On Windows 8, you will have to make quite a bit of effort to make your computer skip the Start Screen and boot right to the Desktop. But now on version 8.1, you can easily do so with a simple setting change.
Here is what you need to do:
1. Switch to Desktop, if you haven’t.
2. Right-click Taskbar, and choose Properties.
3. On Taskbar and Navigation Properties window, go to Navigation tab, and check the option called “Go to desktop instead of Start when I sign on” (Figure 1).
4. Click OK, and you are done.
Thank you for this tip, I’ve waited for this feature on Windows 8 and now it’s available. Your site is really cool on sharing windows experiences 🙂
By the way, i think it’s a mistake on your description picture 😀
Thanks you for pointing it out. It’s been updated.