During Windows 8's initial startup it says "Hi." then goes through a few screens and says "After your computer is ready" (screen changes) "move your mouse into any corner"  --  the first time I did setup, I walked up to it while it simply said "Move your mouse into any corner" not realizing that this was just a splash screen during the install and I went half crazy trying to figure out where the mouse pointer was.

Even more confusing in a virtual machine when your corners do not really exist and moving past the 'corner' aka over-shooting it is q

I think it's also pretty stupid on their part to call it "mouse" when it's actually the cursor that gets 'moved into any corner'. They're supposed to be smart enough to know that, right? 

And (ahem!) 'any corner'? Not true. It's only 3 corners that are "hot" at login: upper-right, lower-right, lower-left.

I'm actually dual-booting 7 and 8.1, and enjoying them both...I like 8.1 ok now that I've become adept at using it, customizing it, etc. But I do agree that their opening 'tutorial' is just stupid, not well thought out.

It is simply an introduction movie that plays while Windows 8 is installing. I can agree it can be confusing, but it is similar to the Windows XP tour that was included with Windows XP. It was simply telling you that you can move your mouse into corners to activate the charm bar and start menu. 

It is simply an introduction movie that plays while Windows 8 is installing. I can agree it can be confusing, but it is similar to the Windows XP tour that was included with Windows XP. It was simply telling you that you can move your mouse into corners to activate the charm bar and start menu. 

Um...whether you call it an 'introduction movie' or a 'mini tutorial' is merely semantics, my friend. It's still what it is, and it's less-than-accurate, worded incorrectly, and not very helpful. Even if it was meant to be something to look at during set-up, nothing more, they could have done a better job with it, being the techies they're supposed to be, right?