Well guys and gals..like it or not the windows that we have come accustom to seeing and using is no more...MS is not going back to the win 7 desktop OS that we are used to using...so you just as well get accustom to the new Metro style OS cause it ain't going away.
Of all the changes in Win8 this is the least important, how many people that ever touched the task manager actually USED the default task manager? The are literally dozens of third party replacements that are vastly superior, I'm not a big fan of the new task manager but ultimately it doesn't matter. I'll never use it anyway.
Installing MSE is hard blocked on Windows 8 - it's not possible to install it because Win 8 has Windows Defender
MSE v4 beta (up to a certain build number, I forget which, probably at least 1111 or 1113) could still be installed on Windows 8 CP, so it's not actually Windows 8 that locks it out, it's the program installer. No disrespect meant, just clarifying. I think the last build number before the final, and of course, the final itself, recognized that it's trying to be installed on Windows 8 and refuses. I have no idea if the beta which worked actually properly disabled the included Windows Defender or not, I just know that it did seem to install and work and update just fine (they probably use the same definitions, anyway). It is confusing, though. First, they skipped MSE v3. The build number of Windows Defender in Windows 8 CP is 6.2.8250.0 (same as the NT version and build number). First, why the continued disparity in brand names, and then the version numbers as well? Of course this could be changed under the RP or final, but why still call it Windows Defender at all now that it seems to be identical in function to MSE? Also, will the build-in Windows Defender get a notification icon like MSE does, or will it stay none at all as in the CP? Why not also change the program icon to the same as MSE. I don't blame them for having WD built into Windows 8, and having it the same version number as the NT version (although why Windows 7 wasn't NT 7 and 8 be NT 8 is another confusing and seemingly arbitrary matter). But perhaps they should've skipped v3 through v5 of MSE and gone straight to being 6.2 at least so it made more sense with respect to WD. What's going to happen when MSE v5 comes out? Are they going to have a separate installer for Windows 7 and before, and one for Windows 8? Or are you going to be able to install v5 over top of v6.2.xxxx.x in Windows 8 RTM? Of the last two options, the separate installers makes the most sense, I hate to say, but it makes even more sense to have them be compatible version numbers to begin with. They take the trouble to rebrand everything Microsoft Account (personally, I think this is too generic and I liked Windows Live better even though I really didn't use many Windows Live services). "How do stop this crazy thing!!!?!?!?"