MS Blocks Boot to Desktop & Win 8 Start Buttons
party poopers.
Thursday, August 9, 2012 by starkers | Discussion: Personal Computing
Damned party poopers, Microsoft has enables blocks to prevent users booting directly to the desktop, thus forcing them to boot into the much disliked Metro UI. Furthermore, MS has blocked 3rd party start buttons and start menus, thus forcing users to return to Metro frequently to access their apps, etc. Click here to see full story
So, it seems Microsoft is determined to foist Metro upon us, like it or not. Well I have a message for Microsoft [as do probably many, many others] and that is my updating to Win 8 depended on being able to boot directly to the traditional desktop and having access to a start button AND start menu. Without those abilities, I will not purchase a license... not even at $9.95. much less the touted $39.95 discounted upgrade price. And I was so looking forward to the touted performance improvements over Win 7 with my new AMD FX8170.
Oh well, if the effwits at MS wanna go that way, the money is better in my pocket anyhow.
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Reply #42 Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:54 PM
That graph showing predicted sales in 2013 was great, as it shows an increase in desktop sales. That means that the intelligence in the market is increasing! Methinks all these small, expensive gadgets are breaking. I've already seen some new Iphones with broken screens (lol) and even sadder, a new Ipad that was totally broken. All I know is that my desktop is at home, safe, downloading some steam games and skyrim mods.
There is hope!
Now with the Win 8 info i've been reading, i'm already deciding to purchase my new computer now so as to avoid it ever going onto my harddrive.
Now, an Iphone that allows me to access my computer remotely via hotspots so that I can manage simple functions, like installing games remotely and such would be nice. Yet, I wouldn't be willing to sacrifice an iota of security, so it would have to have some amazing security.
probably not going to happen.
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Reply #41 Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:40 AM
Heaven forbid you did. Changing from what you have to butt ugly "don't call it Metro anymore" would be a crime in the first degree or a complete mental breakdown. Either way, a cell [padded or otherwise] would be in order.