{"id":36260,"date":"2012-08-16T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=36260"},"modified":"2012-08-16T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:25:35","slug":"8-steps-to-get-windows-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/8-steps-to-get-windows-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Guides: 8 Steps to Get Windows Right ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8stepswindows.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"8stepswindows\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36264\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<h2>8 Steps to Get Windows Right ?<\/h2>\n<p>Windows \u201cversion 8\u2033 is upon us. Bringing changes to the old, the safe, the familiar. Some say the changes are for the best. Others dread them, swear to keep the Seven (or XP)  for a long time to come. Some even say they will never abandon XP as long as there\u2019s hardware to support it. That is how changing things affect us.<\/p>\n<p>However, things that seem new and daunting will undoubtedly after a period seem like the most natural thing in the world \u2013 something you just can\u2019t imagine life without. Do you think that the changes in \u201cVersion 8\u2033 are something you can live without ?<\/p>\n<p>Some 20 years ago when Windows had reached the age of 3, people had not yet gotten used to the expressions \u201cDouble-click\u201d or \u201cRight-click\u201d, \u201cDrag and Drop\u201d, \u201cMinimize\u201d, \u201cMaximize\u201d. Common users also were quite skeptical to this new fancy gadget called a \u201cMouse\u201d. Very few people could imagine using this \u201ccontraption\u201d for work and even fewer seeing it as a time-saving device. Can you imagine life without it today? Maybe you have to \u2013 the introduction of smart-phones, tablets and the upcoming Windows 8 \u2013 might force you to re-imagine life \u2013 without it\u2026 back to square one as it were.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows \u2013 PRE-history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1976, two friends (which set out to revolutionize the computer industry) had already introduced their new invention; the APPLE-1. Back then if you wanted to get a Personal Computer you would have to buy all the parts and assemble it on your own. The two Steve\u2019s (Wozniak and Jobs) \u2013 changed that and sold their Apple Computer with fully assembled circuit boards (with over 60 integrated circuits). You would still need to assemble the box, power supply, power switch, keyboard, and monitor, but it saved the user a whole lot of work and frustration.<\/p>\n<p>About two years later, two highly enthusiastic friends, Bill and Paul (Gates and Allen) founded Micro-Soft (today known as Microsoft). 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