WIN 8 Start menu --- SORTED

[sydeccles]

This will give you back your Windows 7 start menu for free


http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/35189-Windows-7-explorer-for-Windows-8

 

[james_2k]

so, if you remove that, then what was the point in upgrading?

anything else worth while in there? genuine question

 

[gareth170]

so, if you remove that, then what was the point in upgrading?

that's my thought too

without Metro , win8 is just like win7 + afew added features / tweaks

 

[apeksdiver]

What are the added features and tweaks?

 

[Frenzy]

Only really noticed task manager myself, which is actually very usefull to me.

 

[gareth170]

What are the added features and tweaks?

4 main ones are

the defrag now optimizes SSD's by trim commands
bootup/shutdown are much faster
uses less memory
new task manager

 

[RobP]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18381377&highlight=Features

 

[sydeccles]

This mod does not remove the Windows 8 start screen, however it does give you the option of switching between a Win 7 or Win 8 start screen.

I found it useful whilst still in the learning or should I say struggling mode with Win 8.

 

[Bigmonty]

so, if you remove that, then what was the point in upgrading?

anything else worth while in there? genuine question

It's faster than windows 7.

 

[Arthur Hucksake]

More chances of bugs with drivers, hardware and games dont run any better.

I cant think of much reason to keep it right now.

 

[Django x2]

4 main ones are

the defrag now optimizes SSD's by trim commands
bootup/shutdown are much faster
uses less memory
new task manager

Seriously? You pick all of those over storage pools??

 

[kitch9]

More chances of bugs with drivers, hardware and games dont run any better.

I cant think of much reason to keep it right now.

 

[theheyes]

Seriously? You pick all of those over storage pools??

To be fair if you aren't going to use it you naturally wouldn't think it was a big deal.

File History is a really good feature if you have a spare disk knocking around.

 

[Antowns]

Putting the old bar wouldn't make the upgrade pointless, have you looked at the performance gains from Windows 7 to 8? Some of the boot up times on older systems have halved. Certainly not a pointless upgrade to me.

 

[yashiro]

I really don't understand the obsession with boot times for desktops.

 

[Raumarik]

I really don't understand the obsession with boot times for desktops.

Especially since ssds and even sata 2 became common, got to agree I tend not to even notice my PC starting up but I guess some people are restarting their PCs constantly in the evening

It was only ever an issue with me back in Windows 95/98 days when rebooting had to happen fairly constantly if you were installing hardware or software, or even updating things. These days though reboots are rare.

 

[hyperst]

I really don't understand the obsession with boot times for desktops.

yeah, I don't see why everyone bangs on about it like it's the best feature of an OS and totally worth swapping for

 

[rids57]

Mine boots up in less than 10 seconds now as opposed to about 20 under windows 7 - timings which are ridiculous because they don't allow for making coffee.

 

[gareth170]

Mine boots up in about 5 seconds from cold start

 

[sydeccles]

Mine boots up in about 5 seconds from cold start

You must be VERY quick typing your password in then