Navigating nightmare.

[Spaisekraft]

I'm having a very easy time navigating.

Top left corner, last opened app or cycle through running apps. Move the mouse down and you get a traditional taskbar type thing.

Bottom left takes you to the start page, and back to the last app you were on. Top right or bottom right opens that other menu which I only ever use to open control panel.

Also you can hit the windows key to open the start page and start typing the name of the program, then hit enter to open it. Exactly like on previous OSs but this is much faster.

I feel like I'm actually navigating faster and easier than on W7.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Thanks for the suggestion

I spent an hour trying to get the sound working.
At least it makes buzzing noises now.

Right click the driver and try the compatibility mode, after that run the test and choose Win 7 as last system it worked correctly in. It worked for me with me Asus D2 Xonar sound card.

I forgot about that.

It didn't make any difference though.
I also ran sfc /scannow, but it claimed there were no problems.

I've downloaded ViStart.
Hopefully that will make this "abomination" partially useful.

It's a pity, because the RAM usage and speed are excellent.

 

[naseap]

At first I hated the new UI but after using it for a couple of days I am beginning to like it. I find the speed of Win 8 CP much faster than Win7.

 

[area 66]

At first I hated the new UI but after using it for a couple of days I am beginning to like it. I find the speed of Win 8 CP much faster than Win7.

Same here , it's more fast to find an application in the start page than scrolling down the list of program in Windows 7 start menu.

 

[whs]

At first I hated the new UI but after using it for a couple of days I am beginning to like it. I find the speed of Win 8 CP much faster than Win7.

Same here , it's more fast to find an application in the start page than scrolling down the list of program in Windows 7 start menu.

That would be true if one could color code the tiles for the different types of programs. But if you have a lot of programs (and tiles) it becomes a bit messy. I prefer the toolbar where I can make subfolders and organize the programs.

 

[Colonel Travis]

That would be true if one could color code the tiles for the different types of programs. But if you have a lot of programs (and tiles) it becomes a bit messy. I prefer the toolbar where I can make subfolders and organize the programs.

YES! This is killing me. I hope and pray someone finds a way to let us change those tiles more than we can now. Driving me nuts. I'm liking 8 more than I did with the DP but whoever thought "minimal tile finagling" was a great idea is a moron. And I'm sure it wasn't one guy, it was a Redmond-campus full of morons. The best thing about a PC is being able to make just about every little pixel your own. With 8 it's harder to do. Not a big fan of that.

 

[mart4494]

This is crazy that at this stage of pre-release folks feel the need to change the UI (and count me as one of them). Hope MS allow a classic style option but wouldn't be surprised if what we see now is it. They refused the classic menu option when releasing Office2007 and insisted upon ribbons. Hence many users are still on Office XP and 2003. I'm sure though the OEM's will come to the rescue on this and be flooded with requests for Win7.

 

[Jav]

That would be true if one could color code the tiles for the different types of programs. But if you have a lot of programs (and tiles) it becomes a bit messy. I prefer the toolbar where I can make subfolders and organize the programs.

Maybe grouping similar programs will help?
Group them together, ctrl + scroll-down and then name groups.

 

[burtie]

I just worked out that if you press the "windows key" on your keyboard to take you to the metro start screen and just start typing it brings up the search screen, no need to go hunting through the metro screen

 

[burtie]

Thought these might come in handy for some people:

Windows-C, Windows-Q and Windows I being the most useful!!

New hotkeys for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Key combination	Windows 8 functionality
Windows-Space	Switch input language and keyboard layout.
Windows-O	Lock device orientation.
Windows-,	Temporarily peek at the desktop.
Windows-V	Cycle through toasts.
Windows-Shift-V	Cycle through toasts in reverse order.
Windows-Enter	Launch Narrator.
Windows-PgUp	Move the Start Screen or a Metro-style application to the monitor on the left.
Windows-PgDown	Move the Start Screen or a Metro-style application to the monitor on the right.
Windows-Shift-.	Move the gutter to the left (snap an application).
Windows-.	Move the gutter to the right (snap an application).
Windows-C	Open the Charms bar.
Windows-I	Open the Settings charm.
Windows-K	Open the Connect charm.
Windows-H	Open the Share charm.
Windows-Q	Open the Search pane.
Windows-W	Open the Settings Search app.
Windows-F	Open the File Search app.
Windows-Tab	Cycle through apps.
Windows-Shift-Tab	Cycle through apps in reverse order.
Windows-Ctrl-Tab	Cycle through apps and snap them as they cycle.
Windows-Z	Open the App Bar.
Windows-/	Initiate input method editor (IME) reconversion.
Windows-J	Swap foreground between the snapped and filled apps

