If you wish to add other icons such as the Computer, Network, Control Panel, and your User's Files icon you will need to perform a few easy steps. ... Windows 8, Windows 7, Server 2008, ...

The Windows 8 user interface. ... Given the absence of the old-style Start menu, you may wish to add the system and user-file icons by right-clicking the desktop and selecting the Personalize menu.

A Windows 8 lock screen. (Click for larger view.) The differences start at the very beginning. After turning on a Windows 8 machine, users won’t be greeted with the traditional Windows logon dialog.