Wish microsoft invent new start button

Bob Henson wrote:
On 22/02/2014 6:17 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:06:29 +0000, Bob Henson
wrote:

On 22/02/2014 3:41 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
I am also a Start8 fan, and think it's the best of those I tried. I
also like Classic Shell, but not as much a Start8, and since Start8 is
so inexpensive I settled on it. I can no longer remember the
differences between them, but I didn't find Start8 to be either more
stable or speedier than Classic Shell.

I also can't remember exactly why, but I removed Start 8 very quickly
from here since caused lock-ups. Classic Shell worked fine, so I didn't
investigate, I just removed Start 8 sharpish.

How odd! I have Start8 on two machines here, and neither has ever had
a single problem with it. And I know many other Start8 users who also
never had a problem with it.

You didn't have them both running at once, did you?



I don't think so, Ken. I recall I looking like a video problem - but
didn't stop to investigate. I was trying out several different methods
of making Windows 8 look like a real GUI for the folk I visited in my
volunteer job. As my free copy of Windows 8 has run out now, I can't try
it again to find out what the problem was. Conceivably, it was just on
this system, and/or connected to running in a VM.


Give your copy of Windows 8 a try again. It might run for a short
time (one hour), before rebooting. Perhaps enough time for a
quick test.

Paul