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The instant I installed Classic Shell.
The instant I installed Classic Shell.
The instant I installed Classic Shell.
Starting liking it (even the new GUI features) as soon as I read Ed Bott's "Metro Hater's Guide to Windows 8". . .
The key realization is that the Start Screen is no more or less intrusive than the original Start Menu. You click it, your choices come up, you click what you want, and you're back to the desktop with the launched application. The same number of clicks in either case. The only difference is that you can't see your desktop beside the Start Menu when looking at the full screen Start Screen. But, why would you need to?
Once you customize the Start Screen and uninstall all the fullscreen/metro applications, Windows 8.1 is actually quite nice.
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Have it on one rig and using classic shell makes it usable. Still some bizarre tile stuff, but it's much better.
Yes! They aren't intended for desktop use. That's trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Just uninstall. 95% of them can be removed. The rest can be unpinned.maybe I should just get rid of them instead of trying to use them
Lol I'm shocked.. Isn't this a site for tech people? Install Start8, disable the edge of screen pop out menus and you're left with an ultra refined Windows 7 that's better in almost every way imaginable. I don't understand all you people that don't like Windows 8.. Metro aside what do you dislike about it?
Ironic.Lol I'm shocked.. Isn't this a site for tech people? Install Start8, disable the edge of screen pop out menus and you're left with an ultra refined Windows 7
Lol I'm shocked.. Isn't this a site for tech people? Install Start8, disable the edge of screen pop out menus and you're left with an ultra refined Windows 7 that's better in almost every way imaginable. I don't understand all you people that don't like Windows 8.. Metro aside what do you dislike about it?
Lol I'm shocked.. Isn't this a site for tech people? Install Start8, disable the edge of screen pop out menus and you're left with an ultra refined Windows 7 that's better in almost every way imaginable. I don't understand all you people that don't like Windows 8.. Metro aside what do you dislike about it?
Ironic.
No, Windows 8 with a 3rd party start menu is not "ultra refined Windows 7". Windows 8 has a mish-mash of classic and Metro-ized tools (including some which run on the desktop), and has no options to restore the (convenient) amount of detail available in the UI going all the way back to Windows 95. Windows 8 isn't a refinement. It's a poor attempt to ape a tablet OS and turn a desktop computer UI into a simplistic gadget. It's takes the productivity of Windows 7 and regresses it.
Some people like Windows 8, but productivity workers and IT generally hate it. I find it to be completely frustrating to use and I've tried several times. It's just a mess and Sinofsky paid for it with his own job. The slapdash hacks MS has done in the point release and updates have not improved it; instead it's become even more of a mess.