HELP!!!!

[oneshooter]

I recently purchased a new computer. And now I trying to go from XP to Windows 8. The 13 page book helps very little. T am lost and need HELP!!!

[steve2470]

1. I have a thread for people like you

let me go find it...

[steve2470]

2. How to navigate Windows 8 with keyboard shortcuts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10954550

(from page 33 of dead tree Maximum PC issue for January 2013)

Windows Key (WK) + start typing = Search

WK + C = exposing Charms bar

WK + F = opens Search charm to search files

WK + Q = opens Search charm to search apps

WK + H = opens the Share charm

WK + I = opens the Settings charm where you'll find the power button

WK + K = opens the Devices charm

WK + Shift key + period key (.) = snap an app to the left

WK + period key = snap an app to the right

WK + J = switch the main app and the snapped app

WK + CTRL + Tab key = cycle through open apps (except Desktop app)

WK + D = switch from Modern/Metro (ugh) to Desktop mode (this should be highly useful !!)

WK + X = Access a slew of Windows tools like Power Options, Device Manager, Control Panel, Run, etc. (should also be highly useful !)

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. I'd suggest:

http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/

[Pharaoh]

4. It's a big jump to windows 8!

I would go to where you bought it and ask them to install it, even if it costs you a few bucks,

[Thor_MN]

5. Install Windows 8 on the new computer Oneshooter bought?

It probably came with Windows 8... Just saying

[Pharaoh]

6. Well sounds like he bought

a (new to him) old computer and wants to upgrade. I looked into upgrading my XP tp W 7, and is not as simple a process as you might think.

[Thor_MN]

7. Sounds like he is experiencing the pain of having to deal with the Windows 8 interface

Total pain in the ass going from XP to Windows 8. Starting with Office 2007, Microsoft started throwing away everything that made them the corporate choice, standardized interfaces that let you figure out any Office program if you knew any other one. Hiding everything behind keyboard shortcuts. I hated WordPerfect in the early 90s for that reason and now Microsoft is pushing people towards creating freaking keyboard overlays to figure out basic operations.

Upgrading an XP computer to Windows 8 is likely to be rare occurrence, XP hardware is so outdated that it would be cheaper to buy new. I say this as someone who has to nurse along an XP box at work to support a program written in VB6, while also coding in Visual Studio 2010.

[oneshooter]

8. It is a NEW computer with 8 already installed.

[Pharaoh]

9. Windows 8 tutorial

[AgingAmerican]

10. Uninstall it and install Linux Mint

or some other flavor of Linux.

[RC]

11. I did that today to a Vista Business ACER.

The learning curve for the basic stuff, networking, Firefox, LibreOffice, music isn't all that steep. Worth a look.

[Phillip McCleod]

13. it's downright user friendly compared to even a few years ago.

[hobbit709]

12. download Classic Shell and install it.

http://www.classicshell.net/

Make 8 look and feel like 7. Also gives you access to settings 8 hides completely.