Start8 1.20 Changelog
-Updated for Windows 8.1 Preview build compatibility
-Start8 allows customizing the Start button image AND provides a desktop Start menu
-Added new prompt on first run to select a default button image. Upgrade installs will not see this prompt.
-When running on Windows 8.1...
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Microsoft rolls out a preview of Windows Server 2012 R2 ahead of Build 2013 that hints of new Windows 8.1 features: new Start button options, ability to disable hot corners, and confirms boot-to-Desktop. The post Windows 8.1
Source: Yahoo! News
Many of you may know Windows 8.1 is on the horizon. I received an E-mail for Microsoft today geared towards IT Pros. It lists & discusses many features, tweaks & enhancements included in 8.1
Most of the article relates to business & info for us IT Pros working with & for business clients...
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Mary Jo Foley has an article running which almost confirms a few of the rumours:
Windows Blue named Windows 8.1.
Blue to be free.
Available through the Store and not Windows update.
Initial public preview release end of June 2013.
Release to manufacturing around August 2013.
Includes GUI...
Microsoft's Windows Blue update is sure to bring a lot of changes to Windows 8 , and chief among those could be a boot to desktop option and the return of the Windows Start menu. Windows Blue (now being referred to by some as Windows 8.1 ) could add these major features, Windows staples that...