***Windows 8 for Dummies free ebook***

EDS

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Nov 11, 2012

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• Nov 26, 2013

• #1

A few of you have said you have had problems with windows 8 and I have came across this free ebook. It is from Dell and is totally legitimate, if anyone is worried about their moral compass.

This link will start the download straight away, so only click it if you want the book.

https://marketing.dell.com/Global/FileLib/Windows_8/windows-8-ebook.pdf

 

KZNSeagull

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Nov 26, 2007

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• Nov 26, 2013

• #2

Nice one. They may not be able to read it if they cannot work out how to use Windows 8, though.

 

shaolinpunk

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Nov 28, 2005

7,187

Brighton

• Nov 26, 2013

• #3

As soon as you download Classic Shell you can just use it as normal windows rather than the abomination that it tries to be

 

EDS

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Nov 11, 2012

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• Nov 26, 2013

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shaolinpunk said:

As soon as you download Classic Shell you can just use it as normal windows rather than the abomination that it tries to be

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Once you get used to it, it is not that bad. But I do agree that the older ones were easier to use, also it helps to turns off the mouse swiping(or whatever it is called) as you can be doing one thing and accidentally end up on something else.

 

Publius Ovidius

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Jul 5, 2003

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• Nov 26, 2013

• #5

does anyone know if there is a freebie download of VISIO tutorials anywhere? i know I am a cheapskate and will if have to get a book, but if there are on line documents out there, that would be great.

actually i have just found one on Microsoft OFFICE page.

sorry

 

EDS

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• Nov 27, 2013

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If you still need some let me know and I will put up some links

 

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seagull_in_malaysia

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• Nov 27, 2013

• #7

I don't see why people hate it so much. I upgraded from Windows 7 (got an upgrade offer for 10 pounds with the laptop) and yes it is quite different, but once you stop resisting the changes and embrace them I think it works a lot better.

E.g. at first I didn't use any of the programs which open in the full-screen start bar, but once I tried them some of the default ones are actually quite good (the photo viewer, music player, e-mail viewer especially). You can also pin them to the left- or right-quarter of the screen and still have a "fullscreen" desktop which is pretty handy for my radio app.

If you get 8.1 you can also boot straight to the desktop which is pretty handy.