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Hate Windows 8?

Postby _Paz_ » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:34 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24564738

Update to add Start button, among other things, available, at last.
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby _Paz_ » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:38 pm

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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Steve Grisetti » Thu Oct 17, 2013 12:42 pm

I've been looking for the update all morning on Windows Update. It was supposed to have been released today.

I'm slowly becoming a fan of Windows 8. It really performs very nicely. I still don't like the Metro interface -- but I'm really looking forward to the 8.1 update.

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I finally found it by rooting around in the Windows Store. I assume it will eventually be an automatic update though.
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Dave McElderry » Thu Oct 17, 2013 1:36 pm

It still doesn't give you the Start button/menu functionality of previous versions. I'm using a great little utility called Startisback that makes everything okay again. Lots of customizable options. It's $3.00 for two computers and they just released a new version for the 8.1 update that's free to previous users. If I recall it's got a free trial period too.


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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Chris B » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:23 pm

Steve Grisetti wrote:I finally found it by rooting around in the Windows Store. I assume it will eventually be an automatic update though.


I'm not sure it will be - but apparently the servers are swamped at the moment - It's a 3.5 GB download - give it a few days..
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Kent Frost » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:27 pm

lol... Windows H8.

I kill me. :mrgreen:
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Steve Grisetti » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:34 pm

True, the new Start button doesn't behave like the Windows 7 Start button. It just takes you to the Metro interface.

But right-clicking on it gives you a lot of the old Start button's options.
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Gerlinde » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:50 pm

I use Windows 8 on 2 of my computers ever since it came out and I really love it. I don't really get people's obsession with the missing Start button. I don't ever miss it and have no reason to use it.
For every app I use frequently I have a Quick Launch button on my taskbar, and a Tile on the Metro interface ( which I hardly ever use). The only thing I use on the Metro interface is my Desktop tile, which is big and pops right out from the rest. Should I need something from the All Apps screen I hit the Win + Q button on my keybord, type a couple of letters of the name of the app I'm looking for and bingo, there it is. It takes me a lot longer to find what I'm looking for on my XP mashine and even on Win7 with the Start button.
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Ron » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:54 pm

Gerlinde wrote:Not to offend anyone, this are just my 3cents on the topic.

I think, for the most part, people simply despise change.
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby _Paz_ » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:35 pm

I don't really get people's obsession with the missing Start button.


Gerlinde,

I'm still on Win 7, but Mr. B has a new Win 8 laptop. What he really, really hates is the Charms Bar, which frankly, I don't find very charming!

Every time he goes to the upper right corner to try to close a web page (and that's all he does - internet, not even email), the blasted charms bar pops out and takes over the screen. I've spent hours trying to lock up the charms bar but if it is possible, I haven't found a way.
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Dave McElderry » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:39 pm

Ron wrote:I think, for the most part, people simply despise change.

I know that I certainly despise change just for change's sake. And I certainly think the idea of trying to make desktop computers look like cellphones/tablets was a poor decision. No offense here to anyone except the person or persons who made that decision and I doubt any of us was involved. ;)
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Re: Hate Windows 8?

Postby Gerlinde » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:33 pm

...the blasted charms bar pops out and takes over the screen.

Paz, I have never run into that problem. Even if I have the window maximized I can always reach the X to close the window. If the charms bar should pops out, it won't cover the X. I'm using a 15in notebook and it is never a problem.
Could it be your screen resolution is not setup right?

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