Windows OS {MEGATHREAD} ~Tutorials~

[blockguy™]

is it bad that my favorite windows logo is the one for 3.1

also, any idea when the age of bland and boring logos will end

when tablet pc's die out

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[blueblur121]

How the forget do I cygwin.

Whenever I try the setup thing, it always fails on a download then completely stops.
Then I have to restart the whole thing and it happens again. I tried a ton of mirrors too.

[Crispy_]

im thinking about changing my windows 8 to have an actual start menu but keep the apps and the windows 8 feel, is there a free way to do this

okay it looks like i might be able to do some things with this classic shell program, so far i have an improved start button and the start menu admitting the start screen exists and stuff

[Siren]

im thinking about changing my windows 8 to have an actual start menu but keep the apps and the windows 8 feel, is there a free way to do this

Use classic shell, the search seems to run faster than windows start search too.

[Tetris]

how does one use the classic shell

[Siren]

http://www.classicshell.net/

Easily

[Crispy_]

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Use classic shell, the search seems to run faster than windows start search too.

you posted a few seconds later than my edit so i dont blame ya for being late, but yeah i am using this and it seems to work nicely, i might make my own skin for it though once i figure out how

[Ducky duck]

Nice, I should do that with my PC.

[Skig]

I have Windows 7 on the family laptop. I am supposed to be getting Windows 8.1 soon. A friend of my father's said he can give it to me but it has been a while

[otto-san]

Several months back, I upgraded to 8.1 from Vista. I don't regret it. Once you find your way around the goofy bits, it's just a great Windows version.

The touchscreen stuff isn't forced on you at all, really. In more recent updates, they've made the Start mode stuff integrate a lot better with Desktop mode as well. (they actually can be handled like real windows wo)

Performance-wise, it's worked great; compatibility-wise, no problems; looks-wise, it's p ok; I'm satisfied.

also MOUNTING .ISO FILES COMES WITH WINDOWS NOW WOW that's so small but i love it

[Ducky duck]

Several months back, I upgraded to 8.1 from Vista. I don't regret it. Once you find your way around the goofy bits, it's just a great Windows version.

The touchscreen stuff isn't forced on you at all, really. In more recent updates, they've made the Start mode stuff integrate a lot better with Desktop mode as well. (they actually can be handled like real windows wo)

Performance-wise, it's worked great; compatibility-wise, no problems; looks-wise, it's p ok; I'm satisfied.

also MOUNTING .ISO FILES COMES WITH WINDOWS NOW WOW that's so small but i love it

You're making me think I should upgrade to 8.1 instead of 7

[Bomb Kirby]

do people even use vista anymore

I know it's still supported but it's pretty much the modern-day Windows Mistake Edition

[Ducky duck]

do people even use vista anymore

I know it's still supported but it's pretty much the modern-day Windows Mistake Edition

I can bet if someone made a windows vista addon it would be fail binned.

[Bomb Kirby]

You're making me think I should upgrade to 8.1 instead of 7

If you like Windows XP, you're best off upgrading to 7. Windows 7 is basically what would happen if you took Windows XP and made it twice as good.

[otto-san]

You're making me think I should upgrade to 8.1 instead of 7

Why wouldn't you? The only legitimate complaint about 8 I've heard is the touchscreen stuff; 8.1 improves on that a ton, and it seems like they intend to improve it even more in the future.

I spend most of my time in Desktop mode anyway. The only time I ever access the start menu is when I need to find a program. I'm pretty sure general performance is improved compared to past Windows versions; it's newer, so support will last longer; I don't think there's much a reason to upgrade to an older version of Windows right now.

I guess it comes down to preference, but I would definitely say you're missing out if you choose to avoid Windows 8.