Windows 8

I work in a computer lab at a Jr College. We are thinking of going to windows 8. But the notion of touch screens is down right idiotic. Having student bang on our screens. Leaving dirty finger prints. Very unsanitary. It is hard enough to keep the keyboards clean. Now the screens, which you cannot just wipe with a wet rag.

The students we get are mostly right out of highschool and we get disabled students. They have enough trouble just logging in, this touch screen menus without touch screens will be impossible. So now you have the screen filled with the "Menu" can cannot see your work just to look at your disk drive? Touch screens are useless. We also teach typing and most people are their for Word. Your hands are on the keyboard so why go to the screen, the mouse is closer and lest strain on the arms.

I will recommend that IT does not go to windows 8. Touch screens are not an option in a college environment.

Microsoft does not think about the school use of their OS. The OS is getting to personal. We need computers, security and ease of use for PUBLIC computers that can be easily maintained. I made a lot of tweeks to get things to work on XP and windows 7.

There should be a setting in Windows 8 to make it look like 7 for NO TOUCH SCREEN.

I do not like touch screens. I do not have a cellphone, notebook, laptop or I pad or any other yuppy Apple I thing. I am a electronics technician so I am very good with technology but my 40 years of experience says "KEEP THINGS SIMPLE". If you take away the touch screen Windows 8 functions the same as 7 it still uses NTuser! All my reg files work and other tricks. So it is just about a touch screen and moving things around again not making it better and there is still 10GM in the windows directory!

My question is how do I tweek it to get rid of the touch screen menu? Make it look like 7?

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