Solved Metro interface lockup.

Reddax

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I have three monitors connected up, sometimes when i open the metro screen via the windows key, it just freezes, i'm unable to close it or do anything with it, pressing the windows button does nothing either. I can still work on the other two screens however.S earching then clicking on files ALWAYS freezes it, to fix it i have to log out then back in or restart explorer.exe, why is this happening?
Thanks.

Windows 8 x64
GTX 460
1055t 6 core 2.8ghz
8gb ram
 

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    Windows 8 64bit
Restarting explorer.exe in task manager fixes this, but i'll have to do this every time it does this.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
It's probably a video driver issue. Are you running the latest drivers from your manufacturer?
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Intel i7 3770K
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    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
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    16GB DDR3 1600
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    nVidia GTX 650
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    Onboard Audio
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    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
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    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
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    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
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    Logitech MX
You're using beta drivers. No wonder you are having problems. Roll back to the WHQL drivers.

Also, given that you're so willing to play with stability like that, you are probably overclocking as well. You might try removing the overclocking if you are doing so.
 

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    Intel i7 3770K
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    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
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    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
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    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
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    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
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    Logitech MX
I'm not overclocking. In my event viewer, i get the following error;

The Windows Search Service has failed to remove the old search index. Internal error <0,0x80070005>.

And also another one

The Windows Search service terminated with the following error:
Access is denied.
Event id: 7023

And also another one;

The Windows Search service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 172 time(s).
Event id: 7034
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
Do those events line up with your Metro crashes? Or are they just in your event log? Did you do an upgrade install of Windows? Or a clean install?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
I did a clean install, this has only been doing for the past few days, it's been fine before this, has it installed for a week or so. Also i do believe it ties in with the metro crashes. It just, locks up, i'm unable to click anything or hover over anything. Also on the desktop the bottom left icon doesn't appear, as if the metro interface has just, locked up, perhaps it's a permission issue?
 

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I've just changed all the access to full controll. Does this look correct however?
The bits i highlighted in black is my full name then my e-mail, is this how it should be. I have trouble with getting asked if wanted to give permission to folders and such a while back, so i changed permissions somehow and maybe this screwed it up? it may also tie with another problem i have of some applications run straight away, then the rest take around 20 minutes to then load up. all of them are listed in the task manager and set to enable.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 64bit
Did you disable UAC?
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
Well, there's the problem. Metro apps won't work if UAC is disabled.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
I've enabled the administrator account and i'm using this now and it works perfectly with all my programmes running. Just the only problem is that i cant go online on this account. I tried deleting the account i was using and re-creating it yet the problems still occur, looks like the permissions are messed up on both my hard drives, there must be some way to allow all access, the same access as admin is getting, to my other account.
 

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    Windows 8 64bit
Listen Reddax. YOU CANNOT USE METRO IF YOU DISABLE UAC. YOU CANNOT USE METRO WITH THE BUILT-IN ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT.

There is no workaround. It does not work.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
I've re-installed windows, with UAC DISABLED, on my normal account and now it works fine. Must've been some kind of permission issue.
 

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    Windows 8 64bit
That's not possible. Unless you did not actually disable UAC. Did you actually set the registry entry? Or did you just slide the slider to the bottom? Sliding the slider does not disable UAC, it just makes it run silently.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
    CPU
    Intel i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77X-UD4 TH
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX 650
    Sound Card
    Onboard Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Auria 27" IPS + 2x Samsung 23"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440 + 2x 2048x1152
    Hard Drives
    Corsair m4 256GB, 2 WD 2TB drives
    Case
    Antec SOLO II
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech MX
I move the slider, my bad, i thought that disabled it. Thanks for your fast responses anyway
 

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    Windows 8 64bit
I have been going around with tech support at work who believe that you can turn off uac off by sliding it all of the way down just like 7. They don't believe me that this doesn't actually turn it off in 8.
 

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    Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
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    Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
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    8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
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    EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
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    Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
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    23" Acer x233H
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    1920x1080
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    Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
    Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
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    Corsair 620HX modular
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    Antec P182
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    ABS M1 Mechanical
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    Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
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This is true for both 7 & 8
To actually turn off UAC, you have to do the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\luafv and change the "Start"=dword:00000004

4 is disabled, 2 is enabled. Luafv.sys is a driver (system service) for UAC and not used for anything else. Once you disable UAC and stop this driver from loading you can reduce your start up load time, howerver, doing this will break the Metro Apps.
 

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    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
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    PC/Desktop
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    Home Brewed
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    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
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    MSI-Z97
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    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
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    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
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    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
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    Dual HP-W2408
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    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
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    Antec 850W
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    Antec 1200
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    Danger Den H20
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    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
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