Hi David,
The Add/Remove utility has been renamed Programs and Features. Besides the name change, this utility now uses a more conventional list view for the list of installed programs which gives you the ability to use first letter navigation to quickly find the program you are looking for. You might want to learn how to use the Power Users menu in Windows 8 as it gives you quick access to Programs and Features as well as other helpful tools for managing your computer. You can access the Power Users menu in Windows 8 by pressing Windows Key-X. GW Micro conducted a two part webinar series on accessing Windows 8 with Window-Eyes. If you haven't already done so, please check out the webinar recordings and corresponding study guide worksheets available at www.gwmicro.com/training/webinar_training. These resources should help you overcome the Windows 8 learning curve. Regarding setting up a unified inbox in Outlook 2010, this can be done but it isn't an easy process because this is not supported natively by the application and requires using some type of workaround. Because this is a general computing issue not related to Window-Eyes, I will not be able to provide specific instructions but you can find a number of how to articles by Googling "outlook 2010 create unified inbox". To remove the clutter from the Outlook user interface and optimize its use with Window-Eyes, I would recommend turning off the Preview Pane as well as the To Do Bar. Both of these items can be turned off from the View Tab on the Ribbon. To help save you some time, press Alt-V followed by PN to access the Reading Pane options menu in the ribbon. Press Alt-V followed by B to access the To Do Bar options menu. Down arrow to Off and press Enter to disable each item. Keep in mind that Outlook doesn't always apply these view settings to all areas of the program so you might have to repeat this process for different folder views. The ribbon really isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. It has very good keyboard accessibility and can provide you with more information than what you receive when navigating a standard menu bar. You might want to check out the How Do I Do That video on accessing the ribbon available at http://www.gwmicro.com/Training/Tutorials/. Good luck! Kind Regards, Marc Solomon GW Micro, Inc. Sales Manager and Trainer 725 Airport North Office Park Fort Wayne, IN 46825 Voice: 260 489-3671 Fax: 260 489-2608 Web: <http://www.gwmicro.com> www.gwmicro.com Follow us on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/gwmicro> www.twitter.com/gwmicro Like us on Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/gwmicro> www.facebook.com/gwmicro Subject: Win8, need a bit of assistance From: David <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:59:39 +0200 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.
