Some good news for Windows 8 haters – the Start Button's return has all but been confirmed by leaked screenshots of a pre-release version of Windows 8.1, although perhaps in the way you were hoping ...

According to Foley's source and Thurrott's screenshot, the Windows 8.1 Start button will look just like the flag icon currently in the center of the Charms bar. It will probably be on by default ...

Windows 8 aptly accommodates these alternative launch methods. However, if you would still like to restore the old Start button on your Windows 8 computer, you can do so by installing the third-party ...

Microsoft has introduced the familiar ‘Start button’ to Windows 8 with a new update that also includes new search features. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

Because Microsoft thinks it knows what’s best for users and apparently wants to confuse the living daylights out of them, Windows 8 has no Start button. I’ll just say that again so it sinks in ...

Windows 8.1 given first official outing, and yes, the Start button is back New operating system builds on what we have now but makes it better. Ars Staff – May 30, 2013 8:00 am | 263 ...

A lot of people complained and Microsoft listened. The company brought the Start button back in Windows 8.1. But the button doesn't have to stay there in your taskbar— there are hacks to re-hide it.

Leaked screenshots of the latest Windows 8 build show that Microsoft has jettisoned the traditional Windows 8 Start button but tweaked the Charms Bar and other settings.

The Start icon right-click menu options in vanilla Windows 8. Microsoft also has a few other tweaks planned for Windows 8.1 that coincide with the return of the Start button.

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.

If you're running Windows 8.1 today and want the Start menu back, take a look at our list of the best, least expensive, and most authentic Windows 8 Start menu replacements.

Most internal builds of Windows 8.1 do not include the Start button or boot to desktop options, but Microsoft is said to be planning how to add these into the operating system.