OT: I hate Windows 8 with the fury of a 1000 suns

I’ve just spent the last hour and half fixing a computer problem for my MIL, who unfortunately is running Window 8.

Now I wasn’t a big fan of this OS in the first place, BUT when I realized today how much of a pain in the ass it is to get to Safe Mode, I must conclude Microsoft is mind numbingly stupid.

In Win 8, you can’t use the F8 trick anymore to boot in safe mode. Nope, in order to get to Safe Mode, you have to boot Windows NORMALLY (yes you read that right), then navigate your way into an obscure menu, THEN drop down a few more menus to finally find the safe mode access options.

On the plus side, I did manage to fix the problem.