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There are after-market start buttons available to return to a normal Windows start button.

I highly recommend doing so. The Win10 UI isn't as awful as the Windows 8 one, but I, for one, really hate my desktop or start button looking like the Yahoo start page.

The one I use is called StartIsBack, can be tried for free for a month, and is only $5 after that.

Since you're used to XP you won't be familiar with Gadgets, which is are the little clock, calendar and weather apps that came with Windows 7. I happen to like them (and I will NOT use any metro (cr)applets) so I installed them. Google "Windows 10 Gadgets" if you'd like them.

After these two steps your Windows 10 (or Windows 8) will look exactly like Windows 7 but will still have the under-the-cover improvements of Windows 8 or 10. Your learning curve should be a lot less, though.