Hi,
I installed Windows 8.1 last night and discovered that the much hinted at return of the start menu button seems to almost preclude the use of classic start menu. Even the external keyboard triggers seem to only barely work.
It would seem to me that Microsoft is showing it's annoyance over some users preference to the older design. Obviously the new menu is designed for touch-screens, none of my 4 computers have that. So I am going back to Windows 8 (also because 8.1 won't let me use Avast antivirus.)I thought you might like to have a report on this.
Thanks again for the classy menu.