The crap on my disk may be restore points. There's no hibernation file - that's off (it's only necessary if you hibernate; you don't have to live with it)
How does start8 stop pdfs from fullscreening or older software from failing to install? Isn't it just a start menu replacement? I didn't have a problem with that. I had a problem with opening a pdf from the desktop, then win8 forcing me into fullscreen view - I couldn't fix the installation problem side-by-side with the tech notes.
Install adobe reader on the machine and it will open pdfs on the desktop only as well even if they are launched from metro.
Right click something that doesn't work or install on windows 8, go to properties, compatibility and select windows 7. Then run it again. It will work as before, unlike every other vendor out there.
Hell it'll even run 32-bit stuff I compiled for NT4 on Visual C++ 4.2 with dynamic linking in 1997 without a problem! Cant really fault that since the same era Linux binaries or Solaris binaries won't work from back then.
Fair enough on start8, but I will note that compatibility mode didn't work - that's the first thing I went for. I've always found compatability mode to be spotty - probably about half/half in terms of success.
As for linux binaries, I have a sysadmin friend that boasts that some stuff he wrote in '95 works without a hitch on modern linux, so it's not a cut-and-dried affair there either.
How does start8 stop pdfs from fullscreening or older software from failing to install? Isn't it just a start menu replacement? I didn't have a problem with that. I had a problem with opening a pdf from the desktop, then win8 forcing me into fullscreen view - I couldn't fix the installation problem side-by-side with the tech notes.