Does anyone here know where the file is which controls the XP start button's appearance and how I can change it directly, rather than through Taskbar Properties or Display Properties? In spite of ...

(MoneyWatch) We're only a few weeks away from the general release of Windows 8.1. Microsoft (MSFT) has announced that the free upgrade to Windows 8 will be available for download from the Windows ...

Ever since Microsoft introduced Windows 8 last fall people have been grumbling about a couple of things concerning the new operating system. First, because it’s so radically different from previous ...

The headlines are loud and clear today. Microsoft brings back the Start Button in Windows 8! Huzzah! ZONG! But don’t believe the hype. We’ve been duped. Windows 8.1’s Start Button isn’t the Start ...

Windows 95 launched exactly 20 years ago today, and though the operating system is long dead many of its ideas still live on. In celebration of 95's 20th birthday, we're revisiting our piece on the ...

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: ...

With Windows Blue, aka Windows 8.1, Microsoft is reintroducing a Start button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for ...

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 ...

Get ready for the future of computing, Microsoft told us. It was making a version of Windows without a start button. It was going to rock our worlds. It was the biggest change in the Windows platform ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s Start menu is a big deal. It’s the first thing many people ...

Windows XP's Start menu contains a listing of operating system-specific programs as well as business and third-party programs you have installed on your office computer. When you install a new program ...