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Greetings All!
1) If anyone helps me be more successful with Windows 8, consider yourself due free advice about hanging draperies, blinds, pictures, framed mirrors...ie hanging anything on a wall or assembling almost anything! This is not advertising--just serious gratitude.
2) I apologize in advance for any rants, soap-box speeches, &/or rabbit chasing.
3) THANK YOU in advance for taking the time to read my post and offer any advice.
My 5yr+ Tosh Satellite 65 literally broke--one of the hinges. I figured it was time to get a new computer. I used to work for Xerox and had lots of support and a totally stable computing environment. On my own I've gotten a bit out of touch with tech advances. I don't want to get left behind, but I'm really having a hard time adapting to W8.
I got an Acer i5 laptop--not a touch screen--and Windows 8 came on it. I alternate between feeling like a total idiot and ready to fling the thing against the wall. I thought I was pretty good at understanding computers. I used to help everybody else with their problems.
Can anyone tell me if there are ways to make Windows 8 default to acting more like XP? I want to scream "What was Microsoft thinking?" I appreciate that W8 can do things that haven't been done before on PCs, but come-on. I've been told that W8 was primarily designed for touch screens. WHY is on PCs then? I started on computers with an 8088, 2-5-1/4 floppies and no hard drive and Windows 8 is the most NON-intuitive low-functioning thing I've seen in all my computing experience.
It took me almost an hour to find out that I could not print a PDF from the resident reader on my PC. Finally I learned I could download the desktop version from Adobe so I'm good with that. I'm hoping there are enough fixes like that to help give me back timely productivity. I am not at all CHARMED by Windows 8. (I not even gonna start on Office2010.)
ANY survival advice will be totally devoured (oh yeah...and appreciated). I never believed that resistance was futile, but I have begun to wonder.
Eddie
1) If anyone helps me be more successful with Windows 8, consider yourself due free advice about hanging draperies, blinds, pictures, framed mirrors...ie hanging anything on a wall or assembling almost anything! This is not advertising--just serious gratitude.
2) I apologize in advance for any rants, soap-box speeches, &/or rabbit chasing.
3) THANK YOU in advance for taking the time to read my post and offer any advice.
My 5yr+ Tosh Satellite 65 literally broke--one of the hinges. I figured it was time to get a new computer. I used to work for Xerox and had lots of support and a totally stable computing environment. On my own I've gotten a bit out of touch with tech advances. I don't want to get left behind, but I'm really having a hard time adapting to W8.
I got an Acer i5 laptop--not a touch screen--and Windows 8 came on it. I alternate between feeling like a total idiot and ready to fling the thing against the wall. I thought I was pretty good at understanding computers. I used to help everybody else with their problems.
Can anyone tell me if there are ways to make Windows 8 default to acting more like XP? I want to scream "What was Microsoft thinking?" I appreciate that W8 can do things that haven't been done before on PCs, but come-on. I've been told that W8 was primarily designed for touch screens. WHY is on PCs then? I started on computers with an 8088, 2-5-1/4 floppies and no hard drive and Windows 8 is the most NON-intuitive low-functioning thing I've seen in all my computing experience.
It took me almost an hour to find out that I could not print a PDF from the resident reader on my PC. Finally I learned I could download the desktop version from Adobe so I'm good with that. I'm hoping there are enough fixes like that to help give me back timely productivity. I am not at all CHARMED by Windows 8. (I not even gonna start on Office2010.)
ANY survival advice will be totally devoured (oh yeah...and appreciated). I never believed that resistance was futile, but I have begun to wonder.
Eddie
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Q5LJ1