Windows 8 Is Entirely Unusable

[5corpio]

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Windows to bring back the 'START' button for Windows 8

Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft could be set to rethink its strategy for Windows 8.....Linky:

[philnicandamy]

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ScabHunter will love this:

Windows 8 to reintroduce annoying paperclip

.....dear god....nooooooooooooooooooo

[evilcartman]

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ScabHunter will love this:

Windows 8 to reintroduce annoying paperclip

[ScabHunter]

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I use Windows 7 on my fastest PC, and I can work quickly and accurately with it. It has got a few quirks I don't like, but they are minor issues and easily tolerated.

However, it shouldn't be a choice between 7 and Linux. You should be able to partition the disc and add a Linux operating system for free, so you get the best of both worlds. That is what I have done on all 3 of mine – the main one has Windows 7 and Linux Mint 14, the second desktop has XP Pro and Mint 14, and the laptop has XP Home and Mint 13.

When you boot the PC, you get a menu from which you can choose the OS for that particular session. I'd always recommend having the versatility of a dual-boot system if your PC supports it. Remember, also, that you can test Linux Mint from a USB stick just by booting from that – you don't have to actually install it to give it a try. Just remember that it will run a lot more slowly from USB than it would if you did install it, so don't expect miracles!

SH

[diddlydee]

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I should have popped in previously but forgot

Having read this thread (and in other discussions with SH on another thread) I came to the conclusion that I would stick with Windows 7 when replacing littlun's laptop.

It is an os that both she (from school) and I are both familiar with and I'm so glad that I made the effort to shop around online for her new laptop to get one with Windows 7.

One day, I might be brave enough to give Linux a try, but for now, I'm happy to stick with Windows.

So for all that have posted, thanks

[ScabHunter]

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It is going to take a lot more than a Start button to make me ever trust a Microbug operating system again. That omission was relatively easy to correct with third party software, but how do you cope with a system which puts idiotic menus on the screen every time you move the mouse?

When I say I found Hate entirely unusable, I mean it literally. The nearest comparison I could find was that of a vehicle driver, who, every time he moved the steering wheel, would have a silly picture come across the entire windscreen. If that happened to you, how long could you stay on the road?

It is a desperate shame that Linux is not supported well enough for us to use that alone. As an example, the PrimoPDF software for windows will print emails to PDF, and the links remain clickable. Cups-PDF will print emails to PDF in Linux, but the links are not clickable. Not good enough. I still have to boot into Windows to print off emails.

It will be a long time before used PCs running XP or 7 disappear from the market, and hopefully by then Linux will have the support it deserves. It is certainly by far the easiest operating system to use, as long as there are no hardware compatibility issues when you are setting it up.

SH

[philnicandamy]

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Hmm half arsed and then some...

[Riz]

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BBC News - Microsoft sees Start button back on Windows 8

Half arsed effort from Microsoft again if that can be believed.

[Enforcer]

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Looking forward to Windows Blue. 8.1.
Love 8 running on laptop & 2 main computers. Would not go back to 7 or XP.

[evilcartman]

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The only thing that is really annoying me at the moment is the start screen. I will have a look at SH's suggestions.

This will get your start button back:

Welcome to Classic Shell


But as has already been said, it looks like MS are going to back-pedal on the forced use of the Metro interface on desktops.

[Spent2much]

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He probably means this: BBC News - Windows 8 update public preview to be released in June

Where it is rumoured MS will allow you to go back to a very Windows 7 like interface by default.

thank you , it needs something its doing my head in , i really really hate it

and my skype doesn't work now on 8, i emailed skype and they sent a reply saying it is something to do with windows 8, i had to download skype and register that way , skype no longer works on my facebook

[Riz]

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My son said there is supposed to be a program coming out soon to stop all this crap happening , but i want it off my laptop i really cannot use it .

He probably means this: BBC News - Windows 8 update public preview to be released in June

Where it is rumoured MS will allow you to go back to a very Windows 7 like interface by default.

[Spent2much]

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I have a new laptop wit windows 8 and i hate it , it sweeps across the screen when your in the middle of something and it makes me very angry lol.

My son said there is supposed to be a program coming out soon to stop all this crap happening , but i want it off my laptop i really cannot use it .

[vint1954]

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The only thing that is really annoying me at the moment is the start screen. I will have a look at SH's suggestions.

[Riz]

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Or you realise it's one of these.