Hi All - I've done a ton of internet research on this and haven't found my problem specifically described - although some situations very close...
Out of the blue, the metro screen for my 2 accounts (MS live accounts) is essentially locked up. Clicking on apps and tiles doesn't do anything. Keyboard works to some degree and I can do a win+R to get into desktop and be somewhat functional although after a period of time, clicking on programs and icons in desktop freezes up as well. The lock screen always works fine and I can CTRL+ALT+DEL into lock screen all the time.
Was able to boot into safe mode and everything works as normal in safe mode w/o networking. I created a local account and then booted back normally and that local account seems to work fine also. Tried the OLE registry manipulations, etc. that were suggested by Mr Google and that didn't help.
Question is, if this is related to using MS online live accounts, why? And how can I ensure this doesn't come back if I use local accounts only? Could this be created all by some app I used - have downloaded the "live cam" app and that's really the only one that was common between the two accounts. Installed some software that needed .net 3.5 also. Could that be it? Video card drivers maybe for my 9500GT?
Interested in some thoughts if anyone has ideas.
Thanks,
Jeff
Out of the blue, the metro screen for my 2 accounts (MS live accounts) is essentially locked up. Clicking on apps and tiles doesn't do anything. Keyboard works to some degree and I can do a win+R to get into desktop and be somewhat functional although after a period of time, clicking on programs and icons in desktop freezes up as well. The lock screen always works fine and I can CTRL+ALT+DEL into lock screen all the time.
Was able to boot into safe mode and everything works as normal in safe mode w/o networking. I created a local account and then booted back normally and that local account seems to work fine also. Tried the OLE registry manipulations, etc. that were suggested by Mr Google and that didn't help.
Question is, if this is related to using MS online live accounts, why? And how can I ensure this doesn't come back if I use local accounts only? Could this be created all by some app I used - have downloaded the "live cam" app and that's really the only one that was common between the two accounts. Installed some software that needed .net 3.5 also. Could that be it? Video card drivers maybe for my 9500GT?
Interested in some thoughts if anyone has ideas.
Thanks,
Jeff
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win 8 pro
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel Q9400
- Motherboard
- Asus P5Q
- Memory
- 8gb DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- Geforce 9500gt