windows 8 compared to 7

Study says 1/2 as many companies plan to adopt Windows 8 compared to 7
location: 8forums.com - date: October 17, 2012
According to a Wall Street Journal report based on findings from Forrester Research, only 33 percent of companies plan or expect to transition to Windows 8 at some point, with 10 percent planning to skip it and 47 percent saying they haven't yet considered the new OS. Compared to the same questions asked at the same time before Windows 7's launch in 2009, 66 percent expected to transition, while only 27 percent hadn't looked yet and 1 percent planned to skip Source A Guy
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Whats new in Windows 8 compared to windows 7?
location: microsoft.com - date: December 29, 2012
I have been using Windows for very long: Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows vista and now Windows 7. With Windows 8 coming out I would like to learn about whats new in Windows 8 and how it is better than Windows 7. Warm regards CRSK
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Need assistance to revert from Windows 8 to 7 on my laptop.
location: microsoft.com - date: February 7, 2013
Original title: I HATE WINDOWS 8.   I hate Windows 8 - I just bought a new laptop is there any way to go back to Windows 7?  I find everything a huge chore to do - I can't even scroll on the internet without the side thing popping up.  I can't even shut down the laptop without jumping through hoops (tiles).  I HATE THIS PLEASE HELP I WANT WINDOWS 7 BACK!
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Downgrade from Windows 8 to 7
location: 7forums.com - date: May 3, 2013
I have a gaming pc that was custom built by a friend. It has windows 8 pro and I have just about had enough with windows 8. I have used the start menu download etc but I do prefer windows 7. Is it easy to install windows 7 from a cd. If so do I need to install drivers etc again?? In detail would be GREAT! Thanks!
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Downgrade Windows 8 to 7 and I need a Product Key
location: microsoft.com - date: January 11, 2013
I will downgrade my Windows 8 to 7, as even that  I have upgraded it to PRO is it still crashing all the time.   As I understand I could do the downgrade to seven, but I need my product key that does not come with the sticker. May I use the Windows 8 Pro instead?   Regards   Jose
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Windows 8 to 7 on new desktop
location: 8forums.com - date: February 20, 2013
I just got a Dell XPS 8500 for work, and was previously doing game development on an Asus machine that died, so we had to buy a new one. This dell has come with windows 8 pre installed, and I am just getting the sense that I wont be able to go back to seven, even if I have the recovery disks? Before the questions ensue, many of the essential tools necessary for the project are no windows 8 compatible. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated, as I am on a time crunch to get this system up and running. Thanks
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Windows 8 Broke 7, 30 Day Music Business Test Results.
location: 8forums.com - date: January 27, 2013
We have an entertainment company with DJ's and thought we would give 15 Asus S200E notebooks with very nice all aluminum case, 4gb ram, 500gb HDD, i3 Intel and even external optical drive (which 8 wouldn't let them install) with Windows 8 to our DJ's to use in our business for real life experiences. Not 1 DJ wanted to keep it. We got them all returned back to us within the first month for the following reasons. 1. We use Rhapsody Premier (to go) so our DJ's can access and play off-line our library of 36,332 songs. Guess what? Windows 8 killed that idea and will only stream online due to no media player or drivers to support Rhapsody (to go) Premier. This is the worst move ever and Rhapsody has no plans to convert to 8 bec
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Windows 8 v. 7 Boot Error
location: microsoft.com - date: March 26, 2013
I am trying to install Windows 7 Pro on a new Acer Aspire M5-481PT-6444 that already has Windows 8.  I received the following error: File:\$windows.~BT\WINDOW\SYSTEM32\\winload.efi\   0xc0000428 Digital signature for this file could not be found.  Any clues with regard to how to address this issue?  
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Installing Basic Display Adapter WDDM driver from Windows 8 into 7
location: 7forums.com - date: February 24, 2013
Hello! I have an old noname custom-built laptop which has the following hardware: Intel 855 mobile chipset (the desktop equivalent is 865, socket 478) Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz socket 478 CPU Intel 855G graphics adaptor Realtek AC'97 audio etc Since the graphics card is too old, I cannot install Intel's XP drivers. If I do, after next reboot they are considered outdated and they always change to Standard VGA Graphics Adapter, which of course supports no Aero and no 3D. After trying many registry tricks to enable aero without success, I gave up. All these tricks need a WDDM graphics driver and they are meant to enable aero in Windows Vista Home Basic WITH an WDDM driver installed. Since I used Standard VGA Graphics Adapter none would work.
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Since upgrading to Windows 8 from 7 getting Blue Screens
location: 8forums.com - date: February 11, 2013
I've been getting a ton of Blue Screens since updating to windows 8. I've attached an activity log for your review. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Kind regards, JWB
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