UPGRADE AND RESTART in Windows 8 Pro

THIS IS A SECOND POSTING - I MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN AND POSTED IT AS AN "ANSWER" TO A QUESTION. I just upgraded to from a Gateway laptop (with XP) to a Dell 2305 Inspiron One desktop running Windows 8 Pro (took advantage of your pre-release sale for

$39.95). This is a relatively new configuration and I can appreciate many upgrades, however re-installing software packages that ran fine of XP sometimes don't install smoothly and may leave modules open. Apparently the only way to close these is to Restart

the system.

#1 - UPGRADE AND RESTART: I keep getting a note that I need to BUY and register my WinZip 16 package even though I have a disk with an Activation Code on it. I think the original install was interrupted and left a file open ... so I restarted Windows 8.

Of course, that means that you are Updating my Win-98 OS with SIX (6) THAT'S RIGHT, COUNT THEM, SIX upgrades -- stated about an hour ago and is still on "Update 2 of 6." I'm typing this on the Gateway laptop which obviously if I am going to want to do any

business, I had better keep handy and functioning while Win-8 Pro grinds away installing upgrades. I need a way to by-pass the "UPDATE" function of a RESTART and let me do it at night when I don't need the computer.

#2 - RESET START TO ORIGINAL: In installing something, I have lost "some" of the icons on the START screen (like Games, Photos, etc) although all of the packaged software that I loaded (like Windows Office 2010 and its sisters) work well. How do I return

the Windows-8-Pro-supplied built-in functions to the Start Screen without having to re-install Windows 8 Pro or having to re-install my outside applications (like Corel suite)?

BTW- the Dell is still "Installing update 2 of 6" as I have been typing. Should I RESTART it again?

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