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Modern UI can be a challenging transformation for Windows 8 users. Windows customers familiar with the desktop may find the prospect of the Modern UI software useful in this scenario. This demonstration shows how the ModernMix software from Stardock allows you to simply run Modern UI (Start...

I have big problems with 8.1, software for DVD and Blu-ray discs will not work because my Blu-ray optical drive "disappears" from the operating system. When checking the listed devices at boot-up hopefully the drive is shown there. But when I launch a program (that used to work with XP and...

In my blog today I discuss the tweaks between Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 for the start button/screen. I show how, in my humble opinion, Microsoft has successfully evolved the start menu for the desktop. Link Removed

Orphydian's Modern UI Custom Tiles And Icons Thread ......styling is everything Not being satisfied of having tiny, unlike software icons filling your startcreen ? Being disrupted by this design gap that resolve the whole modern windows 8 feeling ? then this thread that is all about sharing...

Since windows 8 has been released for a while now, I was wondering if and when service pack 2 is going to be released for windows 7. windows 7 seems to still be th os of choice for many, however windows 8 is not all that terrible once you get used to the funky start screen.

Hello, as an update to be discussed and dissected over time, here is what we know about the changes in Windows 8.1, formerly referred to as the "Windows Blue" update. Pricing Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 as a free update sometime this year for all Windows 8 and Windows 8 Professional...

Following up from Windows 8.1's official unveil last week, Microsoft has now produced a video -- staring Jensen Harris no less -- that showcases the new operating system. On display is the new "cloud-powered photo frame" Lock screen, the new Start screen, the new All Apps screen, the new and...

Does anyone know how I can change the post boot logo, not the boot screen but the screen before it with the laptop make logo, please help me?

Did you know, you can search in Windows 8 without using the Charms Bar and clicking on "Search"? When on the Start Screen, just type what you want to search for. Doesn't work when on the Desktop. Nice little feature and improvement. Don

Hello, I installed Windows 8 with the program PWBOOT in USB disk drive and some of the apps in the metro Start Screen they didn't installed. Also the Windows store app is missing so I can't download the apps from the Windows 8 store. What should I do to bring em there? I also have a Windows 8...

Ive set the IE as default from Internt otions of IE( dektop version). Now the app from start screen wont do anything. Th e desktop version works but It can be launch frpm the startscreen either. I have unpined and pined to startcsreen but no avail. That browser choice that keeps staying on the...

As the title suggests, I'm wondering why you hate the start screen in Windows 8 so much, or why you think others do. Besides looking completely different, there are nothing but improvements on the back end in terms of search, live tiles and appearance. I honestly see no legitimate reason for...

Windows 8 comes with an entirely new interface called Modern (formerly known as Metro), featuring generous swaths of color, flat icons, and large typography. You'll first meet Modern in the lock screen, immediately followed by the Start screen. You'll be visiting both quite often: The lock...

There is nothing wrong w/ going from Desktop to the Start screen w/ its Tiles for some or all things OR going to WinQ for things OR pinning a bunch of stuff OR having icons all over the Desktop BUT, You might like this approach... It means not having to do any of the 3 things mentioned...

I have deleted all of the icons from my default (new machine) start screen and am now attempting to create a new screen. My problem is that I can't seem to place more than 2 icons wide in a group. Once I've filled the 2 column group from top to bottom the next icon I place on the screen...

From some of what one reads it seems some people are looking for an antidote to the Windows 8 Start screen & its Tiles and ways to avoid Store APPs. Appears they are looking for silver bullets to slay the dragon. Fear not good Folks... it can all be not the bane of your existence through one...

I've got a clean install of Windows 8. I went to minimize the start screen so I could add column names to my tile groupings and it won't minimize. When I click the minimize button it briefly flashes, but that's it. I also noticed that clicking the left and right scroll buttons won't work. I have...

Hi all New to this forum plus Win 8, so bear with me. I have Win 7 on my desktop which I use most of the time, but just got a nice new Asus S56C notebook with Win 8 installed. After eventually figuring out how to revert to the Win 7 desktop I've spent most of my time there, despite the system...

Hi, all - I'm glad to have found this forum, it looks like I'll be hanging out here for quite a bit :) As a Windows 8 user of all of one week (but not a stranger to Windows in general), there's a lot of investigating to do and I'm reading as much as I can. I do have one question - Where on earth...

When I start/restart my pc it goes to the start screen, but then it immediately changes to the desktop screen by itself. I thought an application might have cause it to do this, but I disabled all the apps that automatically start up on boot and still the same result. I want it to stay on the...