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Question

Is it possible to have my tech replace Win8 with Win7?

Oct 13, 2013 12:48AM PDT

I have and Acer Aspire/V5

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Before they do, did you?
Oct 13, 2013 1:25AM PDT

Did you try it with Classic Shell?

Give that a shot as the change to Windows 7 is rather techy. A good tech would check if there are Apps and Drivers. Many get lost over the app issue. Example app is the one that turns on the WiFi.
Bob

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Classic shell
Oct 13, 2013 2:52AM PDT

I'm an older man and not a techy so I don't even know what a classic shell is. I do know that Win 8 is so frustrating it has come close to being a pile of plastic on the other side of the room. I absolutely hate it; can hardly get the news without stupid popups etc.

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Try typing Classic Shell
Oct 13, 2013 3:05AM PDT

At yahoo.com or google.com. It's a simple app that gives us back what Microsoft should have offered in the first place.
Bob

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Go to this link for Classic Shell
Oct 13, 2013 3:18AM PDT

Just go to this link to get Classic Shell
http://www.classicshell.net . Download & install it and it'll change Windows 8 from something most of us hate into something having the look and feel of Windows 7, including the traditional Start button. I'm no spring chicken myself and teach Windows classes at the local senior centers. The vast majority of folks who install Classic Shell (myself included) are happy with it. I think the fact that MS in its wisdom didn't include it in Windows 8 has a lot to do with why Mr. Balmer is having to take early retirement.
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Good luck.

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Classic shell
Oct 13, 2013 4:55AM PDT

I got it downloaded and it seems much better. Thank you very much.
Bob

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Thanks wpgwpg.
Oct 13, 2013 9:23AM PDT

It may remain a mystery why MSFT didn't deliver Classic Shell functionality on their own.
Bob

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It may remain a mystery officially, but I think it's obvious
Oct 13, 2013 10:22AM PDT

We can certainly speculate about it, and I think the answer is pretty obvious. MS was out of touch and greedy. They thought the new Metro (aka Modern) interface was the answer to a maiden's prayer. And they wanted to believe that because they thought they'd make fortunes with the likes of their Surface tablets and Windows phones, and everyone would be tickled to death with Windows 8. It just shows how out of touch and greedy they were. And it isn't obvious to this observer that they've got the right solution yet. I've been running the 8.1 preview since it was available, and THAT sure isn't the answer. They're starting to learn though, now that they've been hit in the pocketbook. If they can get a really good new CEO (like the rumors they're trying to talk Ford's CEO, Mulally into it), there's hope they could turn it around. But they'd better do it within the next year or two or they could end up like Chrysler and GM while the likes of Google, Apple and Linux slowly eat away at their market share.

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Opinion!
Oct 16, 2013 4:15AM PDT

Again this is your opinion and mine is quite different. You know what they say opinions are like a*******, everyone has one. The problem here is not Windows 8 or Microsoft but today's want everything now and it has to be given to me without any effort on my Part. Windows 8 will do just fine and Microsoft will be still a real player long after you and I are dead.

The above opinion is mine and mine alone and doesn't necessarily reflect that of Microsoft, it's employees, or any other member of this forum

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe". - John Muir

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Am I going to have compatibility issues with this app if I i

Am I going to have compatibility issues with this app if I install it?

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Odd.
Nov 11, 2013 2:10PM PST

But I can see folk are fretting a lot. If so, they may miss out on what seems to be a quick fix.
Bob

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Alternate Systems
Oct 13, 2013 5:25PM PDT

You can download the ISO file for this and burn the "image" to a DVD, then boot from it. Handy to have around even if you decide not to use it regular. One advantage is an operating system on a DVD can NEVER be corrupted by virus, trojans, etc. No need to install to hard drive. When windows fails, it's great to have something like it on hand to check emails at webmail site, browse internet, even save files to the windows hard drive that won't boot at the time. Good site to download from, Maryland University.

Or can order a disc all ready to boot from, or use as install, for under $6 here. Have 32 bit and 64 bit systems available.

Currently the most popular at distrowatch tracking site.

Their page on it.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint

An increasing number of older and retired folks have been leaving windows for the more recent and popular Linux versions like Mint, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Zorin, etc.

Imagine if Windows were a system that when it had a problem, you could pop in it's installation disc and run Windows from it till you had a chance to repair the hard drive installation of it? That's here already, but it's various flavors of Linux instead. Oh yeah, they have start menus already in them.

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You would have to buy a copy
Nov 12, 2013 9:14PM PST

of Win 7 and some drivers may have problems.