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The Start Menu

http://startisback.com/

http://www.classicshell.net/

http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php

https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu

http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/

http://virtualizationreview.com/blogs/virtual-insider/2012/08/windows-2012-traditional.aspx

The Gadgets

http://teamwindows8.com/2013/02/install-desktop-gadgets-and-sidebar-in-windows-8/

Features

Skip “Sign in to your Microsoft account” (Windows 8.1 Setup)

You should be able to click “Create an account”, then at the bottom
of the following screen there is a (nicely hidden) link that says “use existing account”,
which uses the local account yous set up when you installed Windows 8.

Windows 8.1 Features! WSUS

Windows Update Client does not scan against WSUS 3.0 SP2 if HTTPS is configured and TLS 1.2 is not enabled

fix restart problems after you install update rollup 2919355 in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

Tweaks

Imaging Windows 8.1 with Imagex?

 

 

Reviews

Windows 8.1 review – Still stupendously stupid