Windows 8

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Took three attempts, finally got it installed; but not in the location I wanted. Terrible; desktop is crap, no classic - do not want Aero or any theme; had no clue as to how to shutdown or reboot - had to use reset button to get back to XP Pro. I WOULD NOT recommend this 'new' OS to anyone. MY 'original' C:\ drive, as seen from XP and Win7 was no longer visible - Win8 had reset things so it was now on C:\ - could not locate 'original' C:\; which is a real bummer as it has all the downloaded programs for installation on XP, Win7 and/or Win8. Anyone have any ideas as to how I get make a my own desktop.desktop?

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Got it from here (that has this article as a source). Made it into a thread because of its significance for power users. Seems like the days when a few (idiotic) people from Microsoft are behind key-decision-making are sadly back. A move like this also is making me remember of the vista days, when end-users were the least worry Microsoft had, and bloatware features were embelmatic for their thinking. We'll find out tommorow, from early-reviewers, as the rc will be live today. LE: You can remove that tweak for windows 8 from WinToolkit now, Lego

Windows 8 Consumer Preview It's Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. And it's your chance to be one of the first to try it out. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview

There has been 11-12 updates released via Windows Update on Win8. Link to latest release:

Placeholder for the compilation of tweaks I'll do. Windows 8 CP Specific Tweaks: ;Add Power Context Menu Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell\Power Menu] "MUIVerb"="Power Menu" "SubCommands"="lock;logoff;switch;sleep;hibernate;restart;shutdown" "Icon"="shell32.dll,215" "Position"="bottom" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\lock] @="Lock" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\lock\command] @="Rundll32 User32.dll,LockWorkStation" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\shell\logof…