 

[Spaisekraft]

Yeah I honestly have not experienced one scenario where navigating is faster on W7 than W8 once I got used to the UI and learned some of the shortcuts.

Thank you SO MUCH for showing me Win+C and Win+Q lol. I won't use Win+Q quite as much I think, since I always just hit WinKey and then type the name of my program, but Win+C is super helpful.

 

[burtie]

Yup those shortcuts have made things much easier...I am almost starting to like W8 now! lol

 

[lehnerus2000]

Taskbar?

Yeah I honestly have not experienced one scenario where navigating is faster on W7 than W8 once I got used to the UI and learned some of the shortcuts.

We can safely assume that you don't have a single item pinned to your "Taskbar".

"Taskbar" > Icon > left click.

 

[Spaisekraft]

Yeah I honestly have not experienced one scenario where navigating is faster on W7 than W8 once I got used to the UI and learned some of the shortcuts.

We can safely assume that you don't have a single item pinned to your "Taskbar".

"Taskbar" > Icon > left click.

Eh? I'm not sure what you're saying here. I don't pin applications to my taskbar, didn't in W7 either. On W7 I used Launchy to quickly open apps, but on W8 it's not needed. WinKey + the first few letters of the program name and then enter opens stuff extremely quickly.

 

[burtie]

I love pinning apps to my task bar, along with shortcuts to my most used websites

 

[Spaisekraft]

I love pinning apps to my task bar, along with shortcuts to my most used websites

I may actually have to start doing this for websites.

 

[whs]

I just worked out that if you press the "windows key" on your keyboard to take you to the metro start screen and just start typing it brings up the search screen, no need to go hunting through the metro screen

A method I use is to right click on the Metro Start. That shows the 'All Apps' icon on the bottom left. Click on that and you get the All Apps screen where they are a bit organized.

 

[kado897]

I just worked out that if you press the "windows key" on your keyboard to take you to the metro start screen and just start typing it brings up the search screen, no need to go hunting through the metro screen

A method I use is to right click on the Metro Start. That shows the 'All Apps' icon on the bottom left. Click on that and you get the All Apps screen where they are a bit organized.

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You don't have to. You can create your own grouping by dragging the apps around into new groups. You can even name the groups by ctrl+scroll to get the condensed view and right click on the group and there is a name function.

 

[Spaisekraft]

I just worked out that if you press the "windows key" on your keyboard to take you to the metro start screen and just start typing it brings up the search screen, no need to go hunting through the metro screen

A method I use is to right click on the Metro Start. That shows the 'All Apps' icon on the bottom left. Click on that and you get the All Apps screen where they are a bit organized.

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You don't have to. You can create your own grouping by dragging the apps around into new groups. You can even name the groups by ctrl+scroll to get the condensed view and right click on the group and there is a name function.

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how'd you get google apps in your start screen? Mine won't show shortcuts to urls.

 

[kado897]

A method I use is to right click on the Metro Start. That shows the 'All Apps' icon on the bottom left. Click on that and you get the All Apps screen where they are a bit organized.

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You don't have to. You can create your own grouping by dragging the apps around into new groups. You can even name the groups by ctrl+scroll to get the condensed view and right click on the group and there is a name function.

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how'd you get google apps in your start screen? Mine won't show shortcuts to urls.

You need to create a start menu shortcut by right clicking on the app and select Create Shortcuts. Or if is an "App" you want to create yourself open the web page in chrome navigate to tools and select create shortcuts from the tools menu.