Microsoft is planning to Windows 8.1, also known under the code name ‘Blue’, an option to add the user after the boot directly to the classic desktop sends. This is the start screen of Windows 8 will be skipped. Also the start button is coming back.
Reported that The Verge on the basis of anonymous sources. Microsoft is currently in test versions of Windows 8.1 have the option built into it to directly to the desktop after booting or logging in. This is the home screen that some Windows 8 users are fiercely criticised, skipped. By default the option would be disabled. Microsoft-watcher Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft would consider to be in Windows 8.1 the start button as an option to offer, but that it was not yet a foregone conclusion.
Among other things, in the forum of My Digital Life, I went into last week’s rumors that in the latest testbuilds of Windows 8.1 the option “CanSuppressStartScreen’ is found in the registry. This would give the user the option to no longer in the home screen to go to after the startup or login.
With the option to view in Windows 8.1 directly to the desktop, Microsoft to cater to the concerns of especially desktop users who felt that Windows 8 is too strong on the touch screen and fullscreen applications are focused.
Update, 14:20: New information on the possible return of the start button added.