Microsoft quietly releases Windows 10 Start Menu for Windows RT

Surface (RT) and Surface 2 devices running Windows RT 8.1 are receiving Update 3 which includes the Windows 10 style Start Menu.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

September 15, 2015

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Microsoft quietly releases Windows 10 Start Menu for Windows RT

In what might be the final feature related update for its Windows RT devices Microsoft has published Windows RT 8.1 Update 3 today for its first and second generation RT hardware.

The update, which brings the Windows 10 style Start Menu to Surface (RT) and Surface 2, is being delivered through Windows Update.

This update is the last gasp for an operating system that never really took off because of its sand boxed nature which meant it could not run x86 programs.

Just check Windows Update on your devices to grab the update. It may take a while for it to show up since it is a staged roll out.

Here are some images from Twitter courtesy of one of our readers Tero Alhonen.

I have reached out to Microsoft for comment about this update and will append that info to this article one I hear back from them.

But, wait...there's probably more so be sure to follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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