Win 8 must go!

The Wife got on the Win8 laptop last night and the fury exploded. All
she wanted was to relax spend some time on her favorite games. Well
they are no longer there. She couldn't believe that I loaded this
thing. WHY?, she asked.

Well today I will try to use the Windows OLD folder on the laptop and
avoid if possible a complete reinstall of Win7.

I'm using the Classic interface and that helped my objections. I like
IE10 and the OS appears solid. But a computer has many uses and
relaxing is one of them. Win8 doesn't satisfy that requirement.

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
The Wife got on the Win8 laptop last night and the fury exploded. All she
wanted was to relax spend some time on her favorite games. Well they are
no longer there. She couldn't believe that I loaded this thing. WHY?,
she asked.

Well today I will try to use the Windows OLD folder on the laptop and
avoid if possible a complete reinstall of Win7.

I'm using the Classic interface and that helped my objections. I like
IE10 and the OS appears solid. But a computer has many uses and relaxing
is one of them. Win8 doesn't satisfy that requirement.

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of that
stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I believe
they will have a winner.

You can use the Win7 explorer with Win8, and it's boot right to the desktop,
and look and feel like Win7 (that's what I did):
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/

And, you can import Win7 games into Win8 also (I like Win7 Solitaire and
Free Cell better than any version I've ever played):
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what-happened-to-solitaire-and-minesweeper-in-windows-8/

You can get the files you need for those two steps from your Windows.old
folder.

As if that wasn't enough, you can always auto-log her in, too. Run netplwiz
and remove the checkmark from the box next to "Users must enter
a user name and password to use this computer" and click OK. It'll prompt
you for her password. Enter it, press OK, and you're good to go :-)

By this time, it'll look so much like Win7, she'll think you re-installed it
for her :-) (Yeah. Right.)
--
SC Tom

"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/

SC Tom wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
The Wife got on the Win8 laptop last night and the fury exploded. All
she wanted was to relax spend some time on her favorite games. Well
they are no longer there. She couldn't believe that I loaded this
thing. WHY?, she asked.

Well today I will try to use the Windows OLD folder on the laptop and
avoid if possible a complete reinstall of Win7.

I'm using the Classic interface and that helped my objections. I like
IE10 and the OS appears solid. But a computer has many uses and
relaxing is one of them. Win8 doesn't satisfy that requirement.

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.

You can use the Win7 explorer with Win8, and it's boot right to the
desktop, and look and feel like Win7 (that's what I did):
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/

And, you can import Win7 games into Win8 also (I like Win7 Solitaire and
Free Cell better than any version I've ever played):
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what-happened-to-solitaire-and-minesweeper-in-windows-8/


You can get the files you need for those two steps from your Windows.old
folder.

As if that wasn't enough, you can always auto-log her in, too. Run
netplwiz and remove the checkmark from the box next to "Users must enter
a user name and password to use this computer" and click OK. It'll
prompt you for her password. Enter it, press OK, and you're good to go :-)

By this time, it'll look so much like Win7, she'll think you
re-installed it for her :-) (Yeah. Right.)

Windows without Solitaire is like marriage without sex.
--
Crash

Today is the first day of the rest of your life,
and there's not a damned thing you can do about it.

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
The Wife got on the Win8 laptop last night and the fury exploded. All
she wanted was to relax spend some time on her favorite games. Well
they are no longer there. She couldn't believe that I loaded this
thing. WHY?, she asked.

Well today I will try to use the Windows OLD folder on the laptop and
avoid if possible a complete reinstall of Win7.

I'm using the Classic interface and that helped my objections. I like
IE10 and the OS appears solid. But a computer has many uses and
relaxing is one of them. Win8 doesn't satisfy that requirement.

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.

You can use the Win7 explorer with Win8, and it's boot right to the
desktop, and look and feel like Win7 (that's what I did):
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/

And, you can import Win7 games into Win8 also (I like Win7 Solitaire and
Free Cell better than any version I've ever played):
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what-happened-to-solitaire-and-minesweeper-in-windows-8/
You can get the files you need for those two steps from your Windows.old
folder.

As if that wasn't enough, you can always auto-log her in, too. Run
netplwiz and remove the checkmark from the box next to "Users must enter
a user name and password to use this computer" and click OK. It'll prompt
you for her password. Enter it, press OK, and you're good to go :-)

By this time, it'll look so much like Win7, she'll think you re-installed
it for her :-) (Yeah. Right.)

Windows without Solitaire is like marriage without sex.

+1 BG

"Mellowed" wrote in message ...


The Wife got on the Win8 laptop last night and the fury exploded. All
she wanted was to relax spend some time on her favorite games. Well
they are no longer there. She couldn't believe that I loaded this
thing. WHY?, she asked.

Well today I will try to use the Windows OLD folder on the laptop and
avoid if possible a complete reinstall of Win7.

I'm using the Classic interface and that helped my objections. I like
IE10 and the OS appears solid. But a computer has many uses and
relaxing is one of them. Win8 doesn't satisfy that requirement.

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


Solitaire suite, Free Cell, Minesweeper are all available from the MSFT store.

Afaik and afaics Microsoft will not (now or in the future) rejuvenate the Start Menu.

