I have just put my hands on a Windows8 machine. Unfortunately, it came with a good portion of junk and crabs on it. And making the jump more or less directly from WinXP, I am a bit lost with the new screens of Windows8.
First of all, where do I go, to get to the Add/Remove feature under Windows8? I guess you can hit the Win-key, and type something, then get quickly to the uninstaller. But all I try, typing things like "uninstall" or "Remove", I don't get anywhere. Using the tab-key, only repeats a list of several Windows apps, and Google chrome. But that list stays the same, no matter what I put in the search box of the start menu. So I have a feeling, there must be another approach for uninstalling software. Even when I tried to enter "control panel", the list of features was that different from what i expected, and nothing about Add/Remove, that I simply left it alone, and hope for some more experienced person to guide me a step further. Secondly. The computer has Office 2010 installed, along with Outlook 2010. I have a couple of issues with the Outlook. I managed to add on two different mail accounts. Yet, they show up, with each their individual Inbox. I would have prefered to have them all go to same inbox, if possible - like in my old Outlook Express. Further, when I arrow down to one of the inboxes, hit Enter, I am placed in a list. I guess, I should have seen all the incoming mails here. In one of the inboxes, there is only one (the very newest one). In the other inbox, there is none. This is really strange, specially since the computer has given me the "incoming mail sound", a few times. So, there really should have been several mails. And I can confirm this, by checking my mail accounts from my old computer. What setting would I be missing here? Also, if I am in the list of mails, I then tab once, and end up on something that is reported as "Day View", or quite close to that. This one, says the date of today, and gives me a start and end time, with only one minutes difference. I did look in the ribbon under the View menu, but can't seem to find anything that would affect this. How can I get rid of this "day view"-thing, or make any educated and reasonable use of it. Well, I never planned to upgrade to Windows8, and I have stuck with my well-working Office 2003, way up til now. But sure enough, it blows my mind, to find my way around that new Windows8 design, and I hate the ribbon of the modern-day software. But that is just what we get, now aday, so might as well do the plunging now. I just would greatly appreciate a bit of guidance from any user who would have some kind of feedback on these issues. Thanks alot, If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
