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How To Get The New Windows 8 Start Screen In Windows 7

Posted June 2, 2011 – 6:54 pm in: Windows 7 Guides
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Now that Microsoft has officially unveiled the new user interface (UI) of the upcoming Windows 8 OS (check out the official preview video) with some great new features, you might want to get the tile-based Windows 8 Start screen in your Windows 7 OS as well.

 

Windows 8 Tablet UI Start Screen Final

Unlike Windows 7 or any other desktop OS, Windows 8 includes tile-based Start screen (just like in Windows Phone 7), which replaces Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps. These live tiles provide notifications, up-to-date information from installed apps.

 

 

Getting the new Metro UI based Start menu is pretty easy if you follow the steps given below.

Windows 8 Tablet UI Start Screen Small Final

How to get it:

1. Start the procedure by downloading and installing Rainmeter software.

 

2. Once you are done with Rainmeter installation, download Omnimo 3.1 skin for Rainmeter.

 

3. Extract the contents of the zip pack and then double-click on Omnimo.rmskin file to start installing the skin.

 

4. Once installed, add new panels and arrange them one by one to get the Windows 8 Start screen look.

 

5. Good luck!

 

NOTE: The developer of Omnimo Rainmeter skin, fediafedia, is working on a new version of the skin which will bring the exact Windows 8 Tablet UI Start menu to Windows 7 (with Start at the top left and user picture at the top right of the screen) and the skin will be released within a week or two. Until then, you can follow the above procedure to get similar Start screen in Windows 7.

 

Here is the preview of next version of the skin with exact Windows 8 Start screen look:

Windows 8 Tablet UI Start Screen for Windows 7

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22 Comments

  1. anand gupta
    Posted July 4, 2011 at 11:39 pm | Permalink

    how can i download

  2. ishank
    Posted July 6, 2011 at 2:24 am | Permalink

    inspite of installing gpedit installer its not working in win 7 home premium.

  3. admin
    Posted July 6, 2011 at 8:40 am | Permalink

    It seems some users are having issues with this tool. The developer has promised to fix it. Will update the post once there is a new version is available.

  4. RB
    Posted July 26, 2011 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

    OMG….
    This is Owesome….

  5. mark angelo
    Posted August 27, 2011 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    wow! windows 8 on windows 7! this is so exciting! i love the tiled Windows 8 start screen…cool!

  6. Ahmed
    Posted September 28, 2011 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

    awesome

  7. Shamil
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    Will it slow my pc ?

  8. Ajay Katal
    Posted October 23, 2011 at 4:00 pm | Permalink

    really its awsome…….its complety changed ma window 7 in to window 8……

  9. Raj
    Posted November 10, 2011 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    I hate windows 8. Windows 7 is best. Tiles and the metro UI are ugly. If they implement that UI as default in windows 8 the I have to look for installing linux.

  10. apg
    Posted December 21, 2011 at 11:30 pm | Permalink

    its coooooool

  11. Aakash sharma
    Posted January 17, 2012 at 2:48 pm | Permalink

    very nice .

  12. apg
    Posted January 19, 2012 at 12:22 pm | Permalink

    nice

  13. Aaron Williams
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 1:52 am | Permalink

    I agree with Raj I had Rainmeter for a while and I have to say it’s not better. It got old real quick. The look is over rated and it doesn’t make work or anything I did faster or more efficient. Windows 7 is better I will customize it another way.

  14. Anonymous187
    Posted January 20, 2012 at 1:58 am | Permalink

    I messed up my name and website link in the comment, I know I’m a idiot but how do edit if I make a mistake. Could moderator delete it for me thank you.

  15. Anon7
    Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    The Metro interface is lame, once the novelty wears off.

  16. Daniel
    Posted April 24, 2012 at 3:35 pm | Permalink

    This guide really lightened up my PC. I love it.

  17. Mir Saeed Taheri
    Posted July 27, 2012 at 2:35 pm | Permalink

    it’s so good.

  18. Thaakurr
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 8:00 pm | Permalink

    How can I install windows 8 over windows 7 over windows xp sp3, and I want to install them on 3 different drives and want to use them all.
    I tried it but it worked only for xp and 7 or 8 over windows 7 but xp does not work or shows on boot screen can any one help me or guide me please.

  19. admin
    Posted August 3, 2012 at 10:36 am | Permalink

    @ Thaakurr
    Install EasyBCD (free) on Windows 7 or Windows 8, launch it, click Add new entry, select your Windows XP drive and finally click Add button. That’s it!

  20. Money
    Posted September 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm | Permalink

    BEST LIKE WINDOW 8

  21. WldHogn
    Posted November 23, 2012 at 10:03 am | Permalink

    While exploring the tiles … I right clicked, went to settings, and clicked on “Click Through” to see what it did. Well, what it did was make the tile dead and not clickable. How do I get rid of that setting? When I right click it again .. I get the Win7 desktop settings underneath. ;-\

  22. shivam
    Posted November 25, 2012 at 11:00 am | Permalink

    Hai how can i download these gadgets.

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