[RESOLVED] startup procedure - can i shorten this?

[terryZ]

just moved from a vista to a new windows 8 machine.

my startup procedure USED to be (in vista):

press on-button.
xp loads to the desktop.

easy. simple. direct.

now, my windows 8 startup procedure is:

press on-button.
windows loads a picture that looks like a two-year-old's drawing of the seattle space needle.
i click this.
windows now asks for a password.
i enter password.
windows now loads the metro screen.
i click on the desktop tile on this screen.
windows loads to the desktop.

maybe still easy and simple but certainly no longer direct.

i know there is something called "classic shell" that emulates the windows 7 interface. i'm not sure i want to go that far.

is there something i can do to have 8 go directly to the desktop bypassing the "space needle" screen, the password screen (i don't need a password on this home machine) and the metro screen?

thanks in advance,

terry

[SpywareDr]

Windows Sysinternals' Autologon for Windows v3.01

[terryZ]

thanks, spy. will try this when i get home.

[terryZ]

works nicely. takes me to the metro. 2/3 of the way there yay.

[SpywareDr]

Excellent. Next step:

How To Boot Directly to Windows 8 Desktop the Easy Way

or

How to Boot to the Desktop & Skip Metro in Windows 8

[terryZ]

doesn't work for me. not sure what i missed.

[SpywareDr]

StarDock's Start8?

[Midknyte]

Try Classic Shell. It doesn't "emulate" a Windows 7 interface; It just overlays the Start Menu. I also like that it gives me back the "Up" button in Explorer.
http://www.classicshell.net/

Otherwise, read this article:
http://gizmodo.com/5891926/6-ways-to...e-in-windows-8

[terryZ]

thanks, midnyte. i installed classic shell. metro totally bypassed on boot! thanks again.

[Midknyte]

Cool. No offense to Metro/Modern, but it's just not for everybody.

[terryZ]

ya, metro is nice for a touch screen. but my desktop isn't.