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| Thread ID: 135476 | 2013-11-08 04:01:00 | Classic Shell | B.M. (505) | Press F1 |
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| 1359181 | 2013-12-10 07:06:00 | What I do dislike about new windows releases, and it's happened every time to some degree, is when MS changes how to access common functions apparently just for the sake of changing it and in some cases renames it as well. Then leaves you no clue as to where or how to find these functions. Every release I've ended up researching how to do something I already knew how to do with the previous version, windows 8 just did more of this than usual and has a bigger degree of relearning. An example is the backup & restore feature, it's still there in windows 8 but cunningly hidden away in an (to me) obscure place and amusingly still has "windows 7" in the name. So very true and something I used to find extremely annoying. One good one was "Add Remove Programs" became "Programs and Features" for no real reason. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1359182 | 2013-12-10 10:38:00 | So very true and something I used to find extremely annoying. One good one was "Add Remove Programs" became "Programs and Features" for no real reason. To be fair, did anyone ever use that to add programs? (And I don't mean Windows-included ones) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1359183 | 2013-12-10 10:52:00 | True and does anyone use the new one to change any features. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1359184 | 2013-12-10 18:38:00 | True and does anyone use the new one to change any features. Yes, because that's how it's done... |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1359185 | 2013-12-10 18:57:00 | Yes, because that's how it's done... :+1: With XP It had Add Remove programs. When it changed to Programs and Features it named them as they were, Programs listed / removed - and features on the left. In XP following the same line, it could have actually been Add remove Programs and Components. The Components portion was renamed to features. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1359186 | 2013-12-11 01:30:00 | Well it seems to me that Microsoft and their disciples can’t get their head around the fact that not everybody likes, or are prepared to relearn everything ever time Microsoft has a whim to change Windows. It seems others have cottoned on, because in amongst the Spam this morning was a notice from Ashampoo advising that they are now providing a Shell that will make XP 7 & 8 all perform in the same manner. Could be useful, I guess time will tell. :D |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1359187 | 2013-12-11 01:38:00 | Well just to make everyone happy MS may bring the start menu back in Spring 2015 in an update codenamed "threshold" | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1359188 | 2013-12-11 07:44:00 | Well just to make everyone happy MS may bring the start menu back in Spring 2015 in an update codenamed "threshold" and what does that tell you. The majority don't like the new system. :) |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1359189 | 2013-12-11 07:47:00 | Yes, because that's how it's done... I have never change a feature on any PC I have worked on so stop being an MS shill. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1359190 | 2013-12-11 08:01:00 | I have never change a feature on any PC I have worked on so stop being an MS shill. You're doing it wrong ;) several times I've used it to turn Hyper-V on and Internet Explorer off. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
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