I have not has PCS as long, but learned a while ago that if i hit Alt and F4 (together) once or twice (or more if not at the desktop), then it will shutdown any present program in the way and bring up the shutdown dialog.
But i always used the free reliable PowerOff utility (http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwshutdown.html, and Snap files is a reliable source), since the days of W/9x, and it still works.
And i added the Quick Launch to the Task Bar, and also made a shortcut to the Send To folder and place it in it, and then send shortcuts to programs or folders such as the Quick Launch folder to it (right click), and so i can send whatever i want to whatever i put in there.
Plus you notice that i recommended the neat Right Click extender, which (unzip it and run) offers many options, including Shutdown, etc.
Pray and press. If you are thinking, "why doesn't Windows do this, then Google for an answer to for freeware. One time i was considering my keyboard, and thought, i wonder if anyone has turned this into a piano, and so is searched for freeware, turn keyboard into piano, and found KB piano, which was quite versatile. not that i can really play anything of course. And the free version does not work on anything past XP, even in compatibility mode.
If you want to just select a word and hyperlink it, or make paragraphs, etc., italics, get Firefox and use the BBCodeXtra add on. i can give you some scripts, even though i really do not know html.
Pray and press is right lol
Thanks for the tips .
I really only use my laptop for listening to sermons and for my electronic Bible , surfing the net etc (have other computers for serious stuff as laptops are not really reliable )so it’s not so bad but I would not recommend anyone install it at all .
To me this os is not ready to go by any means.
It needs much tweaking to make things comfortable .
I don’t think it is worth upgrading to especially if you do any kind of serious work on the computer.Even as a cheap upgrade from Windows XP - it is worth to spend the extra and pick up a copy of Windows 7 for any kind of serious work.
Oh I almost forgot ... have you actually tried hitting alt F4 since you installed Windows 8 ?
It brings up a screen to switch/add a new monitor .