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Windows 8.1 Tip: Optimize for the Desktop
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Desktop users are finally welcome to the future of computing

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ARTICLE
When Microsoft first released the touch-first Windows 8/RT in late 2012, customers
cried foul. Here was an OS that seemed designed almost solely for the non-existent
audience of Windows tablet users while ignoring the needs of over a billion traditional PC
users. Well, Microsoft listened. And with the Windows 8.1 update, Windows 8/RT users
finally have a first-class desktop experience in which you can almost completely obliterate
every trace of that touch-first Metro interface. Heres how.
JUL 21, 2014
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It's been a while since the

last What I Use, but there
haven't been many major changes since late last year:
Surface Pro 3 has become my go-to travel companion,
I've added a third cellphone line for testing Windows
Phone, Android and iPhone side-by-side, and have
Most readers of this site are probably familiar with the fact that Windows 8.1 brings back
the Start button. Theres nothing you need to do to gain access to this retro UI: Its on the
desktops taskbar by default (and can in fact not be removed), just as it was with previous
versions of Windows.
rotated through some new tablets and other devices.

We've also switched from FIOS to Comcast and added
to our set-top box collection....More
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MAY 1, 2014
What I Use: My
Windows Phone
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This has been a great

year for Windows Phone
users in so many ways. Not only did we just get a major,
Looking past the Start button, there are a series of other settings changes you can make to
Windows 8/RT with Windows 8.1 that will bring back previous functionality and remove
annoying Metro interfaces that just get in the way of those who will be staying primarily
or solely in the desktop environment. Almost all of these settings are available from the
same place: The new Navigation pane in the Taskbar and Navigation Properties window.
major OS update in Windows Phone 8.1, but Microsoft

