start button

I'm new to the forum and am not an IT guru.... just a senior that needs to have a working PC for my consulting work and hobbies. I built this PC back in 2014 with quality components that hopefully would last for many years. It has an SSD drive for windows 10 Home OS and program files along with...

Hi, i have recently power on my notebook after a week only to discover that start button and application toolbar is not responding, so i have to run programs using cmd R, i read that this is an issue with an update, how can i revert it? Im not able to uninstall updates or restoring from a point...

Upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 at Microsoft suggestion. Everything fine for a while. Then lost 'start' button - lost programmes list and had to right click to turn off. Somehow the button started working again (Microsoft update?). Again everything fine for a while. 1. Have now lost 'start'...

This is a story involving multiple computers. Computer 1 ("C1"), was upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 several months and never had any problems. Computer 2 ("C2") was upgraded, worked for a day and then the dreaded Start Button "Critical Error" message began. It seemed Norton related so I...

I've installed Windows 10. It's much, much better than Windows 8. I've been using in for a few months. The other day, the Start button would not actuate. After several restarts and cold shutdowns, nothing changed. I started searching around for solutions. By the number of folks who are in the...

So I just recently updated to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1, and it was working splendid until this morning when I hit the Windows button and the Start menu did not come up, I first thought it was just taking a long time loading but it never came up, I then tried clicking the button and nothing...

Hello all, I'm a new member, and I need help as soon as possible, well, like the title says, the Start/Cortana doesn't work. I tried that code using Powershell (admin), I did every step, I searched for help but nothing, I'm currently using Windows 10 64Bits (x64), I had Windows x86 once, it does...

I just bought a new computer and monitor (not a touch screen). I downloaded the newest version of Windows 10. I do not have the start button on the bottom extreme left nor do I have the settings app on my start menu. How do I fix? Thanks!

I have read lots of people are having this problem, have tried everything I've found, nothing fixes this issue for me. I did the free upgrade from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. As with many other people, the start button, Cortana, Edge, store, calculator - doesn't work and has not worked at...

So I downloaded Windows 10 on my Desktop and Laptop(using to post). My laptop had no issues what so ever. My desktop on the other hand, the start button stopped working after I restarted the computer. Today I turned my PC on and got this screen. it says Error Inaccesable_Boot_Device I have...

A disaster so far. Installation worked OK Desktop shows (rearranged but still all icons there) There is no Start button at bottom left, and anyway Icons at bottom of screen (taskbar and system tray) don’t work - when the curser moves to them, instead of an arrow it become an “I” and does not...

Hi I've got my computer all up and running again with everything installed and for the most part working. It's running very well, but there is a down side. Cortana has stopped talking again. I can clearly see that she is sending the speech signal to my Sound Blaster Card, but unlike last time...

Today i turned on my pc and the explorer.exe error appeared, i refreshed the screen and the icons appeared , but the start button didn't work , i tried to make troubleshoot but nothing... the worst part is that i can't acces the internet. Is there a way to star windows recovery\reset without the...

Hi. When I first bootup the start button and notification buttons are non responseive. I need to reboot the pc before it will work. Any clues as to whats going on? Also is cortana working for thenuk region yet?

Yeah so as the title says just upgraded to 8.1 Pro, Really happy with it so far ... Defiantly an improvement over Win7, Feels snappier, Wasn't a fan of the missing start button so a bought a program called Start8 its an amazing little tool that gives you a windows 7 style starts button so now i...

Okay, since this is very popular on forum websites. I decided to ask a few questions hoping for some answers 1. Is it true that Microsoft can't count? Why not release Windows 9 2. How is this going to be better then previous versions? I thought Windows 8 was horrible enough 3. There bringing...

How do I change the start button graphic to a custom one? Thanks.

I see that HP has decided to start selling Windows 7 machines again http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57617490-92/hp-resurrects-windows-7-pcs-by-popular-demand/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 I guess the Windows 8.1 and the start button gimmick didn't work out that well. Maybe with Windows...

Is this the new Win8 Start Button? http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww213/LaurieLou04/online/start_button_zps35df3273.jpg The reason I ask is because when I got Win8 (before the upgrade that had a Start button), I installed some app or something that gave me a start button. Then, I recently...

Hi All, Just wanted to share with you all of my experience with moving up to Windows 8.1. I decided it was time to start new so I installed Windows 8 Pro from the USB I had made. All went well after a format of C:\. So I decided to head to Microsoft Store to get the upgrade to...