start screen

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...

My taskbar with toolbars: address, desktop, links etc becomes just empty blue space after PC was idle. nothing on it and I have to restart to be able to get it back again. Also. in that "state" I can choose application from Start screen but it does not open. Just show on that empty taskbar...

Microsoft’s new OS has been out for quite a while and ever since, people had been giving out mixed reactions. Today, we’ve decided to give you not a list of new features but instead, our experiences with Windows 8. Touching vs. Clicking First thing you’ll notice is the new Start screen. Love it...

This morning I spent 2 hours, that's right... 2 hours, installing Win 8 Pro. Win 7 takes about 30 minutes... and that's a full install from scratch. Anyway, after downgrading my laptop from Win 7 to 8 I re-ran the Windows Experience Index test. Not only did all of my scores drop by 0.1, but I...

how can you turn off the auto arrange for tiles in the start screen. when i move a tile where i want it everything shifts, including tiles i have already placed. very frustrating.

Anyone else getting this weird, blurry font and missing text on the start screen side of things? Everything desktop is working just swell for me. Windows IE10 Showing boxes and arrows instead of text when you wave the mouse over. You can't use any links in the desktop to bring on explorer...

Hi everyone, I was wondering what if any customization's can be made to the start screen. I know about pin/unpin and larger/smaller but out of curiosity has anyone found ways to update the background image, or maybe add shortcuts that don't appear in the actual "All Programs" listing...

I got a weird issue with win8 .. at the start screen the apps for mail,calender and store when i open them stall in a loading screen (it just continues in a loop of loading) but the other apps work fine Anyone had this or know how to fix it? ...it was working the another night fine :/

I would like to add the Win8 Start screen to the right click context menu in my "Send To" folder. Does anyone know where I would point to to get to the Start page. This would be very handy for adding apps/shortcuts to the Start screen, similar to adding to the Desktop.

Anyone else getting this weird, blurry font and missing text on the start screen side of things? Everything desktop is working just swell for me. When I mouse over text, it'll sharpen up for a while, as you can see by my cursor over the Lightroom icon. It's still not as sharp as it should...

I updated from Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything was working fine until this morning. I am able to boot to my user account and the Start screen appears. However, none of the tiles work. I can't get onto my desktop. When I try Task Manager, it will flash briefly but won't display. I can switch...

I really like Windows 8 and am thinking of getting it, but I have one problem - I hate the desktop! Aside from deleting the tile from the start screen and not moving your mouse to the bottom left corner to show it, is there any way to uninstall the desktop completely so that when Windows...

I just bought W8 the other day and I'm loving it. I'm liking the effort MS is making to be consistent across all platforms and I think this OS is a breathe of fresh air. I can see how some people will loathe it, though. It is totally different than anything they've done in the past. Anyways...

There are, also, ways I have described in this Forum whereby one does not have to rely on the Start screen but, work exclusively on, in or from Desktop IF that is desired or preferred. Link Removed Cheers, Drew Link Removed

When I am away from the computer for maybe an hour or more and come back, the Start Screen will not operate, I have to keep rebooting my machine. It is getting frustrating. I have changed the settings to NOT allow hibernation of the computer to include the hard disk drive when not in use...

Hello, I am Sergey Tkachenko from winaero.com. Let me introduce here my latest project It is the Start Screen Pinner - software which allows to pin almost anything to the Windows 8 Start Screen :02.47-tranquillity: You may use Start Screen Pinner for the following tasks: to pin ANY...

With its new Start screen made of live tiles and its bold redesign, Windows 8 will have a challenging time getting consumers to embrace such radical change. Link Removed