windows 8

[russau]

well ive gone and done it now! a storm/lightning took out my computer awhile back and setting up our new computer my wife got windows 8 and im lost trying to figure this out. I think I have Skype setup BUT...........this is way more BS than I signed on for!! I may go out and get my 3 LB. hammer and FIX this problem! until then???????????

[dickb]

Russ;

Skype had gotten real hard to figure out, Don't fret it will come to you. PM me your Skype address and I'll try and friend you.

You have to start over and learn it all again.

Dickb

[Hoser John]

W 8 SUCKS. I talked to a number of computer guru type folks and ordered my new DELL with W 7 and sure am glad I did. Microsoft-the dogs-are dumping 8 and now 10 is their new golden boy....yaa not-John

[russau]

HMMMM???? Well im stuck with it for now. its a real buzzard to work through !

[Hoser John]

I was informed you can do some tweeks and do away with fingers on the moniter and then supposed to be a bit easier to use with a keyboard/mouse old school style. -John

[russau]

Yep I saw where a person could make it appear and look like Windows 7 but im not up on computors and my wife trys BUT I better let someone else do this for me! over on goldminers at yahoogroups a guy posted the directions but im having problems figuring out this new junk and I cant even get to my old Skype account. it keeps sending me to all the adds and Microsoft?????????

[Hoser John]

Sounds like miner politics--all screwed up-John

[nebraskadad]

If Windows 8.0 is afterbirth, 8.1 at very least brought life back to the afterbirth.

Now there are pre-subscribing Windoze 10. Same sucking Metro UI to Windoze 8.

I think the dumbasses in product development at Microslop assumed the mobile movement, and didn't take into consideration desktop and corporate use.
Which really hosed them. I am guessing some of them got the boot because of it.

I have to support all of them, frankly version 8 was no OK out of the box. 8.1 was usable because you COULD get back to Windows 7 type interface.
I've not seen 10 yet, but Microsoft got so beat up by the Windows 8.0 debacle they had to bring back the WINDOWS 7 type user interface.

IT Techies like myself raised holy hell. I think we were heard.

in the Server arena they fucked a few things up as well but in general we are making things work.

I don't know if all the application developers have re-deployed their products, most are still used to the 7 stuff. Which will install.

There are ways to disable Metro UI and use the WINDOWS 7 interface.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027945/ ... rever.html

http://www.gizmag.com/windows-81-modern-ui/29552/

[nebraskadad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwFBcADwiLA

[Hoser John]

OMG massive thunderstorm hit yesterday afternoon and wiped out all phones/tv/and electricity, Damn man thought I lost my puter to lightning too Russ. Reboot and black screen-yaa no blue screen so ran a check and all ok. Thank god for good quality surge protectors. Windows last decent op system was 95,since then just bs-John