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my old programs won't work saying that I need newer versions .

16 bit programs refuse to work windows 8 x64

I have a windows 7 home premium retail license and upgraded to windows 8 pro x64 using promotion discount. Now I want to use some 16 bit applications that won't work with windows 8 x64. So I want to install either windows 7 or windows 8 32 bits on another partition along with windows 8 x64...

I use startisback. It's not free but cost only a few bucks. Yet , this is a temporary solution. With windows 8.1 , microsoft gives us the ability to directly boot to desktop. I guess I will uninstall startisback after final release of windows 8.1 .

startisback is best . StartIsBack - real start menu in Windows 8

I think windows 8 will automaticaly enable defender after uninstalling mcafee. I do use macrium and in my fairly old computer, macrium restore in ahci mode sometimes causes corrupted restore so I use ide mode for restore and then revert back to ahci mode after restore is finished.

Is this legal to install ?

Startisback is your way to go. I happily use it . Directly goes to desktop. I never remember metro UI :)

No , I wanted it to enable or disable a local account on my computer but somehow I learned to enable or disable administrator account , which is a bonus for me .

I couldn't see any user listing on left panel for trying the solution on the link. Thank you. It solved the issue and showed a new way to enable/disable administrator account. This forum is great for getting answers and sharing on windows 8.

How ? I tried mmc command on start menu but it didn't work out from this suggestion Disable a user account So is there a way to do it? I mean temporarily disabling a user account not delete it.

I use my Q9300 cpu at 3 ghz with windows 8. I don't need any cpu upgrade at the moment. I am not a gamer though.

Also try StartIsBack - real start menu in Windows 8

Thanks for informing . Downloading ...

You're right. The same version on both accounts. The error was about not being able to perform version check but chrome is updated anyway. Thanks.

My account has administrator rigths and I updated chrome in my account but my brother's account is no admin( he has power user priviliges but not admin ) so I cannot update chrome in his account.

Didn't work. Interesting.

Oh , I disabled uac . Hmm let me see if it works when enabling uac.

I don't get any dialog box prompting me administrator password. An error message shows up just for a second then disappears. Also, I didn't set up a password for built in administrator account. I just use my administrator account.

That way won't work , gives me error.