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My gf turned on her laptop this morning and the thing was in Portrait mode.
Now, that would have been easy enough to get out of, except that the touchpad was still in landscape mode! Grrr...
And by what magic did W8 decide that the display should be in portrait mode?
I know a lot of you like W8, but I have to say, it's biggest pile of crap to come out Microsoft, ever. It is CONSTANTLY getting in the way, either popping up stuff on the sidebar, or switching from desktop mode to brain-dead metro view, or taking 10 mouse clicks to print something where 2 would do in W7.
I hates it. I hates the name Windows Eightsees.
Marc
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Cheer up. You could be stuck with a 'Mac Book'. Urgh.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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In all honesty, I would rather be stuck with a 'Mac Book', and I'm not an iFan.
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You sure her laptop doesn't have a motion detector thingy? Maybe you just needed to swivel it around?
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There is a setting to stop the charms bar from flyingnout every time you touch the right side of the screen.
disable charms bar[^]
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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JimmyRopes wrote: There is a setting to stop the charms bar from flyingnout every time you touch the right side of the screen.
Thanks, I'll take a look.
Marc
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WTF is a charms bar, sounds like something from a fantasy game, no don't tell me I am waiting for Windows 9 and hopefully MS may come to it's senses by then.
I obviously don't have W8 nor do I play fantasy games.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: WTF is a charms bar,
Their words not mine. 
Mycroft Holmes wrote: I am waiting for Windows 9 and hopefully MS may come to it's senses by then.
Good luck with that. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Marc Clifton wrote: lot of you like W8
Are you try to insulting good people here ?!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Awww, you're out of your comfort zone and have to learn something new. So sahwwy.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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ahmed zahmed wrote: Awww, you're out of your comfort zone and have to learn something new. So sahwwy.
 It has nothing to do with comfort zone, unless you're comfortable with inexplicable changes to your computer screen and bad usability.
Marc
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Sure, but I've been using W8 for almost two years and haven't experienced any of that and none of the other things people complain about. In fact, most people, once they get past the "security blanket" of the start menu and realize it's sill there but in different form actually find W8 more usable and more friendly.
But, hey some people can't or don't know how to adjust.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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ahmed zahmed wrote: none of the other things people complain about.
Interesting. Just installing Silverlight to watch Netflix was an ordeal that I hadn't experienced in W7.
Marc
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Really? Interesting, I had no problem at all. It just worked.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Marc Clifton wrote: It has nothing to do with comfort zone, unless you're comfortable with inexplicable changes to your computer screen and bad usability.
It took me a whole 10 hours to come to grips with the new presentation.
It is said that 1% (me included) will learn to cope with the new presentation willingly.
9% will begrudgingly learn it.
90% (you included) will continue to stress out over the change.
Get over it! 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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JimmyRopes wrote: Get over it!
Actually, since I still use W7, I'm not stressing, except when I have to fix whatever weird behavior W8 did on my gf's laptop. And if I were to use W8, yes, you're right, I'd begrudgingly learn it. What I find interesting though is actually how difficult the transition from W7 to W8 is for some people, like my gf and my mom. Yes, she was used to W7, but W8 really does seem to get in the way.
But, like you said, it's a learning curve.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: What I find interesting though is actually how difficult the transition from W7 to W8 is for some people, like my gf and my mom. Yes, she was used to W7, but W8 really does seem to get in the way.
Yes those people who are not technically oriented will have a hard time adjusting.
I first learned to use the new interface because it was the way things are going in the future for Micro$oft interfaces.
Lately I have actually warmed up to it and prefer the Metro (I know I am not supposed to call it that) version of the apps I use a lot, like video to name one (there are others). Go figure.
I guess I have made the transition and there is no going back. Heaven help me.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Try Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow to fix it.
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Marc Clifton wrote: I know a lot of you like W8
That's a HUGE assumption. Many people I know, both devs and mortals, dislike W8 intensely.
Marc Clifton wrote: but I have to say, it's biggest pile of crap to come out Microsoft, ever
Amen.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I have never had any issues with W8. It's fast, and I like it. I do have the Classic Shell[^] start menu installed, to have a Win7-esque start menu.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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...and handed me a big cardboard envelope with "Codeproject" written on it.
"What", I thought, "Is this?"
"It can't be an MVP certificate, it's June."
"And postie was normally clothed"
"heck, postie was clothed, and had no observable nipple tassles."
With trepidation, I opened it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/98po1209xwotwbl/ICOD007.jpg[^]
Gonna need another frame!
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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Congratulations!
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
The console is a black place [taken from Q&A]
How to ask a question
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My nose hurts...
I've already congratulated you on your first million, so there will be none of that 'til the next.
Anyway, here's another 5 towards the next 1,000,000.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Congratulations!
(What Chris done with those 24 thousands?)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Congratulations !
The beers are on you :P
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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