The idea is to pin your most used programs to the start screen or the desktop toolbar. It really isn't that hard. People just really hate it when stuff gets changed. You may not think its change for the better but surely many others do.
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Windows 8... help me out here
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I have windows 8.0 at the office and 8.1 on my home laptop not that difficult to moved around on if you owned a smart phone of a IPad tablet as I had prior to Microsoft switch you can look into a program called fences that may help you keep the things you use all the time in works okay a crutch to you get used to it. I read today that Windows 9 maybe be Microsoft's return to the start menu button so hang in there people 
I'm still on Vista and my pc is getting pretty close to it's last legs. I'ma scared for the change. 
Meh. I'm no particular fan of the new start screen that replaces the start menu, and the schizoid Control Panel experience is sillier than a John Cleese walk, but once you're over that it's really business as usual. Every desktop app works just like it used to.
The only caveat is installing unsigned device drivers, which requires restarting the computer in a special "laissez faire" mode.
The only caveat is installing unsigned device drivers, which requires restarting the computer in a special "laissez faire" mode.
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Classic shell took me about a minute to install, and I have no desire to uninstall it. Makes windows 8 function just like 7. I didn't even want to start to wrestle with figuring out how to do things I used to use the start button for. There was no point in doing that. I must have read different reviews than you too. Everything I read said it was absolutely the thing to do, and that Microsoft missed the boat on this one. Most people aren't waiting for 9, and just using one of these apps.
You should be able to reinstall. Most if not all things should be compatible unless it is a driver issue. It's a pain, though! If you have all the installers on disk (as opposed to the CDs) you might be able to script the entire reinstallation if the installers have options for entering licence keys from the command line. Then you could potentially start the reinstall and walk away for a couple of hours while it reinstalls.
Microsoft, to remain viable, needs to ensure it supports tablets and phones. It is more efficient for it to do so with the smallest number of codebase differences between PC, tablet and phone. Windows 8 tries to tie those together. Whether a single user interface skin on top of the otherwise maximum common codebase will work for users is another matter. It seems that Microsoft has recognised it doesn't in terms of consumer demands, which is why it seems the changes in 8.1/8.1 update are happening. People can stay on Windows 7, though, and will benefit from security fix backports. And I say this as someone who uses Linux extensively.
Vista problems or hardware problems? I remember after the "**** you, vista!!" Phase things were seeming happy. That or my friends (ones a hardware tech, ones in ....training after having got a IT degree) are just too lazy to change it...I'm still on Vista and my pc is getting pretty close to it's last legs. I'ma scared for the change.
So do you see things progressing exclusively to touch screen tech? Or do you think things are beginning to head in the Ubuntu Touch direction?
it's really not that big deal to use even without a touch screen, I guess people just need something to complain about. With a touch screen the experience is all the more better.
Maybe it's an animation kind of thing? I know I don't like "moving" GUI stuff.....I disabled all animation on my android tablet at home. Now if only I didn't have to see all the android processes in the "running programs" area...
To me the Metro interface is convenient for touch but works for non-touch interaction for non specialists and it has a desktop option. I have issues about the consistency of it at times, though, e.g. the control panel has multiple ways to find the same settings, presented differently. A better start menu or search options to find applications and I think it is good enough. It wouldn't so different from Unity on Ubuntu. It won't make everyone happy, though.
I don't get what the big fuss is about the start button. The first time I rode a bike without training wheels, I was scared and fell a couple times. I figured it out. I was surprised to not see the start button when I used Win8 for the first time, but I learned how to use the OS without it. I quite like my OS now without the extra button on my screen.
-Mike
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It was a paradigm that was already in existence in various forms in interfaces for smaller devices such as on netbooks which were not touch devices. Although there the emphasis was on giving quick access to a number of common applications. Without touch Windows 8 does seem to work better with a mouse with a scroll wheel, which I don't have.
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