Quote - There are also start menu replacements that can bring back the start menu, some paid, some free. Classic Shell comes to mind (free). Gives back not only the start menu, but improves the now less-useful Window's explorer and can disable the Charms Bar, hot corners and the start screen. Gotta love the open source folks ;)

Laurie

 

nice, but you shouldnt have to download 3rd party apps in order to restore functionality that should have been a choice to begin with.

when installing windows 8 there should be a simple option whether to use metro, or the classic UI - with the ability to change your choice afterwards through the programs/windows features menu. this would have been trivial to implement, but it was left out deliberately.

M$ is FORCING the Metro UI down our throats and that is my main problem with it. had it been there as a choice id have been far more inclined to give it a try. but this is all part of M$'s Windows 8 Phone/Surface Tablet/PC marketing gambit and its absolute bullshit that customers should not stand for - even if they prefer the Metro UI.