Hi

For those suffering with Windows 8...

Install Classic Shell, it gives you the options to boot to the desktop, clasic start menus, either XP, or Windows 7, and fixes a lot of the things that seem to be missing in W8.

I've used it since I started beta testing W8 off and on, and I used it with Windows 7 before that, when I got my new computer I installed it and never looked back.

http://www.classicshell.net/

Windows 8.1 will restore some of the features like booting directly to the desktop but not the classic start menus.

I do like the stability and speed of Windows 8 but I spent hours setting up the start menu and never use it.

I have used Rocket Dock for years, ever since Windows 7 came out.

I put all my normally used programs on it and seldom have to open any start menu list.

http://rocketdock.com/

Here's my desktop.

Everything I use all in one place organized by category, games on the right, then Windows tools, graphic arts and video, ending with links to my control panel and computer.

Things that I want accessible when I have a program open, like Skype, my browser, Word, mail, Windows Explorer and the snipping tool go on the task bar.

I've had it just like this since Windows 7 so I don't even have to think about where things are anymore.

I also recommend Agent Ransack a separate search engine that really works and is very easy to use.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

All of these programs are free!

Now I can almost forget that I'm using Windows 8. LOL

Mike

 

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