Trouble wrote-
Yes you are correct there is no Start / Start Orb / Start Button, I am sorry, but evidently Microsoft is not.
Yes you are correct there is no native ability built into Windows 8 to disable the Metro UI. So you need to get over it.
Or wait until some brilliant third party programmer comes up with a program to do so to your satisfaction. Which I'm relatively certain is right around the corner, but maybe not.
Wasting your time grousing about things you can't do would be better spent discovering things you can.
Regards
Randy
But if Microsoft are going to release the final version of Windows 8 to the public. They must give us the option to disable Metro.What's hard about that? They did give us the option in DP. I don't see the problem in letting us disable Metro.
Also in other operating systems like Linux, they don't have the Metro theme. And even versions of Linux like Ubuntu.They have a drop down Windows 2000 style start menu at the top of the screen. Showing all of the programs.
I think you can move the taskbar, or panel, as it's called on Linux to the bottom of the Screen on Ubuntu.But I am not sure.But it's a start menu. And you can also move your taskbar to the top of the screen, or the left, or right on Windows 7,Windows XP and Windows 2000 also.
I have looked at other operating systems besides Windows, and I don't know of any operating system that has the Metro theme.Only Windows 8.
So if other open source operating systems like Linux, which is aimed at people more experienced with computers. If they can give us a start menu, why can't Microsoft give us a start menu in Windows 8?
Microsoft are being awkward by not letting us disable the Metro theme. They have locked out all codes and registry hacks and third party software that would do this for us.
And they are also being cruel and spiteful by putting secure boot on new computers. So we cannot install Windows XP,Windows 7,Linux, or any other operating system.
So it seems that both Windows and Linux users are doomed to be stuck with Windows 8. When the time comes to buy a new laptop. Because if secure boot goes ahead, we won't be able to install Windows 7 or Windows XP on new laptops with Windows 8.
davehc,wrote-
Try this Andrea. if you like it, go with it. I am certain though, that there will be some useful changes before the final release, which may satisfy you..
Start Menu 7
But I don't want to pay for software. Is it free to use? Classic Shell was free and I liked the different start menus you got. You get Windows XP,Windows 2000 and Windows 7 and some other nice features. But Classic Shell does not work on Windows 8 CP.
And also I would rather turn off Metro altogether. As I found on my netbook Windows 8 ran a lot better with the Metro theme disabled on DP. And I was running it on a netbook. Andrea Borman.