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01-28-2013, 05:45 PM
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The Preacher Man
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Anyone Tried This?
I cleaned out storage today and gave 3 old monster monitors to bud at PC shop and he showed me this. He loves it for $5. Makes Win8 like 7.
Start8? for Windows® 8 - Bringing back the Windows Start menu
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01-28-2013, 05:52 PM
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I have installed this free opensource version on about fifteen Windows 8 machines since Christmas and it works perfect every time.
Classic Shell | Free software downloads at SourceForge.net
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01-28-2013, 06:06 PM
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The Preacher Man
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I'll try that one first. Thanks.
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01-29-2013, 04:43 AM
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I have tried Start8 to see what it was like. I didn't get on with it and thought it easier to use the new UI.
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01-29-2013, 06:55 PM
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I tried the Start8 and immediately my pc crawled and very slow opening programs. I canned it after 30 minutes. PC now back to blazing speed. Going to try the other above mentioned.
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01-29-2013, 07:41 PM
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I have not encountered any performance issues with it. It does what it is supposed to do in my opinion.
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01-29-2013, 08:44 PM
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01-30-2013, 12:46 AM
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Right. Start 8. If I recall correctly, there is an update for it. I have put it on a few laptops already.
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01-30-2013, 01:56 AM
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Hi
I've been using Classic Shell since I moved to Windows 7, it fixes problems with the File Explorer and some other things like the scrolling programs list. When I started beta testing Windows 8 and saw the interface I waited about 2 weeks and then installed Classic Shell and I've never looked back. Any one using Windows 8 on a desktop PC should try it out. I've also tried several other programs that do a similar job, but I always came back to Classic Shell. It has been updated adding new features like a menu for Windows 8 apps and the ability to customize the interface with more options. Mike Last edited by MikeMoss; 01-30-2013 at 01:59 AM. |
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