>>>I just installed a 3rd party start button on it, and forces it to start in desktop mode. I guess I'm happy with that.
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>>Walter, can you give me a reference to that button? It may be exactly what I am looking for. (Although the built-in Start button has so much functionality I might be a little nervous about overriding it).
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>I've installed the solution on http://www.classicshell.net/ . Works well for me. I almost forget its windows 8 I'm using.

Looks interesting. Any gotchas / drawbacks encountered ?

tia

thomas