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Are there any apps that can help me replace the Start screen with Start menu? I searched in forum but found not too much options. Any recommend would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

It doesn't need or take heaps of "customizing". And maybe people won't react, respond or adopt well, willing or enthusiastically, even, w/ interest or curiosity IF they hear BEFORE they themselves bother w/ it, that it is a "mess". Rather would taint the notion of, even, investigating, for...

_______ , Maybe there could be room for not finding the Win8 UI flawed or something that makes people unhappy. Maybe it is ok & there is no need to make the OS into something it's not... that being some previous OS. Many people cannot agree that it suffers because it was made for certain...

I installed Fontagent Pro and when I rebooted my PC the icons in the start screen where missing. I guess I am just wondering if anyone has run into this problem and knows how to fix this bug. I must have a bit of OCD because it really bugs me when things aren't just so. Link Removed Cheers

1. Make Desktop the Top-Left tile & when you boot & come to the Start screen, hit ENTER. You'll go straight to Desktop OR 1. Have the Desktop tile wherever & when you boot & come to the Start screen, click on the Desktop tile. You go straight to Desktop 2. Have an Applications folder on the...

So you just installed Windows 8 Preview and have discovered the Start screen but no 'Start menu' or button as such. Well this guide will show you how to quickly configure your Start screen as if it was your old Win 7 start menu. This is by no means the only way and is just one way of using...

I will say, missing or writing the rest of an OS because of a certain Start screen is somewhere between sad & silly. Making an big issue, fuss & blockage over a Start screen, that not only doesn't need to be used (There IS choice) but, gets in the way of nothing, hardly makes grounded sense...

Entertainment, Science & Technology, Travel & more... MSN Home Page stuff. Presented a certain new & different way, "Metro" tiles, & in a new location, on a screen called "Start". Wow, now, there's a big deal. A handy icon can be on the desktop (taskbar) for anything, now or before. Here's...

According to the Windows 8 Preview FAQ, media centre is not included with Preview by default. It can easily be returned by the method shown below. Some websites are claiming that once the final version is released you'll have to pay for the use of media centre. As to how true this is I'm...

Hello, Today I have upgraded my Windows 8 Consumer Preview to Windows 8 Release Preview I didn't download the ISO image, so should I install the ISO rather than upgrading the previous OS? Does this affect the changes of some features or anything or it's just that nothing has been changed yet...

For all those getting their knickers in a knot over the Win8 Start screen... do you realize w/ THIS (See below) on the Taskbar, visits to Start are reduced by a little over 99.9999999% Start Tiles (APPs) in Desktop Window!! Here is a quick, easy way to have ALL APPS in a Desktop window...

With the announcement that we can expect the next preview iteration of Windows 8 as early as the first week of June, what would you like to see and then what do you actually expect to see? Does anyone but me think that if we are expected to swallow this new start screen, as a first, if not...

By Paul Thurrott In the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, we see a hint of the customization capabilities that Microsoft will be adding to the final release of the product. This includes, among other things, the ability to choose between a limited handful of Start screen themes. And while we know more...

Ross Cameron, Mike Fara, and Michael Myles, come together to host, discuss, evaluate, and explain the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system to each other and the broader audience at large. We talk about the Metro UI Start Screen, gaming performance, showing off new featres, and the learning...

Y'all are making far too big a deal over the Start screen. I used the DP for months; now the Beta non-stop since 29/2. Hardly ever visit Start. The lack of the old Start Menu & Windows orb is completely meaningless. The OS works just fine, as is. Between the following, there is noise & a...

On March 1st, Microsoft released a product guide all about the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. While the guide is meant primarily for businesses, it details many of the new features that are found in the operating system. The 15-page document touches on some of the key features that are being...

# windows8 Many people trying out the Windows 8 Developer Preview are noting that they cannot open some of the Metro style full-screen immersive apps when clicking on that app's tile in the start screen. This comes from having a screen resolution set below the minimum 1024x768 for Windows 8...

I recently installed some windows updates on my laptop and restarted the computer accordingly. However when I come back on it came to its normal start up screen and then froze there, I let it sit for about an hour and then restarted it again. This time it said there was a problem and need to go...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows When Microsoft corporate vice president Steven Sinofsky appeared at the D9 conference to unveil the Windows 8 Start screen earlier this month, I was transfixed. But the live blog from the event was lacking, and now that D9 has finally released the...