I HATE Windows 8. This is the worst OS ever invented.

What have you got against installing a third party start menu?

If Windows 8 had the aero interface, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference between it and Windows 7.

I've tried and tried for several weeks and will "downgrade" to Windows 7 later today.  I hope I don't get charged for it. 

If you want your computer to be an over-glorified smart phone, then Windows 8 is for you.  Otherwise, stick to Windows 7 or XP.

Microsoft's biggest failure since Vista!

rcskypilot,

 

If you are unable to resolve the issue, I would recommend going back to Windows 7 for the time being, as the problem you describe will make you hate Windows 8, when it is not really Windows 8's fault.  While I am getting used to Windows 8, and do not appreciate all its features, the issue that you are experiencing is not how Windows 8 is designed to work.

 

 

 

 

I'll check on that link, and see if Lenovo has updates that solve the problem.  I'm going to give it one month of due diligence, and then I'll bite the bullet and buy a copy of Windows 7, and install it, and write off Windows 8 as Microsoft's ultimate Faux pas, and the only operating system they ever put out that I found to be unusable and completely user unfriendly.

In every other system I've seen from them, up to XP (the latest I have in my machines), I saw reasons for changes and found some rationale for the reasons they went to something new. So far, everything about Windows 8 is needlessly complicated, and utterly non-intuitive. It appears to be a system based on a touch-screen user's needs, and I have no touch-screens, and a touch-screen would be counterproductive to me in what I do.

I don't actually know what you call "charm" but I too am having the problem of the invisible bar with settings and other options appear every time I head in that direction to do something.. I have 8 now (for hopefully only a short time because I hate it too).. this things pops in my way.. so then I have to mouse a bit to the left and click somewhere on the page to get that go away, including the weather icon on the bottom left.. so then I am heading again to the right to grab what I wanted the first place... and again the invisible right side pops in.. I sometimes have to spend 20 minutes to finally be able to go to that part of the screen and do what I want--I am a photographer and I may need to remove a pimple from someone's nose.. but it won't let me... 

If this is what s called "charm" then I have it and free to take it for anyone who wants it!

I hate to think what will happen once I connect my drawing pad (Wacom) to my laptop to see if I can work with that... cannot see it work with Win 8 at all...

Does anyone have any idea how to separate my Win Live ID from 8??? And so I don;t need to log on my computer every time??? I HATE that... help please!!

Awesome! this is one of the things I was looking for myself to.. now how do I permanently get rid of my mandatory Windows Live ID connection and all that advertising looking things that show up before I click on the desktop square? They made now what used to be 1 click into 5... looks like it was made for a 2-year old... I cannot get my programs visible without like 5 clicks.. I too hate Win 8.