Windows 8.1 a hero or a zero

dealer_wins

Got to have a "go" on my neighbours Windows 8 pc last night.

All I can say is hahahahahaha what a joke of an operating system. Looks like its been designed by 3 year old.

My neighbour asked me if I could put XP on it as she hated it too. Anyway she has ordered W7 which I will kindly install when the disc arrives next week.

KxMx

I hated it too when I first got it and was sorely tempted to send it back. But I persisted and soon found out which short cuts I needed and where etc. Honestly I have some niggles now but no major issues.

prowla

Holly sh.. sh.. shmoke!

The background for the login page on 8.1 is a bit fierce (like a painted rainbow, but very bright)!

Also, how do you run Notepad in Win 8?

debitcardmayhem

search and type in notepad , open a command prompt and type in notepad pin it to the task bar/start panel

prowla

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

search and type in notepad , open a command prompt and type in notepad pin it to the task bar/start panel

Yup - the accessories don't exist as such.

I've taken to adding my own toolbar of quick launch items. (I expect Microsoft will delete that capability in the next improved release though).

prowla

I also noticed that after the 8.1 update I was left with a 4.69 GB C:\windows.old folder.

debitcardmayhem

prowla wrote: »

Yup - the accessories don't exist as such.

I've taken to adding my own toolbar of quick launch items. (I expect Microsoft will delete that capability in the next improved release though).

Cynic .... But you could just keep them in a folder *which is all the toolbar does*

prowla wrote: »

I also noticed that after the 8.1 update I was left with a 4.69 GB C:\windows.old folder.

I didn't get a windows old folder , I feel cheated now

prowla

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Cynic .... But you could just keep them in a folder *which is all the toolbar does*

Well, a toolbar is a folder that you can make into a menu off the taskbar.

Cynical or not, M$ do seem to be removing the useful/nice features of Windows in the name of making things "modern" (it's a bit like when a government says it's going to modernise something - it's change for change sake that will cause a lot of people work and probably isn't going to improve anything). :-)

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

I didn't get a windows old folder , I feel cheated now

Yes, I have the joy of being able to delete it.

WTFH

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

I didn't get a windows old folder , I feel cheated now

You could try MKDIR Windows Old, then run this:

[FONT=&quot]Echo Off
:Start
Type NUL > Win8.txt
Sleep 5[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=:" %%d in ("%time%") do rename "Win8.txt" %%d-%%e.txt[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]goto Start[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

JohnStuart_2

penrhyn wrote: »

Just spent an hour or so upgrading.
Never get the hour back.
As far as Im concerned, its still schizoid and a total mess.

i wasn't expecting this from Microsoft,
disappointed