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

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

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"

On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:52:37 +0000, BearvsBull wrote:

Thanks for the info.  Just loaded Start8 and it's the best $5 I've ever spent.  I've been looking for an apt like that but for some reason I didn't find it.  Thanks again.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

Thanks for the info.  Just loaded Start8 and it's the best $5 I've ever spent.  I've been looking for an apt like that but for some reason I didn't find it.  Thanks again.