{"id":1354,"date":"2013-07-02T11:17:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T09:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2019-07-07T21:57:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T21:57:32","slug":"start-button-back-in-windows-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/start-button-back-in-windows-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Start button back in Windows 8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.com\/blogg\/bilder\/windows-8.1-w310.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Windows 8.1\">As you may already know, and as we described in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/articles\/windows-8-why-start-button-menu-removed.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> on our website, Microsoft removed the <strong>Start button<\/strong> in <strong>Windows 8<\/strong>. This raised much criticism among Windows users and Microsoft have partly listened to them and re-introduced the Start button in the upcoming<strong> Windows 8.1<\/strong> that will be released later this year. However, there is no traditional Start menu as in earlier versions of Windows. Instead, the Start screen is shown if you click on the Start button (see image to the right). The new Start button is placed at the bottom left of the screen, just like in older Windows versions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.com\/blogg\/bilder\/windows-8.1-startknapp.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Windows 8.1 - Right-click Start menu\"><strong>Windows 8.1 &#8211; Right-click menu<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is also possible to right-click on the Start button and display a shortcut menu for <strong>Control Panel<\/strong> and <strong>Windows Explorer<\/strong> among other options. You can also turn off or restart Windows from this menu (see image to the right).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Displays traditional desktop at start<\/strong><br \/>\nAnother new feature in Windows 8.1 is that the computer can be started with the traditional desktop right away instead of clicking around with your mouse or using the keyboard to bring up the traditional desktop as you had to do in the previous version of Windows 8. This is welcome news for many, especially for companies that are still using traditional Windows programs (Windows desktop applications).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other news<\/strong><br \/>\nSome other news in Windows 8.1 are:<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved support for SkyDrive<br \/>\n&#8211; Internet Explorer 11 included<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved support for security<br \/>\n&#8211; Extended support for VPN<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved and more flexible Home screen<br \/>\n&#8211; Support for 3D printers<\/p>\n<p>The following YouTube video from Microsoft presents news on Windows 8.1:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7BN0W7CONpw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><br \/>\nMore information about the new features in Windows 8.1 can be found on these pages:<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/dn140266.aspx?ocid=wc-mscom-ent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft: What&#8217;s New in Windows 8.1<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2013\/jun\/27\/windows-81-review-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian: Windows 8.1 review: Microsoft&#8217;s fresh Start?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download Windows 8.1 Preview<\/strong><br \/>\nRight now it is possible to download a preview version of Windows 8.1:<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-8\/preview-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download English version of Windows 8.1<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.com\/blogg\/2013\/06\/ladda-ner-svensk-windows-8-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Swedish version of Windows 8.1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related information about Windows 8<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/articles\/windows-8-keyboard-shortcuts.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article: New Keyboard Shortcuts (Hot Keys) in Windows 8<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&gt;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/articles\/windows-8-why-start-button-menu-removed.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article: Why Were the Start Button &amp; Start Menu Removed in Windows 8?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may already know, and as we described in an article on our website, Microsoft removed the Start button in Windows 8. This raised much criticism among Windows users and Microsoft have partly listened to them and re-introduced the Start button in the upcoming Windows 8.1 that will be released later this year. However, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/start-button-back-in-windows-8-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Start button back in Windows 8.1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6153,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1354\/revisions\/6153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samlogic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}