On 10/15/13 12:20 AM, Allen wrote:
It appears for upgrade in a couple of days. Looks like the start menu button
is back but the horrid metro interface is called. Is that true?
Hi, Allen
I have a developer release of the real 8.1, which I just installed as an
upgrade over my dual-boot Win 8. Install went very well, and I did not
lose any applications.
Yes, there's a start BUTTON but no MENU. I already had Start8 (menu)
and ModernMix (Metro apps in a window), the upgrade preserved them, and
you will definitely want them. $4.99 each from Stardock.com.
I haven't seen any bugs yet, but you will definitely need to plan a lot
of time for setup. There are some very nasty privacy issues around the
use of Bing to target advertising. You can turn it off, but you'll need
to work at it.
Worst thing I've hit so far: under Privacy, went to turn off the
targeted advertising. There's a video to play on how advertising is so
good for you. But it's a Flash video (I thought MS didn't like Flash!),
and it wanted to update my Flash Player. I said OK, and then noticed
that the update included McAfee "Security Scan Plus".
I un-checked it ok, but you should NOT be getting drive-by downloads
from a Microsoft program!!
Anyway, whether you like it or not, it works fine.
Dan
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