Well ‘Auto Maintenance’ will start up automatically when appropriate/after you boot up BUT whether or not it begins all over again, I’m not sure. I’ve never thought about it. :-\
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http://youtu.be/m5h9Kug5HTI?hd=1
It'll reduce hardware requirements so that lower cost hardware can also be used in Windows 8.1 systems.Trying to catch the XP users ?
They did one of the things I said in another forum that they should have done from the beginning.
##Ability to detect the hardware and enable appropriate user interface. Metro UI for touch enabled devices and Desktop for PCs.
If Windows 8 would have done that from the get-go, it would have had a much wider acceptance.
All very interesting, are they starting to listen after getting panned - win8.x, still under 10% OS market share and even worse than the initial Vista take up and we know what a lemon that was. Though I don’t know if it was ever a hardware issue stopping many XP users from upgrading. Businesses are still heavy XP users and for them it is all productivity/retraining staff.
I see more pushing/revelations for windows 9.0 (2015 possibly even this year) in the media now than windows 8.2 update.
Another Start Menu Button for Windows 8 etc (Till Microsoft makes it official)
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Start Menu Reviver 2 offers a better program manager for Windows 8.1
(I’m currently using this on a Windows 8.1.1 32 bit Dell Laptop)
That one is way too busy for my tastes.
I got a error that said “Display driver igfx stopped responding and has successfully recovered.” I tried to update the graphics driver like gateway recommended me to do. But apparantly the driver says “System don’t meet minimum requirements” Anybody know if this happens to a lot of people and if there is a way to fix it?
Here is my computer specs if it helps
Gateway NE56R41u
Processor: Intel B960
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
RAM: 4GB DDR3
HDD: 500GB HDD
Have you tried Driver Booster Free ???
Did you read the min. requirements and does your system meet those requirements ???
Its on the Gateway Drivers Download Page for this laptop. I’m getting tech support from Gateway/Acer now.
Have you tried the driver here?
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Graphics&ProductLine=Laptop+graphics+drivers&ProductProduct=Intel®+Pentium®+Processors+with+Intel®+HD+Graphics&ProdId=3524&LineId=1101&FamilyId=39
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Windows 8.1 update 2 said to arrive on August 12th
Since I’ll be in NY at that time, I’ll probably need to depend on someone else
to tell me if it’s finally returning an actual start menu to Windows 8.
Changes are coming to Windows 9 (Threshold)
(Beta should be available to some on 9/30/2014)
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Start Menu Reviver
Another Windows 8 Start Menu Replacement
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This one is fully touch screen enhanced but works equally well with your mouse.
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If I had a touch screen, I night work with this for a while.
Classic Shell is still my choice. Once Windows 9 comes out, Microsoft will be putting
their own actual start menu back.
Microsoft exec: ‘Windows 9’ to be announced next week
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A personal Observation:
A new release of the Windows operating system has always brought with it a new learning curve.
Some folks have forgotten that. Some have also forgotten that learning new things is what keeps your mind active and your body young. Something that’s more important for some of us than others.
For those of us that embraced and have worked with Windows 8 since it’s early beta days, we always knew it was a much better operating system that the prior ones.
It’s faster, more secure and, more compatible with older software than it’s predecessors.
For those that missed the traditional start menu, there had always been a third party program that fixed that oversight from Microsoft. Adding ClassicShell http://www.classicshell.net/
to the mix, gave you back the start button and added the ability to bypass the metro apps screen entirely.
We are about to embark on the next release of Windows. This new version will also have a slight learning curve and offer quite a few enhancement.
Change is something that can be embraced or hated but almost always improves what’s come before.
Bob G.
Personal Observation:
If windows 8 was so damn good why is MS essentially abandoning it - well its market share is pretty poor and people aren’t buying it.
Why are MS rushing windows 9 out the door - because they don’t want this OS upgrade to be associated with the failed venture windows 8, win8.1, win8.1 update1.
We all see things in our own light. You have your opinion, I have mine. I’m sure however that I’ve used Windows 8 at lot longer than you. 
And at this rate I will have never used windows 8 - only time will tell if I will be using win9 or win7 Pro - I don’t rush into anything ;D