XPost: alt.windows-xp, microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,   
   microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net   
      
   On 12/20/2012 9:34 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:   
   > On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:48:10 -0500, "knuttle"   
   >  wrote in article  email.me>...   
   >>   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>> You do *not* have to use the Modern/Metro interface, and if you   
   >>>> don't, it's hardly distinguishable from Windows 7,   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Would you tell us how to lock it so it defaults to the Desktop mode not   
   >> the "Modern/Metro interface"   
   >>   
   >> Or are we going to be stuck with starting in "Modern/Metro interface",   
   >> like we are stuck with collapsing menus from earlier Windows versions   
   >   
   > Closest you can come is to start in TIFKAM (The Interface Formerly   
   > Known As Metro) and have it switch to the desktop shortly after (just a   
   > few seconds, depending on your system speed) and provide a start menu   
   > by using a start menu replacement utility like Start8, Classic Shell,   
   > etc.   
   >   
   I very rarely use the start menu as such. I have moved all of the icons   
   from the desktop and have my photographs as wall paper.   
      
   I have all of my active programs in the Quick launch toolbar, and other   
   programs are located in folders that are in the Quick launch toolbar.   
      
   The only time I go to the start menu is to shut down the computer.   
      
   I suspect that even if I have to go through the weird interface the   
   quick launch toolbar is history and there will be no way to clear the   
   desk top for your own photos.   
      
   Window X SP3, will change when I need to replace the computer, as   
   nothing practical will be available.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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