to read the whole thing and understand it instead of jumping in and trying to activate the wrong version with a different key then yeah, you're doing it wrong.
 
broughtonwolf said:
Have you considered a password manager? There are various ones out there which are essentially all encrypted vaults for your passwords, meaning that you don't have to save them as cookies/cache in your browser, which is a lot more insecure. You only need one master password to access your vault and you can then launch all your sites from there. It will also generate and save random passwords on request.

I use www.lastpass.com which is free and about GBP 6 or 7 for an annual premium account where you can sync with all your phones/tablets etc.
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Yeah LastPass is great, good recommendation. Just never forget your master password or you're completely fucked.
 
Bought my first ever desktop PC at the weekend, running Windows 8.1. Just wanted to ask the tech savvy guys here what they think?
My first impressions are that it looks clunky and cheap, the borders on windows don't have the shine that used to make them appear like boxes, and the settings page is a mass of blue compared to the old look control panel area,which I thought was more navigable.
But I am aware that it uses less processing power than previous Windows systems. The apps page is cool, at the moment I am experiencing issues creating an Xbox account to stream new music but there is an error code for their tech support.
I'm finding that every time I open my DJ software, the PC shuts down. I checked the forum for it and it says Windows 8 supports the latest Virtual DJ program but not older versions. That's the first time I've experienced a new oS that cannot open an old program. I've tried changing the compatibility of the program to all previous Windows systems but it still down the program.
The sound card is not an issue, processor is Intel QuadCore, 2.9Ghz, so wondering if it's a RAM issue.
Anyway, just want some idea of how people are finding it, any tips or issues to know about?
 
Install Start8, it costs $4.99 I think and puts the classic Start menu back. I hated 8 until I installed this then I thought it was quite good.

W8.1 Desktop.jpg

There are masses of 8 tips and tutorials here which you might find useful.
 
Boozad said:
The link in Step 1 shows you how to create it.

Step 1 tells you to install from boot media, nothing to do with creating it to begin with so that doesn't work for me.

See above.

Again, step 1 offers nothing more than 'boot your computer from CD/Flash drive' I don't have and can't create either of these.

The most relevant thing is all of it. Your key won't work with an Enterprise edition as the tutorial explains before that step. Read it all until you understand it and it will have you up and running.

Step 4 is the first time i get to anything i can actually attempt to do using the Windows 8 installer i downloaded but then i throw in the generic key that it offers and it tells me it can't connect and to check my internet connection, which is obviously fine as i'm on here.

If you can't be arsed to read the whole thing and understand it instead of jumping in and trying to activate the wrong version with a different key then yeah, you're doing it wrong.

The rest is completely worthless to me at this point as it offers no solution to the part that isn't going as it says it should.
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Some of the tricks are very handy, I like how when Im in the Apps page, if I drag the mouse into top left corner it takes me to the previous app/desktop, and if I drag the moue bottom right, it opens the settings
 
Boozad said:
Oh look Mark, I clicked on the link in step one http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2227-create-bootable-usb-dvd-windows-8-iso.html

No wonder it's not working for you if you don't bother clicking the links.
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Where's the link for that on the first tutorial? I didn't see any mention of 'creating' anything anywhere, just looked like words had been hotlinked in some of the sentences. I'm not about to go through clicking on every link in there in the hope of some help, would help if they were labelled more accurately.
 
It's the one labeled "DVD or USB flash drive". Hardly cryptic or mind stretching :D
 
Hardly screams 'how to create bootable media' either though does it?
 
Depends on who's reading, I guess.
 
A stupid question but I will appreciate if there is help out there.

Each day when I turn on my laptop my icons on a seperate screen seem to go in different places, font sizes etc etc. Its a pain in the arse because not only do I have to search up and down for the icon that I need but also sometimes I need my glasses and sometimes not.
 
Chrome keeps re-hashing old bookmarks after I've deleted them and as of yet I've been unable to sort it.

Any ideas? I've un-synced my Google account then logged in again to no avail. Beyond that I'm struggling.
 
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