Re: reinstall Windows 11 every two months

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 18:38:29 -0400, Paul wrote:
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Windows 8.0 had the "full screen mode" for Apps, where the App lacked an
"X" for dismiss, in the upper right corner. You could use Alt-F4, to
escape from that. There is a video of a test subject, who kinda freezes
up and does the "deer in the headlights" face, in response to there
being no "X"
in the corner :-) That got fixed in Windows 8.1 .

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Windows 8 was an attempt to come up with a common UI for both regular
“desktop” and “mobile” Windows (phones, tablets).
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This turned out to be a really bad idea. And not just because the “mobile”
UI had its own problems.

  I purchased the introductory Win8 Pro upgrade for $40, the UI was
ridiculous beyond imagination, but a quick Google search led me to
Classic Shell (now forked I believe) which restored sanity (the start
menu basically).  Once one did that, Win8 was a pretty great OS.