Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for March 21, 2014

I know you’re a big fan, Scott, but jeez, why don’t you write some MORE ads for them. The initial reaction to Windows 8 was “consumer – nothing.” They’re so consistently bad in their programming that corporations wait two years to implement to make sure the worst of the bugs are out — due to Microsoft’s policy of using paid users as beta testers.

I have no problem with Window 8 …now that I added 3rd party software to make it work like Windows 7. ;)

Nobody likes getting turned into Jenkins.

This explains why there are so many Enterprise versions of software.

Trek to Dreck? Done.Next stop, Star Wars…

And now the governments and business have to not only buy new systems, but retrain their employees in a very different system. At great expense.

There must be something wrong with me. I like Windows 8. And I’ve been using Windows since 3.1.

I don’t know why Microsoft tried to make a desktop OS that behaves like a tablet OS. I don’t want a desktop that looks like a kiosk. Windows 8 may be much the same underneath, especially with 3rd party software like StartIsBack or ClassicShell that restores the Start Search and allows you to boot directly to the desktop (not that ugly Start Screen). But I have programs that worked in XP natively, ran on Vista and Windows 7 using compatibility mode set to NT/2000 (though not set to XP), but won’t work on Windows 8 because Microsoft dropped Windows NT/2000 compatibility mode (yet for some reason retained Windows 95 compatibility mode) in Windows 8.

And of course for the home user, one of the worst things about Windows 8 is that it doesn’t include solitaire or minesweeper. Instead you have to create a Microsoft account and log into it whenever you want to play solitaire — a royal PITA.

For once, I agree with Scott on all points.

All hail Night-Gaunt49, who knows what everyone is thinking!