On 2014-05-13 11:12 AM, sf wrote:

>> Different versions of Windows have been steps forward in the past.
>> Windows 8 is the first one that has been a major obstacle for old
>> Windows users. However, you can work around it. Install the old programs
>> that you like and change the default programs to those you are familiar
>> with. Then set it up to display the desktop like the old Windows.
>>
> It seems like the "easier" they make it for end users who just want
> the thing to work, the harder it is for me to deal with. As a
> self-taught computer user, I was fine with 3.1 and XP, but was thrown
> for a loop with win7 and absolutely dread transferring my programs
> over to win8.

I am self taught too. I was really frustrated with Win8 because it
defaulted to a bunch of programs that I was not used to and seemed not
to have the functions I had come to know and love. I liked the desk top
on the older versions and was not ready for a company to tell me what I
am going to like better. Companies are supposed to cater to their
customers, not the other way around. At any rate, once I got my old
programs installed and got a desktop icon so that I could easily switch
to the old way of doing things it was much easier.