Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover the Start button on monitor screens failing to function and an alert sound on a PC that's becoming more frequent.

If the Start menu is not opening or the Start button is not working on your Windows 11/10 computer, you can try some fixes, like restarting Windows Explorer, repairing the system image files ...

After that, the Windows 8.1 start button simply disappears and the Pokki "start button" sits in its place. Pokki also has other features I like.

No Power button on Windows 8.1 Start Screen? If Power Options button is missing, learn how to show, hide, remove, toggle the Power button on Start Screen.

Microsoft may be moving toward bringing back the Start Button and allowing users to boot straight to the desktop with its coming Windows 8.1 release later this year.

Windows Blue could restore the Start button, boot straight to the desktop "Windows 8.1" may let you pretend that the Start screen never happened.

One of the biggest gripes that longtime Windows users have with the upcoming OS release is Microsoft's decision to pull the classic Start menu to make way ...