On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 13:49:57, James E. LaBarre wrote: > On 11/28/2012 01:39 PM, Chris Knadle wrote: > > My friend with the IdeaPad P500 was able to install an application > > (something from Microsoft, but I don't know what it is) that gives > > Windows 8 a similar appearance to Windows 7 -- taskbar, start menu, etc > > -- so it is /possible/ to get the start menu back. > > Perhaps they have loaded ClassicShell > (http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/) and set it so that it goes > directly into the desktop rather than the interface-formerly-known-as-Metro
My friend is not very happy with the Microsoft-made solution (whatever it is) so maybe I'll suggest he check ClassicShell out, as that looks good. Thanks for pointing this out. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Dec 5 - SysAdmin Panel Jan 9 - High Performance Computing Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi
