I'm having four separate windows come up while working with the creation kit instead of just one with four sections (as seen in the Youtube videos). Two of them are the render window, one is just a window and one has a tool bar. While following the tutorials the one with no tool bar is where my cell goes and I have no tool bar to make things happen. What can I do? Or is the creation kit just not compatible with windows 8 or 8.1?

Maximize the window with the toolbar.

The CK loads in "pieces" like that all the time.

The windows should remember their size and placement the next time you open the CK too.