How to Stay in Desktop on Your Windows 8 PC

Microsoft has made more than a few mistakes over the past years.

Huge mistakes. Windows 8/8.1 is one of many.

I’m recommending that users hold off as long as possible before making the jump to Windows 8/8.1. Hopefully, with new Microsoft management, they will incorporate those third party, user friendly choices into the software.

Having to buy software to make Windows 8/8.1 user friendly is ridiculous to me. Microsoft should make the changes—or users shouldn’t support them.

Be more vocal about it, people.

I thought you were going to suggest that we uninstall it…..

windows 8.1 and HP 2000 Notebook have caused problems in my life. The two companies are worthless and interest in only taken money out of your pocket a giving you nothing but issues. HP and Windows=BAD

I appreciate your advice regarding shortcuts and tips.  Those are nice to memorize.

I use Start8.  It is a nice accessory.  However, I am thinking it might be best to delete it and use W8 the way it was designed to be used.

I prefer the desktop over the metro and I appreciate the advice regarding the PDF reader.

thanks for the useful information. now i am in my desktop.

For all those wanting to work with win8 - 8.1 the same way they did in Win7, there is a free program call Classic Shell who turns the interface of Win8 and give you a classic star buttons like win XP - 7, very intuitive and make everything easier for win7 users changing to the new one.

for giving invlauable info

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain all these new Windows 8 environment. You has helped me to understand a few things that did not make sense to me while using this OS for my first times. One of them is the difference between the use of “WindowsKey+Tab” and “Alt+Tab” (it really did not make full sense to me why I was getting two different apps/programs lists when using both hot keys combinations and I did not understand the list I got from using Win+Tab combination)

Find it comical how “techies” are such whiners about new technology. Sure, Win 8 should be more user-friendly!  However, it’s mainly made for touch devices anyways, thus why it’s can be a pain to use as a desktop. As this article states, change a couple settings and you’re fine. It’s unfortunate that the technorazzi rail against things that aren’t that complicated to adjust. If you want a basic interface with no thought needed at all, get a Mac.

My laptop crashed and I had to purchase a new one that day, I didn’t think about the windows environment. I have hated Windows 8/8.1, I do not mind change but it has been ridiculous how many clicks that I had to do to use my computer in the same manner. Thanks so much for helping me to tweek it so that it works more efficiently again!
Paula

Just a couple of observations.

1
jokejustice nailed it when s/he expressed humor over how techno people make such a stink over change.  But when one ponders this it becomes obvious that the real problem is that we don’t want to have to take the time (being such a precious commodity) to learn new things so we may proceed with our projects which are already in progress.  When new, unexpected issues like this arise during what would otherwise be a smooth and untroubled stream of work it can have major impacts on productivity, the delivery date of a product and the costs related to completing a project.
2 The focus of the accomplished and effective developer is to stay competitive with the competition and still pay attention to what works for the clients of the product(s) in question.  In the XP-7 Windows Operating Systems Microsoft had a clear winner in terms if it’s “intuitive” Graphical User Interface (GUI).  For Microsoft to completely ignore that was not insightful, and I’ve seen this “disease” many times.  The thing that sells software is not market share and it’s not sales people be it OS or other types of applications.  What sells software is giving users the functionality they need in an interface environment within which it is easy and intuitive for them to navigate and implement that functionality.  How the user relates (internally) to the environment provided and the subject area to which the environment interfaces and the way the user thinks about their tasks and operations within that subject area and how they should connect with each other is absolutely key to the software’s success.  Microsoft assumes that because they have a big market share that their users’ opinions don’t matter.  Microsoft is wrong in this regard and will learn it through the pain of client losses to operating systems such as Linux for which no one writes virus protection software because no one writes malware or viruses for that operating system or the software it runs.

SUMMARY -
Techs have a job to do and do not want to be bothered with things which use up their productivity on non-productive activities unless they can control those activities.

Users are becoming more savvy to computer interfaces and their own personal and business needs.  If they are going to have to spend a lot of time with each new release just to maintain their productivity they are going to start looking around for other solutions and those that are persistent will find what they seek and move on leaving Windows in their dust.

Happy Computing - Dave

Thanks for knowing these issues would drive me crazy and excellently communicating the fixes.

I wanted to use’idisplay’
so i choose “soshow desktop only on 2”
in control panal
now i dont have any image and piture one 1 & 2 screen
so what can i do? please help me

Thanks it’s working