Whoa, Microsoft producing a new version of their OS (think Millenium, or 2000, or Vista) that has absolutely no use case and is rubbish, because they make money off per unit sales and having an absurd amount of market dominance?
Windows 8 was not an operating system meant to be better than what came before, it was meant to get Microsoft some of that app store money. The priorities were thusly apparent.
Reinstalled Windows 7. BAM everything works exactly how you'd expect. Hell, it's refreshing not having a fullscreen start menu which takes 2 seconds to start using due to the fade in effect and disorientation you get from transitioning to "Metro" from "Aero."
I whole heartily believe Windows 8 is a waste of money and time for desktop. It should've removed Aero and been Tablet only.