Windows 8.1, which will be available for download in a preview version on June 26, will feature the good old Start button in desktop mode. Users who dislike the new Modern UI/Metro interface will ...

Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year.

It makes the whole PC work the same way.” So Microsoft is simply bringing back a Start button that will be enabled by default in Windows 8.1 and works across the desktop mode and Start Screen.

Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start Button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year.

Ahead of Windows 8.1's public preview on June 26, Microsoft reveals some new changes coming to the OS, which includes a new Start button, IE11, and search.

It’s official: the Start button is coming back to the Windows desktop … sorta. Microsoft just released a series of new details on Windows 8.1, the upcoming revamp of the operating system ...

With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

Left clicking the Windows 8.1 Start button still takes you to the Metro interface, though; if you want an actual Start menu, you'll need to install a third-party app.

According to her sources, the update may restore the Start button to the Windows desktop, as well as give users the ability to bypass the Start screen entirely at boot.

The two most disliked aspects of Windows 8 – the lack of a Start button and inability to boot to desktop – may finally be addressed in Windows 8.1, aka “Windows Blue,” an update to the ...

A pair of reports have Microsoft considering a boot-to-desktop option in Windows Blue, an update to Windows 8 that's expected to arrive this summer.

While Microsoft's Windows 8 Metro layout is stylish, it lacks the ease in navigation and functionality of the classic Start menu. To help with that, here are 8 Start menu replacements for Windows 8.