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It was bound to happen some day. It's finally happened. Microsoft Windows as I loved it is dead. Let me perform its funeral and give a eulogy. Microsoft killed the Windows I loved. What remains is a system that you must use only in the way Microsoft wants you to use it. As XP is killed, Microsoft has forgotten long ago what the company was all about. It has turned into a battle with Apple &lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xpwasmyidea/~4/nZFx7ArOIxg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><link rel="related" href="http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/2012/08/end-of-experience-windows-is-no-longer.html" title="End of the Windows eXPerience: Windows 8 is not my idea" /><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/feeds/5212010932753802747/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1214071484973694188&amp;postID=5212010932753802747" title="12 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1214071484973694188/posts/default/5212010932753802747?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1214071484973694188/posts/default/5212010932753802747?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/xpwasmyidea/~3/nZFx7ArOIxg/end-of-windows-experience-windows-8-is.html" title="End of the Windows eXPerience: Windows 8 is not my idea" /><author><name>Gaurav Kale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04620798469170421294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/xSvF7U1NTJo/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>12</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/2012/12/end-of-windows-experience-windows-8-is.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUINRngyfyp7ImA9WhNTFUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-8745645623130340292</id><published>2012-10-18T16:08:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-10-18T16:23:17.697+05:30</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-10-18T16:23:17.697+05:30</app:edited><title>Here's a native way to bypass the Start screen</title><summary type="html">I thought this solution by KNARZ would get quite popular but apparently it didn’t get much attention, maybe because not enough people are using Windows Codename Desktop-Users’-Insult. So in case you are using this horrible OS or for poor folks who get it accidentally or on purpose when it goes on sale, try this:  Login directly to Desktop in Windows 8 (Bypass Metro UI) like Windows Server 2012  &lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xpwasmyidea/~4/SCl3Kho1lFE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><link rel="related" href="http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/2012/10/here-native-way-to-bypass-start-screen.html" title="Here&amp;#39;s a native way to bypass the Start screen" /><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/feeds/8745645623130340292/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1214071484973694188&amp;postID=8745645623130340292" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1214071484973694188/posts/default/8745645623130340292?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1214071484973694188/posts/default/8745645623130340292?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/xpwasmyidea/~3/SCl3Kho1lFE/here-native-way-to-bypass-start-screen.html" title="Here&amp;#39;s a native way to bypass the Start screen" /><author><name>Gaurav Kale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04620798469170421294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/2012/10/here-native-way-to-bypass-start-screen.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkEBRXs-cSp7ImA9WhBRFUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214071484973694188.post-8855212815094060099</id><published>2012-08-18T11:03:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2013-03-06T18:27:34.559+05:30</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-03-06T18:27:34.559+05:30</app:edited><title>The complete list of Classic Shell's reviews</title><summary type="html">

What Classic Shell Users Have To Say:     


Classic Shell will be essential to my business when W8 is released. Please keep up the great work!     asokasus Sep 26, 2012 
You Sir, finally brought back usability to the Start Menu. Thank you so much!     Anonymous Donor Sep 25, 2012 
Fantastic job thus far. Keep it up.     Anonymous Donor Sep 21, 2012 
Without ClassicShell I would have sticked to&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/xpwasmyidea/~4/Xri1gB10IfU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/feeds/8855212815094060099/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1214071484973694188&amp;postID=8855212815094060099" title="5 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1214071484973694188/posts/default/8855212815094060099?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1214071484973694188/posts/default/8855212815094060099?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/xpwasmyidea/~3/Xri1gB10IfU/complete-list-of-classic-shells-reviews.html" title="The complete list of Classic Shell&amp;#39;s reviews" /><author><name>Gaurav Kale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04620798469170421294</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>5</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://xpwasmyidea.blogspot.com/2011/12/complete-list-of-classic-shells-reviews.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>
