These free and low-cost utilities bring a classic Windows Start menu -- and respite from Metro annoyances -- to Windows 8 Search as you might, you won’t find a single bigger source of ire in Windows 8 ...

Question from today's mailbox: Is there a way to get the old-style (Classic) Start Menu back in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview? I've lost count of how many times I've been asked the question over the ...

Two other popular programs include Power8 (open source and free to download) and ClassicShell (also free). None of these three programs should affect the overall performance of Windows 8, minus the ...

Desktop users of Windows 8: you don't have to fear the Metro start menu! I, too, was at first taken aback when I'd be shunted back to the Metro Start page after clicking the phantom start button, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A quick guide to re-enable the Windows 8 Start menu and Start button orb. A quick guide to re-enable the Windows ...

A Quick Starter feature available for Samsung's Windows 8 computers and tablets offers both a Start button and a toolbar. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Microsoft is dead serious about killing the classic Start button and Start menu in Windows 8, and is reportedly disabling hacks that bring them back. Paul Thurrott, a well-connected Microsoft blogger, ...

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