Love it or hate it, Windows 8's most significant user interface change is the Start screen and its accompanying Metro environment. It replaced the classic Start menu and is the first thing you'll see ...

Q: I recently upgraded my computer to a Windows 8 system, and so far I like the new operating system. As suggested by many articles, I find that I can do most everything on Windows 8 without the old ...

Windows 7, I presume? No, Windows 8 running Win8 StartButton. I’m trying to like Windows 8, really I am, but two aspects feel like a slap in the face: Forcing me to boot into the Start screen when ...

The two most disliked aspects of Windows 8 – the lack of a Start button and inability to boot to desktop – may finally be addressed in Windows 8.1, aka “Windows Blue,” an update to the maligned due ...

Microsoft this week gave customers a bare-bones peek at the future of Windows, saying that the next iteration after Windows 8.1 Update will restore a Start menu and let users run “Metro” apps on the ...

The Start button in Windows has changed in form over the years, but we could always count on it to function as a convenient launch pad for all our programs, applications, and tasks. So what does ...

Because Microsoft thinks it knows what’s best for users and apparently wants to confuse the living daylights out of them, Windows 8 has no Start button. I’ll just say that again so it sinks in: ...