Glad you got it resolved. But to your comment about W8's "Metro" interface, I agree 100%. Perhaps it is the luddite in me after years of being used to the standard Windows desktop, but I cannot stand the W8 start page with those "tile" things, and really have absolutely no desire to learn and get used to it.
Fortunately, there are 3rd party programs to make W8 look (pretty much) like W7. I use and recommend
Start8. It brings back the W7 Start Orb and you can set it to boot directly to the traditional W7 style Desktop instead of the new W8 Start page. And once you are on the standard desktop, W8 behaves almost exactly like W7 and, more importantly, how you expect it to work.
The only downside, though a small one, is it costs $5 but if you are as frustrated with W8's Start page as I was/am, $5 is well worth it. While W7 is a fantastic OS, W8 has more to offer - especially when it comes to security, speed (especially during boots) and support for modern UEFI based motherboards.
In other words, I would not avoid W8 - even if you truly despise the new interface. You can get around that.