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    Windows 8 and Comand center ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by poot1873, Oct 29, 2012.

  1. poot1873

    poot1873 Newbie

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    I've just upgraded to Win 8 but cannot get the command center working to change colours and get the scroller working on the trackpad. I downloaded Alienware OSD Application but it does not seem to do anything and I cant see any icons for it anywhere ?

    I also seen to be missing a driver for something but cant figure out which one ?
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    poot1873, Oct 29, 2012
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    thauch Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks got the missing driver sorted.
     
    poot1873, Oct 30, 2012
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    And what about the command center? Did you try downloading the latest version available for Win7?
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 1, 2012
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    Ment to post back that I got the command center working with the Win7 drivers, its not perfect, ie when you turn the volume up or the wifi on/off no icon show on the screen, but its no biggy, everything else works ok tho.
     
    poot1873, Nov 1, 2012
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    blown9350lx Notebook Guru

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    Did you download the windows 8 OSD drivers? Those work perfect on my R2 on Windows 8
     
    blown9350lx, Nov 7, 2012
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    I have Windows 8 as well, and previouly on windows 7, when I press FN+F3 for wireless switches, I get a small window from which I can turn on/off wifi and bluetooth. Now when I do that on Windows 8, the window does not appear, so I can only turn on/off wifi. I thought this was part of the command center, any help with that?
     
    Vip_blast, Nov 8, 2012
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    Jayi Notebook Enthusiast

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    I believed that OSD is part of the problem causing this since my Command center is working well.. Anyway, do you have problem with your OSD on Windows 8 ?
    I'm having the exactly same situation as you since the day I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro with clean installation . I had tried with both windows 7 OSD and Windows 8 OSD with Net Framework 3.5.Without getting the OSD worked out, I cant enable the bluetooth as well.
     
    Jayi, Dec 12, 2012
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