Microsoft introduced a completely redesigned user interface called Metro with the release of Windows 8, but it didn't make it easy to turn it off if you or your employees prefer desktop-based, ...

With Windows 8.1 out of the way, Microsoft has now begun work on Windows 8.2. According to sources close to the development Windows 8.2, dubbed Threshold, Microsoft will bring Windows, Windows Phone ...

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 also ...

With the Windows 10 technical preview now out and being downloaded by thousands if not millions of users, we know that you are likely customizing your new Start screen and we want to see it. Windows ...

Relatively simple ways to remove Windows 7's floating-color-balls start-screen animation, and supply your own background images for the operating system's log-on screen and desktop. Dennis O'Reilly ...

Over the last couple of days, screenshots that purport to be from an early build of Windows 9 (Threshold) have leaked online. Most notably, one of these screenshots includes the new, resurrected Start ...

Love it or hate it, Windows 8’s most significant user interface change is the Start screen and its accompanying Metro environment. It replaced the classic Start menu and is the first thing you’ll see ...