Electronics

[apple1964]

I want to thank you all for your great replies, and I will look into updating to windows 8.1 , I guess that is why they are pushing me to upgrade so , I guess I will do it sooner then later. have a good night.

[pickleslarue]

I'm not getting prompts to update but if I can get 8.1 to look like 7 I'm in!

[Mindy D]

Update because Microsoft is posting many new security fixes for 8.1 and Microsoft will stop supporting I 8 soon. After you update to 8.1, be sure to continue getting all the updates for it. Make sure your printer will be compatible with 8.1.

[okBlonde]

There's not much difference in 8.1 but it's easier to shut your PC down with it. The tiles/apps all look the same. Still swings in from the right when you're hovering your mouse in that location. That's what I don't like about 8 or 8.1.

[chickenbutt]

On 5/14/2014 pickleslarue said:

I'm not getting prompts to update but if I can get 8.1 to look like 7 I'm in!

If you install Classic Shell that will be very helpful toward that end.

The link I provided is for the download of CS at CNet, so you can read about it. It adds back in a lot of the stuff you are probably used to - like how to find stuff! When I was setting up my husband's new 8.1 computer I learned right away that it was extremely difficult to find much of anything.

Also, you can click on the desktop picture toward the lower left and it takes you to a desktop that looks familiar. Then, adding Classic Shell gives you the start button and all the stuff you are used to seeing. Makes a HUGE difference if you'd rather just continue using a O/S that has some familiarity.

[pickleslarue]

On 5/15/2014 chickenbutt said:

On 5/14/2014 pickleslarue said:

I'm not getting prompts to update but if I can get 8.1 to look like 7 I'm in!

If you install Classic Shell that will be very helpful toward that end.

The link I provided is for the download of CS at CNet, so you can read about it. It adds back in a lot of the stuff you are probably used to - like how to find stuff! When I was setting up my husband's new 8.1 computer I learned right away that it was extremely difficult to find much of anything.

Also, you can click on the desktop picture toward the lower left and it takes you to a desktop that looks familiar. Then, adding Classic Shell gives you the start button and all the stuff you are used to seeing. Makes a HUGE difference if you'd rather just continue using a O/S that has some familiarity.

Thanks! I will definitely look into that. I've adapted fairly well but do still grumble fairly often. My colleagues, however, totally avoid the Win 8 machines.

[Annabellethecat66]

My computer did it on it's own! I must have clicked something and zap! There it was!

[Starlight1_1]

On 5/14/2014 nutmeg3 said:

You may want to consider updating now. When you do move to 8.1, you computer will have to play catch up and download all the updates you missed.

I am constantly updating with the windows 8, when I upgrade to windows 8.1 I will again update I don't think there will be much of a difference with these updates, because I see the same updates over and over again.

[chickenbutt]

On 5/15/2014 pickleslarue said:

On 5/15/2014 chickenbutt said:

On 5/14/2014 pickleslarue said:

I'm not getting prompts to update but if I can get 8.1 to look like 7 I'm in!

If you install Classic Shell that will be very helpful toward that end.

The link I provided is for the download of CS at CNet, so you can read about it. It adds back in a lot of the stuff you are probably used to - like how to find stuff! When I was setting up my husband's new 8.1 computer I learned right away that it was extremely difficult to find much of anything.

Also, you can click on the desktop picture toward the lower left and it takes you to a desktop that looks familiar. Then, adding Classic Shell gives you the start button and all the stuff you are used to seeing. Makes a HUGE difference if you'd rather just continue using a O/S that has some familiarity.

Thanks! I will definitely look into that. I've adapted fairly well but do still grumble fairly often. My colleagues, however, totally avoid the Win 8 machines.

Until I got my husband's new laptop set up, I had totally avoided Win8 (my computers all have either Vista or 7), so it was definitely surprising how different it was.

But I knew that, for him, I had to make it as familiar as possible. The only thing that I like, that I was not able to get to 'take' was the Quick Launch bar. I tried a couple of times, using the instructions I had, and it just didn't go right. But the Classic Shell software allows you to have the 'start' button again and the things that it shows, so you can find everything easily.

[Golden_Dragyn]

The laptop I ordered from qvc came with 8, I kept having problems with it (random) . I upgraded to 8.1 and haven't had those problems crop up again yet. I still prefer 7, built a pc last summer and never considered installing 8. I don't like the lay out of 8, it seems more touch screen oriented, also can't have gadgets either.

On another note, banks I work at recently upgraded thier pc's. They previously had XP for OS. Their new pc's were apparently downgraded from 8 to 7.

To each their own