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Not forgetting: shit with a <span> tag around the "i". 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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"Whose Sensibilities are offended here!"
Umm, I think your's.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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HI,
Don't know where else to turn. How do I get totally rid of the Win8 Metro Interface. (Not how to hide it with say 'Classic Start Menu"), no, get Rid of it. I prefer a command Line interface to that horrid horse sh*t.
What exactly was wrong with the Win XP interface! OK the Underlying Kernel Data might not have been up to the task of today. Update the Kernel. Add obscure Settings, There is by and large, absolutely no nescessity to change the Interface when the underlying mechanics are changed.
If I want a Mobile Phone or Ipad, I will buy one. I bought a New Computer, and am Greatly dissatisfied with windows 8. Seriously considering Ditching it for Either Win7 or XP.
XP Sofar has never failed
Vista/Win6 Could'nt paint my screens,
Win7, sort of Workable,
Win8, I'd rather have Dos!
Bram van Kampen
modified 24-Jul-14 22:19pm.
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Switch to Win7 then. 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Explain??
Bram van Kampen
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Karen Mitchelle wrote:
Switch Upgrade to Win7 then
FTFY! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Now I know why he can't understand. Because I used "Switch". 
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Sounds like all you want is a faster horse and cart rather then a car. Windows 7 is great but you soon get used to 8 and will appreciate some of the features. Admittedly metro is waste of code.
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If it has Windows 8.1, you can set it to automatically boot into the desktop, rather than the metro screen.
Google is your friend.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Bram van Kampen wrote: How do I get totally rid of the Win8 Metro Interface. (Not how to hide it with say 'Classic Start Menu"),
You can't.
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I have a tile called 'Desktop' in the top left of my screen...I click it and I go to the desktop, how kewl is that? 
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Pin your most used applications to the task bar on the desktop, switch to the desktop, and then use the computer almost just like you did with Windows 7. You can pretty much completely avoid the metro interface if you want.
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Probably this will improve when you will get used to it.
I enjoy a lot working on it, it's nicer, it works like charm and it has it's advantages and disadvantages...
Check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxclfFbQ2Is[^]
It is a nice tutorial on Windows 8.
Switching from 8 to 8.1 is ultra-easy.
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You can't get rid of the Metro interface. If you want to just use a command line, switch to Linux.
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You can't teach an old dog new tricks, including yourself.
Go back to windows 7.
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I would like to see him try running angry birds on a DOS 6.1 machine
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I didn't even know Windows 8 had Angry birds nor did I want to
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Even XP has angry birds if you install Chrome or Firefox. Without that, you need Vista for IE9.
http://winsupersite.com/windows-server/tip-run-web-based-and-free-angry-birds-ie-9[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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That's great, but only points out the compatibility of new code, and as long as the guy uses programs that have existed for over a decade he wont care will he.
Try to make you points relevant please.
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Install Linux then. Without an X Server. You should be very happy.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Spend an hour or so changing the default file associations from Metro to good old fashioned Windows ones, spend another 20 minutes fiddling around with the settings to push Metro as out of the way as possible and you end up with a rock solid (albeit slightly fugly) OS
I could never go back to XP, it's just awful!
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Reinstall Weven.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Step 1: install ClassicShell (for free)
Benefits:
- It provides a start menu and lets you boot into desktop without having to fiddle with Windoze settings
- it provides a fully functional task bar
- it lets you disable the screen hot spots that pop up the charm bar and other W8 GUI elements when mousing over
Step 2: find classic tools to replace the now "Metro" only applications such as image viewer and media player. Then fix the file associations of any types that are linked to "Metro" only apps.
Step 3:
profit!
The only thing you can't fix is the horribly messed up system settings dialog system. Settings are spread all over the place. Depending on what you are looking for, you may need to look in several different places. E. g. for energy savings settings I've found 4 different dialogs / dialog tabs that I needed to look at 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Hi, Thanks,
The most helpful msg yet.
However:-
Step 1: install ClassicShell (for free)
Benefits:
- It provides a start menu and lets you boot into desktop without having to fiddle with Windoze settings
OK
- it provides a fully functional task bar
OK. Sometimes
- it lets you disable the screen hot spots that pop up the charm bar and other W8 GUI elements when mousing over
How??
Step 2: find classic tools to replace the now "Metro" only applications such as image viewer and media player. Then fix the file associations of any types that are linked to "Metro" only apps.
Where do I find That! How do I do that!!
Step 3:
profit!
The only thing you can't fix is the horribly messed up system settings dialog system. Settings are spread all over the place. Depending on what you are looking for, you may need to look in several different places. E. g. for energy savings settings I've found 4 different dialogs / dialog tabs that I needed to look at
Thankfully, not a problem for me so far!
Bram van Kampen
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Disable screen hotspots:
unfortunately I can't tell you how from firsthand experience - I only recently read about ClassicShells more recent versions introducing that feature. I've made a quick google and found this forum thread which may be helpful: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=54[^]
Replace Metro only apps:
a) I've googled for applications for email (mozilla thunderbird) to play my music (MediaMonkey and Audacity for the tricky stuff), view my images (IrfanView) and installed them
b) change the default file type association, so that double-clicking a media file will take me to the new installed apps rather than the built-in ones. Some tools may already offer to do that for you during installations. If not, here's a quick description on how to do this in Windows 8: http://www.wikihow.com/Associate-File-Types-in-Windows-8[^]
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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