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Windows 8 downgrade

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  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Agree, win 8 is frustrating without a touch screen, and I couldn't work out how to find control panel as a shortcut without googling! However I have found it far quicker than win 7, and not crashed once.

    Luckily its free, being director of IT I can just use my companies bizspark licences ;)

    Windows phone however is probably the best OS out there, perhaps they should hire that team to work on desktop versions.
  • MandyAW92
    MandyAW92 Posts: 85 Forumite
    I've had nothing but issues with Windows 8 as i didn't have a touchscreen so was constantly crashing, hidding things and generally messing around so i swapped back to 7 and the issues have gone
  • bap98189
    bap98189 Posts: 3,804 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    penrhyn wrote: »
    Worst operating system since cp/m.
    I spent the first few weeks playing hunt the menu, so its manageable now.

    You don't really need to find the menu in Win 8. Just hit the Windows key, start typing and the list of programs etc. appears on screen.
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    bap98189 wrote: »
    You don't really need to find the menu in Win 8. Just hit the Windows key, start typing and the list of programs etc. appears on screen.
    I meant menus in general, not just the start menu, but thanks for the tip.
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
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