Well, it’s been a few months of using Windows 8 full time on every device. I learn most technology like the rest of us, by playing around with it. But if I have learned one thing about Windows 8, you will never find all the features, shortcuts and navigation without doing some reading. Too many Windows key shortcuts, changes and the plain inability to run common tasks without learning how.

It can be quite frustrating to try and figure out on your own. I just picked up a Windows 8 for IT professionals book and there has been plenty of ‘Oh…..’ reactions.

Read articles, buy a book or magazine, take a class. If you are a home user you will have a much more pleasant experience, if you use Windows 8 at work or your employees do, productivity depends on it.

One thing is for sure, Microsoft has changed navigation on Windows 8 more than any other version upgrade. You could argue Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 was as big a shift I suppose. And I think it’s fair to say newer versions of Windows to come, will have a large percentage of these new features carried forward. Therefore training and learning now, will pay dividends into the future!

Written by Bret Erickson of Passkey Computer Services

http://www.passkeyinc.com @passkeycs