Remember the Thomas the Tank Engine series?  All the little train engines strove to be Really Useful.  I enjoyed that aspect of the show when my son was growing up back in the '90s.   Perhaps we can learn from one another by describing some of the things we do that make our Windows desktops more useful for us.   I'd like to hear what YOU do to make your Windows 8.1 desktop Really Useful.   Here's some of what I do...   1.  NEVER, EVER SEEING Metro/Modern screens decreases distraction, and thus i