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Old June 20th 15, 02:00 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7, booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.
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Old June 20th 15, 02:18 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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I think you don't need that book. If you a regular user booting to desktop,
windows 8 is very similar to previous version except start menu and a few
things like charm bar and other details. If you are a super user I don't
know how explain the differences because I think they are quite the same.

escreveu na mensagem ...

Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be
done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7,
booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for
five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.

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Old June 20th 15, 03:19 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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wrote:
Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7, booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.


There is one freebie. It's out of date.

But once you see it, I think you'll realize the
limitations of Ebooks for this. You'd need a
1000 page book, to cover everything in microscopic detail.

https://marketing.dell.com/Global/Fi...ws-8-ebook.pdf

As an experienced user, all you need is "trends".

Windows 8 had no "X" to dismiss a Metro window.
Windows 8.1 has the "X" in the upper right corner for Metro windows.

Alt-F4 can dismiss a window. If you click the
desktop surface and Alt-F4, you get the shutdown menu.
This helps if you're not dexterous to make the correct
"swipe" gesture down the right hand side of the screen.
I find myself using this in *all* the modern Windows OSes,
just so they all present the same options :-)

Windows is transitioning between Control Panels (traditional)
and Settings panel (charm bar, access with right-edge-of-screen
swipe gesture). As time goes by, Microsoft experiments with
putting more stuff in Settings thing. Just to annoy us.

In Windows 8.1, you will probably generate the swipe gesture
and hit the "hot corners" in the screen, without trying
too hard. So even without a manual, you'll find some of it.
If you were given a Win8.0 machine, you could be "trapped"
in a Metro window, and have to hit the power button. But
with Win8.1, that was fixed by adding the "X" box at the top
right of the window.

The Start screen scrolls. Make sure you use any scroll arrows
or scroll bars, to see everything that is on offer in there.
It's not all Metro tiles. There is room for more stuff in
there, than just that.

The visual appearance and options, depend to some extent
on screen resolution. A person at 1024x600, sees practically
none of the "snap" options. A person with a 1366 wide
screen can run a Metro app and a desktop program
at the same time on the screen. If you have extremely
wide screens, multiple monitors, then all sorts of
things are possible. A similar issue existed with Ubuntu,
where people with small screens "weren't getting the
full experience". Which is an unfortunate way to design
a GUI. As a traditional Windows user, I don't
expect you to stay in a Metro window, longer than
it takes to dismiss it, and change the
file-extension-to-launched-program setting :-)
So this will be a non-issue for you.

Paul
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Old June 20th 15, 03:43 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Only if you feel you're dummy.

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Old June 20th 15, 02:32 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:19:52 -0400, Paul wrote:

But once you see it, I think you'll realize the
limitations of Ebooks for this. You'd need a
1000 page book, to cover everything in microscopic detail.


Yes, even the Missing Manual for 8.1 has glaring omissions. The
older books in the 'Winx annoyances' were pretty good, as was an
'Inside Out' book for XP I have.
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Old June 20th 15, 09:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:04:30 -0400, Alek wrote:

wrote on 6/19/2015 9:00 PM:
Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7, booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.


If you have something like ClassicShell installed and configure it to
boot to the desktop, you will see little difference between it and Win 7
as long as you run your programs from the desktop. IOW, avoid the Start
Screen (aka Metro)!


I plan on avoiding the Metro screen like the plague.
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Old June 21st 15, 06:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Alek wrote:
Paul wrote on 6/21/2015 12:22 AM:
wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:04:30 -0400, Alek wrote:

wrote on 6/19/2015 9:00 PM:
Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7, booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.
If you have something like ClassicShell installed and configure it to
boot to the desktop, you will see little difference between it and Win 7
as long as you run your programs from the desktop. IOW, avoid the Start
Screen (aka Metro)!
I plan on avoiding the Metro screen like the plague.

Some file extensions are bound to Metro apps.


Which ones?


Your graphics files may open in some Metro piece
of crap.

I'm just delivering this warning, because I've been
caught this way a time or two. Click on something,
and end up in a Metro app, when I don't want to be
there.

Paul

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Old June 21st 15, 06:52 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Paul wrote on 6/21/2015 1:28 PM:
Alek wrote:
Paul wrote on 6/21/2015 12:22 AM:
wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:04:30 -0400, Alek wrote:

wrote on 6/19/2015 9:00 PM:
Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7, booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.
If you have something like ClassicShell installed and configure it to
boot to the desktop, you will see little difference between it and Win 7
as long as you run your programs from the desktop. IOW, avoid the Start
Screen (aka Metro)!
I plan on avoiding the Metro screen like the plague.
Some file extensions are bound to Metro apps.


Which ones?


Your graphics files may open in some Metro piece
of crap.

I'm just delivering this warning, because I've been
caught this way a time or two. Click on something,
and end up in a Metro app, when I don't want to be
there.


Preemptive strike: install Irfanview and VLC ASAP. :-)
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Old June 22nd 15, 11:52 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Am 21.06.2015 um 19:52 schrieb Alek:
Paul wrote on 6/21/2015 1:28 PM:
Alek wrote:
Paul wrote on 6/21/2015 12:22 AM:
wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:04:30 -0400, Alek wrote:

wrote on 6/19/2015 9:00 PM:
Sorry if this could have been a follow-up in my original post.

I am completely comfortable using Windows 7. My new system, which should be done
next week, will have Windows 8.1 loaded on it. my previous post had several
replies on how to set up Windows 8.1 to appear as though it's Windows 7, booting
to desktop and all.

My question is, if I'm comfortable using Windows 7, as I've been doing for five
years, do I need a book like Windows For Dummies once I start booting to
desktop, or should I be good to go, imagining I'm using Widnows 7. Thanks.
If you have something like ClassicShell installed and configure it to
boot to the desktop, you will see little difference between it and Win 7
as long as you run your programs from the desktop. IOW, avoid the Start
Screen (aka Metro)!
I plan on avoiding the Metro screen like the plague.
Some file extensions are bound to Metro apps.

Which ones?


Your graphics files may open in some Metro piece
of crap.

I'm just delivering this warning, because I've been
caught this way a time or two. Click on something,
and end up in a Metro app, when I don't want to be
there.


Preemptive strike: install Irfanview and VLC ASAP. :-)



And set them to default for opening the relevant extensions.
 




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