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