metro ui

:apologetic: I know if I am in the Metro, I can press the window button to go back to the desktop. But I read about a cheat, that you press the win key, it will get you back to desktop, if you press it again, it will take you back to the AP you were currently on. This does not work for me...

Hi On the lock screen where you type in your password there are 2 icons at the end of the line. One is a normal check mark icon and the other one that is just ahead of it is a eye icon. What is the eye icon for, both of them log my in but when I did log in using the eye icon this morning...

Hello there! If you think that Microsoft did a real bad job with the whole Modern UI and other UI changes, you might find these links helpful! Disable Lock Screen Link Removed Disable SmartScreen Link Removed Get the Start Menu/Orb back Link Removed Enable the Delete Confirmation...

I am running Windows 8 pro on an older tablet and I mainly use a digitizer pen (it does not recognize fingers). I am very surprised by the lack of features using a pen versus using a mouse as I do on my Windows 8 non-touch screen laptop. I also don't typically use a keyboard with my...

I've got a unique problem that I've not seen before. I'm using IE10 (Windows 8). The forward slash on some tabs on both Metro and IE Desktop look like this by hitting that particular key alone - it appears as follows \ Now when I hit the Shift key, it appears as follows | I can do this - c:\...

The principal engineer for Nokia's WP7 and WP8 devices has demonstrated, in rather frank detail, how to pirate Windows 8 Metro apps, how to bypass in-app purchases, and how to remove in-game ads. These hacks aren't exactly easy, but more worryingly they're not exactly hard either. Source...

Hi I forgot how much work it is to really start over with a new computer. But I think I have everything installed and set up. It took longer because I started off using the Metro interface, but I finally gave up on it and did things the way I'm used to. Here's my desktop. I run virtually...

Have a Win 8 App problem. Here's help from MS. Includes a link to Microsoft's app troubleshooter at the bottom of the page.

Hi My new computer finally shipped!!! I'm climbing the walls without a computer to work on, it's been 3 weeks since I ordered it, my old one sitting fried in the other room. Now I start checking the tracking link every few hours. LOL Well at least I know it's on it's way now. I've decided...

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice on troubleshooting the following issue!:) To explain, Windows 8 Pro (X64) was installed by way of a clean install utilising audit mode to configure the User Profile folder location to a new partition on a secondary drive (D:\Users). The 'main' user...

I have a computer that connected to a 42 inch lcd and I use 1920x1080 and dpi is already on 200% the desktop is really good on that setup and apps are fit perfectly on everything that use the desktop, but the metro interface is to small and aps on the metro are burly Readable if is there a...

Hey I have got windows 8 RTM Pro on my laptop and a lot of the apps are not working for me. For example the apps I cannot load (out of the ones I have tried) Alpha 21(TwentyOne) Wordfued TuneIn Radio all that happens with these apps are I see the splash screen but then it goes to blank...

Hi everyone New Way To Download Metro App In Win 8 And Install For Each computer Program requirements : 1 : Fiddler2 1.2 : utility for Fidler2 Link Removed 2 : ProxyFire If you like my Windows Metro APP to be filtered You can use this program 3 : Download manager program like IDM Or any...

Office xp compatible with windows 8 ? I would like to know about 100% full compatibility Best Regards and How can i install. I only see the metro. Where is the start button ?

Help us collect the largest list of annoying RTM bugs for Windows 8 to help Microsoft create a better product before retail. These bugs in the thread should be able to be duplicated in a clean install environment. Here's one: Calender Metro App will occasionally not let you delete a...

# windows8 If you're afraid of, or just annoyed by, the concept of Windows 8's Metro (well formerly Metro, but whatever) UI style, there's a handy way around it. RetroUI is a program that will take users directly to the Classic desktop after login , and even lock Metro away completely. More*»...

With reports that*the Metro name will no longer be used by Microsoft for the UI in Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Xbox, some are wondering how Microsoft will get themselves out of this situation. Source: Yahoo! News

I nearly dismissed this article as a propaganda piece until I got to the part of why Apple lost their business. I've seen a number of posts where people "in the business" are predicting Windows 8 to not make in roads into the enterprise. With regard to desktops, I somewhat agree with that...

Hi...I'm Anshay. I've got an odd problem to experience in Windows 8 Release Preview 64-bit after upgrading from Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit. It is detecting my WiFi Network..and i can access it through Windows 8 Metro Apps but i can't access it through any of the softwares that i have...

Anytime I go to desktop mode to open "Libraries" it will give me this error message; “Documents.library-ms” is no longer working. This library can safely be deleted from your computer. Folders that have been included will not be affected. If it's my pictures folder, documents, or any of the...