Remember those rumours about the Start Button making its triumphant return in Windows 8.1? Well, seeing is believing, and we’ve got a sneak peak at that little guy in all its glory, thanks to Paul Thurrott. We missed you.
Over on the WinSuperSite, Thurott has dumped a few, choice screenshots from the upcoming, free update to the operating system. And chief among them is that one featuring everybody’s favourite start button. It should go without saying that this launches you to the Metro UI screen, and not into some sort of Start Menu but the button’s back. Interestingly, there seems to be no way to turn it off either. Not that you’d really want to.
Along with the start button, Thurrott’s reporting that 8.1 also comes with a Boot To Desktop option (disabled by default) and the ability to use the desktop wallpaper of your choice as the background on the Start Screen.
And, of course, while this seems like a pretty credible leak, it’s still a leak. So we can’t be absolutely sure this is how the button’s going to manifest. But it’s seeming more than ever like the real deal. And just when were all getting used to the charms too.
