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    Metro vanished / disabled (Can't get it back)

    I've tried the disable and re enable - it threw a dialogue box at me with an error (as far as I can remember) - can't remember exactly what point that happened tho.. I used a Windows8 fake start button utility that was supposed to suppress the metro, and revert to only the Start button like Win...
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    Metro vanished / disabled (Can't get it back)

    No, I wanted to roll back the antivirus update to see if it was the cause of the error. After looking at the CBS log file, I've decided that it probably wouldn't do much anyway... Tried a REFRESH though.... Screen flashed that giant ;-( blue screen for about 1/10th of a second. It was just...
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    Metro vanished / disabled (Can't get it back)

    Regarding the antivirus possibility; BitDefender2013 is listed as compatible with Windows 8 (One of the the reasons I selected to use it) I've not installed any anti additional malware, registry, or security protection on this machine yet.. Thanks for pointing out the possibility tho...
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    Metro vanished / disabled (Can't get it back)

    Ran the SFC in administrator mode.... reported that; Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.log blah blah blah.... I've looked at the log (Notepad file) It's massive, but towards the bottom there are a number of listed...
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    Metro vanished / disabled (Can't get it back)

    I've been using Win 8 Pro for a couple of months now, but a few days ago the metro interface stopped appearing, and I've been unable to get it back. I know a lot of people want it disabled, but I've gotten used to it, and in particular the WIN+I shortcuts for the menu.... The keyboard...
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