and a variety of third parties have been busy launching
an unprecedented number of new and improved apps on
the platform as well. With all that in mindand with the
understanding that this is just a slice in timehere's a
peek at what I'm using on my own Windows Phone
handset....More
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There are a few ways to find this interface, but were using the desktop here, so right-click
on a blank area of the taskbar and choose Properties. Then, in the Taskbar and Navigation
Properties window that appears, select the Navigation pane.
The pertinent settings are:
Boot to desktop. If you would like to skip right past that Start screen and navigate
directly to the desktop every time you boot the desktop or sign in to your account, check
the option titled Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in.
Disable (some) mouse access to Switcher. Windows 8 confusingly adds a second
app switching interface, called Switcher, which treats the desktop and all of the
applications running within like a single Metro-style app. But desktop users are better off
using the traditional Windows Flip (ALT + TAB) app switching interface because it treats
both Metro apps and desktop applications like the standalone entities they are. In
Windows 8.1, you can disable one of the two hot corner methods of activating Switcher
mouse into the upper left corner of the screenbut not the keyboard shortcut (WINKEY
+ TAB) or the second hot corner method (mouse into the lower left corner of the screen).
To do so, uncheck the option titled When I click the upper-left corner, switch between my
recent apps.
Disable (some) mouse access to Charms. Windows 8 also adds a new Charms
interface that lets you access new system-level services, almost none of which are
applicable to the desktop. In Windows 8.1, you can disable one of the two hot corner
methods of activating the Charmsmouse into the upper right corner of the screenbut
not the keyboard shortcut (WINKEY + C) or the second hot corner method (mouse into
the lower right corner of the screen). To do so, uncheck the option titled When I point to
the upper-right corner, show the charms.
(Mostly) replace the Start screen with the Apps view. While theres no way to
configure Windows to use the retro Start menu in place of the new Start screen, desktop
users can change what happens when they click the Start button, so that it navigates to
the new Apps view instead. This view, while a full-screen Metro experience and thus
annoying to some, may still be preferable to the Start screen because it only shows
app/application icons and not live tiles. To enable this change, check the option titled
Show the Apps view automatically when I go to Start. To make this functionality even
more useful and less jarring, also check the option titled List desktop apps first in the
Apps view when its sorted by category and Show my desktop background on Start. The
net effect is that the Apps view will appear to display on top of the desktop, like so:
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Note: Be sure to select By Category from the drop-down next to the Apps header in the
Apps view for this settings change to be complete. Also, note that you can still view the
Start screen by clicking the arrow icon in Apps view.
Only search applications (and apps). To make that Apps view even more useful, be
sure that the setting Search everywhere instead of just my apps when I search from the
Apps view is unchecked. When configured this way, you will see a search box on the Apps
view that, when used, will only search your desktop applications and Metro-style apps.
(You can also just start typing to search from the Apps view.) You dont want Windows
8.1s newfangled Smart Search functionality in this view.
Disable app switching completely. This one is a bit radical, and I dont actually
recommend it, but for those who wish to completely disable both the Metro-style
Switcher interface and Metro-style app switching entirely, you can do so. Ironically, you
do this from a Metro interface, PC Settings, however. To do so, type WINKEY + I and
then choose Change PC Settings from the bottom of the Settings pane. In PC Settings,
navigate to PC & Devices and then Corners & Edges. There, disable the setting titled
Allow switching between recent apps. No more Switcher. No more WINKEY + TAB. No
more switching between Metro apps. Again, not recommended, but there it is.
And dont forget that the newly-improved power-user menu is available from the desktop,
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too: Right-click the Start button to display it and access a ton of useful desktop features
like Power Options, System, Control Panel, and even Shutdown/Sleep/Restart.
Ive not tested this yet in Windows 8.1, but I suspect that third party utilities such as
Stardocks Start8 will be modified to support this new update and allow those users to
still use a classic or hybrid Start menu in place of the Start or Apps experiences. Thats
your call. But the changes and tips noted above should satisfy all but the most strongminded Metro haters.
Got any more tips for desktop users? Let me know.
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on Jul 1, 2013
barnaby
I figured out turning off hot corners and setting it to boot to desktop myself after some poking
around...but like Paul said , why should an end-user have to do this ??? It should just work.
I was tired of IE close triggering the charms , and the back button triggering the running apps
LOL
Sent from 8.1 preview...damn it`s fast , esp. file copy.
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on Jul 1, 2013
cybersaurusrex
Not sure why, but I find it easier to Shutdown/Restart from the new Start Button than through
the Charms. It's the same number of movements/clicks, but the Charms way is just trickier.
Maybe its because you have to move your entire hand/mouse with the Charms method, but
only your wrist through the Start Button.
Does anyone else find the Charms Shutdown more difficult too?
zack_falcon
on Jul 2, 2013
For the most part, the entire Charms bar is not only 'difficult', but unnecessary.
Mouse over to the bottom / top right, wait awhile for the Charms bar to pop up, go to
settings, then power, then shut down / restart / sleep.
The guy who thought of that should be re-examined.
Sonic98
on Aug 19, 2013
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They should have made it a tile. That could have gone a long way. I'm not sure if the most
basic stuff should be charm only
on Oct 17, 2013
mark_ros
To make a shutdown tile (or taskbar icon):

right click on the desktop background
choose new then shortcut
type: shutdown /s /t 0
name the shortcut
choose a new icon
THEN right click on the new shortcut and copy it to the start screen and/or pin it to the
taskbar.
replace the letter "s" with an "r" for rebooting
on Jul 1, 2013
barnaby
I was especially angry when I simply opened a picture on my desktop and some damned "app"
opened it in the metro interface , and it took me 3 steps to simply get back to the desktop.
Microsoft needs to fix this.
Yes I know you can change "opens with" but the default should be a program that will keep you
on the desktop !
on Jul 3, 2013
pmbAustin
It takes one step: tap the windows key.

It would be nice if Microsoft had a set of desktop apps and metro apps as 'default programs',
and you could switch them all with one setting. But in lieu of that, it's simple to change your
defaults to your favorite desktop apps of choice for opening images, videos, emails, PDFs,
etc.
on Jul 1, 2013
barnaby
This thing is still a kluge...you go back and forth , desktop to tiles and there are duplicate , but
DIFFERENT mail programs , IE`s , etc.
For non touch devices it should shut the metro off completely...it shouldn`t even be there.
I have no intention of running apps on my X86 desktop , I have this thing called a browser
which is much more powerful.
on Jul 1, 2013
barnaby
Thank you Paul !

