You could use VMware Workstation Player which is free

Exactly this. I don't understand what is so difficult.

I don't know what you find over-hyped. It works exactly as described.

I use Veeam Endpoint Backup. You can also use Veeam to create a full image of your PC with just a couple of clicks.

If you want to work in the most unproductive way possible in a single screen set-up, you could run windows maximised ;)

Click on the Search Box, then settings cog, then disable "Search online and include web results".

Notification Area Icons - Hide or Show in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Here you go. Saves me typing it all again...

The Start Screen in Windows 8/8.1 showed everyone the direction Microsoft & the industry was going. It could be argued that the vision they had for Windows 8 was about 3 years too early and executed...

Are you replying to me?

The old style Start Menu has no place in 2015, nor a modern OS such as Windows 10. The new Start Menu is perfect. I don't understand why people want to operate their PC like it's still the mid...

I have this issue too. It also occurred in the Preview builds so I'm amazed they haven't fixed such an obvious and annoying bug. This should have been resolved long before the RTM build was...