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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 9z-8a: Windows 8 pro x64: Kernel Streaming warning message
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on: December 31, 2012, 12:47:02 am
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Too much snow ? (didn't catch the news today ...)
Power cuts happen from time to time, but the last 2 weeks have been quite active in this department. So a little unusual... Hey thanks Peter All works fine ! I have yet to go back home and test it with my main sound system (I have done my test with my laptop as I am not at home), but I am quite sure that the results will also be positive Thanks Maxi for the thought Take care ! Regards, Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: Solution to vanishing Restore Points with Dual Boots
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on: December 27, 2012, 07:08:03 pm
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For those who want to have their Restore Points retained, look here : http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/127417-system-restore-points-stop-xp-dual-boot-delete.htmlNotice that what's named XP in there is to be named W7 and what's Vista is to be W8 (or whatever two OS versions are in order). Thus, do NOT apply the import of the Registry part; instead apply the changes manually. Important : When you do not see the drive of that other OS in your Explorer, it means that it got no drive letter assigned. Then do that first with the Virtual Disk Manager. Once that has been done, you can follow the tutorial in the given link. After it has been applied, your other OS disk/partition will still show in Explorer, but when you click it it will say "Device not available" (or something like that). Of course it implies that you won't be able to access that other OS disk/partition from the one which is active - but that's the price to pay for your Restore Points not disappearing. Additionally to what's told in the link, I applied the both vise versa. So, I also excluded the W7 partition in the W8 Registry. This activity will delete the Restore Points you had in W7 (which for me stayed all the time) for one time, but after all is set they will stay. ... As how it now looks ... Hope this helps someone. Peter Hi Peter, I am becoming too lazy (you are right about "dare") to have my music PC installed with 2 OS... I prefer to either restore one or the other if you ask me to test something The other thing is that I actually have only a SSD for the OS (120GB), not much, so having a dual boot would eat too much space for the memory cell management... OTOH I have another SSD that could do the job, being in a hard drive case. I could restore W7 on it to do some tests instead. Haven't tried yet, but I will if necessary. For the moment I keep 9z-7-5 with W8, though I have not access to the many additions from 9z-8a, but even if I can't minimize the OS, the music is already so good, I can wait So I can say that my Christmas gift was already unpacked many month ago Thanks Alain P.S.: Don't hesitate to ask me if you want me to do other tests with either W8 or W7 ok ?
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 9z-8a: Windows 8 pro x64: Kernel Streaming warning message
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on: December 25, 2012, 08:46:23 pm
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Hey, super !
But a small reminder (but for fun of course) : it is you yourself who created all these "restart" problems with your little pitch problem. So, apparently I *again* did something wrong in this department (the solution for you created problems for others and to solve that now you have another problem again).
But really, great to know where I must look for now. Great thanks and sorry for the inconvenience, Peter
No inconvenience at all Your accomplishments brings light in my present. And nothing happens to someone that does nothing Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: XXHE 9z-8a: Windows 8 pro x 64 Minimize OS problem
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on: December 25, 2012, 06:27:42 pm
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Create a new partition and dunk another OS in there. Could be your W7. But otherwise another dummy W8. That will give you the dual boot option automatically and that always carries an F8.
But when you're into adventures : Look at the BCDEdit commands, and look for something like copy. You will be able to create that dummy boot menu, one of the options being empty. The sheer fact that the menu is there (you can choose something) will bring the F8. I *think* it is quite harmless when you create a dummy entry like that, but maybe it's a good idea to change the Guids of the (copied) dummy one (just change one character).
But you won't dare to do this ... (but have Acronis)
Peter
Ha ha ! Thanks ! I will look into this
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 9z-8a: Windows 8 pro x64: Kernel Streaming warning message
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on: December 25, 2012, 05:24:26 pm
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Peter, Maybe we should profit of what is working and from what I read from the others, I am missing a lot by being stubborn with Windows 8. Not to forget that today is Christmas ! I will go see my family I don't have any problem reverting to Windows 7 because I got a backup. I will be doing it in the following minutes. I will even ask to get an activation key for my laptop (that I haven't used for a while). I got a Audioquest Dragonfly recently and I am really curious to hear it with XXHIGHEND on my laptop... Meybe I will convince someone of the merits of XXHIGHEND ? Hey Merry Christmas ! Alain
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: XXHE 9z-8a: Windows 8 pro x 64 Minimize OS problem
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on: December 25, 2012, 05:02:45 pm
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Sorry for the horrible latency in my answers... In fact, yes it should be F8 to access this special menu in W8, but for whatever reason, I can't access it anymore. I maintained F8 throughout the POST sequence, I pressed it like a strobe would, I swore while attempting for the 10th time... I can't access it !!! I found this link that has the pictures required... http://www.howtogeek.com/107511/how-to-boot-into-safe-mode-on-windows-8-the-easy-way/And it is said "The trick is to hold the Shift button and mash the F8 key, this will sometimes boot you into the new advanced “recovery mode”, where you can choose to see advanced repair options." Sometimes eh... It worked yesterday when I had a problem, but I keep on pressing even SHIFT-F8 as they suggest and still can't access it... Could it be that it works only when there is a problem ???
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: 9z-8a: Windows 8 pro x64: Kernel Streaming warning message
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on: December 25, 2012, 04:32:40 pm
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What about a foreground process being something with a screen ? So, when the error message is on-screen it will become a foreground process ?
Exactly... I leave the process manager open, so as soon as the error appears, I see the xxengine disappears from background and appear in foreground processes... Windows 8 is quite interesting with its new display by groups (foreground aka "applications", background, then Windows processes)...
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