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Hi Lane, <br>
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I have Windows 8.1. I'm underwhelmed by the start menu fix. I'm
going after something called Windows 8.1 update now. But that is
why I want to clone all these machines. I have put in considerable
work and made one machine usable. Initially these people would turn
on the machine and see the temperature in Washington DC flashing
permanently before them. Very useful in rural Rwanda. They also
got lovely things like recipes for baked halibut. Rwanda is
landlocked, equitorial (not halibut zone), and most people don't
have ovens, oh and it has nothing to do with teaching English.
Other than that....<br>
<br>
Actually, the biggest headache is the trackpad. It is very
sensitive and there is no adjustment for the sensitivity in Windows
8.1. People are losing lessons and then finding grade 1 lessons
have moved into grade 2 week 3 - because the trackpad slides things
around so quickly. Someone has written a little utility based on
very obscure Windows commands to change the track pad sensitivity.
It is one of the things that I want to get onto the cloned
machines. <br>
<br>
Thank you all for the help.<br>
<br>
-Claudia<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/21/2014 7:11 PM, Lane Copley
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<div>You have my pity. Be sure that your users have either the
8.1 which promises (I haven't seen it myself) the start menu
fix, or the Shell program (freeware). My sainted,
white-haired mother is much less unhappy using it than windows
8 standard.<br>
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Don't know what the hell MS thought they were doing, but people
seem to rely on their start menu more than they thought.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:10 AM,
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi All, <br>
I have 900 netbooks to set up with Windows 8. Well
actually, they already have Windows 8 installed. I have
900 netbooks to make usable since they are Windows 8 and
are being given to people, most of whom have never touched
a computer before. <br>
<br>
I have a vague memory that a company desktop technician
did some manner of cloning so that all company laptops
were identical. I also had the feeling that this is what
the techs at bigbox computer stores do when setting up a
newly purchased computer with all the official bloat ware.<br>
<br>
I would like to format these 900 machines and perform this
manner of cloning setup. Is this something that someone
at NB has done and can give me some tips on?<br>
<br>
TYIA, <br>
Claudia </div>
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