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

 

I certainly do not have the issue that you report "7 out of 10 times, when I touch my mouse, no matter where the cursor is at that moment, the charms activate", for me the Charms only display when I purposely activate them.   I wonder what program you are using when you have this issue.

 

 

It happens in every program, and on the internet. I don't have a touch screen setup.

I was at a large dinner last night, and found myself near several IT people, ALL of whom have been experiencing the same thing on their own new laptops, and NONE of whom have been able to get rid of the Demon Charms, or even slow them down.

I DID find one thing we had in common. We all loved the new "Chicklet" tablet keys on the new Lenovo laptops, and we all bought one. They're wonderful to type on (especially for me; I'm an author).

Is this issue common only to them? I don't know, but I seriously doubt it. And I know I'm not alone, because there are many links telling how to to make registry changes to solve the problem. Unfortunately, so far, none of them work.

I've double-checked the Regedit changes I made, and they're still in effect, but at the same time, they have no effect.

And it's closer to 8 or 9 out of ten times that it happens. I've gotten very, very good at using only keystrokes, to avoid the dreaded Demon Charms.

Hi rcskypilot,

I can appreciate your frustration.  I have yet to "appreciate" metro/modern apps.

However I do suggest that you take time to learn the Windows 8 interface. I am forcing myself to do so and am growing to like it.

I don't have a touch screen as yet, though I have set up a Acer Touch Screen Tablet PC (a very nice device). 

Using my 24" monitor on my i7 PC I find that it is very easy to use the mouse to manage the "Charms", and to find the Start page (though I am also learning to use the "Windows key" as it is a very easy way to access the Start page. 

I certainly do not have the issue that you report "7 out of 10 times, when I touch my mouse, no matter where the cursor is at that moment, the charms activate", for me the Charms only display when I purposely activate them.   I wonder what program you are using when you have this issue.

I have found that if I move the mouse to the bottom right hand corner of the screen, and right click, a very useful menu appears.

I have been using Windows 8's mail program and have been able to add more than one email account, which is very useful. A few things I have yet to learn how to do is 1) to search my email for emails from a particular person on a particular topic (and only search my email), 2) change the display so show more subject line and less actual email, 3) sort an email folder by topic or by sender.

I think I need a instruction manual or a help file that fully explains how to use Windows 8, not a just quick guide to start using it.

I don't know much about Windows 8, and I truly dislike it. It's not intuitive, and those charms - WTH are they good for? Once it was set up, most what they do is redundant,. and everything else could easily be done through my computer or a start button.

  7 out of 10 times, when I touch my mouse, no matter where the cursor is at that moment, the charms activate, and I can't do the work I'm working on. I have to sit there, hitting the Esc button, and trying to move it, but it'll still take about 5 or 6 tries to get it to move over my work again.

I'm an author, and I bought new laptop because I liked the keyboard, but in order to write my books on it, I have to use ALL keystrokes, because using a mouse is an exercise in frustration. To go onto the internet, I go upstairs and use my desktop computer with XP, because it's simply impossible to use Windows 8 and those Charms to surf the net. Not happening. I went out and found 2 registry fixes that were supposed to turn off the charms, and they both worked, for about 5 minutes, and then I was typing and went to go back and edit a word, and there were my little friends the CHARMS again. I've read every single article/fix/recommendation for shutting them off completely, but nothing will turn off these little Demon Charms.

I don't think I've ever seen such a mess. I loved my XP; it wasn't hard to learn and it was intuitive to a great extent.

I've contacted my neighborhood computer guy about removing the Windows 8 OS and installing XP, or Windows 7 - IF it doesn't have Charms. By the way, I went to the school for running Windows 8 after I got my laptop, and even the guy teaching the course doesn't know what to do to stop the Charms from popping up every time you touch your mouse.

Blaming the end user for a brand new, faulty application, Ken? Not cool. You've put out a product that is NOT intuitive, interferes with the ordinary user's operation of a computer system, and you'd rather assign blame than find the problem and offer solutions. It's not like you shouldn't expect there will be bugs to work out on something this new.

I for one think that these Charms are one of the worst things ever devised for an OS. They're bound to be controversial, and you should offer a way to remove and replace them with something user-friendly.

J

Spyderwebmaster I like the "retro from metro" slogan. 

I wanted to offer the rhyming slogan "I HATE WINDOWS EIGHT"

To be honest, I don't hate Windows 8, I just don't like the directions that Microsoft is going with there operating systems.

I can live with the "Start screen", even if I prefer a normal menu.  But I like the "right click in the left had corner", can we add our programs to this menu list?

But what really scares me is these "Modern" apps (previously "Metro Apps"). They don't run in Windows.  I like the OS called "Windows" because it uses Windows for having multiple (not one, or two) applications but "multiple", and I can change their window's size and shape. Microsoft, "Please do not convert Windows to Metro/Modern style OS, have both if you must but don't through away "Windows".   Sadly I believe this decision has already been made, and I have lost. Maybe if enough people complain then Microsoft will rethink this direction.  Maybe I am one of the few how don't like the lost of Window'ed applications.

So my request is, please allow Metro/Modern Apps to also be undocked into resizable Windows.

Metro Apps like Mail and Calendar should realise that Exchange Servers existed a long time before they did, and lots of people use Exchange email so please allow us to attach to Microsoft's Exchange servers.

Why is it that Windows 8 cannot maintain a WiFi and/or VPN connection very long before it drops out?  (Maybe it is the hardware in the new Windows 8 Tablet that I have been using?)

I noticed that when the Tablet comes out of sleep, it will reconnect the WiFi, it would be great if the VPN would also reconnect (if it had been configured to do so).

Why does Microsoft have to fill our lives with so much frustration...

ok here's the new slogan for Microsoft once they address that windows 8 is a failure for mouse and keyboard users.   "retro from metro". 

Really Ken, Like flying a airplane?.  This should not be as difficult or many hours required to learn how to fly.  Stupid answers just mean you don't have a valid answer. 

Windows 8 may be ok for touch screen.  My monitor is on the wall, Do I really have to get up every time walk across the room and touch the screen?

I like touch screen for my smart phone.  I like keyboard and mouse for my computer.

Ken please feel free to make your childish comment's about my response.

No sense addressing the real issue.

Windows 8 failed for keyboard and mouse.  Please make a "classic toggle option"