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Old November 29th 15, 06:58 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Bill[_40_]
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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.
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Bill
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Old November 29th 15, 07:10 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
NY
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Default Taskbar size

"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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Old November 29th 15, 07:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Taskbar size

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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Old November 30th 15, 10:09 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Bill[_40_]
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Default Taskbar size

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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