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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. |
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Win 8 must go!
"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 |
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Win 8 must go!
"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/ |
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Win 8 must go!
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. |
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Win 8 must go!
"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 |
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Win 8 must go!
"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 |
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Win 8 must go!
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, |
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Win 8 must go!
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... |
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Win 8 must go!
"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. |
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Win 8 must go!
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. |
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Win 8 must go!
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. |
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Win 8 must go!
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 |
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Win 8 must go!
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 |
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Win 8 must go!
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... |
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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 |
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