norvik1943 wrote:
I now have Win/8 on one laptop and desktop replacement. I'm disappointed and frustrated with it. I didnt' want to buy an I-Pad or I-Phone, I want a personal computer easy to operate, easy access to program of my choice without getting the feeling I have to purchase an ap all the time. I've set mine up to go back to the desktop, minus the Start button which should return in some fashion in mid-October.
Once I find my program icon, ie Photosuite 13 or IE, Chrome, then it's OK, it's just getting there in the I-Phone looking screen environment and trying to navigate without the expected touch screen on the Win 8 icon based screen.
I'm on my Win/8 laptop right now and have my familiar icons across the bottom line, just no Start. Right click the lower left corner though to bring up a semblence of the Start button functions such as Control Panel.
No problem at all processing photos though. I attached a 1TerraByte external drive on USB3 interface and access graphic/photo files dating back to Win3.1 that I still cherish. Much faster access too than the 386SX running a 3 Msec clock. That was a fast PC back then.
My only complaint is that my favorite games such as Solitare, Hearts, and Chess are no longer available. I can find equivalent "APs" which allow me to "check them out" but want to to buy the aps to continue. I tried uploading the Win/7 versions from and they will not even load. Incompatible file errors. Thanx a lot Microsluff for a bloated pig so fat it's inedible.
I now have Win/8 on one laptop and desktop replace... (
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In Windows 8 starting any installed program is easy.
1. Get to the start screen. If the start screen is not active just hit the "windows" button just to the left of the left alt key.
2. Start typing the name of the program. Windows will show a list of programs that match your typing.
3. When the program you want shows up just hit enter.
Once you get used to it this is actually faster then the old start menu.