John Aldred wrote on 11/5/2014 4:15 PM:
On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 19:27:39 -0600, philo wrote:



Win8x has been nothing but problems for the people whose computers I
must support.

I've seen it terrorize just too many people who are just plain never
going to learn how to use a computer other than by rote.


I may be agreeing with you very soon.
My 76 year old neighbour came to see me today. His XP machine had gone
belly up and he wanted to buy a new one. I showed him Win 8.1 on my
machine, which didn't seem to give him the horrors, so I have helped him
to purchase a new desktop machine.

The fun starts tomorrow when it arrives. I will have to guide him through
the set-up :-(

Boot to desktop and add classic shell and I think you're 90% of the way home.
I've been on 8.1 for over 2 years. Installed it day one. Can't live without it.