Thread: Introduce Yourself.

hi guys just stumbled upon this site, was looking for info on win 8 cp,
so pleased to be a part of the preview crew.

Hi everybody. I have tried Windows 8 since day1 of the DP. I think it is an interesting system and I do not have the reservations that some people voice. A lot of new things to explore and in most cases it is easier to operate than previous Windows. Plus, it is really fast. Here is mine booting in Virtual Box (Note, I automated the login). Start Win8 in vBox1.wmv - YouTube

Hello forum users. I've been trying Windows 8 for less than a week and, as a user of Windows 7 Forums, I thought I'd sign on here as well. I'm running Windows 8 Consumer Preview in an Oracle VM VirtualBox and it seems to be running OK so far. Regarding the Start screen, I've unpinned all of the Tiles except for Desktop and Weather and pinned some of the applications that I do use like Firefox. Win 8 does seem to run quite fast even with the small amount of memory that I've assigned to it to run in the virtual environment.

One question about the forums .... since I signed up few days ago some of the forums seem to have disappeared. The was one on desktop customisation (sorry customization in US speak) but I can't find it now.

Hi Rachel, welcome to the forum.

Just as way of example here is how my Start screen looks:



Here's a close up;



As for the forum update, you'll notice that some categories have become sub-forums so check for the category you seek there..

Thanks Ross. That's a very impressive start screen. Mine is very simple. At the moment I've no idea how to divide it up like that into sections but I guess that this is not the place to ask. Regarding the forum updates the forum I've lost seems to have gone completely along with the one post I made to it. I have posted a query to an administrator but had no reply yet.

Forums have always served me well, helping me to grow and understand any area of difficulty I bring to them. So I have brought my inexperienced self to yet another learning experience in the hopes it will help me decide if I want to spend $100.00 dollars or not