{"id":750,"date":"2012-04-25T09:16:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T15:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.natsci.colostate.edu\/cnsit\/?p=750"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:22:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T22:22:51","slug":"windows-8-making-metro-useful-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/windows-8-making-metro-useful-ish\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 – Making Metro Useful..ish"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Consumer Preview out for Windows 8 – it seems as though we are stuck with running the new Metro Start Menu\/Screen (without 3rd Party Software that is).  So, I started to look around a bit to see what I could find on making that a little more useful for an actual business environment.  I came across this great tutorial from ZDNet, and followed these directions on my Beta machine build (http:\/\/wp.natsci.colostate.edu\/cnsit\/windows-8-beta-first-look<\/a>).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/bott\/the-metro-haters-guide-to-customizing-windows-8-consumer-preview\/4610<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the great features of this tutorial involve how to separate and create different blocks of programs.  You can see in my custom view, that I have created a Documents group which contains the common local folders as well as a link to my Pangea space.  I also have a group called Productivity that contains my Office and related software links.  Many of you may create groups for your scientific crunching programs as well.<\/p>\n

There are also ways to create custom links for shutdown and restart.  I didn’t actually follow those, but it seems like you can use those methods for a number of custom ‘command line’ operations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Before Customization<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After Customization<\/p>\n

 There are still a number of this missing I feel, mainly int he aesthetics department.  Metro just seems clunky and impersonal, even after the customizations.  I am really hoping for custom background support at the very least.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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