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    Your general opinions on Windows 8.1 Preview Release

    How do you pin shortcuts to Windows 8.1? If you right click pin to start nothing happens????
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    Hate Windows 8.1 Please help?

    Thanks I installed from the ISO. I dont have an option to get more themes online on the start screen themes?
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    Your general opinions on Windows 8.1 Preview Release

    I personally think a lots changed. These are my biggest issues at the moment: [*=left]The themes in 8.1 have changed- I can’t find the minimal themes. Instead were left with giant fish, dragons etc. or just a blank colour. [*=left]The search on the start screen is like in an app- just...
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    Hate Windows 8.1 Please help?

    Any help on the following would be much appreciated: [*=left]The start screen themes in 8.1 have changed- I can’t find the minimal themes. Instead were left with giant fish, dragons etc. or just a blank colour. Is there anyway of getting the traditional more reserved themes back...
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    Various wireless connectivity issues

    I have had similar problems but think it could be related to the wireless driver. I fixed it by resetting "fast startup" When using Windows 8 "fast startup" the OS caches certain system information. My guess is this caches information about the drivers which can lead to driver issues. Anyway...
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    Disable UAC completely

    Have you tried setting it to never notify via the Control Panel: Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts > Change User Account Control Settings. You can close 8 Apps by alt-f4.
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    Account lookout threshold

    Hello. I have enabled the account lookout threshold via the GPO on Windows 8 however it does not seem to work with Microsoft Accounts. I wondered if anyone had managed to get it to work with Microsoft Accounts or if there is any third part or registry tricks to enable it. Thank You
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