{"id":1547,"date":"2013-01-21T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2013-02-24T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T05:47:00","slug":"how-to-make-windows8-more-familiar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-make-windows8-more-familiar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make Windows 8 more familiar &#8211;  with a &#8220;Start&#8221; button and classic desktop view"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/win8logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1551 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" alt=\"Windows 8 logo\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/win8logo-150x99.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/win8logo-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/win8logo-500x332.jpg 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/win8logo.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Windows 8 introduced a <a title=\"Click here to view the topic\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/windows-8-to-be-available-october-26-should-you-upgrade\/\" target=\"_blank\">dramatically new design<\/a> that many clients have have expressed frustration with. Fortunately you can get some of the look and feel of previous versions of Windows with a program called <a title=\"Click here to view the web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classicshell.net\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Shell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Classic Shell will put a &#8220;Start Button&#8221; in the Windows 8 desktop view, while providing links to programs and apps, Computer, Documents, Control Panel and other frequently utilized options that were easily accessible in Windows 7 and prior. Windows 8 can even be configured to start in the classic desktop view with icons, bypassing the new Windows 8 tile view\u00a0altogether when you start your computer.<\/p>\n<p>If you get a new computer with Windows 8 and are not happy with the new look, Computer Techs can help make Windows more familiar again. Contact us if you need help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 8 introduced a dramatically new design that many clients have have expressed frustration with. Fortunately you can get some of the look and feel of previous versions of Windows with a program called Classic Shell. Classic Shell will put a &#8220;Start Button&#8221; in the Windows 8 desktop view, while providing links to programs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}