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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #25 on: January 02, 2013, 09:05 PM »
Why do you need the start menu? You can simply click the lower left corner, where the start button used to be, and you can type just as you would before. I don't know many people who navigated the menus rather than typing the entry name...At least users NOT on XP.
-Josh (January 02, 2013, 09:14 AM)
  I'm on XP, when I want to run an app I just hit Win-Q and then type the first couple of letters of the app I want to run, and Ta-Dah!  It's running.  It's called Slickrun.  But there are times when I want to run an app that I haven't used in a while and can't remember the name.  That's where the start menu comes in handy, or I can hit Win-Q and have Slickrun give me a list of apps...
-Tinman57 (January 02, 2013, 09:00 PM)

Isn't that the same functionality that's built in now?

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #26 on: January 03, 2013, 01:03 AM »
Isn't that the same functionality that's built in now?
-wraith808 (January 02, 2013, 09:05 PM)
Pretty much yeah, and the same hotkey - Win+W for searching settings (settings has a bit of stupid in it, though: it won't show anything until you start typing).
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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #27 on: January 03, 2013, 05:29 AM »
I'm still trying to fathom the logic in skipping directly to a Start Button-less desktop just to have to go back to the thing you bypassed to get what you wanted. Are people really that enamored with their wallpaper?

Place shortcut to preferred desktop application(s) on Start Screen, Boot, Click/Touch, Done ... Why that so hard?

I should run down to the local tire store and pitch a fit because they have no steel banded wooden rims for my pickup...just to see if anyone there has enough sense to laugh at me.
-Stoic Joker (January 02, 2013, 06:59 AM)
  Guess that depends on if it's a 1929 Ford truck....  :P
-Tinman57 (January 02, 2013, 08:53 PM)

LOL - and in my case my start menu has over 1500 shortcuts and folders - I don't want to have to make tiles for that lot!

Also the Metro page doesn't support folders which are great for related shortcuts, quick links to blocks of documents and all sorts of things.

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #28 on: January 03, 2013, 06:46 AM »
Also the Metro page doesn't support folders which are great for related shortcuts, quick links to blocks of documents and all sorts of things.
-Carol Haynes (January 03, 2013, 05:29 AM)

Any descent application will have a recently used files list which works well for that. I frequently rely on it for diagnosing client issues when the client can't remember what document was open or causing issue X.

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #29 on: January 03, 2013, 06:48 AM »
I'm still trying to fathom the logic in skipping directly to a Start Button-less desktop just to have to go back to the thing you bypassed to get what you wanted. Are people really that enamored with their wallpaper?

Place shortcut to preferred desktop application(s) on Start Screen, Boot, Click/Touch, Done ... Why that so hard?

I should run down to the local tire store and pitch a fit because they have no steel banded wooden rims for my pickup...just to see if anyone there has enough sense to laugh at me.
-Stoic Joker (January 02, 2013, 06:59 AM)
 Guess that depends on if it's a 1929 Ford truck....  :P
-Tinman57 (January 02, 2013, 08:53 PM)

Touché :)

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #30 on: January 03, 2013, 08:00 PM »
Why do you need the start menu? You can simply click the lower left corner, where the start button used to be, and you can type just as you would before. I don't know many people who navigated the menus rather than typing the entry name...At least users NOT on XP.
-Josh (January 02, 2013, 09:14 AM)
  I'm on XP, when I want to run an app I just hit Win-Q and then type the first couple of letters of the app I want to run, and Ta-Dah!  It's running.  It's called Slickrun.  But there are times when I want to run an app that I haven't used in a while and can't remember the name.  That's where the start menu comes in handy, or I can hit Win-Q and have Slickrun give me a list of apps...
-Tinman57 (January 02, 2013, 09:00 PM)

Isn't that the same functionality that's built in now?
-wraith808 (January 02, 2013, 09:05 PM)

  Not in XP.  Slickrun is the first app that I know of that did this.  If it is a feature in Win 8, then MS kind of borrowed the idea from somewhere.  lol

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #31 on: January 03, 2013, 09:18 PM »
Tinman, The start menu has acted this way since Vista....

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #32 on: January 04, 2013, 03:26 PM »
Tinman, The start menu has acted this way since Vista....
-Josh (January 03, 2013, 09:18 PM)
  I've never played with Vista, 7 or 8.  Still using XP for now.

