Four months in, Windows 8 needs help

GURPS

GURPS

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Four months in, Windows 8 needs help
Microsoft needs to fix Windows 8 to make it easier for the average consumer to use, says IDC.



After four months of tepid Windows 8 PC sales, maybe it's time for Microsoft to make a few changes.
During a conversation I had this week with IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell, he volunteered the following statement, which sounded strangely like my experience.

There were certain decisions that Microsoft made that were in retrospect flawed. Notably not allowing people to boot into desktop mode and taking away the start button. Those two things have come up consistently. We've done some research and people miss that.
And there are a lot of people that as soon as they boot into Windows 8, they go to desktop mode and do most their work there and occasionally back to Metro. But the point being they're much more comfortable with desktop mode.​

Bingo.

I understand that this issue has been around since Windows 8 beta. And, yes, there are ways to boot to desktop mode and apps for getting the Windows Start button back. I'm not writing this to whine about how hard Windows 8 is to use. It's not -- for me.
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Interesting, I thought M$ was crowing about how well Win 8 was doing ......

:killingme

I guess, 'not so much' then
 
GopherM

GopherM

Darwin was right
I've been using Win8 for about 2 months now. I would use the Metro window to open many of my apps but they look totally different when opened from there and some don't even function the same. The library's Overdrive dashboard for instance is easy and intuitive if opened from the Desktop but is pretty much useless when opened from Metro. Office Outlook works completely different and awkward.
 
DEEKAYPEE8569

DEEKAYPEE8569

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GURPS said:
Interesting, I thought M$ was crowing about how well Win 8 was doing ......

:killingme

I guess, 'not so much' then
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It's just funny (strange) that an OS that was supposed to be 'new and improved,' actually doesn't work any better; if not worse; than what it's supposed to replace.
 
slotpuppy

slotpuppy

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GopherM said:
I've been using Win8 for about 2 months now. I would use the Metro window to open many of my apps but they look totally different when opened from there and some don't even function the same. The library's Overdrive dashboard for instance is easy and intuitive if opened from the Desktop but is pretty much useless when opened from Metro. Office Outlook works completely different and awkward.
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I have that problem with IE. If it is opened form metro, some web sites wont load. I have to go to desk top IE for it to work. One of these days I will load firefox. I hate windows 8. I want the full desk top back.
 
terbear1225

terbear1225

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I really wish they would release an update to fix these things. More than likely they'll make you buy another new operating system to fix what they screwed up.
 
GopherM

GopherM

Darwin was right
Cali Transplant said:
There's a good article on CNET.com that explains a lot of shortcuts, etc. to make Windows 8 easier to get used to. I've had it for a month and really like it.

Takes a little getting used to, but for a lot of things it's much easier than previous Windows versions.

IMHO.

Linkie: Debunking five Windows 8 myths | How To - CNET
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I think it is a lot easier if you have a touch screen. Reading through the article, I really don't want to have to relearn the entire alphabet with the Windows key to execute "shortcuts".

I am also not sure yet how stable it is. One month after I bought the new computer the screen went black while watching an online video (the sound kept going). No matter what I pressed the screen wouldn't come back and cycled between jet black and almost jet black (as though the LEDs were lighting off with no video drive applied). I rebooted, got the normal boot screens and when it should have gone to the log in screen it started cycling jet black to black again. I could start the boot and hit the F12 and run the diag with no problem and everything was reported good. (BTW, I couldn't find the good old "Safe Mode" for boot). After an hour on the phone, tech support concluded that the OS had failed. They shipped me a memory stick (not a disk) to use for a reload. That worked but I lost everything and had to start from scratch. It has been about three weeks since then and everything seems to still be working OK. I guess we'll see. Luckily I still have a copy of Windows 7. If it fails again, that's will replace Windows 8.
 
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