Eight things to do right away after you set up Windows 8
Summary: Some of Windows 8's default settings are likely to conflict with your wishes. Here's a checklist of eight items to adjust as soon as setup is complete.
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Follow this checklist to be more productive
The Windows 8 setup program is surprisingly quick and easy. But some of its default settings are likely to conflict with your wishes. That's especially true if you spend most of your time on the desktop.
Here's a checklist of eight items to check and, if necessary, adjust as soon as setup is complete.
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who knows if it'll actually cause a problem
This is just dumb.
Me too, I agree
No difference?
What about this missing "Start" button??? I use it often and will sorely miss it. Oh, whops, I forgot, I'm not going to W8 so I won't miss it. Lucky me.
What's so special about a button?
...all real IT people needed was a command line...
The difference is...
Assuming you don't have a touch tablet..
RIP Cabbie
I will not get Windows 8 the way it is.
It even makes me sad how pirates waste blank DVD burning it, electricity, disk space and time uploading it to file sharing sites.
None should care about it and just skip this garbage using Win XP/7 until MS launches Service Pack with all Windows 7 impressive art back, with Aero and 'Metro' left behind as a link in the start menu. All with Ballmer out.
Who knows, I might end using Linux as MS might never recover the deserved financial crisis it will get.
As much as you want it
Why?
The Windows 7 Start Menu was excess legacy baggage that's been left to decay over the years. Apps place all over the place, some homeless, some buried in sub folders of sub folders, others happily organized by name.
16x16 sized icons that should have been abandoned with Windows XP, unfit for today's high resolution and touchscreen monitors. The Start Menu is completely mouse driven, as well. Leaving out any hope of playing nice with future technology, such as touch screens and Kinect for Windows.
Worse, according to a Microsoft employee posting on Neowin, the legacy menu didn't play nice with the new multi-mon enhancements, and dragged down the UX.
Face it. It had to go. It was past its prime. In order to expand Windows, and assure its continued growth, things have to change. It's time to move forward.
Windows Vista/7 added more clicks to some things too
My problem with the new Start menu is getting to it. Since they removed the Start Menu icon from the task bar, many people won't know how to open it. I'm a point-and-click guy that doesn't press the Flag key to open the Start Menu. For years my Windows keyboard didn't even have a Flag key.
The start button should probably be there but
The fact some people are actually recommending XP of all things over Win8 is crazy.
windows 8
unless of course you like looking at a desktop that resembles a large mobile phone! Or are a person it appears that likes to comment among themselves/self or not.
Stick to windows 7?
The tiles are only part of the innovation behind windows 8. The versatility of each monitor having its own unique start bar and the ability of each screen to access the start menu is a feature neither vista nor 7 have. If you are looking for all the administration options why not try pushing windows key + x and see that every power tool you need is sitting right there in your face. All of your devices are going to be synchronized by default, none of this you have to go into intricate settings on each device to setup email, calendar etc. its all Right there. Just start the app and go. As for an outdated windows start menu I'm fine with leaving it behind. This OS has so many tools built into it i cant believe everyone is caught up on the start. Learn the new interface, This is not the year 1995 and this operating system will be used for the next decade
go to ms W8 compatibility center。。
Now my Samsung Printer is not in the compatibility list。。。
not MS fault
8 things to do after installing Windows 8
2, Waste time learning new keyboard shortcuts and methods of doing things that turn out to be more clumsy and inneficient than they were before.
3, Go to pharmacy and get some Milk of Magnesia - by now you're probably feeling quite nauseous from staring at the gaudy tinker toy interface.
4, Go and get some serious work done quickly on your kids PC which is still thankfully running Win7
5, Begin to feel guilty that you have wasted some of your families hard earned on cash on such a lemon.
6, Spend 20 minutes or so reading all the praise for Win8 from Zdnet contributors in the vain hope that one day you will get to like your shiny new OS.
7, Abandon all hope - go searching for your Win7 installation disk,
8, Quickly rush back to PC and start formatting the drive - your mates are at the door and you dont want to look like a total loser.
8 Things To Do Learn From The Above Comment
2: Never use commas to form a list.
3: Become a breadwinner in your household so you can spend $40 without feeling guilty.
4: Always put an apostrophe in "dont" or else those mates of yours at the front door will still think you're a loser.
5: Hopefully your mates also don't know how to actually spell "inefficient" or else you're simply screwed.
6: Realize that only a complete ignoramus would try to 'answer' their desktop computer when their phone rings.
7: Don't waste your money buying an OS upgrade that you could tell you didn't want from the reviews.
8: Read up on plural vs. possessive so you don't confuse people by saying things like, "...your families hard earned on cash," which I'm sure is supposed to read, "...your family's hard-earned cash," but I can't be sure because your mates told me you're a total loser.
Still working at Microsoft?