On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 08:50:20 -0500, wrote in
Re Appolgy &
question:

Wow! Another "old guy" here. I thought I was the oldest at nearly
79. Buy I'm apparently having much more trouble than anyone else
trying to learn Win 8. In fact, I'm about to bail -- and install an
older OS.

I'm still using WinXPpro on my computers and will continue to do so
until the computers go into the trash. There is no advantage IMO to
upgrading an existing machine; and there are lots of disadvantages. As
you are discovering.
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