Where can we invest in Stardock? I looked at that over the weekend and thought "for $5, I won't even try the demo!
More stupidity..
"Don't run as an admin" - generally good advice.
New feature in Windows 8 Pro - ability to Mount an ISO image - BUT - you have to be the administrator! WTF?? I can log in as the local admin and there's a "mount" option when I right click an ISO (as reported in my earlier post).. I made my account a member of the local admins - no option. Logged in as the domain admin - no option. REALLY??
I HATE installing software that duplicates 90% of what's in an O/S, but I downloaded the latest Virtual Clone Drive and have the ability to Mount ISO images as a regular user.
No more ability to play DVDs in Windows without an optional codec pack.. Free from MS till the end of this month, but.. Installed the tried and true software that came with my add-on DVD drive that has worked since XP was introduced.. installed but won't play discs or VOB media files. VLC (free) installed and runs fine.
What's up with the PDF viewer?? (and many other new apps)? Why do they run full screen and have no (obvious) method to share the desktop with other apps? How often do you read a PDF of instructions while you perform an install or other technical process?
And JEEZ-WHAT WERE THEY THINKING when they developed the Office 2013 interface??? Didn't anybody over the age of 32 test this? There's no contrast between the sections of the display, the window borders are white with a 1px dark (not black) line on the edge, and 1px bars separate the different sections. It's bright white and dull white - my eyes are fried from Outlook 2013, and the other office apps are no better.
I'm trying hard to work through this, but the calls from the Windows 7 media in my desk drawer are getting louder and more insistent.
Glenn
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