Yes, you can find free software on the internet that will allow you to tweak your computer's looks and feels to make it seem more like Windows 8, and plus you can also change the Start button, all you need to do is search Google for 'make windows 7 look like windows 8' and download the programs/tweaks from there, I also suggest you look up a YouTube tutorial before you do it, as these can sometimes corrupt your system if not done correctly.
To run internet explorer, you can click (or tap) the Internet Explorer icon on the start screen or type internet when the start screen is shown.
If there is no space on the desktop for icons, the icons will run off the screen. Thus the icons will not be displayed. If you use up the space, you could delete icons you don't use, resize the icons, increase the screen resolution, or create a folder on the desktop to move your less commonly used icons to.
Icons
Run the game on compatibility mode for windows 98 or windows me
Windows could run low on available memory to run all the programs.
yes. there should be a little icon for it on the bottom of the screen on the blue bar on the right side [blue bar meaning the bar with the start button just on the far right where the little arrow is] if you press the arrow a few more little icons shall appear, move your mouse over each one till you find it. when you go over the icons it says what the are by the way,
Desktop icons are created just by using the operating system itself or with the help of parallels. Parallels creates desktop icons for windows operating system on computers that don't normally run windows including macs. Other softwares include crossover and image-editing softwares.
This is to load windows up. It is basically CMD in full screen. To see CMD in mini version click start - run and type CMD.exe
Windows XP: Start>Run>Type cmd Windows Vista: Start>Type cmd in search box Windows 95/98/ME Start>Run>Type command
Reboot into safe mode (By pressing the F8 key when you start your computer) and see if you get the windows screen. If it is black in safe mode then means your windows is corrupted. If you can see the screen that means windows is ok. Run msconfig under safe mode then reboot and see if everything works.
Run your anti-virus program from the start menu.
Search and run "Personalization" at start menu search and choose Windows Classic Theme. Additional: Search and run "Adjust the apperance and performance of Windows".