On my copy the start button was a bit narrow and although I tried to modify this, I could not find any configurable options except for the option of auto-starting Power8 when the Windows starts.

Microsoft may recant its Windows 8 design theology, bloggers reported Tuesday, by offering Windows 8 users an option to bypass the "Modern" UI and by restoring the Start button and menu to the ...

Windows 8.1, previously known by the code name 'Blue', will be available for free to all Windows 8 users some time later this year. Microsoft will make a test version available at its annual ...

Windows 7 Start Button Changer. If you are bored with the look at the same old Windows 7 Start Orb, you can now change it easily. Click on Select & Change Start Button to select a custom Start Orb.

Whitney highlights just one example of the perils of Windows 8, noting that Microsoft continues to "feel pressure to justify its decision to kill off the Start button." The company received plenty of ...

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 Desktop mode is what I’d prefer, and the lack of a Start ...

Perhaps not surprisingly, the third-party devs say there’s still a need for their products, even though Windows 8.1 will be more friendly to those used to the traditional, or legacy, Start menu ...

The latest test version of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 software is missing one crucial button - the Start button and menu, an iconic part of Microsoft's operating system since 1995.

Windows 11 will let anyone with a compatible PC move the Start button, along with the rest of your taskbar, to its tried-and-true location. We'll show you how to do it.

Bleeding-edge users can download Windows 8.1 Preview now, but it's only available via an .msu package which invokes the actual install from the Windows Store. Be prepared to wait a bit: at about 2 ...