Page 1 of Windows 8 users, help?

New lappy has 8.1 installed and as much as I hated the whole interface to start with I'm beginning to warm to it.

The annoying thing though that I just can't get over is the way the side bar interface and the clock come up on screen from the right hand side when you move too near it!
Had a look around the usual customisation areas but can't see a way to disable it. 
Any of you tech-heads got the answer?

Gracias in anticipation....

Jimbo : oÞ

"There`s that word again... is there a problem with the Earth`s gravitational pull in the future?"

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-charms-bar-completely-in-windows-8-1/

J Mark Oates

Thanks for that Mark, unfortunately didn't work.
It did lead me to some other links about disabling on touchpads etc., but although everything mentioned was there and I ticked/unticked as required... it didn't work 

It's the only thing left bugging the crap out of me and it's when I swipe up on the touchpad from the bottom right corner, not as a swipe just moving the mouse pointer etc. and up pops a greyed over sidebar on the right and a big clock on the left.

Your link did have an app download but I'm wary about things like that in case they aint 100% legit and clean.

Jimbo : oÞ

"There`s that word again... is there a problem with the Earth`s gravitational pull in the future?"

Right click task bar -> Properties -> Navigation tab, top checkbox!

One of the first things I did, which says a lot about how awful it is.


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Again, cheers Rob but I guess you didn't click Mark's link lol.
That's basically what iit says too but it's a touchpad swipe now causing the grief and although I've set the option to disabled it still happens.

Jimbo : oÞ

"There`s that word again... is there a problem with the Earth`s gravitational pull in the future?"

Hmm are you sure that isn't a third party app that came with your PC that's doing that? Or a feature of the touchpad driver?

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As soon as I go anywhere near the touchpad on a W8 PC it just swaps to the Metro screen.  It's a horrible experience.  Classic shell helped immensely.

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