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2013, 09:04 PM »
This has all been trashed out before...

I'm not sure why people get upset about people who are upset with 8 booting into metro.
I dont use metro, why should I boot into the thing?

Why should we be offered workarounds to replace the start menu? Why not leave the desktop easily usable for those of us who do not have and do not plan to have touch screens? (And for the mouse centric.)

I'm not at all anti-8. But I really do not understand a few basic things in 8 that bug me every time I use it...

Oh yeah:
the solution I used to boot to desktop seemed a bit scary to me initially as it required re-activating the OS :o - it was all done automatically though. If you're using a pre-installed copy, this will help you find the key.

I followed these instructions to boot directly to desktop and it works:

http://winaero.com/b...ny-third-party-tool/
-phitsc (November 23, 2012, 02:50 AM)
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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2013, 02:49 AM »
I seem to be booting straight to the desktop using Start8 but I still have to see the silly (and completely pointless) "Lock Screen" and either log in to an email address or enter a Pin.

Does anyone know a way to by pass the Lock Screen and mandatory login so I switch on and it goes straight to the desktop?

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #35 on: January 08, 2013, 03:02 AM »

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #36 on: January 08, 2013, 03:16 AM »
I seem to be booting straight to the desktop using Start8 but I still have to see the silly (and completely pointless) "Lock Screen" and either log in to an email address or enter a Pin.

Does anyone know a way to by pass the Lock Screen and mandatory login so I switch on and it goes straight to the desktop?
-Carol Haynes (January 08, 2013, 02:49 AM)
Email Address? PIN?

Just create an "offline account" - at least that's still possible. Why on earth would you want to bypass authentication on the lockscreen, though?
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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2013, 06:27 AM »
I seem to be booting straight to the desktop using Start8 but I still have to see the silly (and completely pointless) "Lock Screen" and either log in to an email address or enter a Pin.

Does anyone know a way to by pass the Lock Screen and mandatory login so I switch on and it goes straight to the desktop?
-Carol Haynes (January 08, 2013, 02:49 AM)
Email Address? PIN?

Just create an "offline account" - at least that's still possible. Why on earth would you want to bypass authentication on the lockscreen, though?

-f0dder (January 08, 2013, 03:16 AM)

Wasn't this the MAJOR ISSUE with the Windows 9x code base? Users just pressing escape and no real security being provided....

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #38 on: January 08, 2013, 04:34 PM »
If my computer is basically sitting on my desk at home I don't really see a password as necessary or desirable. At best it is very minor inconvenience for a thief. Up to windows 7 I can remove a user based password within about 1 minute. I presume a local account in Windows 9 will do the same.

Can someone explain the point of the lock screen? It is just something annoying to drag out of the way when you switch on. Does is actually serve any useful purpose at all?

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #39 on: January 08, 2013, 04:46 PM »
Carol: DPAPIw - including, but not limited to, NTFS file encryption. It might not be something you use, but it does require a password-protected user account to work.

And that would actually provide some security against a burglar :)
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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #40 on: January 08, 2013, 04:51 PM »
Yep I can understand that - having said that I don't use it and have never come across a client that even knew it existed.

Bitlocker is a different matter - but then I have only rarely found anyone with hardware compatible with bitlocker.

Personally I wouldn't trust MS encryption of my files. I am sure when it works it is great but there are too many times where you have FS issues on laptops and I wouldn't be compfortable that the system would be retrievable in the even of a minor hiccup.

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Re: MS Blocks Ability in Windows 8
« Reply #41 on: January 08, 2013, 04:55 PM »
I personally wouldn't use NTFS encryption either, it's "somewhat of a hassle" if you forget to export your encryption keys :-\ :-\ :-\ - also, for encryption matters, I do prefer something opensource. Might use BitLocker on a work machine, though, and I guess NTFS encryption can make sense in some corporate settings (though the few places I've seen that enforce corporate encryption use utter crap (SLOW!) like CheckPoint FDE - probably because it's enterpriiiiiiiisey and remote-managaaaaaaaable).

But again, DPAPI isn't just for NTFS encryption. Not sure how many 3rd-party applications use it (Chrome is/was one?), but it sure is a convenient API for automagic encryption/decryption of blobs of data.
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