I now have found the last piece of the puzzle...turned off app-switching !
GoodThings2Life
on Jul 1, 2013
I actually like the fact that Start Search includes everything now... it finally makes it useful the
way the old Windows 7 search acted.
Also, question... does disabling the App Switcher disable the ability to multi-task Metro apps
and/or hinder use of ALT-TAB traditional app switching?
lradunovic
on Jul 1, 2013
Still unusable operating system for serious power users, such as designers, programmers who
also play games. Visually Windows 8 looks ugly, mixture of colors all over the place and also
icons just don't fit on metro screen background...it is killing my eyes.
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on Jul 3, 2013
pmbAustin
And yet, here I am, a power-user, software developer, and gamer, using Windows 8 just
fine, and actually preferring it to Win7 (once I spent a couple of weeks getting used to it of
course). How strange.
on Jul 4, 2013
zack_falcon
Same here, although I'm not sure I'd call myself a power user.
And I utterly dislike Windows 8. I like my OS out of the way, and working for me, not in my
face, and asking me to relearn some stuff.
Not that I mind, mind you; Windows 8 is NOT hard to figure out, it's just that I don't enjoy
using the OS anymore. Feels like a chore.
on Jul 1, 2013
Yuxie
Still could use the more compact start menu. No, I do not use it dig through rarely
applications. I need it for the shortcut to recently used apps, my documents/computer
/music..., recently opened word/excel/ppt files, and quick tools like calcuator/paint
/autohotkey/snippingtool.
But question: The charms menu is activated with the right-side corners. But aren't those
corners also used by the close button and the show desktop button?
barnaby
on Jul 1, 2013
What a mess...turn this on , turn that off , put a check mark here , one over there...then there is
still this huge tumor called "Metro" grafted onto the OS with it`s duplicity of programs like IE
and Mail.
Metro should be a user-determined add-on like Media Center.
Ed209
on Jul 2, 2013
Firstly, I'm a Microsoft Windows fan, I've been using Windows since Windows 2 and have
done every version since.
When I first installed Windows 8 my heart sank. The Start screen was okay but I couldn't see
any use for it in my day to day business tasks, the desktop was still there, great, but no start
menu. Sure I get that I can hit the Start Key but I got used to it.
Now, two thing strike me with Windows 8.1:
1. The start button is no real substitute for a start menu, a lot of people want what they had, it
really wouldn't have been hard for MS to just add a tick box to the properties dialog to return a
native Windows Start menu NOT a link effectively to the Start Screen which I still find
mildly annoying.
2. MS has spent about a year on 8.1 it was obviously possible to side step certain features and
turn them on and off, why did they not listen to the feedback and just do this to start with. If
they had made the Start Screen (Im ignoring the Metro ethos as a whole) an optional feature,
on by default and again had an optional Start menu (off by default) then everyone would have
been happy. To most people it would have been as familiar as Windows 7 if they wanted but
could be the new flat and square Windows 8 if they wished to be modern.
I've been using Windows 8 day in and day out for well over a year and I have to say I spend
more time flicking between the start screen and the desktop that I need to.
At Christmas I bought a Mac Air (my first Mac) and although its not capable of proper
business use I find for home stuff like email and internet its streets ahead. The big feature is
the one that nobody talks about. Windows 8 on my quad core laptop takes around 30-60
seconds to start up and then another minute while Windows Defender cripples it. My Mac,
thanks its natural ability to sleep for long periods of time when the lid closes is always there
and ready. Its this little feature that turns a good laptop into a very very usable laptop that you
can take anywhere.
P.s. I have two Windows 8 phones, 2 Android phones (2 android laptops) and an iPhone +
iPad, the Windows 8 phones are much better than Android and as far as I can tell the only
really creditable competitor to Apple iPhones. the iPhone is still somehow more mature and
likeable though (iOS 7 though will upset people) - as my wife pointed out when I installed iOS7
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beta - "It looks like a child coloured it in with crayons"

