Thread: What is annoying in Windows 8?

So you want Win 8 CP to work like your Win 7 works. This is a new OS that does work differently. There have been a couple of suggestions for bringing back the Start Orb. You can check them out and try them. If they do what you want then your problem is solved. One involves using 3rd party app ViStart. This has been discussed is a couple of other threads. Now that I want, I can't find them, so you will have to look around a little.

Originally Posted by AmgedIsmail

For me, what annoys me in Windows 8 until now is that for example:
- In Windows 7 days while I am playing a MMORPG Online game in Full Screen mode and when I press the Windows Start Key in Keyboard, it shows me the taskbar, Start Icon, the time and the date...
This helps me to quickly look at the clock....

A way to handle your situation might be to open the charm band (upper or lower right corners of screen or Winkey+C) and then move the mouse in. When the band turns black, a clock opens up also.

But I have decided one of the things I do not like is the Full Screen, in your face type of app. I can see it working that way on a small screen, but with a 24 inch monitor, when that big red picture app pops up full screen, it is not pleasing. I even have a hard time playing solitaire in full screen....

But, this is being designed for a mobile type of environment. Hopefully the final release will offer options to accommodate for PC or tablet type of operations.

Originally Posted by Ted Myers

involves using 3rd party app ViStart. This has been discussed is a couple of other threads. Now that I want, I can't find them, so you will have to look around a little.

Stardock menu Start8 for Windows® 8 - Bringing back the Windows Start menu Need a deal of work yet. Not worth the install.

Vistart Start Menu, Windows 7 Start Menu Ok but buggy

Vista Start Menu Vista Start Menu - Convenient alternative to Start menu Excellent. Very easy to customise.

Start Menu 7 Start Menu 7 Based on Vista Start Menu, but with the added windows 7 start globe. Best so far

Hello MikeHawthorne,
I think they will bring back FreeCell and make it available in Store for either Free Download or Purchase.
Because from now on, we will find better games than ever before
There will be better games than those original Windows games, they will be like iDevices

I am checking the Store everyday
In Games section.
And now when I checked it I found a new game added Mahjong Deluxe

What annoys me? The fact my empty (+AV) Win 8 took, to hit the Metro (nuff said), over 2 mins. My full Win 7 does it in well under 80secs.

Still, helps the nostalgia. Reminds me of good ole XP, but updated with kiddies wax colouring crayons, have time to go make a coffee again while waiting the boot up!!

(N.B. Windows 7 timed by boot timer, Win 8 needed an egg timer)

Is my i3 2.5 GHz TOSHIBA laptop really not powerful for Windows 8?
Because I have noticed the fan is spinning a lot without even running a game and sometimes I encounter slow browsing and when I close a tab in Mozilla, it slowly closes... Laggy.

Even in Win-7, old timers like me who have played Solitaire since the early 90's, found the new Sol to be really nasty.
So I grabbed my Sol.exe and cards.dll off of my XP and transplanted them into the root directory on Win-7 or now Win-8, then I made a shortcut to sol.exe on the desktop and I can sit here in Win-8 and play my old favorite Classic Solitaire. All the card games use the same 'cards.dll' file, so you can transplant any of the old Windows card games to Win-7 or Win-8.

When I set up a new Windows 7 PC for any of my customers, I ask them if they'd like the classic solitaire and most of them say yes.
Sol has probably been the most played game of all time. I've been playing it for 22 years. The right mouse button comes into play for completing moves from the card pile to the Ace Row. Try it!

Cheers Mates!