You didn't go far enough. It'll ask you if you want to upgrade or full install on a second partition. You do need to have the second partition ready in advance.

Also, Ross, if this is your ONLY laptop, I would be extremely careful about this. Maybe best not to do it at all, on your main rig.

Yes, please!

Hey Jorge, I have Winstep Xtreme 11.6 installed in Win 8 and both NexStart and Workshelf installed without issue... as did Nexus.  As far as I can tell everything works as it should.  I've created some shortcuts in Workshelf... all are working okay.  I've fiddled with Nextstart and all seems to be working there also.  However, I've not long installed it, so there may be kinks I haven't encountered as yet, but should I find any I'll post here with the glitch/issue, okay.

Oh yeah, the going to bed bit... didn't happen... damned insomnia.  It's now 7.58am and I'm not even slightly tired... got a second wind about 3.40am and that was that as far as sleep went, so I figured I'd make myself useful and install WSX

NextStart works fine. If you disable NextStart, the Nexus start button errors. Other than that, same as Starkers.

YAY Jorge!!!   

Oh, and Winstep Xtreme definitely adds functionality to the Win 8 desktop.... no real need for Metro at all , everything become accessible and no need for that butt ugly interface.

Yay Jorge, you're the man.

I'm not familiar with Winstep. Is it an alternative to Objectdock? (looks that way??)

Winstep Xtreme is much, much more than an Object Dock replacement. Much, much, much more.

It's almost like Object Dock, WindowBlinds, DesktopX, and one helluva app launcher all rolled into one!

Just the Nexus Dock (top) is sort of an Object Dock alternative (on steroids).

NextStart kinda replaces the windows taskbar and the start menu.

WorkShelf is an app launcher/container system that is amazing on it's own.

Winstep has a lot going for it. And each part can be run individually of the others if desired.

Stardock is fast....I just got this and now, here I am!

We mentioned non SD customizing software...they are watching!!!

LOL

Oh, and thanks RND, i might check it out. Cheers!

Yes, we watch . .but we approve.

Well it seems that I have done something wrong... when I perform a restart in Win 8 I get a message at boot saying that it cannot be started, that a file is either missing or corrupt.  Win 7 still boots as it should but not Win 8. 

Now I can boot back into Win 8 if the disc is in the drive, but not otherwise, so it seems there may be something wrong with the MBR and Win 8 hasn't registered correctly or something.  I haven't invested a lot of time or effort into it so I'm going to reformat as the repair options have not restored the ability to boot without the installation disc in the drive.

Oh well... later.

Hi all

I have been using the Win 8 CP for the last week now,and have figured out how to resize the tiles on the Metro Start by right clicking and choosing size from the bottom menu.  You can also drag the tiles to diffgerent columns and resize them in those columns.   Also, you can individulally hide the tiles from view you dont want to see like txt or doc files or any you choose.

I have also installed Tiles on the build.  I can only use the unactivated FULL tiles Bundle though,and yes, i know that Stardock has said earlier that Stardock Apps are not ready for Win 8 yet and dont plan on it anytime soon, but they did say ask and maybe some help. I try to activate it, and i get Email or Password not recognized?

Anyone got it to work?

Cheers

GigaByte69

(((hugs)))

Of course, at the end of the day Winstep and Stardock *are* 'competitors', but in a healthy and friendly way... and it's been like this for the past 12 years. Over the years Winstep has been a little bit like Stardock's baby brother.

Anyway, competition is 'a good thing', gives people choice and prevents things from getting stale. Stardock keeps me on my toes, and, knowing Brad a little bit, I'm almost certain he enjoys the 'competition' too... At least I hope so.