ChiefZeke Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) Took three attempts, finally got it installed; but not in the location I wanted. Terrible; desktop is crap, no classic - do not want Aero or any theme; had no clue as to how to shutdown or reboot - had to use reset button to get back to XP Pro. I WOULD NOT recommend this 'new' OS to anyone.MY 'original' C:\ drive, as seen from XP and Win7 was no longer visible - Win8 had reset things so it was now on C:\ - could not locate 'original' C:\; which is a real bummer as it has all the downloaded programs for installation on XP, Win7 and/or Win8.Anyone have any ideas as to how I get make a my own desktop.desktop? Edited June 3, 2012 by ChiefZeke Quote
Legolash2o Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 I agree, i won't be recommending this to anyone. However if it did install Windows 8, i would also install it with Classic Shell 3.5 (mentioned in another post). Another problem is that when you install applications, Metro gets very very messy and full quickly! Quote
ChiefZeke Posted June 4, 2012 Author Posted June 4, 2012 I had read somewhere else about Classic Shell and Win8 but, as I mentioned above, with my original C:\> drive now not visible in Win8 and, therefore, all those programs I had hoped to try out 'missing' I'll have to boot into XP or Win7, move all those programs being considerd to a drive/partiton visible from Win8 and try again to check things out.A major pain!!! (At least all this turmoil is happening with my #2 system - #1 is still pure and uncorrupted by Win8.) Quote
reptileodeath Posted July 3, 2012 Posted July 3, 2012 http://www.askvg.com/how-to-skip-metro-start-screen-and-boot-directly-into-desktop-in-windows-8/ guys you may find this interesting for your issue or it may help.metro does get very messy.i end up having to right click the thing that i dont need and then remove from metro.keeps things nice and tidy.askvg.com is a great place for windows 8 it has lots of solutions to windows 8 shortcomings. Quote
ChiefZeke Posted July 3, 2012 Author Posted July 3, 2012 I agree, i won't be recommending this to anyone. However if it did install Windows 8, i would also install it with Classic Shell 3.5 (mentioned in another post). Another problem is that when you install applications, Metro gets very very messy and full quickly!New - Classic Shell 3.5.1 has an option to bypass Metro during Win8 start - makes things easier. Quote
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