"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs) 12/22/2014 at 13:24 • Filed to: None

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TITLE: So, I set up my new PC...

And it's pretty impressive. Really, I mean everything's wireless now, so I only have to link it up to a monitor and a power cable, and that's pretty neat. And it is HDMI enabled, so I could link it up to my parents' bigass TV, which is also pretty neat.

What isn't neat, however, is a detail I'd completely forgotten in my excitement... Windows 8. Now, back when I setup my sister's laptop, I ended up learning how to work around the assbackwards start screen and the monkey fucks it calls apps, but now that I'm setting up a desktop to be used by the entire Family, the real problems are starting to show up. Like, why do I have to be logged on to my Microsoft account at all times just to use the damn thing? Because of the automated sync between all the devices you're inherently attached to? That's bullshit, and I hope whoever came up with this idea gets ass câncer and dies a slow and painful death, because that's how bad it is to setup accounts on Windows 8.

spanfucker retire bitch > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 12/22/2014 at 13:29

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You can easily use Windows 8 with a local only account. The only thing you need a Microsoft Account for is Preference sync/settings backup and OneDrive support.

Hell, even if you use the Metro Apps, you can sign into them on an individual basis.

Hermann > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 12/22/2014 at 13:31

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Doesn't Win 8.1 fix a lot of these annoyances?

I've never had to use either, so I have no idea. I tried Win 8 once, and I didn't have to use my Microsoft account. But it did get very annoying to use (It was on the pre-release Beta. So that may account for something).

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 12/22/2014 at 13:38

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It's... pretty damn easy to use windows 8.1 with a local account (i.e no MS account required). You can also set it to boot straight to the desktop, though honestly for using a computer from the couch the Metro start screen is a godsend for those of us with shitty eyes.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 12/22/2014 at 13:45

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Yeah, I know, that's what I'm fiddling with right now... but why are all of those other things necessary? Why is there a start screen, with an Internet Explorer, for example, that is not the same program you get from the desktop? You have to be logged on to use the program, sorry, "app" from the start screen, while the other one works as normal. Why have the app then? It looks to me like Windows 8 is actually two differet OSs in a single machine fighting for supremacy...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 12/22/2014 at 13:51

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Not two different OSes, two different user experiences. The two versions of Internet Explorer reflect that. The large tablet apps are designed for use on a touchscreen from a device with very little local storage that uses cloud storage and cloud-stored settings (this requiring a MS account to store things in OneDrive). The regular desktop is there for keyboard/mouse users and legacy programs.

Windows 10 is bringing back a more traditional start menu for mouse users, full-screen apps can be opened in resizeable windows, and a few other improvements.

Tohru > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 12/23/2014 at 11:46

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wipe everything, put Windows 7 on it.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Tohru 12/23/2014 at 12:27

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I'm already getting used to it :p

All I had to do was figure out how to hide all the ugliness that came with Windows 8 in a place no mortal shall ever lay eyes. Now it boots up straight to desktop and the start button goes directly to the programs, instead of the apps.

I have no words to describe how much I hate apps on a desktop.