Disable Windows 8 Metro Interface

While there is no inbuilt way to disable the Metro aka Tablet interface of Windows 8 that is given to you by default, this is really necessary, especially if your trying Windows 8 on a laptop without multi touch support.

It however can be done, there are programs that allow you to switch it or if your like me and would rather just do it manually follow these steps

1. Hover your cursor bottom left, you will see a start menu, select Search
2. In the search box, type regedit, there will be one match click and run it
3. From regedit navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
4. Change the RPEnabled key to a 0 which is Metro off or 1 for Metro on

Windows 8 Desktop Interface

That's it your up and running, no reboot or anything required. Now to go and really test Windows 8