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November 22nd, 2012, 01:01 GMT · By Bogdan Popa

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Customization Power Makes Windows 8 More User-Friendly – Analyst

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Windows 8 has always been criticized for the lack of a Start Menu, but Netmetix Business Development Manager Greig Schofield says that all customization options provided by the new OS make it easier to use.

Schofield admitted, however, that Windows 8 has been specifically optimized for touchscreen-capable devices, but it still does its job on desktop computers that do not feature such hardware.

Even if it doesn’t come with the traditional Start Menu, Windows 8 can be customized in such a way that employee training is not required anymore. It supports so many customization options that it gets closer to Windows 7 in terms of GUI, he said.

"You have the advantage of Window 8 but can customise it to be like Windows 7 then negate that training need to some extent. So I'd say that's probably what will happen for a lot of businesses," Schofield was quoted as saying by CMI.

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Comment #1 by: Red on 25 Nov 2012, 06:44 UTC reply to this comment

The most horrendous new product or service I have ever been compelled to purchase, and I have had a colonoscopy. Of special note, are the " zombie apps" that cannot be killed with ctrl alt delete, they just keep popping back up. As Picard might say, Why TF are the most useful aspects of the software the hardest to find, grab and keep on the screen? My best hope is to painstakingly strip all the useless MS trash.


Comment #2 by: Disgusted on 29 Nov 2012, 03:35 UTC reply to this comment

Where is the help function? I can't even figure out how to change the * time setting and I've been pretty savvy with every OTHER version of Windows until now.

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