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Here is a story that happened last week: I was at my dentist, and we are both immigrants from the same country - so she said she needed a help with her computer
by malkia 13y ago
Here is a story that happened last week: I was at my dentist, and we are both immigrants from the same country - so she said she needed a help with her computer (while I needed very big help in the tooth department).
She bought this Windows 8 laptop, and man it felt weird for me to explain in simple words that there are in fact 2 internet explorers - and they should use the desktop one... Since she was not sure what's desktop, and what's the other thing (the metro... I said Metro, but I wanted to come up with some other word).
Their dentist webpage (seems like other dentists are using it too) - only worked with the desktop Internet explorer, and there was no easy way to run it right away from the "big icon menu" (how do you call it?).
I had to explain how I'm getting there (I've had to evaluate Windows 8 at some point), and all I remmember was - well press the Windows Key and hold "D". I might install Classic Shell for them later.
So it was frustrating - the explaining process at least for me.
Not sure why Microsoft expects people to get their duality?
- artmageddon 13y agoI'm going to build a PC for someone and use Windows 8, but install Classic Shell. For others, I figure if Classic Shell isn't an option for a user, I'd just pin the desktop to the top left, tell them to click there upon logging in, and then have their most frequently used apps pinned to the taskbar, along with their usual mixture of icons on the desktop. It's not ideal but it makes the best of a bad situation.
- dugmartin 13y agoIn 8.1 there is a new setting that makes the Desktop the default window after login. I'd suggest turning that on.
- bunderbunder 13y agoWhich is still downright boneheaded on MS's part. The situation is that people are calling in their nerd friends to get help figuring out how to do basic things that they shouldn't need help with, because it's supposedly a platform they've been using for over a decade now. Their supposed solution, a setting somewhere in the control panel, just makes the nerd friend's job slightly easier. It does absolutely nothing to fix the real problem: That the nerd friend is needed in the first place.
- malkia 13y agoAt least the nerd friend would do it for free... I've seen the GeekSquads (are they still active?)
- masklinn 13y ago> the "big icon menu" (how do you call it?) I believe its official name is "the start screen". (Windows 8.1 builds in the ability to start in desktop mode and skip the start screen entirely)
- malkia 13y agoThanks for the 8.1 idea everyone! Surely 9.0 would be fine again. 7 for example is feels good, and comfortable, and XP was my best friend, and still have good fond memories of NT4 (or was it NT5) along with Windows 2000. If Microsoft simply skipped all other versions (okay they needed 95), then I would've not had much to complain about Windows really...
- Encosia 13y agoThere's an option in Internet Options > Programs to always open IE in desktop mode, which might be simpler for your dentist.
- malkia 13y agoThanks for the tip. I'll configure it like this.