on Jul 3, 2013
pmbAustin
I don't get your last point. My laptop is just *there* when I open the lid... it's instant start
up. Even if I fully shut-down either my desktop or laptop, they boot up in a matter of
seconds (half of what you say you sit through, easily), and desktop launches pretty much
instantly. Windows 8 is great on laptops.
on Jul 2, 2013
wiport
With which registry hack can the bottom right hot corner be deactivated?
on Jul 2, 2013
luis3007
None, for the lower corners you need a third-party utility like Start8 or similar
david_mayor
on Jul 2, 2013
You may add that the users should configure all default applications to make sure they use
desktop app, and not the default Photo apps for photo viewing or the Xbox music app for
music listening.
By the way, in 8.1, is there a way for modern-UI user to stay entirely in the modern
environment and for a desktop user to stay entirely in the desktop ? Indeed, it is very annoying
for hybrid devices users: when using it as a tablet, it is good to stay in the modern UI
environment but depending on how you configure the default app, you will be back to desktop
(PDF file, for example).
corbey
on Jul 2, 2013
No thanks, Microsoft, I'll keep using a third party utility to get a real Start menu. Just the
screenshot of the "Apps view" makes me slightly queasy. No matter how you sort them, it's still
a messy sea of icons, and horizontal scrolling with on a desktop with a mouse is still
inconvenient. Also, I still won't have the option to easily open recently used files for each
application.
The longer I use Windows 8, the less I like it. Send this monstrosity back to the tablet world,
where it belongs.
JulesVerny
on Jul 2, 2013
I really like the Right Click Power Options, and the idea of disabling Hot corners for Charms is
interesting. Hot corners, on the right hand side of multiple monitor is right pain. (But a pain I
have to endure to shutdown the PC)
From this it looks as thougn I may not need to go to Start 8 to fully adopt Windows 8 now. It
now looking almost as good as Windows 7 useabilty (for my use).
So one Question: If I do disable the Charms Hot corners, is there another method to get to the
Charmes, for search and share etc ? (Other than the Win -C I think, as I can nver remember
those Keyboard shortcuts)
JimmyFal
on Jul 2, 2013
It's unfortunate that the OS was initially tarnished by MS inability to see that they went just a
little too far with some things. It's amazing what just a few simple changes have done to make
Win 8.1 more able to keep the interfaces separate, for those that CHOOSE to do so.
For myself the Search charm is actually usable now because it does not blow away the entire
screen. That was just way too jarring. And in classic Microsoft fashion I can search
"everything" except my stupid contacts, and my favorites. I hope they will make adjustments
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before the fall in that department.

on Jul 2, 2013
dsrtsng
It is a little funny that it does not work on Windows Phone8, or an Android tablet. But the
page that comes up to let you know does look nice. Apparently, it requires Flash.
on Jul 2, 2013
THOUGHTFUL
I also found that double clicking many files will still launch METRO applications. Clicking on a
JPG image for example launches the METRO Photos app. It can be fixed for each file extension
using "Open With >/Choose Default program..." in File Explorer.
It's really sucks finding these things, and then having to spend time "fixing" them. The
Windows 8.1 desktop and Touch centric Metro are like conjoined twins. Microsoft needs to
surgically separate them for each to reach their full potential.
I hate to say it, but Apple has a huge advantage right now with their two OS strategy. And
dammit if they don't offer some truly awesome hardware to go with it. After experiencing the
battery life of the new MacBook Air...first hand, I don't think I can hold out much longer, or if
I should even bother to wait. I have a sneaky feeling that PC makers (Microsoft's Surface Pro
included) won't be able to replicate Apple's success....
on Jul 2, 2013
pmbAustin
Another thing that's important to do: Go to the desktop Control Panel, type "Defaults" into the
search box, and select Program Defaults. Set all your default applications to "Desktop"
versions... i.e. Windows Media Player instead of "Videos", Windows Live Mail instead of
"Mail", etc.
Side note: If you put the desktop tile in the top-left-most position of the Start Screen, if you
ever DO find yourself there, a simple tap of the Enter key will bring you back to the desktop
every time.
on Jul 2, 2013
LemonSaucy
Windows 8.1 goes a quite a long way to mitigate the abomination that is Windows 8.0. And the
new Application Page makes for nice eye candy.
You ask for tips?
Here's one thing the article overlooks:
Most of those Start page "Metro app" tiles can be deleted or hidden. Just right-click on them
and an option appears at the bottom of the screen to either hide the app or, even better, delete
the thing. Deleting them gets them off the Application page too.
I've got all the Metro apps deleted if possible (or at least hidden if that's the only option), save
the weather app. And I'm even thinking about getting rid of that and just pinning the
weathernetwork.com website to the taskbar.
None of those apps are necessary as Windows steps up to replace any of the functionality. The
Windows applications, being a real applications and not a glorified web pages, do a much
better jobs than the apps anyway.
That way you almost never have to leave the Application Page + Desktop and can avoid the
Metro nonsense (which should be left to phones and slates anyway).
LS
on Jul 2, 2013
rsquaric
My guess is that Stardock will be "in the black" for the foreseeable future.
johnp
on Jul 2, 2013
Paul, as you have said one million times, and I agree with you, they could provide a familiar
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desktop start menu, even as a hidden configuration option, for use during the desktop
migration period, from mouse to touch (for 2-4 years).
That way, everyone would be happy. Why don't they do it? I can not understand.
on Jul 2, 2013
Brendan Cleary
Possibly the best thing in 8.1; WINKEY + Q from the desktop now brings up app and settings
search without bouncing you away from the desktop. As far as I am concerned this pretty
much replaces the use case I had for old start menu.
Now if only I could map that feature to just WINKEY without losing WINKEY + X. Here's a
thought, stick the commands that are in the WINKEY + X menu onto the bottom of the
WINKEY + Q search panel. Would make me a very happy camper.
on Jul 2, 2013
smajid
Great article Paul. Thanks for all the tips. I like your love/hate relationship with Microsoft,
style of writing, very much. Keeps things as fair as possible.
on Jul 2, 2013
Figatellu
Damn... it's not Windows 8.1, it's Windows 7.8...

