AAARRRRGGHHHH
just got a new pc for works and it has windows 8 on it
i hate it
cant use it!!!
i am no PC novice having used them for years right from windows 3.11, millenium, vista 
XP (great)
7 ok
anyone here used it?
i am looking to downgrade if possible back to 7 as at least things are familiar
any help appreciated
From what I can gather it is the Fisher Price version of Windoze designed for touch screens.
well if by fisher price you mean shit, then it certainly is
I stuck it on one of the work laptops to try it out. Not that keen. To me it looks like they have just made the start menu a whole screen. The only good bit is the roaming online profile that loads your favourites email etc if you log in on your mates pc with your email and password. That's if you want all your intermediate details stored on a Microsoft server somewhere out in cyber space.
I tried Win 8 Beta, but used an add-on that brings back the Start menu button and lets you configure things much more like Windows 7. A quick Google should find it. It was originally able to force booting straight to the desktop, but Microsoft disabled that registry function - maybe they've got around that now?
Years ago I heard that News International stayed with Win 3.11 and only ditched it when Wndoze 2000 was introduced. There is a moral in there
somewhere I think!
maybe this comes to the rescue: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/software-and-web-apps/how-to-make-windows-8-look-like-windows-7-50009546/
There is no point in moving to windows 7
Windows 8 is quicker and smoother and uses less resources to do the same things
You're probably struggling with the 'Metro' desktop
Use that cnet link and all should be well 
The guy I charge of Windows 8 development has just left Microsoft very suddenly without any proper explanation.
yes will probably use the cnet link to have a go before i decide to wipe the machine and go back to 7!!!!
i cant even find how to turn the machine off.
I was that pissed off with it tonight i pulled the plug from the wall!!
I am happily writing this from my home PC running 7 - much less stressful
i had my first shot of it today, mouse to the bottom left corner (i think) and got the normal windows desktop back pretty easily. stick with it, man up and don't throw the towel in at the first hurdle, and calm your tits
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Originally posted by blakep82
i had my first shot of it today, mouse to the bottom left corner (i think) and got the normal windows desktop back pretty easily. stick with it, man up and don't throw the towel in at the first hurdle, and calm your tits
its a sign of age paul, i nearly smashed my radio this morning cos it kept retuning itself when i was listening to a song i liked!
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Originally posted by JoelP
its a sign of age paul, i nearly smashed my radio this morning cos it kept retuning itself when i was listening to a song i liked!
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Originally posted by skydivepaul
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Originally posted by blakep82
i had my first shot of it today, mouse to the bottom left corner (i think) and got the normal windows desktop back pretty easily. stick with it, man up and don't throw the towel in at the first hurdle, and calm your tits
cheers, have calmed down now.
You know what its like, my old machine packed in last week so I am without a PC at work for a week.
work to do, quotes to send etc etc using other machines.
Finally get my new PC ready to go and i doesnt do what i want it to!!!
will try with a fresh head in the morning
Tried it dont like it, its computing for muppets, 7 to me is the best windows ever and I was a die hard XP fan.
In saying that Ive noticed as I get to be more of an old git I like change less and less.
Cheers,
Bob
I love it, I have been running it for about 6 months it takes a week of getting used to then you realise it does alot of stuff slightly better,
quicker and uses less battery
some very handy shortcuts:
win Key + c = brings up the charms (selecting setting will take you to the power options)
win key + x = shortcut menu to command prompt, and other admin stuff
win key + D = desktop shortcut
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Originally posted by Pdlewis
I love it, I have been running it for about 6 months it takes a week of getting used to then you realise it does alot of stuff slightly better, quicker and uses less battery
some very handy shortcuts:
win Key + c = brings up the charms (selecting setting will take you to the power options)
win key + x = shortcut menu to command prompt, and other admin stuff
win key + D = desktop shortcut
Buy a Mac book!
Or a LINUX Laptop
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Originally posted by mad4x4
Buy a Mac book!
happy now
system wiped and xp pro back on
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Originally posted by skydivepaul
happy now
system wiped and xp pro back on
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Originally posted by Alan B
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Originally posted by skydivepaul
happy now
system wiped and xp pro back on
Luddite...
Actually I'm sure you are right and is shite......
I'll stick with win 7
My wife's 2 year old Dell laptop went kaboom last night (okay it didn't it just died with a fizzle). Apparently it's a common problem
on the 5010 model which to fix requires the entire thing taking apart and the GPU reflowing with a heat gun and even then it fails a little while
afterwards. That laptop did always get stupidly hot and sound like a F16 on reheat so I think there's a tiny problem with over-heating. Dell are
refusing to admit there's a problem despite forums full of people having to wield heat guns so they can bog off and I'll never buy one of
their computers again. Sorted.
So anyway, off to PC World for a Compaq laptop. All of the laptops are lumbered with Windows 8.
What a pile of shite.
Considering whenever you switch it on you'll want to switch it off again it seems bizarre to make shutting down a 4 click process instead of a 2
click process. And WTF with not being able to play DVDs? Okay so I can install LVC but that's not the point. I wondered if Microsoft had taken
their anti-trust thing a bit far and banned WMP but it's still there, just crippled. I note IE10 is rammed down my throat without choice- so much
for the "Browser Choice" window that Microsoft promised they'd start using again after it got accidentally removed by a service pack
update!
It is a bit embarrasing really.
If it wasn't for the fact that the old laptop had a Dell OEM Windows 7 key, 8 would be going straight into the bin.
I've just bought a brand new desktop off a guy on here, PC is excellent, but jumping from Window XP to Windows 8 is a right ballache!!! I'm
telling myself, all will be fine when I have got used to it. (I wonder why Jossey also supplied a copy of Windows 7!!!!).
I'm bearing with it for a while (old PC is also still running next to it) until I either
(a) get to grips with Windows 8
(b) throw it out the window
(c) install windows 7
I have stuck with Windows 8 and just about retrained myself and have to say enjoying the experience. Win 7 was quick win 8 with solid state drive in
Lappy is Blistering.
Running media centre to play CD's ( it a buy in extra IIRC)
PS You lot dont know your born as an old timer retrained 120 staff from dum terminals to windows 95. I am not saying its easy but you are going have
to jump sooner or later. Just ignore the metro interface its only for the 'Yooths'
ATB Agriv8
I am using windows 8 with solid state tech, and it is very quick, although I need to keep on training myself to stop trying to use it like Windows 7!
Most of the Windows 8 niggles vanish if you install Classic Shell http://www.classicshell.net/ It is genuinely 100% free and rock solid.
But the real way to go is Linux
Linux is my main system, but I have Windoze 8 on a laptop for times when only Windoze will do - I've got used to it, and it's still much
better than the Vista that was there previously! I would also have preferred Win 7, but I got Win 8 cheap... Win 7 has never been cheap for the full
pro version.
The classic shell is one way out of the problem, but MS will be shipping a Win8 upgrade free of charge later in the year (subtly called Windows 8.1)
that's supposed to address all of the complaints. We'll find out in June, when the pre-release versions get shown to the computing press.