Windows 8 without metro

We are considering using windows 8 on kids netbooks because it seems to run slightly better than our currently installed windows vista. We would like to keep a theme that the children can recognise and use easily but obviously windows 8 has metro. I would like to know if using ex7forW8 breaks and eulas / is illegal in any way. We can have win 7 pro or win 8 pro on our machines but due to boot speed im pointing towards 8.

Does anyone see issues with this software ? The reason I ask is because it requires the windows 7 disk to work in the first place and i think its modifying system files.

Any Advise
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Squeeky

I would be careful, these types of things can be broken when applying windows updates. I have seen it a good number of times.

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zak

Good point. Um ok i need to have a think about this clearly

only slightly better than vista lol?

I have seen it a number of times, but some people dont have the issue.

We put Windows 8 in front of a group of students (16 of them, aged 11 - 14) all who had never used it before. Didn't take much time to get the hang of it.

ok thats great information. Now the other end of the stick .... Teachers how do they cope ?

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Teachers how do they cope ?

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I didnt try, but i think i know what will happen :)

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I didnt try, but i think i know what will happen :)

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They won't even try and spend the whole time wineing about it instead, give them a kick and they'll probably get it fine, its just deploying enough kick with the new os

after making an msi and then packaging ex7forW8. I have determined that all it does is change the shell registry entry and use to the windows 7 explorer.exe in another directory Do you think im safe from Windows Updates ?

My previous place used a custom Shell on lots of machines so you should be ok i think. I think the danger is modifying the existing shell. If it makes another copy of the existing one you should be ok.

Yeh it modifies the existing one so I might give this a shot. However I am now having issues altering HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogin\Shell from batch or import or msi. Always getting You do not have permissions to access this key. Even as admin. Nevermind ill find a way somehow.

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Yeh it modifies the existing one so I might give this a shot. However I am now having issues altering HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogin\Shell from batch or import or msi. Always getting You do not have permissions to access this key. Even as admin. Nevermind ill find a way somehow.

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Right click the installer or batch file whatever it is and run as administrator. That should sort it.