When you log into Windows 8, you are greeted by a Start screen populated by live tiles (constantly updating icons that hook into Metro apps) and conventional icons. In the screenshot above, most ...

Windows 8 was faster, more secure, and had more features than Windows 7. The new Start Menu was not popular, but it was revised with Windows 8.1. Windows 8 introduced numerous features that ...

Windows 8 is indeed, as many complain, two different operating systems with little in common. There’s the mobile-optimized Start screen and the more traditional Windows Desktop.

By now, you've either upgraded to Windows 8 -- or you've decided to skip the operating system entirely (at least until Microsoft does something about that pesky Metro Start screen). If you haven't ...

In fact, it is said to do the exact opposite of what people want it to do, and merely bring up the Windows 8 Start screen, but not the traditional Start menu.

Windows 8 might have issues (most notably the retardation that is most Metro apps on the desktop), but the Start Screen is actually a real strength of the operating system.

I completely disagree about the start screen vs the start menu. The only Windows 7 feature I use from the start menu is "search" and the windows 7 search just works better than the windows 8 search.

Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back. SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is ...

If you thought the transition from Metro to desktop interfaces was jarring in Windows 8, wait’ll you see the Windows 8 Start screen pop up with a sound effect that’s associated with the pre ...

If you like what you see, select Get to download the app. When the installation is complete, Windows 8 and Windows 10 will add the app to your Start screen.

For those who dislike the new Windows 8 Start screen, Walt Mossberg has tested two third party plug-ins that bring the traditional Start menu back to the Windows 8 desktop. (Photo: SweetLabs, Inc.) ...