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From: "Ken Blake, MVP" 
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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:50:37 -0700
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:48:10 -0500, knuttle
 wrote:

> 
> >>  wrote:
> >> You do *not* have to use the Modern/Metro interface, and if you
> >> don't, it's hardly distinguishable from Windows 7,
> 
> 
> Would you tell us how to lock it so it defaults to the Desktop mode not 
> the "Modern/Metro interface"


Download and install Start8. That's one of its options.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
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