Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:56:01 -0700
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:11:49 -0500, knuttle
<keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


> I don't have Windows 8, but I am in a situation where my computers are 
> getting old and may need to be replaced.  In my investigations I have 
> been told that the that horrible new interface can be turned off and you 
> can use a XP like interface.


You call it a "horrible new interface." I'm not crazy about it either,
but in my view, calling it "horrible" is a big overstatement.

But more important, there is *no* need to turn it off. Windows 8
has *two* interfaces; the Modern/Metro Interface (which is probably
what you are talking about when you call it "horrible new interface")
and the traditional Desktop Interface. That traditional
Desktop Interface is almost identical to Windows 7's interface; the
biggest difference is that there is no Start Orb to click to bring up
the Start menu. But note that you can get the Start Orb back by using
one of several third-party programs, either free or very inexpensive
(Classic Shell at http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ and Start8 at
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/; my personal preference is
Start8, but they are both very good).  And going from one interface to
the other is very easy; there are several ways, but simply pressing
the Windows key is perhaps the easiest.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
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