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NaySayer: confirmed again. I had moved — not deleted — these sub-folders from Programs in ProgramData: Accessibility, Accessories, Administrative Tools, System Tools, Tablet PC. I assume the update routine modified (overwrote) a system exe or dll and then 'refreshed' the corresponding shortcut...

Confirmed, NaySayer: identical experience on two separate 8 machines. Once again we are at Microsoft's mercy; but unless a system manifests one of the three very specific issues the patch was meant to correct, it doesn't seem like a critical failure. For folks doing real work with graphics and...

This is correct. The major update to Windows 8 on the 9th of October resolved the problem with Office 2003 and many others as well.

Davidvoyage: Truly no need for concern — not only can Word 2007 and later 'Save As' to doc format, but this old Word format can also be made the default and docx then becomes a 'Save As' option. Your original post suggests that you have Office 2010. If so, install it in Windows 8 and enjoy. For...

There is one compelling reason not to install Office 2003 on Windows 8 RTM: it breaks Windows 8 Update. See this post: http://www.eightforums.com/software-apps/8692-office-2003-windows-8-pro-x64.html As an addendum to that information, I have just confirmed that the Microsoft's Metro Apps will...

Metro: well trimmed and quickly bypassed with a good laugh! — The 'legacy' Desktop, where the real Windows work is done —

Universeal — the 3rd party app you want is DisplayFusion. Already highly evolved for Windows 8, with astounding depth and capability; it is even able to mirror 3rd party Start buttons such as Classic Shell's on secondary monitors. And its development team is superb at pushing the beta cycle and...

Nope — not yet, anyway. By the time of the public release in October hackers and customization utility publishers may have figured it out. Presumably Stardock's WindowsBlinds will present a version for 8 that solves this problem. The many features of Windows in version 8 that have been removed...

A consensus is emerging in Windows 8 forums around the net that Office 2003 as a suite or individuals apps therefrom break Windows 8's Update. Elsewhere in this forum the problem was attributed to a Windows 8 x64 [RTM] upgrade over Windows 7 x64 that had Office 2003 installed. My experience...

John: here's a thought. Possibly the Eight 'Refresh' hosed the driver for your HP device. In earlier versions of Windows when something like this happened one trouble-shooting protocol was to locate the device in Device Manager, delete it, then restart Windows to force the re-installation of the...

Very good news indeed! But it would contribute to our sharing of knowledge if you indicated the version that didn't work and the number of the soon-to-be-released one that does.

Sorry I can't help you directly. This morning I installed the paid v7.5 32-bit on Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-bit running Office 2003. Only had time to test it in Word; Office Tab Center setup normally and the tabs operated as expected. I ran my installer in Windows 7 compatibility mode and...

Phil K: you might be speaking of the so-called Tiles of the Metro start screen. Can't hep you here as I haven't experienced instability of these. However, the icons I set on Eight's desktop simply would not reload in their assigned positions. Elsewhere I have read that this is an authentic bug...