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The start button returns to Windows 8

Windows 8.1 is set to land on the 26th of June albeit in a “Preview” version and Antoine Leblond (Microsoft’s corporate VP for Windows Program Management) has detailed the changes we’re set to see from the OS update in a blog post on the Windows Blog. Windows 8 will be going under a rather major overhaul in the update including the return of the ‘Start Button’ (sort of) and below is the quick guide to the features that we’re announced today.

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  • Personalisation
    • Make your Lock screen a slide show of your pictures either from SkyDrive or local
    • Take pictures with the built-in camera right from the Lock screen without having to log in
    • More colours and backgrounds for the Start screen, including the ability to set your picture to the same one as your desktop
    • New tile sizes
    • the ability to select groups of tiles and change size or uninstall them
    • Filter apps in the all app list

 

  • Search
    • Search will now include results from the web, local storage and apps that could answer your query

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  • Apps
    • Default photo app gets editing features
    • Redesigned music app
    • More ways to view multiple apps
    • You can resize apps to any size you want
    • Have up to three apps on each screen if you have a multiple displays connected
    • Different Windows Store apps running on all the displays at the same time
    • You can have multiple windows of the same app snapped together

 

  • PC Settings
    • Access all your settings on your device without having to go to the Control Panel on the desktop
    • You can do things like change your display resolution, set power options, see the make and model of  your PC, change the product key, do Windows Update, and join a domain – all from PC Settings.
    • You can manage SkyDrive from PC Settings as well and see how much available storage you have

 

  • Internet Explorer 11
    • IE11 will offer even better touch performance and faster page load times
    • You can adjust the appearance of modern IE11 to always show the address bar and you can have as many open tabs as you like
    • Access your open tabs in sync across your other Windows 8.1 devices

 

  • Start Button
    • The ‘Start Button’ returns to the bottom left of the screen and can be set to bring up either the live tile home screen or the all apps list
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