Posts tagged: metro

1windows 8 logoHow to restore a proper UI to Windows 8 & Server 2012

Published on by in Windows. Updated 12th December 2012.

Win­dows 8 and Server 2012 have now RTMed and as expec­ted the good old UI of desktop and start­menu has been replaced with a  (pre­vi­ously called Metro).  In their ulti­mate wis­dom Microsoft have left no way to switch back to the old desktop/start menu sys­tem, but thanks to vari­ous tweaks and tools it is pos­sible… Read more »

0windows 8 logoWindows 8: Fix the start menu

Published on by in Windows. Updated 6th February 2013.

So, Win­dows 8 is com­ing in late July (Octo­ber for retail cus­tom­ers).  There are no signs that Microsoft will relent provide an option to switch back to the Win­dows 7 start menu, and instead will force the  upon every­one.  As a res­ult many of us will undoubtedly stick quite hap­pily with Win­dows 7, how­ever there… Read more »

0windows 8 logoWindows 8250 consumer preview: Traditional start menu

Published on by in Windows.

Win­dows 8 looks to have many nice new fea­tures, but unfor­tu­nately, as I men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, Microsoft has decided to cre­ate a phone/tablet user inter­face and foist it upon desktop users as well.  This wouldn’t be such a prob­lem if Microsoft had left an option to turn the excel­lent and well estab­lished tra­di­tional… Read more »

14windows 8 logoWindows 8: Horrible Horrible Horrible Metro UI

Published on by in Windows. Updated 5th March 2012.

OK, I sus­pect the title is going to give it away.  I down­loaded Win­dows 8 8250 con­sumer pre­view today, and almost imme­di­ately real­ised that as it stands I am going to avoid Win­dows 8 like the plague.  As far as I’m con­cerned the UI changes cur­rently make Win­dows 8 the worst release of Win­dows ever… Read more »