huckleberrypie Wrote:It's the primary reason why I didn't want to install Windows 8.1 on my rig. I can deal with the start screen and all the crap thrown in, but I'm a bit sketchy with having to disable diver signature enforcement in W8.
+1. Blocking installation outright is stupid. Windows 7 got it right by just warning you. Outright blocking is overkill.
And no, judging from the comments it's not just once. For some people, the driver stops working the moment they reboot, and thus starts getting an annoying popup every time they reboot the system.
And oh, I'm seeing a second problem with Win8.1: The Wi-Fi stack is crap. I just recently switched mobile Internet providers. Unfortunately my new 4G-LTE Mobile-WiFi pebble has a bad habit of rebooting at random (yes, I should go back to the store, and change models, but this one is the only one that supports 850MHz, which is used by a particular ISP in the country, as well as 1900MHz, meaning it's the only model which can roam in the US. To wit, most pebbles and modems sold here are 800/900/1800/2600 only. This one supports 800 (for roaming in Europe), 850 (Telecom Malaysia's TM Go! Mobile broadband), 900 (for roaming in Indonesia), 1800 (Maxis and Celcom's extra bandwidth frequency), 1900 (for roaming in the US), 2100 (for roaming in The Philippines and Thailand) and 2600 (most telcos in Malaysia except Telecom Malaysia). Whenever that happens, Win8.1 loses internet access, and when the internet comes back up, Win 8.1 does not reconnect, and I must reconnect manually. Sometimes the pebble doesn't even show up and I have to toggle airplane mode for it to show again. It's really frustrating.
And don't get me started on the Bluetooth stack- pairing is done in one screen that uses metro, but connecting to the tethering service is done using the classic Devices and Printers screen, which now needs about 3-4 clicks to reach. On windows 7 it was a one click affair from the Bluetooth icon on the taskbar. I have to put a shortcut to the control panel item on my desktop to speed things up to bring it up to par.
As for why I dumped YES, well, YES was blocking VPN, which is bad enough because I need to use that to connect to my work network when on business trips, but they crossed the line when they blocked Memopark Italy, a kiddie ride manufacturer's website, for no reason. Aside from that, I also have intermittent problems connecting to the forums from them- for stupid reasons, the forum's antispam keeps accusing me of being a spammer and won't let me log in.