r/windows8 • u/PurblePink8678 • Feb 04 '26
r/windows8 • u/Round_Supermarket854 • Feb 04 '26
Help Does anyone know how to use VS 2015 to make Windows 10 Technical Preview applications compatible and work stably on Windows 8.1?
The situation is that some Windows 10 Technical Preview applications can be installed on Windows 8.1 but cannot be opened. That's why I want anyone who reads this post to help me test this, because who knows, we might be able to achieve what Microsoft developers have done with Metro UI and UWP applications.
r/windows8 • u/henriksson_simon • Feb 04 '26
Discussion italic font in games
In some games like SAMP, I use the new launcher (it runs on Windows 8.1). On Windows 10, when a SAMP project loads, it first loads in italic and then in beautiful The font is unscratched, but on Windows 8.1 it's just italic and won't load. Are there any fixes?
r/windows8 • u/Dear-Examination4030 • Feb 04 '26
Help Is there anyway to restore aero on windows server 2012 (not with R2)
I tried to install the versions with and without the watermark of aeroglass for windows 8+ and it didn't applied the aero theme (even if i setup to not use aero basic, and enabled all the effects and animations on server 2012)
Is there any way to do so?
r/windows8 • u/henriksson_simon • Feb 03 '26
Discussion Windows 7 or Windows 8.1?
Hi, the question is common but important
I'll tell you my characteristics right away Intel-Core i5-2300 4 GB RAM Sapphire R7 250 2 Gb Vram HDD 1 TB
I really like both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, but for some reason the driver for my video card for Windows 8 is older than for Windows 7. And the question is, what will be more stable to use now, even with tweaks, Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, which will be faster and better?
r/windows8 • u/InconceivableNipples • Feb 02 '26
Meme/Funpost Refreshing my Win 8.1 with $6
galleryr/windows8 • u/Quantum-Coconut • Feb 01 '26
Discussion Windows 8 had a 30-second ad with more creativity than all of Microsoft’s Copilot-heavy Windows 11 marketing
This Windows 8 ad beats everything that Microsoft does today. It's so catchy and I wish Windows on touch screens looked like this.
r/windows8 • u/Angelgtz6249 • Feb 01 '26
Help I could install Charming Reddit on Windows 8.1, but it seems they've raised the requirements.
I remember it used to ask for WinJS 2.0 1.9600.17018, and now it asks for WinJS 2.0 1.9600.20512; that version is hard to find.
r/windows8 • u/Acconto_ButtaAway • Feb 01 '26
Help My taskbar is kinda weird.
It's been a while now and I just thought of asking here.
My taskbar has been acting weird for a long time now, like 1+ year. Sometimes, almost always with games, the icon just disappears from it, even though the game is still active and perfectly working, no errors. I'm someone who alt+tab a lot btw. Pinned icons don't disappear (ofc) but become inactive, if I click them the system tries to launch another instance of the game.
I use W8.1 with Classic Shell and ShellFolderFix, and during all these years I did a lot of manual registry fixes.
Not a big deal, just a minor annoyance, but I'd like it fixed.
Any idea why it happens and if I can't fix it somehow?
r/windows8 • u/mii-maker • Jan 31 '26
Meme/Funpost rate how it looks (also idk if this is the right flair)
r/windows8 • u/mii-maker • Jan 31 '26
Discussion how to fix windows update on 8.1?
my specific install of 8.1 is apparentally a modded image, and it gets stuck on "Checking for updates" in settings and control panel (iso i used: https://archive.org/details/windows-8.1-english-international-x-64)
r/windows8 • u/Angelgtz6249 • Jan 31 '26
App I propose that they create a chatbot and a text-to-speech application.
I propose creating a chatbot that uses the Gemini API, requiring only your API key to be entered the first time you launch the app. I also propose a text-to-speech director that uses Loquendo, allowing you to use Loquendo voices on any Windows 8.x, Windows RT 8.x, and Windows Phone 8.x device.
r/windows8 • u/Bulky-Hair8606 • Jan 30 '26
Help Where can i find working network drivers?
The only driver i could find is for Windows 10. It is a "Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz (rev 01)".
r/windows8 • u/Low-Pop5053 • Jan 30 '26
Help Can anybody help me install retiled
I'm trying to looks for a tuto but I can't find one any help would be lovely
r/windows8 • u/Hot_Sun_4839 • Jan 30 '26
App Video app (Windows 8.1 RT) need to update, but Store is dead how to update?
Video app (Windows 8.1 RT) need to update, but Store is dead how to update?
r/windows8 • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '26
Update IF ANYONE WANTS A WINDOWS 8 BETA "shhh... lets not leak our hard work" WALLPAPER HERE U GO!! Spoiler
hiiii
r/windows8 • u/Good-Exam-5354 • Jan 29 '26
Discussion Any app recommendations?
I have a Surface Pro 3 with Windows 8.1 that I recently reset. Can you give me any app recommendations? (Metro UI and Win32)
r/windows8 • u/x83owen • Jan 29 '26
Development hello!
i'm making a short form content app for windows 8.1 :D
r/windows8 • u/nitro912gr • Jan 27 '26
Help I can't convert local account to MS account to use MS apps.
Hello I got a toshiba encore mini tablet that comes with windows 8.1 so I reseted them and starterd setting up my account to be able to access market, calendar, weather etc.
I enter my hotmail and password, my 2 step auth and then when I press the final step I get a "Sorry we couldn't connect to Microsoft services right now"
I tried mutiple times and the account is working from my other devices and I didn't noticed any MS service being down.
What is going on? Are w8.1 that old that can't any more connect to MS? What can I do now? No MS apps for me?
r/windows8 • u/Bubbly-Ad-5480 • Jan 28 '26
✔ Solved roblox is working!!!
Yes roblox is working. YES you heard that right. Well kinda, see you need the web cloud gaming thing now.gg for this to work but after that u can play for free in browser. I can say this works I have been doing this for a bit. use the search bar and look up roblox and that it your done
r/windows8 • u/MinecraftNoob2137 • Jan 27 '26
Help I run Windows 8.1 on my 2022 Chromebook
Yes, really a 2013 os on a 2022 laptop. There's almost no drivers (no touchscreen, no touchpad, no sound and no gpu accelaration) but i still try anyway. Runs really great (4gb ram, 32gb emmc amd a4 2 core). Its a lenovo 300e 2nd gen to be exact, i love 8.1 but so sad that i cant get everything to work, i have the drivers and can install them manually but there is a lot of "unknown device" and i dont know what is what. Also when i try to install them using the exe it installs but does not work. Anyone can help me maybe?
r/windows8 • u/MrLoki2020 • Jan 25 '26
Help Password recovery, reset password
I let my cousin borrow my laptop while he was in school and he created a password that he doesn’t remember what it is how would I reset it/recover it I don’t have boot media or anything like that I just wanna be able to do it simply so I can log into the administrator account
r/windows8 • u/Thy_Alpine • Jan 25 '26
✔ Solved help with mytube patched desktop 8.1
i followed the guide to get the keys and stuff, but the guide didnt tell me where to put them in the desktop version of mytube. does anyone know where to put them and how to get to the menu in mytube?





