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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:40:50 -0500
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:20:45 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" 
<kblake@kb.invalid> wrote in article 
<l3i6d8tfctcnhqahv2ragdkpigpi7drvib@4ax.com>...
> 
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:22:47 -0500, knuttle
> <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 12/20/2012 10:50 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:48:10 -0500, knuttle
> > > <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>>> <kblake@kb.invalid> 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"
> > >
> > >
> > > Download and install Start8. That's one of its options.
> > >
> > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > Is this available on the Microsoft website?
> 
> 
> No. It's a third-party program, and a very good one. It's only $4.99
> US.
> 
> Get it at http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
> 
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

Classic Shell is a free alternative that also does this.  It isn't as 
polished as Start8, but it works well from what I've seen.

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