windows 8

I'm sure this had to have been brought up elsewhere. But I hate Windows 8. My wife has a laptop with Windows 8 installed... it's full of spamware (mysearchdial) and I just can't bring myself to fix it for her. Just Navigating around that system is a horrible experience... I can never find a...

Hi Was wondering if any of you boffins whom are more into win 8 than I, can help me. I am currently working as a TA in a school where they are getting tired of the Metro tiles. Particulary the more demanding (read: ADHD etc.) students are getting annoyed with the tiles. They want a windows 7...

Sales don't even cover advertising costs. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/30/microsoft_surface_sales_disaster/ How many more disasters will the board tolerate before they give Ballmer a pink slip?

Does anyone know if it is possible to do this? I want to edit my playlists to conform to the directory structure of Windows 8 (Users/Charlie/My Music) instead of XP (Documents and Settings/Charlie Wilkes/My Documents/My Music) These are binary files. I tried going at one with a hex editor, but...

Just thought I'd add a tip here in case anyone is like me and wants to upgrade their preview Windows 8 to the released version. According to the setup programme it can't be done, you have to do a new install and all you can keep is your files. Which I wasn't very happy about as I've been using...

It looks like Microsoft is trying another way to force PC buyers to use their latest OS: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/microsoft-to-stop-linux-older-windows-from-running-on-windows-8-pcs/9589

I understand it comes with a helper AI called, "Durandal." Download ISO What's the difference between these two links? And has anyone tried it?