So far, I'm an huge fan of Metro mouvement from Microsoft and really think it's a right way to
GUI future.
Of course, I still use desktop (as an App...) but I think There a lot of good things in Metro UI.
So I disagree with the 8.1 way : the total negation of Metro UI (and first Windows 8 release
vision - and Windows Phone vision)
In a near future, when people will use more touch screen, they will look for modern UI, So they
will Say that MS doesn't have touch UI OS and that desktop is too oldschool, and PC are for
past... So, MS, let people who enjoy using Metro doing it too...
on Jul 2, 2013
barnaby
After using 8.1 I am finally coming around to like it.

I just realized you have to GET USED TO desktop and everything else as a running app !
Matter of fact it`s cool that you can have apps running while you are doing "desktop work".
The app-switcher is your friend ; )
It`s just re-training your brain from years of not having to change. Change is good. 8.1 actually
lets you have more multi-tasking going on than past versions.
on Jul 2, 2013
zack_falcon
*sigh*
Mr. Paul, do you think there's an 8.2?
on Jul 3, 2013
barnaby
Just figured out how to sign in with a local account.

Since I am rebooting a lot during the trial , I wanted to be able to restart without a password
and it worked.
Under local account , just left password fields blank and it worked...YAY !
Between Paul and Peter Bright , I`m finally figuring this OS out.
Paul Thurrott (staff)
on Jul 3, 2013
This actually makes sense since Peter and I are apparently the same person. :)
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on Jul 3, 2013
barnaby
I`m starting to take back what I said about metro as an option on the desktop.
It`s pretty darn cool to be able to run apps at the same time you are using the desktop.
Correct me if I am wrong , but OSX Launchpad simply turns your screen into iOS and there is
no interoperation between desktop and all the apps splattered all over the screen.
Microsoft looks way ahead here , and the interface is much better than just having iOS apps all
over your screen.
I see the method to Microsoft`s madness now.
8.1 is slick !
on Jul 3, 2013
fkiehner
Has anyone noticed the dreaded keyboard mutes the audio problem again with 8.1? I have
seen it happen 2 times since I installed 8.1 on my RT.
on Jul 3, 2013
TedOnWindows8
"Desktop users are finally welcome to the future of computing"

Paul, do you still think Microsoft is heading to a completely desktop-less Windows in the
future?
on Jul 3, 2013
Yes. This isn't an opinion, it's a matter of time and execution.

on Jul 4, 2013
zack_falcon
I actually dread that day. I hope Microsoft does it right.

on Jul 28, 2013
alexanderbrown
I don't get it Paul: how can an app such as MYOB, for example, be ported to the Metro UI,
when it's such a big app that uses more than one window?
Microsoft can't be serious about a desktop-less Windows. Then it wouldn't be "Windows"!
This wasn't meant to offend - I just can't imagine a Windows without a desktop.
on Jul 3, 2013
gb8080
The "fake start button" is a step in the right direction (discoverable, target to aim at).
In particular, its right-click menu is a bit cluttered, but very useful.
I think the right-click menu, good though it is, could be improved still more.
- Make it a little PANEL, nicely laid out.
- And then it could have some submenus, and even be a bit customisable.
- Why not let it open with left-click? Why only right-click?
- And it would be really nice if it could also show a list of available programs to run. Why not, it
shows almost every other thing you might want to do !!!
- Better yet, tidy it up by allowing the list to be arranged into subfolders, to avoid mess and
clutter.
Anybody agree that these would be desirable additional improvements to that right-click
menu, to aid usability? ;-)
ScubaDog2008
on Jul 3, 2013
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Meanwhile, I've taken the exact opposite approach. I've obliterated nearly all trace of the
desktop. NOTHING lives on the desktop. It has all been optimized for the Start screen, and I
require my users to only start from there. If a legacy program takes them to the desktop, so be
it (until a Metro version is available, of course).
on Jul 28, 2013
alexanderbrown
You're on drugs, I reckon. How can you accomplish ANY work?

