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The lack of a seamless upgrade surprised and annoyed me as well. Enough so, that I won't bother upgrading my main work system. (I've actually gotten used to Windows 8 and now prefer it in several respects over Windows 7, but I simply don't see anything compelling in Windows 8.1--most every new feature MS brags about elicits a big shrug from me.)
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I upgraded recently too and didn't think to hit ESC at that step. Definitely want to use a local account. Fortunately it sat there for awhile and eventually said it failed and so I would have to use a local account which is exactly what I wanted to do in the first place. I should have tried the ESC key though.
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I missed that too and now have to log in with my Live account. Anybody know how to change that back? 
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Start Screen > All Apps Button > PC Settings > Accounts > Your Account > Disconnect Link
Keep Clam And Proofread
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NeverJustHere wrote:
And they try to get you to log in with a web account, rather than a local account - again.
Encountered the same thing with 8.0
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NeverJustHere wrote: And they try to get you to log in with a web account, rather than a local
account - again.
And what's wrong with that? It works rather nicely, lets you sync settings across devices, give you seamless access to SkyDrive, etc.
I updated my Surface RT and my desktop PC yesterday. Other than the fact that it took quite a while to do (which isn't really surprising, I suppose), I didn't have any problems. I really liked Win 8 & RT, but the 8.1/8.1 RT changes really rock!
NeverJustHere wrote: New colours in Metro are even worse - the orange is just awful.
So change them. That's not difficult.
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Quote: And what's wrong with that?
How about all those local resources that are protected from the seething mass of excrement that is the interweb? With a web account I can't get to them but oh yes, there's my SkyDrive! That's like taking the wheels off my car so I can listen to the radio more easily!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Um... not quite sure I get what you're saying. With a Microsoft Account, I believe you can configure SkyDrive to get you access to those local resources (at least you could with the SkyDrive desktop application on Win7 and Win8 before 8.1).
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I don't want to configure SkyDrive to have access to anything? I have normal everyday network shares to my various file servers, etc. that are all handled by a local (network) login, not by a web account - I don't want my private information accessed via web anything.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Ok, so now I really don't understand your original issue. It's not like you have to use SkyDrive. It's there if you want it.
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I only had to reboot once. The install took about 30 min to complete, and I had already been using my Windows Live account for login (I like the settings synchronization from my main computer to my VMs), so I just had to enter my password.
I don't see much orange on the start screen or desktop.
I don't store anything that I consider private on my computer (I use an encrypted external drive for that), so I don't really care about the SkyDrive thing (it is useful for school-related documents, though. Removes the need for a flash drive).
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I upgraded my Window 8 a few weeks ago by formatting the partition and reinstalling good old Windows 7. Now that was an upgrade!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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In reply to your signature of: I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
See if you can't use the equivalent of Reflection, POKE, PEEK, or other such tools. 
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I'm still running Windows XP.
Will go to Win7 inside the next 6 months, at least from what I can deduce from what limited info is availed to me.
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I had very little problem and switched from XP to W7 very easily. I currently run a mixture of XP, Vista and W7 at home with no issues except I connect an older inkjet and a scanner to the XP machine as W7 doesn't have the drivers - although Vista did for the printer, which is weird. I have a newer printer and scanner that work fine with W764 though so it's just laziness waiting t upgrade the XP to W7 I suppose.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I was only complaining that I *still* have to use WinXP for up to the next 6 months...
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When asked how I rate my Excel Skills I always say I am =A1
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Hmm.
We get a lot of zero-based statements in here.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Not a lot, but certainly SUM
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I've always wondered: do road-rage drivers autofit?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You know what is the worst feature of Excel?
The formulas are localized. That means, if you get a spreadsheet written by someone using the Excel in English you can't use it when you use the German Office version... 
(Yeah, I know you can switch the language which MS Office should use, but it's still a PITA)
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The simple answer is to only use English.
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Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: The simple answer is to only use English.
And you sig is latin, there is a word for that somewhere 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
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Mea Culpa, English is the de facto lingua franca, a splendissimo performance par excellence of how a bijou isle has adopted and subsumed all other tongues into the maelstrom of the vox populi demoticism for which there is a ex gratia regard by the hoi polloi for the gestalt that is English.
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Reading that, makes me want to vomit 
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