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    Windows 8 Switching from traditional desktop to tiles

    I am using Windows 8.1 on a laptop. When Windows was first installed, it would boot up to the tile view. Since I would switch over to the traditional desktop, at some point Windows started booting up to the traditional desktop. How do I return to the tile view from the traditional desktop...
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    Windows 8 Start Screen help: Two tiles in two groups for the same program

    Hey, how's it going? I started using Windows 8 for the first time today and actually like it quite a bit. I think with some tweaks, I will like it more than Windows 7 and previous versions of the OS. However, I have spent approximately an hour trying to figure out one thing. I would like to...
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    Windows 8 Creating Custom Start Screen Tiles for Chrome in Windows 8.1

    IK use of Windows 8.1 en Hebr Zelf tegels BIJ gemaakt in Het begin scherm helaas Moest DAT in Exployer en IK gebruik zelf liever Google chrome Zou hij mogelijk zijn om de tegels in chrome te maken ,Exployer werkt niet echt fijn op verschillende sociale media waar ik op zit groet, yvon
  4. Windows 8 Lost permissions, tiles are missing & can't reset

    Since receiving my laptop back from it being repaired (Fan wasn't spinning then the laptop wouldn't turn on after trying to fix it myself) it turns on and the fan spins just fine although I am having numerous software problems. First, I can't open my photos, music or documents folder (videos...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 desktop doesnt open up, neither do tiles / programs

    I installed programs called vaultClient by SourceGear, Mumble (a chat client) on my machine, needed to do a reboot. After rebooting, the Start interface show up with all the tiles and what have you, but clicking into Desktop rendered nothing, clicking any of the program tiles, nothing. Going...
  6. Windows 8 Upgrade from Win 7 Ultimate

    I am thinking of upgrading my Win 7 Ultimate laptop to Win 8. What should I be aware of? My programs are compatible but will they be hidden or incorporated into tiles?
  7. Windows 8 Where is the hidden 8.1 download?

    Hi, So I waited to pass judgement on Win 8 even though everyone was bitching & complaining about it. With a few minute configurations including classic shell, I was okay with it until my brand new Asus laptop's keyboard started seizing up. Anyway, I was waiting for 8.1 to come out just so I...
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    Windows 8 How do I get close files that pop up in tiles

    When I launch things like PDF files from a desktop application, it opens in the tile application of Windows 8. How do I close it and do other functions, like print and save, that I can do with the old desktop version?
  9. Windows 8 Windows 8 Tiles for games

    I hope some of you are gamers, and I know it looks ugly when you install the game and see that there is no compatible tile for that game only small icon. Well, I tried to do as much as I can to make these tiles for you to use. Check out my gaming tiles on deviantart and I hope you'll like them...
  10. Windows 8 [Bing app] cant open the search results

    well it gives me the web search results, image results ( I can even previewing them), video results but I cant aceess the pages. Simply the tiles ( search results ) become grey when clicked but nothing happens
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    Windows 8 How to return from tiles section to tiles overview?

    Sorry for this newbie question: Assume Is started a new Win8 system. Then at first the tile/frames overview appear. When I click now on one of the tiles/frames (e.g. fin, news,...) then I jump to the corresponding section. Fine. But how do I return to the tiles/frames overview? I tried ESC...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 Tiles Error

    Dear all, I recently purchased a SONY VAIO Laptop with Windows 8 OS but everytime I am trying to launch any tiles (e.g. messaging, skype, windows store, etc.) it just goes back to the tiles section. I need some help please. Thanks.
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    Windows 8 How do I bypass the e-mail and password needed to get access to the calendar and other tiles

    How do I bypass the e-mail and password request to get access to the tiles?
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    Windows 8 Windows 8, good concept, but not fully thought out! I need some help please!!

    First off, from the moment I turned on my new PC I hated Windows 8! It's retarded. I got used to it's hard navigation and bullshit. Now the windows tiles don't work. The apps don't open anymore. IS THERE A WAY TO GO BACK TO WINDOWS 7?!!?!
  15. Windows 8 A Win8 Desktop Approach You Might Like...

    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...
  16. Windows 8 Looking for an Antedote?

    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...
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    Windows 8 Lost my tiles + a Firefox issue

    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...
  18. Windows 8 URL shortcut icons

    I have pinned a number of url shortcuts to my Start on Surface RT. Is there any way to change the icons on these tiles. Thanks. :apologetic:
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    Windows 8 Where do the Start Screen tiles and apps live in your computer?

    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...
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    Windows 8 Freezing tiles

    When I try to open various tiles such a weather, Mah Jong, Solitaire etc. they simply freeze, or at best take forever to open. Is this the way Win8 is supposed to work? I see visions of Vista here.