On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:17:23 -0400, Nil   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 26 Aug 2013, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote in alt.os.windows-xp:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 17:56:50 -0400, Nil   
   >> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>Windows 8 is not all that different than Windows 7, except for the   
   >>>Metro interface, which you can easily avoid.   
   >   
   >>    How?????   
   >   
   >To quote Philo's reply to you yesterday,   
   >   
   >"If you get Win8 a utility such as Classic Shell can easily turn of the   
   >unwanted interface and give you a GUI essentially the same as Win7."   
      
     With apologies to you both. I looked at Classic Shell at the site   
   and didn't get the impression it would give the acreen  the   
   classic "look" of earlier versions -- if it does.   
      
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