cant get fullscreen on new laptop windows 8
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shaneturner12
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Check if the relevant option is turned on for full screen, and that the resolution matches your Windows desktop resolution.
Shane
Shane
Once you get this operational, let us know of any video driver issues you may have. I have crashing to the desktop with DirectX issues in Driver, but Open/GL works fine. This is with the latest drivers, including going for the latest BETA driver from NVIDIA as of two days ago. I have a GTX680 which worked fine under W7.
John
John
shaneturner12
Tutorial Creator
That's nothing new - all new operating systems exhibit issues. One reason why I'm sticking with Windows 7.
Shane
Shane
Very true, Shane and I agree. Unless there's a compelling reason to upgrade don't do it. For me I have to learn it to support it. Many things are the same, but different at the same time. I did install the Windows 8 desktop start menu though. That saves me a lot of time trying to find stuff. Why they got rid of the buttons I don't know. At least I can shutdown my PC in one click instead of going through 3 steps to find the shutdown button! I guess for mobile phones and tablets there's no reason to shutdown, but for PCs I like to shutdown most of the time at night unless I'm running a virus scan or defrag.
There are though a lot of nice things too like the new Task Manager with more details right off instead of clicking on different tabs, the ability to run command prompts with admin right easily instead of right-clicking, etc. There's that option available right away, and this option can be found easily for applications as well right in an Explorer window, oh sorry it's no longer Windows Explorer. They call this File Explorer now.
John
If there is a day where I have nothing to do, and I want to test some anti-depressant drugs at the same time , maybe I will install Windows 8. Until then, I think I will stick with Windows 7. My motto is "If it works, don't keep fixing it till it breaks".....
There must be a reason that Microsoft just fired the designer of Windows 8, Steven Sinofsky, about 10 days ago. That should tell folks something, right there.
shaneturner12
Tutorial Creator
I didn't know that one. Perhaps I should read the news more.
Shane
Shane
Thanks for the info.......the hard drive in my old machine blew a gasket {windows vista}......I lost everything.....routes,content,personal files.....the whole lot......was planning to hold off until next year but that is easier said than done.......rushed out and bought a new one........windows 8.......and hate it..........trainz has installed ok so I suppose that's a start.
Most manufacturers give you the option to upgrade to Windows 7 on a new PC, because the majority of users don't want 8. You may be able to get them to give you windows 7 , before you get a whole bunch of stuff loaded on it.
I read that too and was going to post the link to it and forgot. I live with lots of brain farts now, which are wicked for stuff like this! I read that he left on his "own accord" and he was well liked, but the way he left at the end of the release smells to me like he was asked to leave just as the project completed, or after the not-so-great release of the new product. There is also word that he wasn't really such a great person to work for or with either, and had a way of pushing people to get his way. Perhaps he pushed the wrong people the wrong way and was asked to leave.
http://www.zdnet.com/was-sinofsky-fired-for-microsofts-sins-7000007344/
An interesting take on this, by Steven Vaughn Nichols at ZDNet. He says exactly the same thing I just said. Interesting...I guess I haven't lost the "corporate" insight yet!
The fact that everything was his way or no way, including the lack of start menu, etc. I think is part of his departure. Instead of giving customers what they want, he fought them and stayed his course. This I think is what did him in because by pissing off the critics and customers, instead of listening to them, he turned the public away from the new product. Now Microsoft will have to work double, or harder to try to make Windows xxxx SE better than this release.
My crash I think has something to do with how the display now works compared to before since Trainz is considered a desktop application running on a desktop applet rather than just on the file system. In Windows 7, like the previous versions of NT, the desktop was just part of the file structure with some special hooks to the folder. Under Windows 8, it's an applet that is accessed through the new interface, and is totally different in the way the display is accessed within the program.
I'm not a programmer, and have no clue on how to fix this, but from what I've read this is what I think is causing the issue.
John
I did mention earlier that changing the resolution did work......however......i'm noticing a change in content size.....
buildings are appearing much slimmer than they once were.......also had a look at my previous screenshots from my old system and they look worse using windows 8.
Actually he didn't leave on his own accord, and many people at MS had an intense dislike for this person, who had arrogance apparently honed to a fine edge. Many of the folks there were ecstatic when he got the boot.
Well that says it then! He finished the project and he was finished at Microsoft! Sadly, this snafu has cost the company time and reputation to make up. I have no ill feelings for Microsoft, Oracle, or any of the other big companies. They're still run by a lot of hard working people who try to make a living. It's crap like this that can hurt them because companies always cut from the bottom up, and it's the hardest workers who will get it first when the numbers don't come out the way the penny crushers like them to be.
John