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BobSagget
join:2005-06-23
Barrie, ON

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Re: [Rant] New Laptop with Win8 - do not like!

If your main issue is because of the start menu, try one of these to bring it back:

Power8:
»code.google.com/p/power8

StartMenu8:
»www.iobit.com/iobitstart ··· enu8.php

Start Menu X:
»www.startmenux.com/index.html

Classic Shell:
»classicshell.sf.net

Spesoft Windows 8 Start Menu:
»www.spesoft.com/free-win ··· enu.aspx

Taskbar Classic Start Menu:
»www.desktopapps.org/

ViStart:
»lee-soft.com/vistart

BringBack 8:
»www.revel-software.it/Br ··· ack.aspx

Handy Start Menu:
»www.handystartmenu.com/

Start8:
»www.stardock.com/product ··· /start8/

StartIsBack:
»startisback.com/

Start Button 8:
»www.startbutton8.com/index.html

Pokki:
»www.pokki.com/windows-8- ··· art-menu

Win8StartButton:
»www.quadsoft.org/moredow ··· oads.php

StartFinity:
»www.winability.com/startfinity/

Windows 8 Start Menu:
»sourceforge.net/projects ··· rt-menu/

Tweaks.com Start for Windows 8:
»tweaks.com/windows/63691 ··· -button/

Start Button for Windows 8:
»windows8startbutton.com/

8StartButton:
»www.totalidea.com/8start ··· ndex.php

StartMenuPlus8:
»www.winok-msixray.com/

RetroUI Pro:
»www.retroui.com/default.asp

Viva Start Menu:
»www.vivastartmenu.com/

Win8Starter:
»www.win8starter.com/inde ··· -en.html

Wentutu Start Menu for Windows 8:
»www.wentutu.com/

StartW8:
»www.areaguard.com/startw8

urbanriot
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join:2004-10-18
Canada

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... wow! I had no idea there were so many.

What would make my day is if there was one that restored the real start menu of Windows 7 and worked with the Windows 7 group policies. That would be a feat.

Gone
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join:2011-01-24
Fort Erie, ON

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said by urbanriot:

What would make my day is if there was one that restored the real start menu of Windows 7 and worked with the Windows 7 group policies. That would be a feat.

I would assume that Start8 doesn't have any sort of group policy integration, but for all intents and purposes it functions *exactly* the same way as the Windows 7 Start menu, including the way you can customize the icons, the search box, the layout, etc.
booj
join:2011-02-07
Richmond, ON

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If it was so trivial to implement a start button (as evidenced by the dozens of clones) then why on Earth wouldn't Microsoft provide a standard, bug-free version?

IT at my lab is forcing all instances of Windows XP off of our network this month. Upgrading to Windows 7 is painful enough.

digitalfutur
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join:2000-07-15
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There are 2 built-in ways to get the Start menu items back.

»[WIN8] Get the Start Menu Back Without an App