http://windowsitpro.com/windows-81/top-10-tips-make-windows-81-work-like-windows-7
Configure Boot to Desktop
Right-click the taskbar and select Properties to display the Taskbar and Navigation properties dialog box. From the Taskbar and Navigation properties dialog box, select Go to the desktop instead of Start when I sign in.
Replace the Start Screen with the Apps View
In theTaskbar and Navigation properties dialog box select Show the Apps view automatically when I go to Start.
Restore Libraries to File Explorer
To restore the Libraries view, open File Explorer from the desktop and then click the View tab in the ribbon. Next, click the Navigation pane button and select Show Libraries.
Windows Update Notification Tool for Windows 8
http://blog.quppa.net/2013/01/04/windows-update-notification-tool-for-windows-8-2/
I was apparently part of the 5.82% of Windows 7 users who preferred to be notified about updates rather than have them installed automatically …
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-7-like-8.html
Windows Update Notification Tool
How to banish Metro from your Windows 8 PC forever
Create a desktop shortcut that rockets you straight to the Modern All Apps screen (or as I call it, my new and more efficient Start menu).
To do so, right-click on your desktop and select New > Shortcut. Copy and paste the following text into the Location box, and then click Next:
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f8-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Give the shortcut a name—I went with the straightforward “All Apps”—and then click Finish.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2027945/how-to-banish-metro-from-your-windows-8-pc-forever.html
How to remove all Metro apps from all users
http://techdows.com/2013/02/remove-windows-8-default-apps.html
run this in powershell …
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
To remove modern apps from current account associated with you, type and run following command in PS
Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
Make Windows 7 look like Windows 8
http://blog.laptopmag.com/make-windows-8-like-windows-7
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