Win 8 is very much into the permissions area. OSX is doing something similar with hiding various system/app folders so users cannot touch them (I downloaded an applescript yesterday which makes them all visible.)
In Win 8 the permissions for the applications folder are very strong. You need to change the permissions of the parent folder to change anything within. On Win 8 I ended up making shortcuts to various utilities and folders for fast access.

Cheers LOTR

That bit of info was welcomed, but I can't help thinking that Win 8.x is a "bodged up" job, i.e. a tablet OS forced onto a PC.

This is basically why I don't want to spend my time wrestling with a system to get my work done. I can appreciate the intellectual kick someone may get from solving the new daunting puzzles and conundrums Win 8.x may throw at you, just like I got when I worked on Win 3.0, 3.1, WfWG 3.11, W95, NT & XP, but since retirement enough is enough.

I'll probably end up getting a cheap 10" android tablet in the new year for non-work stuff, e.g watching catch-up TV, browsing (non-financial), digital books, etc. while keeping my XP PC for my important stuff.


UK Bob

Hi Forum Members

This morning my son was using his laptop as normal, the machine is about 3 weeks old, and suddenly it lost it's wi-fi connection. And of course he came to me to sort out, what else are Dads for.

Anyway, after checking that my modem, wi-fi signal strength and IP addresses were as they should be I checked his laptop. I found that the machine was trying to connect to a different network's wi-fi signal and, what's worse, it could no longer see my modem's wi-fi.

At this stage I felt I had no other choice than to action a previous restore point, 23rd December to be exact. Once done, the laptop regained my modem's wi-fi signal and my son could access the Internet again, and all that was left to do was re-update my son's Norton Internet Security software.

My question is (to anyone out there that may know the answer) how is it possible for Win8.1 to suddenly abandon the Internet signal it is using, seemingly delete that signal and all it's properties, and then try to unsuccessfully connect itself to another wi-fi signal?

Please note, that the laptop has a fully updated copy of Norton Internet Security installed on it, the same software I use, and he never uses the Internet without sand-boxing his browser.

My son is now using his laptop again, without any further difficulty, but the problem I just fixed has me stumped on how it started in the first place.


UK Bob