It took a little over an hour to complete and now I feel distinctly alone. While upgrading, I made choices that the average user is going to make and already I am regretting some of them.
- Express settings.. Was it this choice that forced me into having to sign on with my Microsoft account? Probably, but I didn’t want to use that account.
- I also accepted using SkyDrive as the default save location, and I haven’t found out how to reverse the choice yet.
- The Homegroup was blitzed.
- Password history for a variety of websites has been wiped
But, Start 8 still works.. 
Not too sure about the crashes after hibernation. They might still happen. I will know more tomorrow on that subject. The critical updates are being processed as I type, and everything else appears to be working. I may at some point in the near future do a clean install and avoid using my Microsoft account..
Anyway, no big claims yet as it is is still early days, and now time to reboot after the updates..
Start8 does not search Control Panel keywords? Open the GodMode folder and you will see a column of “Keywords”. The Windows 7 Start Menu searched this but Start8 doesn’t. I find Classic Shell’s latest 3.9.5 version far ahead and superior to any other Start Menu.
Mine does if your reference is to the group headings.
Classic Shell is a good product but is maybe a little intimidating for some..