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[WIN8] Reminder Windows 8 Users who miss start

Yes, it works well for most things you need to do.

reply to screavan
I used Classic Shell on Win 7 beta and liked it very much as it gave back XP Start and deleted the bloated, sluggish look of Win 7 which I hated. But for Win 8, I really like Start8 from Stardock even if it does cost $5.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

I haven't tried ClassicShell but I just installed Start8. I chose Start8 because it does just the part that was really bugging me, "No Start Menu".

I figured that simpler was less likely to give me problems, compatibility problems.

I looked at ClassicShell and it does a whole lot more than Start8. All of which looked pretty cool... but as I said, I thought I would start with vanilla to be on the safe side.

PS - so far Start8 has not given me any problems!!!

reply to QuaffAPint
HolmanGT is right. Start8 is much simpler than Classic Shell so less chance of problems and Start8 fixes what was bothering me the most about Win 8. Plus, Stardock knows how to make a product of this nature free of serious problems or even minor ones. So, I feel comfortable with it.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

reply to QuaffAPint
I tried ClassicShell first but after trying Start8 I ponied up the 5 bux for it.

The Windows 7 look and feel is much better with Start8 IMHO.

Dave
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I may have been born yesterday. But it wasn't at night.

reply to screavan
I tried classic shell for a while but it crashed a lot according to the reliability monitor. Paid the 5 for start 8 a d LOVE it.

I use Classic Shell with a Windows 7 (start menu) skin on my Win8 machine:
»www.askvg.com/download-classic-s···ndows-8/
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Money can't buy you happiness ... But it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

reply to screavan
I haven't had any problems with classic shell on Win8. Regardless, seems ridiculous that we need a third party tool for something like this.

Seems like Win8 is the Vista of this release generation.

QuaffAPint,

"Vista"... of this release. IMHO you are being very generous in your opinion.

For me Win-8 works and the only bugs I have found I believe are due to my hardware. That said I haven't found any real problems with Win-8 in my opinion because I can't find anything to mess with. Everything is buried so far down unless you find a "Tip" somewhere you ain't never going to find any of the good stuff. I won't even mention the dumb Metro screen.

I don't know what M$'s ultimate goal is for Win-8 but after using it for about a month with no start button all I can think to say is what a piece of Junk.

If it wasn't for the pointer to "Start8" which allows me to boot into the "DeskTop Screen" and have a "Start Button" I would be on my way back to Costco for an exchange to a Win7 laptop.

M$, if you are listening - "What the Hell were you guys/gals thinking" during the design phase of windows-8?

Installing God Mode will help with finding the buried stuff that should not be so buried. It has been worse for me coming from XP Pro and trying to find things that were so quickly accessible in XP and are so buried in Win 8.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Mele,

I have heard of the "God Mode". Can you tell me how to turn it on?

(something about the sound of that appeals to me - )

Regards,

PS - Sorry that my last post kind of turned into a rant.

Create a new folder on your desktop. Place the following string in its name:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Hit Enter and the icon will automatically change to look sort of llke classic windows control panel.

"Ranting" about Win 8 is fine. I've done my share! But Start8 has made me feel much better ...then there is the problem of secureboot though that nothing will fix on a Dell except reinstalling Win 8 in legacy mode or downgrading to Win 7 pro.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Mele,

Thank you much!

Between my new status as "God" and Start8 I feel like opening a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

But I still think M$ was high on something when they dreamed up Win8 and I am not talking about champagne.

LOL. I think you are right about Microsoft being high on "something" but not a nice something like champagne. They chose to throw desktop users under the bus and history will show if that was a sound decision or a disastrous one.

Even with GodMode, I can't access some things easily like I could if, for instance, I had a My Computer icon on the desktop. I was so flummoxed by Metro, etc that only very recently did I notice Event Viewer entries regarding automatic sending of error reports to Microsoft and automatic actions being taken. Setting Windows to not automatically reboot when there is a problem, but instead display a STOP error, and ASK ME about sending an error report to Microsoft, is something I would ordinarily fix right away with a new machine but I was preoccupied with Metro and no Start, etc and didn't even think about it until recently.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

reply to screavan
So if I get Windows 8 I have to install a 3rd party program to get Windows 7 start button functionality? That makes no sense at all...

reply to screavan
Start8 is king of the hill and feels like it is part of the os.