With Windows Blue you'll get a Start button in the bottom left corner -- but when you click it, it's the Metro screen that'll jarringly greet you, not a resurrected Windows 7-style Start menu.

Ahead of Windows 8.1's public preview release on June 26, we now know exactly how the resurrected Start button and menu will work. While it's still bad news for those of you who were hoping for ...

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 ...

In many ways, Windows 8 is just Windows 7 with a tablet interface layered on top of it, but—sorry!—no Start button. Users upset by the jarringly different Start page had no refuge from it ...

Windows Blue could restore the Start button, boot straight to the desktop "Windows 8.1" may let you pretend that the Start screen never happened.

Windows 7 Start Button Changer (W7SBC) is a stand-alone and portable application. Unzip it, run the application, and click on "Select & Change Start Button" to swap your icons. W7SBC comes with 10 ...

Converts the “All Programs” button in the Windows menu into a cascading menu (Vista and Windows 7) Implements a customizable Start button (Windows 7 and 8) And last but not least – it’s FREE!

Right from the get-go, Win8 StartButton displays a Windows 7-style Start button and Start menu. You can venture into the settings to tweak everything from the look (Windows XP, ...

Microsoft removed the Start button from Windows 8’s Consumer Preview version earlier this year, generating a lot of discussion and mixed reaction over a user interface element that was first ...

Click the Start button in Windows 7 and you'll see, among other items, the shutdown button on the lower right-hand side. The triangle next to it offers other shutdown options.

Windows 8 Start button / menu Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

Windows 7's Start Menu Properties dialog lets you change the function of the power button and prevent recent items from being displayed on the menu. Screenshot by Dennis O'Reilly/CNET ...