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I can guess at what they are trying to do - which is to leverage their dominance in desktop and laptop space into tablet and phone space - except in doing so, they have completely trashed the reason they are dominant in the desktop and laptop space.
They should have learned from their IE experience - a dominant product will yield to a superior product.
And right now I'd rather use Mint Linux that Windows 8.
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NeverJustHere wrote: the orange is just awful.
Well, saying this on CP is a bit rude... 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Fair point - and one that I hadn't considered.
But comparing them side-by-side (oh, wait I can't do that because Metro is full screen...)
no, Windows is definitely significantly more, and excessively too, orange on Metro.
CodeProject, as orange as it is, is subtle and understated in comparison.
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OK, ok, I put the tar and the feathers back in their cabinet.
Seriously now, I think you can change the colors, can't you ?
And the whole subscribing stuff has been going on for ages, and has to do with the cloud. I bet you an sync a lot of things with mobile devices if you subscribe... but I hate it. I even refused to install some applications that look great because I did not freaking want to have yet another account.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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My biggest annoyance with 8.1 is that it insists on branding my desktop image with the version and build number. PLUS the text "Safe start has not been configured correctly" (translation from Swedish, so the actual English text might differ) - WITHOUT giving me the option to configure the flucking Safe start OR tell me how to do it! 
And Google is not helpful in removing the branding either. Doesn't seem like anybody but me cares about the text obscuring the picture of my cats!!! 
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Johnny J. wrote: branding my desktop image with the version and build number
Ah, this is made that way so you can access the information more easily when calling the hotline 
Johnny J. wrote: Google is not helpful in removing the branding either.
Have you tried spitting on the screen and rubbing it with your fist ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Rage wrote: Have you tried spitting on the screen and rubbing it with your fist ?
Can't do that. I'm saving it if I should happen to come across an MS support technician IRL. 
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Rage wrote: Have you tried spitting on the screen and rubbing it with your fist ?
Or spitting on your fist and using it on the screen?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It is a software problem, don't blame the hardware !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Not really, but thank you for trying.
The first link seems to be how to get INTO safe startup mode, not how to "configure it" - whatever the hell MS means by that... Please understand that I have NO IDEA whatsoever about what setting I am supposed to configure to get the bloody text to disappear!
The second link, I had found before, but it doesn't seem to apply in my scenario. First of all, it's a hack that assumes that you have a static desktop image (and I have a rotating one), and second of all: There are no such files as transcoded wallpapers and cached files in my windows 8.1 folders.
The tip is written for windows 8 consumer preview, so I can only assume that it has been changed, either in the official windows 8 release or somewhere in the windows 8.1 development cycle. 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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There may be a registry setting then that enables it then.
I may just have to look into it further then.
I guess I don't understand what you mean by Configure.
You either start a system in safe mode or you don't.
You don't normally need safemode unless you are troubleshooting something.
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Johnny J. wrote: My biggest annoyance with 8.1 is that it insists on branding my desktop image with the version and build number.
Weird, I don't have that on mine...did you update via the Store or the ISO from MSDN?
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ISO from MSDN
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Hi,
There is no watermark in the Retail build.
If your watermark looks like this[^] then you have test signing enabled. You can remove the watermark by simply enabling driver signing with 'bcdedit.exe /set TESTSIGNING off'
If your watermark looks like this[^] then you can get rid of it by changing the 'PaintDesktopVersion' registry key located at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ to '0'
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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None of the tips worked for me. I've still got the flucking watermark... 
But thanks for trying
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Looking into it further I discovered that that setting for disabling it does nothing on the Eval version of windows 8 enterprise no matter what you set it at.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
PaintDesktopVersion data 0
This should disable it but does not.
digging deeper the process that actually sets it seems to be in shell32.
CDesktopWatermark::s_PaintWatermark
I have verified the the build number is coming from the registry by changing the setting then refreshing the desktop.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
CurrentBuildNumber
I still have not found a way around it at the moment.
Still looking
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I contacted a Microsoft Support person and they said that trial versions and test version "Enforce" that watermark. In other words will not allow you to get rid of it.
If you ended up with some sort of eval version instead of a upgrade or full version then that may explain why you cannot get rid of it.
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Hey,
Sorry I did not recognize the nickname the other day 
I guess not seeing the colored visual threw me off. I was running late, so couldn't chat longer.
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As long as the reboot worked you can consider yourself lucky[^]  .
People becoming wiser in order to notice the stupid things they did back in the young days. This doesn't mean that they really stop doing those things. Wise people still do stupid things, only on purpose.
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NeverJustHere wrote: Microsoft - what are you doing??
It's called "Ballmer's Revenge."
Marc
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The lack of a seamless upgrade surprised and annoyed me as well. Enough so, that I won't bother upgrading my main work system. (I've actually gotten used to Windows 8 and now prefer it in several respects over Windows 7, but I simply don't see anything compelling in Windows 8.1--most every new feature MS brags about elicits a big shrug from me.)
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I upgraded recently too and didn't think to hit ESC at that step. Definitely want to use a local account. Fortunately it sat there for awhile and eventually said it failed and so I would have to use a local account which is exactly what I wanted to do in the first place. I should have tried the ESC key though.
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I missed that too and now have to log in with my Live account. Anybody know how to change that back? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
Greg King
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin, Actress
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Start Screen > All Apps Button > PC Settings > Accounts > Your Account > Disconnect Link
Keep Clam And Proofread
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And it was delicious.
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