I frequently hear that 8 should have a start menu, and should be able to boot to desktop. Although I agree, I've found a solution that serves me well. http://

I frequently hear that 8 should have a start menu, and should be able to boot to desktop. Although I agree, I've found a solution that serves me well. http://www.classicshell.net http://www.classicshell.net gives a start menu, and boots to desktop. I'm mainly a Linux user, but I upgraded from my xp drive to 8 because the upgrade was only 40 bucks at the time, and I couldn't find a copy of 7 in stores nor online. With classic shell, I'm content for the limited uses of windows I need. And all of my programs written for xp run correctly, which surprised me.