Agent Orange
Veteran Member
If you recently upgraded to W8, like I just did, you'll be in for a few surprises. You're going to spend time looking for features that you had grown accustomed to in W7, only to discover that they no longer exist in the new version. Gone are the Start Menu, Gadgets, Games, and Windows Media Center.
Never fear as workarounds abound:
The Start Menu can be replaced with a utility from Star Dock for a small fee.
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8. You will be able to toggle back and forth between the W7 Start Menu and the new so called W8 Metro.
W7Gadgets has been scrapped in favor of the tiles that appear in Metro. There is a free down load that will get most of them back for you. http://8gadgetpack.bplaced.net/
Games that you've been playing since the WIN98 days are also gone, in favor of some new stuff, that must be down loaded from the Microsoft Store. A few are free, but for the majority, you will have to pony up. The following link will reload all of your W7 games, with all their settings and scores, providing that you installed W8 as an upgrade.
https://hotfile.com/dl/156447161/4da4ff2/mgms_x32x64_1.2.rar.html
The Microsoft Media Center is also MIA. Microsoft has special deal for you if you act before January 1, 2013, else it will cost you big bucks. If you are a current W8 licensee with a valid key, you can down load the W8 compatible Microsoft Media Center for free from the following link.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs
Never fear as workarounds abound:
The Start Menu can be replaced with a utility from Star Dock for a small fee.
http://www.stardock.com/products/start8. You will be able to toggle back and forth between the W7 Start Menu and the new so called W8 Metro.
W7Gadgets has been scrapped in favor of the tiles that appear in Metro. There is a free down load that will get most of them back for you. http://8gadgetpack.bplaced.net/
Games that you've been playing since the WIN98 days are also gone, in favor of some new stuff, that must be down loaded from the Microsoft Store. A few are free, but for the majority, you will have to pony up. The following link will reload all of your W7 games, with all their settings and scores, providing that you installed W8 as an upgrade.
https://hotfile.com/dl/156447161/4da4ff2/mgms_x32x64_1.2.rar.html
The Microsoft Media Center is also MIA. Microsoft has special deal for you if you act before January 1, 2013, else it will cost you big bucks. If you are a current W8 licensee with a valid key, you can down load the W8 compatible Microsoft Media Center for free from the following link.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs
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