Coming Soon: Windows 9 currently codenamed "Threshold" Public Preview

doublejack said:

Yes, winderps upderps indeed.

What if you're on the desktop and not the start screen? You must select settings, when the search defaults to apps only. Extra click vs. Win7. Why in the world are the apps and "setting" items separate anyway? I'm sure MS has some convoluted logic that explains...

Does it occur to anyone that maybe, just maybe, the reason why so many people make Windows 8 out to be inefficient because *gasp* it is?

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doublejack said:

Does it occur to anyone that maybe, just maybe, the reason why so many people make Windows 8 out to be inefficient because *gasp* it is?

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thideras said:

WSUS isn't in use? That would solve the checking for updates issue handily. You point the update server setting to your WSUS and approve/deny updates there. I've used this type of setup and it is incredibly simple. You don't even need to configure each station, as you'd specify the configuration in the domain.

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doublejack said:

Yes, winderps upderps indeed.

What if you're on the desktop and not the start screen? You must select settings, when the search defaults to apps only. Extra click vs. Win7. Why in the world are the apps and "setting" items separate anyway? I'm sure MS has some convoluted logic that explains...

Does it occur to anyone that maybe, just maybe, the reason why so many people make Windows 8 out to be inefficient because *gasp* it is?

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wagex said:

its literally no different i dont get it, instead of a small start menu in the corner it takes the whole screen and looks good. i dont get whats so difficult about it. people act like the world is going to end because something looks nicer lol. i especially love it for my htpc as the metroui is controlable with a remote control but thats different.

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Robert17 said:

Yeah, we really need to get back to DOS......

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thideras said:

I'm using Windows 3.1 right now, per my signature. ALL YOU YOUNGLINGS WITH UR FANCY UI

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mimart7 said:

Pfft, I'm on DOS, and using VisiCalc for all my work, lol.

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Robert17 said:

Should be a good excuse to dust off a bare drive and load up a Win9 boot...

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c627627 said:

They're fast tracking Windows 9... I suppose it makes more financial sense to do that rather than include Classic Shell option (just the option) with Windows 8 and pretty much resolve all Windows 8 problems with a three second Windows update which would give users the option to switch on Classic Shell instead of waiting for Windows 9.

When talking to people, you hear that vast majority of users have their eye on Win9 because they think it will bring back the full Start Menu, they don't even know or care about any other Win9 features...


Interesting read, thanks for posting 'Cuda340.

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Earlier today, we got our first look at build 9834 of Windows 9 and in this new video we can see the new Start menu in action. As expected, by adding new tiles to the menu, it will grow in size to accommodate the tiles and brings the Start screen experience to the desktop.

Seeing that this build, which was sent to partners, is outside the walls of Redmond, there is a good chance that it may leak in full. Clearly the folks over at Winfuture.de (site is in German) have their hands on it already.

From this video, we can see that you can turn off the Start menu if you prefer the Start screen.

One thing to keep in mind is that this is still an early build of Windows 9 and many features are still not enabled in this particular build. Before you jump to conclusion that this is what the final product will look like, let us remind you what Windows 8 looked like in its early days.

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'Cuda340 said:

Get out a small pinch/shovel of salt......






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The Start menu is likely to be the highlight for many users of Windows 9. While it went away in Windows 8, the feature is making a triumphant return in Windows 9 and now we have a second look at the menu.

One thing is clear, this build will likely leak in the near future as it is now outside the hands of Microsoft and partners clearly have no issue with handing over the bits to the blogs. Posted below, we have a second video that shows off the Start menu but this time, we can see what happens if you remove all of the Modern apps.

If you want a Windows 7-style Start menu and have no intention of using Modern apps, Microsoft has good news for you. After removing all of the apps, you get a Start menu that looks a lot like the one from Windows 7.

While these partner builds do not contain all of the features that will be shipped with Windows 9, we are starting to get a good taste of some of the more basic elements.

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