Windows 8 - what a nightmare!

[Abigail]

So I take it nobody has any experience of installing programs on this useless piece of software? Google isn't helping much either.

Does anybody know how difficult it is to remove Windows 8 and install 7? I'm not sure I can live with this OS much longer I haven't got any programs or files on it that would cause trouble removing before downgrading.

[Dazzle]

Your problem with running programs could be to do with compatibility. Instructions for running the Compatibility Wizard are detailed here:

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/s...s-in-windows-8

I don't know anything about downgrading to Windows 7 sorry.

[Dazzle]

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[Abigail]

Thanks Dazzle, I've not seen that possible solution. I'll give it a try later tonight. I would have thought Itunes 11 would be compatible and run automatically though. Vuze perhaps not

[Katy]

Why did windows mess around. Windows 8 is a disaster!!!

[parkerman]

Microsoft have a habit of making every other release a disaster. XP fine; Vista rubbish; 7 fine; 8 rubbish. So the next release should be ok!

[Abigail]

If it's not broken, why fix it? Although I will say that Windows 8 is a massive pile of rubbish that needs burning rather than fixing.

For some reason, when I'm on the internet, I'm always signed into messenger. I can't seem to sign out of it, so I have several people sending me messages when I don't really want to talk to them. There's no option to sign out! I can close the program but it still runs in the background. Tres annoying.

[Abigail]

If it's not broken, why fix it? Although I will say that Windows 8 is a massive pile of rubbish that needs burning rather than fixing.

For some reason, when I'm on the internet, I'm always signed into messenger. I can't seem to sign out of it, so I have several people sending me messages when I don't really want to talk to them. There's no option to sign out! I can close the program but it still runs in the background. Tres annoying.

[Katy]

I just can't get my head around it t all. Like for instance I am really struggling just shutting the flipping thing off. How to you exit a browser? It's driving me crazy!!