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Oh how I hate Windows 8.
Last night I wanted to do something quickly so, instead of using a proper W7 laptop or an Android tablet, I picked up this Wimboot W8.1 tablet. First it tried to get me to upgrade to W10, which would be stupid as it would load an uncompressed OS instead of the present small compressed one. Then I must have put a finger in the wrong place, and got a HUGE taskbar with a small desktop screen. Today I've fiddled round for ages and got the taskbar to the bottom half of the screen. But I seem to have no way to get to the two little resize arrows, so it just sits there. Eventually , by turning the tablet through 90 degrees, I got the taskbar at the bottom of the portrait shaped screen, which let me reach the "Apply" button of the Window that reduces the size of the icons. Rotating back to Landscape then has the taskbar only taking the bottom third of the screen. How can I set the desktop screen to the original default settings? I think then I'll have to restore the machine back to its delivery status and set it to never update. The last thing I need is a small machine that works worse than any Android tablet and that wants to install a wrong OS. -- Bill |
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"Bill" wrote in message
... Oh how I hate Windows 8. Last night I wanted to do something quickly so, instead of using a proper W7 laptop or an Android tablet, I picked up this Wimboot W8.1 tablet. First it tried to get me to upgrade to W10, which would be stupid as it would load an uncompressed OS instead of the present small compressed one. Then I must have put a finger in the wrong place, and got a HUGE taskbar with a small desktop screen. Today I've fiddled round for ages and got the taskbar to the bottom half of the screen. But I seem to have no way to get to the two little resize arrows, so it just sits there. Eventually , by turning the tablet through 90 degrees, I got the taskbar at the bottom of the portrait shaped screen, which let me reach the "Apply" button of the Window that reduces the size of the icons. Rotating back to Landscape then has the taskbar only taking the bottom third of the screen. How can I set the desktop screen to the original default settings? I think then I'll have to restore the machine back to its delivery status and set it to never update. The last thing I need is a small machine that works worse than any Android tablet and that wants to install a wrong OS. Some of the problem is not due to Windows 8 but to it being a tablet with touch rather than a mouse. Using a mouse it is a trivial task to put the cursor on the upper edge of the taskbar until it become an up-and-down double-headed arrow, then press and hold the left button to drag the taskbar downwards to its correct size. This is the same for all versions of Windows AFAIK. {Deity] knows how you do the equivalent on a touch screen. |
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On 11/29/2015 12:10 PM, NY wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message ... Oh how I hate Windows 8. Last night I wanted to do something quickly so, instead of using a proper W7 laptop or an Android tablet, I picked up this Wimboot W8.1 tablet. First it tried to get me to upgrade to W10, which would be stupid as it would load an uncompressed OS instead of the present small compressed one. Then I must have put a finger in the wrong place, and got a HUGE taskbar with a small desktop screen. Today I've fiddled round for ages and got the taskbar to the bottom half of the screen. But I seem to have no way to get to the two little resize arrows, so it just sits there. Eventually , by turning the tablet through 90 degrees, I got the taskbar at the bottom of the portrait shaped screen, which let me reach the "Apply" button of the Window that reduces the size of the icons. Rotating back to Landscape then has the taskbar only taking the bottom third of the screen. How can I set the desktop screen to the original default settings? I think then I'll have to restore the machine back to its delivery status and set it to never update. The last thing I need is a small machine that works worse than any Android tablet and that wants to install a wrong OS. Some of the problem is not due to Windows 8 but to it being a tablet with touch rather than a mouse. Using a mouse it is a trivial task to put the cursor on the upper edge of the taskbar until it become an up-and-down double-headed arrow, then press and hold the left button to drag the taskbar downwards to its correct size. This is the same for all versions of Windows AFAIK. {Deity] knows how you do the equivalent on a touch screen. Yes a mouse is nearly a necessity, I have a 10.1 inch Win8.1 and I use a Logitech Bluetooth mouse and it works real well. Many things were nearly impossible with just the touch screen, A regular plug in mouse works OK also but you need A USB to micro USB OTG cable adapter. Regards, Rene |
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In message , Rene Lamontagne
writes Yes a mouse is nearly a necessity, I have a 10.1 inch Win8.1 and I use a Logitech Bluetooth mouse and it works real well. Many things were nearly impossible with just the touch screen, A regular plug in mouse works OK also but you need A USB to micro USB OTG cable adapter. Many thanks. After a long search, I found the cable and mouse and got the arrows back. It's all good now. At least as good as W8.1 on a tablet ever was. -- Bill |
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