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Windows 8 How to Skip/Bypass Metro UI to Boot Directly the classic Desktop Interface


As, many of the regular readers of this blog might know, I am not a very at all happy with what Microsoft have turned Windows 8 into. I am still firm with my opinion that Windows 8 could have been a refined version of Windows 7 with many performance improvements, new Ribbon UI in Explorer, improved Task Manager, decreased boot-up and shutdown times etc.., but Microsoft decided to shoot them in the foot by stitching the ugly looking Metro Garbage into it and replace the beautiful Aero Glass with classic white color scheme. 


One of the biggest complain I hear from Windows 8 users is, about how ugly Metro UI looks and is almost unusable with Windows 8. I've been running the Windows 8 Release Preview for quite some time and although I'm okay with no Start Orb visible but I hate how I get to see Metro see the new ugly interface by default every time I boot and I have no desire to see a full-screen Start Menu when I log into my PC. 

Unlike Windows 7 and its predecessors, when Windows 8 boots, it displays a lock screen that you have to move up with an awkward gesture before entering your credentials, and then you have to dismiss the Metro interface before accessing the desktop.

I hope Microsoft develops some sense in their sane minds and the retail version of Windows 8 will allow Metro to be fully disabled, although chances are very slim.

But Matthew DeCarlo of Techspot has a solution for Windows 8 users who don't want to see Metro but still want to enjoy the improvements Windows 8 brings. Here is the original post.

According toi his solution, just copy the text and paste it in Notepad and save it as .bat file somewhere, its safe from accidental deletion:-

_echo off
C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}
end_
Now, you need to run it every time you you start your PC, for that you need to create a new task to run it at log in. You can do this directly through the Windows Task Scheduler or by attaching it to the Windows Logon event in the Event Viewer. We'll walk you through the second one, for no particular reason:







Search for Windows' Event Viewer in Metro's settings (it appears as "View event logs").
Click Windows Logs > Application in the left column to get a list of events in the center.
Scroll through the list until you see an information event with the source "Winlogon."
Right click the Winlogon entry and choose "attach task to this event" to schedule a task.
Name your task anything you want and click next three times to choose your script.



After the script is configured to run, you won't have to manually dismiss the Metro interface anymore. It's worth noting that you will still see Metro briefly as the script takes a second or two to kick in, but at least it'll show itself to the door. If anyone finds a quicker-acting solution, feel free to share it.
Disabling the Windows 8 lock screen to log in faster

This one's less involved. Fire up the Group Policy Editor (search for gpedit.msc via Metro) and head to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization. Once you're there, double click "Do not display the lock screen" and enable the policy. The lock screen should be disabled.




 Automatically log in to your Windows 8 account

Naturally, you don't want to do this on a notebook or any other machine outside of a secure area -- including your home if you have mischievous siblings or roommates -- but it'll make the log in process that much quicker. Search for netplwiz via Metro and uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer." Provide your credentials and your account will load automatically.


 

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