Bring back Windows xp.

Sadly enough, Microsoft isn't the one that makes the touchpad do all those crazy things.  The OEM system builders add in that junk. And since every system builder like Dell, HP, Compaq, Acer, Asus... they all do it differently, I can't even tell you definitively how to turn it off.  Toshiba laptops even require you to go to the Toshiba website and download a separate program to turn off the touchpad swipes.  But again, not Microsoft's fault on that.

Fortunately most laptop builders make it easy to turn off. Dell specifically, but others too.

GOOD POINT

and i got to tell you that i am NOT impressed with Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 at all, microsoft can shove the Modern\metro UI up the A$$! I installed Windows 8.1 OEM System builders disk on a PC with only 512 MB of ram, and it laged so bad that i reinstalled Dell OEM Windows XP on that machine!, i also tried to "Upgrade" windows XP to Windows Vista, on a PC with2 gigs of ram, it was slower an less stable than Windows Melenium Edition in VMware, with 2 gigs of ram. It seems as if the "modern" Operating Systems are using MORE ram and More CPU resources than the OSs did, I understand windows XP is 12 YEARS old, and I also understand that modern OSes use more system resources. but the STABILITY, and USABILITY of the new oses is lacking, too. Microsoft specificly made Windows 8 for Tablets, even though it Works, that is all it does, it barely works and is functional on a Desktop PC.

Windows XP is Old, Obsolete and not to mention DEAD as far as Microsoft is concerned. It will Never "come back".

You're not really the classic loyal customer if you haven't used an OS they produced for 15 years.  Windows XP came out in 2001.

Still, using their new products doesn't lose anything.  Even if you skipped several versions, you could hop in today on Windows 8.1 and still use it just like you used XP, nothing lost.

You're not really the classic loyal customer if you haven't used an OS they produced for 15 years.  Windows XP came out in 2001.

Still, using their new products doesn't lose anything.  Even if you skipped several versions, you could hop in today on Windows 8.1 and still use it just like you used XP, nothing lost.

But I have used other OS, including Vista, Windows 7 and 8.1. A lot is lost.  I am not being ignorant. I have used, compared and have made a preference. Many XP functions which are important to me are missing starting with Vista. One is the ability to know in which Email Group someone in my email list may belong, without having to go through all groups to discover maybe the answer is none and I need to add that person to a group. May sound irrelevant to you but it is not to me. I still use an XP as of today. Actully make that 3. 3 XP, one Vista, and the wife has an 8.1 which is frustrating as can be for both of us.

That's not true, the ability to create groups in your address book has never been removed and remains in every OS Microsoft has made since and after XP.

After XP, in Windows Vista, they took the Outlook Express program, renamed it as "Windows Mail" and added some blue colors to the toolbar.

In Windows 7, that same email program remains available as an optional program (and also in Windows 8, 8.1, and 10).  They've never discontinue because so many people use it.

You could use it to if you want to, they never took anything away from you.  If you want email groups, you got it right here.

Sure, Windows 8 and after might come with a bonus tablet email app, but you don't have to use it. You can keep using what you used in Windows XP/Vista/7.  That's why they've kept updating it, just for people like you that want it.

Thank you for the replies. I appreciate them. Regarding "the ability to create groups in your address book has never been removed" that is not what I said. What I said is "the ability to know in which Email Group someone in my email list may belong, without having to go through all groups to discover maybe the answer is none and I need to add that person to a group." If it is in Vista, 7, 8, please let me know. I would love to be proved wrong. So, go to anyone in your address book, and see if you can determine if they belong in a group. I can in XP. I cannot in Vista, 7 or 8. When you go to the properties of any person in your Address Book, XP has a tab which says Other, which shows Group Membership. Please please, let me know where this tab is or any other ability is in Vista, 7 or 8. I email to 1,500 people in different groups, therefore, it helps me tremendously if I can keep track. Currently I use an XP laptop just for this purpose.

As long as you use the same program, it will be the same.  Other than the toolbar being made to look like Office, this is still "Outlook Express" you had 15 years ago. There's been no change of viewing who is in the group.

I don't know exactly where you are looking, but if you get or write a new message to a group, you can click the plus sign to see who is in the group.