Unless I'm mistaken, I don't believe Metro can be switched off natively. As far as I'm aware the only way to get the start menu back is with 3rd party utilities or registry hacks. And even then, the days for those things may be numbered as there were rumors leading up to the consumer preview that Microsoft was stripping out old code to prevent 3rd party utilities from getting the start button and menu back. Most of them still work, but whether that'll be the case with the final release remains to be seen. Most indications seem to be that Microsoft is making a concerted effort to make a permanent change in the interface.
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