I have had Windows 8 for exactly a year now. My DH will confirm that I nearly tore my hair out ~~one by one~~ until I went past some learning curve. And things have been calm ever since. I am only half way through reading everyone's posts and I can totally relate and you have made me laugh.
XP was their best operating system and why they messed with I don't know. I haven't downloaded Window 8.1 yet. I have learned quite a few new things just by reading the posts on this thread. I have learned to google my questions about windows 8 and it causes me to move forward... slowly at times but forward nonetheless! That is a good thing... I think