MagicAndre1981

please focus on the Win8 RTM version and release the final before creating the 8.1 version.

Microsoft partners seriously underwhelmed by Windows 8.1 http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/06/28/channel_not_excited_by_windows_81/

how do you see paging? Run Processhacker, click under tool->page files and look how much data are stored i the page file. http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/

I have no idea what was triggering the SearchFolder function. Yes, doing IO activty causes DPCs. If they are under 1000µs you should have no glitches.

You have a BITS (Background downloader of Windows) issue: C:\Users\André>err 0x8020002e # for hex 0x8020002e / decimal -2145386450 BG_E_CONNECTION_CLOSED bitsmsg.h # 1 matches found for "0x8020002e"

the high Explorer cpu usage comes from the DPC issues come from the sptd.sys driver (Demon Tools) Total = 368 for module sptd.sys Elapsed Time, > 0 usecs AND <= 1 usecs, 2, or 0.54% Elapsed Time, > 1 usecs AND <= 2 usecs, 1, or 0.27% Elapsed Time, > 2 usecs AND <= 4 usecs, 0, or 0.00% Elapsed Time, > 4 usecs AND <= 8 usecs, 239, or 64.95% Elapsed Time, > 8 usecs AND <= 16 usecs, 87, or 23.64% Elapsed Time, > 16 usecs AND <= 32 usecs, 5, or 1.36% Elapsed Time, > 32 usecs AND <= 64 usecs, 1, or 0.27% Elapsed Time, > 64 usecs AND <= 128 usecs, 1, or 0.27% Elapsed Time, > 128 usecs AND <= 256 usecs, 25, or 6.79% Elapsed Time, > 256 usecs AND <= 512 usecs, 0, or 0.00% Elapsed Time, > 512 usecs AND <= 1024 usecs, 5, or 1.36% Elapsed Time, > 1024 usecs AND <= 2048 usecs, 2, or 0.54% Total, 368

ok, 8.1 Preview is now available. Does anyone who hated Win8 now likes 8.1? Me not, it is the same like Win8 + a few things which should already be part of Win 8 (boot to desktop). If bigmuscle and thihy get their projetcs to work I may upgrade, if not I'll stay at Win8.

how large is the registry file SOFTWARE under C:\Windows\System32\config? Opening some keys takes some time.

ok, Windows hangs while loading the registry hives: ntkrnlmp.exe!CmpInitializeHive ntkrnlmp.exe!CmpDoFindSubKeyByNumber this time run this: xbootmgr -trace boot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+POWER+REG_HIVE+REGISTRY -stackwalk profile+RegHiveInit+RegHiveDestroy+RegHiveLink+RegHiveDirty+RegQueryKey+RegEnumerateKey+RegEnumerateValueKey+RegDeleteKey+RegCreateKey+RegOpenKey this traces Registry activity, too. And please,compress the file as 7z (LZMA2 with ULTRA compression ratio to reduce the filesize!) before uploading it.

this is a MS employee. He must like it. But the users hate it. The activity in the forums dropped dramatically.

Install this hotfix: Windows Media Player freezes when the computer AutoPlays an audio CD in Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2847077/en-us

I need the ETL file. But I see a lot of CPU usage. You need to run a different command: xbootmgr -trace boot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -stackwalk profile

Install the Updates via setupcomplete.cmd. I do this in Win7 and it is faster compared to putting them into the WIM (DISM is slow while commiting and unmounting the Image)

when I attach a monitor via VGA I get a blurry screen: The Startscreen has this strange artifact in the background (I see text, but there was no program in abckground) Here is my log: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5749744/Dokumente/MSFN/Aero%20Glass%20for%20Win8%20RC3/debug.log

Mainly because All Programs button will be 'hanging' in the white space on the half of the menu. ? At the same location there is a link to "see more results" when you search. SO place the "back" link there. This should be no difference. I want this large view, that you get when you do a search, when you click on all programs. In this case I don't care about the link on the right side.

good point. I can't understand why going 20 years back in productivity should be an improvement.

MS ruined the MSDN/Technet forums completely it is UNUSABLE.

why is this confusing? Themes already have this view, so use it.

nice. Can you now implement my request to make the startmenu larger when clicking on "all programs" (the same size like when you search for programs/files)?

Wow, that really says something! yeah and he is using all 3 tools from Stardock (Start8, Decor8 and ModernMix):

there are tools to backup the activation status: http://www.joshcellsoftwares.com/2011/09/AdvancedTokensManager.html

I still can't see any DPC issues. The values are fine: Total = 25890 Elapsed Time, > 0 usecs AND <= 1 usecs, 7141, or 27.58% Elapsed Time, > 1 usecs AND <= 2 usecs, 12500, or 48.28% Elapsed Time, > 2 usecs AND <= 4 usecs, 2160, or 8.34% Elapsed Time, > 4 usecs AND <= 8 usecs, 2607, or 10.07% Elapsed Time, > 8 usecs AND <= 16 usecs, 742, or 2.87% Elapsed Time, > 16 usecs AND <= 32 usecs, 602, or 2.33% Elapsed Time, > 32 usecs AND <= 64 usecs, 100, or 0.39% Elapsed Time, > 64 usecs AND <= 128 usecs, 38, or 0.15% Total, 25890 the small svchost.exe spike comes from Superfetch.

the trace shows no spikes every 30s. the trace shows 1 small ndis.sys spike: Total = 2307 for module ndis.sys Elapsed Time, > 128 usecs AND <= 256 usecs, 0, or 0.00% Elapsed Time, > 256 usecs AND <= 512 usecs, 0, or 0.00% Elapsed Time, > 512 usecs AND <= 1024 usecs, 1, or 0.04% Total, 2307 First install the Sp1! RTM users don't get new updates! Now test if you still have the issues.

and why don't you use it?

Windows 8 doesn't support those swm files.