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        <title><![CDATA[Problem with Windows 8?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3761249]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Format it and install an operating system.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Snak]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:05:11 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The ones that don't come with Windows]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3761177]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Like Solitaire and so on I suppose. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:47:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Am I really that rare of an exception?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3761016]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Yeah, Metro can get annoying once in awhile.  I've found that it doesn't really go away until you finally set some of the 'default program' extensions to another application.  ClassicShell takes care of the &quot;metro&quot; start menu nonsense and some of the explorer shell issues.  Now that I've done ClassicShell and set of default file extensions to use other applications besides ones that rely on &quot;metro&quot; I have no problems.  It works and feels like Windows 7.I love users like you just mentioned (love the phone iOS, but despise the same features in a PC OS).  They really do crack me up.  I completely agree, Metro (including the start menu) would probably be much more enjoyable with a touch screen computer.I'm a huge gamer.  I've had no troubles with any games on Windows 8, including many 'old school' titles.  What games were you referring to?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jestible]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 05:38:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And no Media Center...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3760951]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[unless you download it, that is.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 12:13:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well then you are the exception]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have just had one customer drive 1,200 K to get me to dump 8 and load XP at their demand.The problem with 8 is that they hate Metro or whatever Microsoft is calling it now though this is what i find funny they love it on their Windows Phone 8.So I can only surmise that for Metro to work effectively you have to have a Touch Screen. And the other big problem no games.Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:39:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vista Revisited?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3760647]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why do users have to go through so many girations to make an OS that cost them a pretty penny (thousands of those!) work??  I would think that Micro$oft, in its infinite gritty wisdom, leave many features off a new OS, in &quot;preparation&quot; for their next OS.  One of your writers said some years ago, before SP3 for WIN XP came out, that Vista was nothing more than the equivalent of SP3 for Windows XP.I downloaded WIN 8 Upgrade, which cost me $39.95 + tax, and still 'sits' on a DVD, never to be used  --my loss..  I will stay with WIN 7 for many years to come (I still have one PC working with XP Pro).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[elmarioc]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 10:55:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mac]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Get a Mac ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kurt.sampson@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:39:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No more tears - ClassicShell is here!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://www.classicshell.net/ - Take a look if your major gripe is &quot;ability to change to Windows Classic / XP / 7 interface.&quot;  I'm with, and against, you here.  While I find the Windows 8 modern UI Start screen a bit overwhelming at first.. it becomes intuitive after realizing you can simply start typing and easily find the results you were looking for.. like you should have already been doing in Windows 7/Vista (going thru a start menu to find an application is barbaric).  And yes, there are the weird changes with the Windows Explorer itself that I consider both annoying and pleasing at the same time (ribbon, address bar, etc); however, overall I find the entire experience rather nice.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jestible]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 09:17:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[0. Switch to Linux]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mint and Ubuntu are serious contender these days. If you're not married to Microsoft, you may find it to breathe new life into your older machines. If most of your work is online or with e-mail, this may be the ticket.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[guitarmanvt]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 05:29:43 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not a Linux zealot]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I used Libre Office to recover a corrupted MS Office document for a friend.It wouldnt open in MS office  - But Libre opened it fine, I resaved with a new name and sent it back - then MS office was happy once I had cleansed it through Libre - sheesh!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[crtlbreak]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:18:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unless of course]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Hardware has that New Beaut UEFI option. Attempting to change the OS could brick the system. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:50:36 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But M$ Office 2003]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3750014]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Can read .DOCX files though you do need to load the Compatibility Pack.But like all things M$ Word the more complex formatting that is involved in any document the less likely a different version of Word is able to open it. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:48:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Not a Linux zealot]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use Win XP and recently had to access a Word .docx file but MS Office 2003 could not do it so I used Libre Office. It did it properly. It makes me think that to maintain MS Office compatibility don't use Microsoft.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alfred@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:47:34 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Now remind me why we should use windows 8, again....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The GUI sucksMost of the software we have all come to learn and love doesn't work on 8Many of the common tasks have been hidden and are hard to find and useAll the Web bloatware gets in the wayIt runs like a snail unless you gut it and if you are going to gut it, getting a fresh copy of Windows 7 installed is easier, it runs better, it is easier to customize...Do I have to go on?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikifinaz1@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:35:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Application update]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3749655]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I will have to use the first cure for incompatibility - hyper-v. Two of the programs I use in Win XP have been upgraded for Win 7/8 but I find the upgrades vastly inferior to the XP versions. One has dropped a most useful feature in the old version in favour of the fashion of the month. The other has not been developed for Win 7/8 and the replacements by other suppliers do not have all the features I want.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alfred@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:49:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I call it habit...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-400671-3742323]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[it is hard NOT to call it that, as much trouble as my clients have with it. If Microsoft would ever separate it from the OS kernel; maybe it would join the annals of other celebrated browsers, and finally perform like Chrome, FireFox, and etc, etc.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JCitizen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:08:47 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows Exploder?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That was a Freudian slip, right? ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Suresh Mukhi]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:15:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NT not really DOS at the Kernel . . .]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[except for the following embedded DOS:using windows explodertry creating a directory or file with any of the following namesCONPRNAUXNULCOM1COM2COM3COM4COM5COM6COM7COM8COM9LPT1LPT2LPT3LPT4LPT5LPT6LPT7LPT8LPT9these are DOS reserved Port Names that were dragged into NTor try using any of the following characters in Directory / File names*?&quot;/\&gt;&amp;#60;|:these are DOS reserved characters for File / Directory &amp; Port handlingthat were also dragged into NTuntil I can have a File named:&amp;#60;/this is &quot;my * file&quot;\&gt;.|?|in the PRN directory then there is still DOS in NT]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Who Am I Really]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:40:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Change]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It sure seems that in some ways, Win8 is a step backwards for the sake of change. It desperately needs a Win7 interface so that businesses won't waste so much time learning the nonsensical changes.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ITOdeed]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:49:59 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[2nd note]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have an old dos based game called betrayal at krondor.  With a couple compatibility settings my nephew was able to easily get it running on Window 7.  Sound and everything worked just like it did when I ran it in Win 95.BillBill]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wdewey@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:01:07 -0800</pubDate>
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