Fixing windows: Microsoft set to return to classic desktop when users first switch on their PC

• Latest test builds of Windows 8.1 take users straight to Windows desktop
• Microsoft recently forced to reinstall start button after customer complaints
• Update expected to be made available within months

Microsoft is considering abandoning its controversial 'tile' start screen and reverting to the classic windows desktop every time a user switches on their PC, it has been claimed.
The latest test versions of Windows 8.1 released to developers have this option on by default.
Microsoft was also last year forced to reinstate the start button to Windows 8 following customer complaints.

The controversial 'Metro' interface for Windows, which confused many users. Microsoft is now considering going back to the normal desktop when users first switch on their machine.

THE END OF METRO?

The firm hoped the Metro system, which uses tiles, would make it easier for touchscreen users.
It is the same across Microsoft's phones, tablets and PCs. 

However, many users were confused, and Microsoft recently reinstated the classic start menu on its desktop.

According to Russian developer known only as Wzor , the latest version now starts in the desktop rather than Microsoft's tile system, called Metro.
The Verge claims sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have revealed to that the upcoming update for Windows 8.1 will enable this by default.
'Like many other changes in Update 1, we’re told the reason for the reversal is to improve the OS for keyboard and mouse users,' the site says.
The firm hoped the system would make it easier for touchscreen users, and is the same across Microsoft's phones, tablets and PCs.
However, many users were confused, and Microsoft recently reinstated the classic start menu on its desktop.
‘Let’s make it easier to start applications in the way we are used to,’ boss Steve Ballmer told its annual Build developer conference, to cheers from the audience.

Microsoft was last year forced to reinstate the start button to Windows 8 following customer complaints.

‘We will bring back the start button, and you can boot straight to the desktop if you want to.’
‘We have refined the blend of our desktop experience and our modern app experience.’
Ballmer also said the firm was not abandoning its start menu and said it was slowly beginning to attract app developers to Windows 8.
‘Within this month we’ll pass the 100,000 app mark in the Windows store,’ said Ballmer.
Flipboard, Facebook and the NFL all revealed new apps.
However, the latest rumours suggest Microsoft will allow these apps to run on the desktop.