Start8 - Bringing the Start Button Back to Windows 8
Monday, March 5, 2012 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
You might have seen it in our forums or on our Facebook pages, but with the consumer preview release of Windows 8 many users discovered the traditional start button is gone! No worries though, Stardock has already begun putting an app together that brings back the start button and then some!
Introducing Start8.
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Start8 will available sometime in the next week or so. Signup here to be notified and be one of the first ones to try it.
Reply #2 Monday, March 5, 2012 11:31 AM
Based upon the forums thread that have be written by community members trying out Windows 8 I have decided to wait to see what just happens with this new OS version. 
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:48 AM
I'm on Day 3 with Win 8 and here's how its going. The Dual Boot Tool works perfectly for me on Win 7 64. The biggest problem I have is this jumping back to the Desktop thing when you run anything that isn't Metro. If they go Metro, they'll have to rename it to just Metro since there are no Windows. Some win 7 programs run funny, some not at all ( My wife's BIg Fish games won't run...she has to boot into Win 7 to play them) but most seem fine. This thing is unbelievably fast. Everything runs better. My video is way better on my ATI Radeon 5450 with the Win 8 drivers. DLNA using Tversity works to my Sony Google TV DVD player. Skye on my MS webcam won't run at first but a reboot seems to have fixed that. The taskbar on the bottom is way easier than the left side thing. I don`t really miss the Star Menu. All Apps is cool but where is All Docs? No free Office Apps to try out? Really? How can I tell how Office runs without downloading the whole Office tryout? Should have put the Office freebies from Win 7 in. IE 10 is really fast and once you get used to the new look and feel, its better than the other IE versions. With a functionable taskbar and seamless running of Metro Apps and Win 7 programs this will be a winner. Now lets see if they do this right or create another Vista nightmare where everyone who buys a new pc demands win 7 on it not Win 8.
Reply #5 Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:14 AM
This is Cool. I was hoping for the old start menu but I guess that isn't doable. Further to my discourse above I did get some games etc going by changing the access privileges. They work intermitently. I'm playing with screensavers now to check the video under stress. It seems to run the complex ones better than in Win 7. Better ATI Radeon driver I guess. I writing this on IE 10 which I really like although it is a bother to find your favorites.I like the desktop version better.
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Reply #1 Monday, March 5, 2012 11:26 AM
Just signed up!