Windows 8 Consumer Preview is not loading my graphic drivers like Win7 did. Need help.

[katfurpur Wildrose]

I lost my Win7 disk in a recent move, and when I installed Win8 Consumer Preview...my graphic card drivers won't load and I can't enjoy SL anymore.  Any one know how to trouble shoot this technical problem?

[Rolig Loon]

There's a good reason why they call it a "Preview" or beta version.  It doesn't necessarily have all the bugs worked out yet, and it isn't necessarily compatible with everything that you might expect a full release version to work with.  Your best bet, other than waiting for Win 8 to be released, is to find that Win 7 disk and reinstll it.

[PeterCanessa Oh]

Download a new driver for your graphics card from its manufacturer's website.  If that won't work revert your OS to something (more) stable.  Even a home-built Linux is probably more reliable than a 'customer preview' beta.

[Peggy Paperdoll]

Whenever you encounter a problem with a program (Windows, any version, is a prgram....called an operating system but it's still a computer program) you generally ask how to fix the problem by going to the creators of the program that is having problems.......not the program that does not work properly because the program that creates the problem is just not doing it properly.  Therefore, the proper people to ask your question are Microsoft.  As Rolig pointed out, Windows 8 Preview is just that..........a preview of what Microsoft wants to release at some point in the future.  It's not a final release and the information on the download page for the Preview version states that very clearly.  It also states that you should install it on a different partition, different hard drive, a different computer or on some removable media (such as a flash drive) for the very reason that you cannot go back to your original Windows version once you install it over the top of the original Windows.....which is what it appears you have done.  That's not a very smart thing to do and Microsoft warned you about such a move and you did it anyway.........you need to find your Windows 7 disk to fix your problem.  You can contact Microsoft support of Windows 8 but I'm sure the answer is going to be the same......find the Win 7 disks or purchase another copy of your Win 7 or wait for the final release of Windows 8 (to which you'll be required to purchase the final release at that time).

You have a problem because you didn't read the information on the download site or you read it and ignored it.  Neither were a very smart thing to do.  Contact Microsoft for more information.

[Irene Muni]

Copied from the Ansariel' answer to your previous question about the same issue ( http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Technical/can-windows-8-consumer-preview-run-second-life/qaq-p/1430109 : "There is a reason everywhere is said you shouldn't use the consumer preview for production systems, name because of issues like that!"