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Old Title: when I move the mouse around the right hand side bar keeps appearing, when I don't want it to.
I recently bought a new computer with Windows 8 and have managed to work with it OK. The thing is that when I move the mouse around, the right hand sidebar with the Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings buttons (and the date and time, bottom left), keeps appearing. It is so frustrating as I keep having to click to get rid of it. Ironically, when I am ready to close the computer down, I have to fiddle around with the mouse trying to get the damn bar to appear so that I can get the settings button to shut it down. Are there any solutions for this?
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"I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any option to disable the Charms Bar in Windows 8."
OMG, when I pay hundreds of my hard-earned dollars, especially in this economy, I expect to customize my product after purchasing. Did Microsoft have regular people try Win 8 for awhile before releasing it?
Got it!!! Its simple, go to control panel, synaptics touchpad and disable side swipe function, simples. it was really beginning to annoy me.
Hi Deborah,
Thank you for choosing Windows 8 and posting your query on Microsoft Community Forums.
It seems that you are not happy with the “Charms Bar” in Windows 8 as it always appears when you move the mouse pointer to the right hand side of your computer screen and would like to know if we can disable it.
I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any option to disable the Charms Bar in Windows 8. I can definitely forward your suggestions to the concerned department.
Microsoft has designed it for making things faster and easier. The charms bar help you do the things you do most often, like search, share links and photos, connect devices, and change settings without any difficulties.
For more information, please check this link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/charms#1TC=t1
Hope this information is helpful.
"I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any option to disable the Charms Bar in Windows 8."
OMG, when I pay hundreds of my hard-earned dollars, especially in this economy, I expect to customize my product after purchasing. Did Microsoft have regular people try Win 8 for awhile before releasing it?
Got it!!! Its simple, go to control panel, synaptics touchpad and disable side swipe function, simples. it was really beginning to annoy me.
This issue was driving me crazy with my new week old inspiron 7720 windows 8. I even spent time on the phone with tech support who suggested using an external mouse. I followed your suggestion to disable side swipe function and it worked perfectly. Thank you.
Actually, I believe in order to be a beta tester for Microsoft, you have to not work for them. Heh
I believe anyone can be a beta tester for Microsoft products. I believe you have to go to connect.microsoft.com in order to sign up for available product testing and feedback ability.
By the same logic you used, no one could say with certainty that Microsoft doesn't listen to their customers. Personally I can see they must listen at some level, or some of the things they have done with Windows 8 through the 8.1 and 8.1 Update in April would not have been done.
I have not seen any evidence that Drew1903 was managing the forums in any way.
I'm unsure where the impression that Drew1903 called anyone 'stupid' came from. I could have missed it in the response, but it sounded like Drew1903 was expressing an opinion on the OS as well as an opinion on how others may have come to their opinions/conclusions. I'd say Drew1903 may have worded some things in ways that could be construed as confrontational by some, but I did not take it that way.
Having been involved in conversations like this for over a decade, I think what one reads into something has as much to do with their own attitude about said subject as the comment does in many cases. If someone has a complete opposite view, one might read into the comments as if they were attacking them personally.
Most of the long time responders in these forums, especially those that were around long before the forums themselves even existed, just wanna help people get the most out of what they have. There's not much they can do about changing the operating system anyway. Just offering alternatives and methods that give the people what they want out of the operating system. Many times using features built-in but not well documented.
I perhaps mistakenly assumed he worked for them because he said he was a win8 beta tester. I thought you could only do that if you worked for them. Also, he said it was absolutely not true that MS doesn't listen, leading me to believe he could only know that if he worked for them. How could so emphatically and confidently state this is not true if he does not work for them? Lastly, this is an official MS website, and I may have again presumed that only MS employees would manage it. Either way, the tone is uncalled for. Someone not agreeing with another's opinion doesn't make that individual stupid, but those that are pro MS have a definitive snooty air about them in most (not all) instances.
