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The touch keyboard no longer docks in screens larger than 18 inches. [1] Windows no longer synchronizes desktop wallpapers across devices with a Microsoft account. [1] Windows no longer shows a small preview of images or videos on folder thumbnails. Instead, it shows the generic folder icon for any folder containing images or videos. [5] [note 3
The Start button on the taskbar from previous versions of Windows has been converted into a hotspot (or "hot corner") in the lower-left corner of the screen, which displays a large tooltip displaying a thumbnail of the Start screen. Windows 8.1 added the start button back to the taskbar after many complaints, but removed the preview thumbnail.
The Start screen in Windows 8 The Start screen in Windows 8.1, with the Power and Search button also visible. On Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, an update to the Start menu known as the "Start screen" was introduced. It covers the entire screen and no longer features the right column.
On September 20, 2023, around two years after the release date of Windows 11, Microsoft announced that users would no longer be able to use Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 keys to activate Windows 10/11. [73] However, as of 2024, there are some reports that they still work, under certain conditions. [74] [75]
Personalization features such as changing the wallpaper are disabled. In Windows 8 and 8.1, the ability to change the desktop wallpaper is still possible, however changing the Start screen color & design and lock screen wallpaper are disabled. Notifications also appear occasionally telling the user to activate.
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When a user is logging on to Windows, the startup sound is played, the shell (usually EXPLORER.EXE) is loaded from the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, and startup items are loaded. In all versions of Windows 9x except ME, it is also possible to load Windows by booting to a DOS prompt and typing "win".
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