{"id":691,"date":"2013-01-18T12:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T17:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2013-01-18T12:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T17:01:34","slug":"help-ive-got-windows-8-and-i-miss-my-start-menu-ars-technica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/01\/18\/help-ive-got-windows-8-and-i-miss-my-start-menu-ars-technica\/","title":{"rendered":"Help! I\u2019ve got Windows 8 and I miss my Start menu!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Christmas now long behind us, one or two of you may well have been lucky enough to find a shiny new Windows 8 PC under the tree. After cleaning off the crapware, it’s time to use the thing, and that means digging into the new user interface.
\nThe Windows 8 user interface has many Windows users divided. The chief complaints are that Windows 8 has no Start button and that it has no Start menu, only the (full-screen, Metro-styled) Start screen. Secondary to these is the complaint that Windows 8 shows the Start screen immediately after logging in, rather than showing the desktop as prior versions of Windows have done. Getting to the desktop takes an extra click.
\nTo address the unfamiliarity and (perceived) problems with the Windows 8 UI, a number of third-party applications have popped up to provide a Start menu, or some approximation thereof, and a Start button for Windows 8 users. They also pull some kind of trickery to switch directly to the desktop upon logging in.
\nSome of these applications are new, motivated entirely by Windows 8’s supposed “shortcomings”\u2014Stardock’s Start8, StartIsBack, and RetroUI all share this characteristic. Others are new versions of old apps. Classic Shell was originally a project to reinstate the Windows XP Start menu on Windows Vista and Windows 7 (among other things); it now has some Windows 8-specific functionality. Pokki is an application runtime, launcher, and marketplace; in its latest iteration it too jumps on the Start screen replacement bandwagon.
\nIf you can’t stomach the lack of menu and button in Windows 8 or just don’t fancy the support and training overheads that come from rolling out a new user interface to users familiar with Windows 7 or older, one of these apps might be the ideal solution.
\nFull Story: Help! I\u2019ve got Windows 8 and I miss my Start menu! | Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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