The day MS drops the desktop is the day I sell my Surface, Windows Phone and PC and
move to Apple.
on Jul 29, 2013
Then you should at least start looking around: store.apple.com

That day is coming. It's not if, it's when.
Frank Perra
on Mar 19, 2014
Mr. Brown, you miss the point, as do most people in the IT branch. (Don't worry, I started
with punch cards.) This man does his own work, not your work. The computer, like a car is
only a tool. It is not our way, but I bet his is not "on drugs" and very productive in his way!
ericmark
on Jul 5, 2013
Nice article, Paul. In addition to the steps you outline, I installed the latest version of Classic
Shell, turned off as many Metro apps as possible, (see: http://is.gd/rqn3Ud), set all Default
Programs to desktop apps, and log on with a local account. Now I never see Metro, any way
shape or form, unless I choose to, via keyboard shortcut. (Shift+WinKey or Winkey+C, etc.)
This extreme approach is an experiment. I do not like Metro---specifically have no use for it on
the desktop---but would not obliterate it to this extent normally. In this case I want to see if I
can run Win 8.1 as "Super Win 7" with the desktop improvements as a plus, and very little or
no minus for Metro. If so, I _might_ purchase a retail copy of 8.1 when the trial expires in
January. Maybe. If it's $40 again.....maybe.
How is that for a left-handed endorsement? Big progress from my first reaction to the
Consumer Preview, for sure. Six months to find out.....(I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 8.1. Kept
personal settings but had to install apps; kinda the same as upgrading from Vista to Win8
RTM.)
So far so good, overall....
vdmgc
on Jul 18, 2013
Crapware. I want to do my real work. I want to make money, and this abomination from the
cellphone arena is in my way. I have a cellphone, then, I have several PC's doing stuff for me.
Windows 8 makes those tasks very, very unproductive and slow. If you want to turn your
powerful PC into a zero smartphone, or you work for MS marketing department I can at least
understand why someone would claim to like it. This thing needs to be flushed away like the
turd it is...
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on Dec 11, 2013
Cher
My brand new computer does not have the touch screen, rendering this Metro useless. Darned
shame, it looked like fun. however, it left me trying to use two "systems" and always 'flipping'
itself. I got tired of it, and decided to see if I could turn off the pretty side and just use the
computer without having to learn everything all over again. I'm getting to old for this. I've been
doing this since I had to change a floppy for printing. So, I followed the directions, there was
one difference in the setup, I think. But, hitting the start button takes me to the applications
and I can't get out of it. should I disable the whole kit and caboodle, or is there some value
there yet to be found? I appreciate your guidance here, and the assist in creating a shutdown
button. oh, and I'm having trouble finding my drives, looking at the computer contents and
such.
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Desktop users are finally welcome to the future of computing

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JUL 21, 2014

What I Use: July 2014

It's been a while since the

rotated through some new tablets and other devices.

This has been a great

major OS update in Windows Phone 8.1, but Microsoft

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on Aug 19, 2013

on Oct 17, 2013

To make a shutdown tile (or taskbar icon):

It takes one step: tap the windows key.

Thank you Paul !

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beta - "It looks like a child coloured it in with crayons"

before the fall in that department.

Damn... it's not Windows 8.1, it's Windows 7.8...

After using 8.1 I am finally coming around to like it.

Just figured out how to sign in with a local account.

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"Desktop users are finally welcome to the future of computing"

Paul Thurrott (staff)

Yes. This isn't an opinion, it's a matter of time and execution.

I actually dread that day. I hope Microsoft does it right.

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on Jul 28, 2013

You're on drugs, I reckon. How can you accomplish ANY work?

on Jul 29, 2013

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Then you should at least start looking around: store.apple.com

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