--
....winston
msft mvp mail

On 11/1/2012 12:09 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Dave,
I read this with interest. But, I think I have a problem in
implementing the changes.

My only Win7 copy is now the Win8. I have Vista 32bit, but the
Win7/Win8 is 64 bit. I doubt that I can copy/paste a 32 bit DLL from my
32 bit Vista into a 64 bit machine. Please confirm.

Thanks,

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:01:28 -0400, ..winston wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

[all comments snipped]

....winston
msft mvp mail

If you really are a Microsoft "mvp" you would realize that your quoting
makes reading your posts nearly impossible to tell who wrote what
(especially as you sometimes top-post and sometimes bottom-post), and you
would do something to correct that.

Such as dumping WLM...

"Mellowed" wrote in message ...
On 11/1/2012 12:09 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Dave,
I read this with interest. But, I think I have a problem in
implementing the changes.

My only Win7 copy is now the Win8. I have Vista 32bit, but the
Win7/Win8 is 64 bit. I doubt that I can copy/paste a 32 bit DLL from my
32 bit Vista into a 64 bit machine. Please confirm.

Thanks,


The 32 bit dll goes into the relevant card games sub-folder.
Then the Microsoft Games folder is put into the Program Files (x86) folder on a 64 bit machine.

On 11/1/2012 1:59 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
On 11/1/2012 12:09 PM, Dave-UK wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message
...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games,
I believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/




Dave,
I read this with interest. But, I think I have a problem in
implementing the changes.

My only Win7 copy is now the Win8. I have Vista 32bit, but the
Win7/Win8 is 64 bit. I doubt that I can copy/paste a 32 bit DLL from
my 32 bit Vista into a 64 bit machine. Please confirm.

Thanks,


The 32 bit dll goes into the relevant card games sub-folder.
Then the Microsoft Games folder is put into the Program Files (x86)
folder on a 64 bit machine.


Thanks Dave, I just now found that when I expanded the Windows.old
folder. I'm now going to locate a Hex Editor. Should be no problem as
in the old days (before retiring) I used HEX on occasion.

On 01 Nov 2012, Sam Hill wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-8:

If you really are a Microsoft "mvp" you would realize that your
quoting makes reading your posts nearly impossible to tell who
wrote what (especially as you sometimes top-post and sometimes
bottom-post), and you would do something to correct that.

Such as dumping WLM...

He knows. He doesn't care. He likes it that way.

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:09:31 -0000, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.


If you really want to install Win7 games there's a guide here.:
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what...-in-windows-8/



Yes, but this works in 32-bit Windows 8, but not in 64-bit Windows 8.

Ken

--
Ken Blake

Nil wrote:

Sam Hill wrote (to "...winston"):
If you really are a Microsoft "mvp" you would realize that your quoting
makes reading your posts nearly impossible to tell who wrote what
(especially as you sometimes top-post and sometimes bottom-post), and
you would do something to correct that.

Such as dumping WLM...

He knows. He doesn't care. He likes it that way.

Candidate for the killfile then? That's where inconsiderate people belong.

--
sam

Preaching to the choir.

Having replied to the first post and bottom posted any simpleton should be able to figure out which came first and last and to whom
the response was intended.

YOMMFSWGASAUP

--
....winston
msft mvp mail


"Sam Hill" wrote in message ...

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:01:28 -0400, ..winston wrote:

"Mellowed" wrote in message ...

[all comments snipped]

....winston
msft mvp mail

If you really are a Microsoft "mvp" you would realize that your quoting
makes reading your posts nearly impossible to tell who wrote what
(especially as you sometimes top-post and sometimes bottom-post), and you
would do something to correct that.

Such as dumping WLM...

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:45:51 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:


"Mellowed" wrote in message
...
The Wife got on the Win8 laptop last night and the fury exploded. All
she wanted was to relax spend some time on her favorite games. Well
they are no longer there. She couldn't believe that I loaded this
thing. WHY?, she asked.

Well today I will try to use the Windows OLD folder on the laptop and
avoid if possible a complete reinstall of Win7.

I'm using the Classic interface and that helped my objections. I like
IE10 and the OS appears solid. But a computer has many uses and
relaxing is one of them. Win8 doesn't satisfy that requirement.

Now, If Microsoft will repackage Win8 for a desktop, i.e. get rid of
that stupid tablet interface, and reinstall my Wife's favorite games, I
believe they will have a winner.

You can use the Win7 explorer with Win8, and it's boot right to the
desktop, and look and feel like Win7 (that's what I did):
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/

And, you can import Win7 games into Win8 also (I like Win7 Solitaire and
Free Cell better than any version I've ever played):
http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what-happened-to-solitaire-and-minesweeper-in-windows-8/
You can get the files you need for those two steps from your Windows.old
folder.

As if that wasn't enough, you can always auto-log her in, too. Run
netplwiz and remove the checkmark from the box next to "Users must enter
a user name and password to use this computer" and click OK. It'll prompt
you for her password. Enter it, press OK, and you're good to go :-)

By this time, it'll look so much like Win7, she'll think you re-installed
it for her :-) (Yeah. Right.)

Windows without Solitaire is like marriage without sex.

+1 BG

There's probably lots of it around as elderly people's operating systems
don't get regular updates.
--
Robin Bignall
Herts, England