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It’s back! Yes, what you’re looking at above is the Start button (plus matching options) that’s been rumored to return with Windows 8.1 (formerly “Blue”). Yesterday .NET developer Robert McLaws tweeted a series of screenshots of Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview (build 9431) which show the new Start button and a revised “Taskbar and Navigation properties” dialog — among other things. Microsoft faced massive criticism last year after shipping Windows 8 without the Start button — prompting third parties to create replacements (like Start8 and Classic Shell) — so this is a welcome change. Stay tuned for Build 2013 (the company’s developer conference) which starts Wednesday in San Francisco — we’re likely to find out more about Windows 8.1 and the Start button in short order.

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Source: Robert McLaws (Twitter)

An allegedly leaked screenshot hints at the possibility that Start button in Windows 8.1 is coming indeed. The Start button won’t bring back the iconic start menu though.

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You know those fresh new Series 7 all-in-ones Samsung outed in the wee hours of this morning? Well, it turns out that while those desktops will be running Windows 8, Mashable discovered that they’ve got a little something extra added to Microsoft’s stock OS: a Start Menu. Called the S Launcher, it’s a widget that replaces that tried and true Start button the folks in Redmond saw fit to eliminate in Win8. As you might expect, it grants access to settings, files and programs in one convenient window, and making additions to the widget is a drag-and-drop affair. So, all you folks having fits about the Start button’s disappearance, fear not, Samsung’s got the software to soothe your troubled mind.

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