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In addition, the update reportedly handicaps Windows Search, leaving the user looking at a blank white screen instead of their search results in the Start menu. Two temporary solutions have been identified so far and neither is from Microsoft.

To do this, there is often a shortcut button feature on your keyboard, but if not, this can be done by accessing the settings through the start menu, selecting 'Network & Internet' and then the Wi-Fi tab which can be simply switched off.

To select Google Chrome as your default on a Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer, go to the Start menu and choose Control Panel.

I also dislike the fact that the operating system sends Start Menu search data to Microsoft even if Cortana is disabled and the Start Menu is configured for local searching only.

Microsoft's early attempts to catch up produced some lame smartphones, a line of tablets that were equally flawed, and Windows 8, a new touch-enabled OS for early Surface tablets and PCs that replaced the familiar Start Menu with a collage of tiles and incited a user insurrection.

Start menu is back: If you have ever used Windows operating system (OS) prior to Windows 8, you will instantly feel at home.

Back into favour comes the familiar desktop and Start button with the Live Tiles of the previous version now housed inside the Start menu, albeit in a smaller form.

The Start menu is back and it's new and improved for Windows 10.

The return of the Start Menu will be a welcome change for many users, as well as classic apps.

Called Windows 10, the software restores the Start menu and will let corporations tailor the app store for their own users, Windows chief Terry Myerson said at an event on Tuesday in San Francisco.