[AccessD] Windows 8

Lol - we were just discussing curmudgeon the other night with some young
people. Wish I had this example to use  ;-)

I would agree with you on one major point. If we're going to have a "desktop
mode" then make like it was.
This little ditty (via Kathryn's referral) should help:  "Classic Shell"
http://tinyurl.com/lo3kbpk

Make your Windows Vista/7/8/Server computers look like you want - all the
same ;-)

I'd have to check into the "Live Tiles" settings a bit to see if there is an
option to turn them off when roaming about or using it as a hotspot. If you
don't want them to ever be "Live" there is an option for that.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W Colby
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 12:22 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8

Cool!!!

Now get rid of the panes and give me back sizable Windows and I am there.
And of course a REAL start button with the start menu interface.  AND make
sure that nothing I do ever yanks me back to the "modern" interface without
my actually hitting a NEW hotkey (not something mapped over a hotkey used in
the past for something else) or click a specific button.

Oh yea, an easy and understandable way to shut apps down when I am done with
them.  Like maybe a bar at the top with a little X, which closes the window
when clicked.  "Keep everything open that you ever used since you rebooted
last" is just a nonsensical thing to do on a desktop.

Hmmmm sounds like Windows 7?  OK, so give me Windows 7 in "Desktop mode".

And... I need to ensure that those "live tiles" are not constantly pulling
data over my cell phone, since I use my cell phone as my WiFi.  Constant
crap being pulled into "Live Tiles" sounds like a constantly escalating
phone data bill to me.  Verizon will love it, I will not.  So Live tiles
ONLY LIVE when I am actually looking at them.  And maybe not even then.


    cur.mud.geon

/noun/\(?)k?r-?m?-j?n\

: a person (especially an old man) who is easily annoyed or angered and who
often complains


Hmmmm... OK.

And here I thought I was just a Windows 7 Fanboi.

John W. Colby
Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 3/4/2014 12:47 PM, John Bartow wrote:
> Here's a very brief explanation of how to use Windows 8 for the stuck 
> in the mud curmudgeons among us:
>   http://watchmojo.com/video/id/11365/
>
>



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