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On my Windows 8 Pro PC, I've enabled sharing and set my home network up as a private network. When it was running Win 8 Consumer Preview, I was able to login as "joeblow@gmail.com". Then when I shared a folder, I was able to connect to it from my Win7 PC by entering "joeblow" as my user name and...

Yes, I'm using my email address to login. It's a GMail account, though, not Hotmail. Might that make a difference? In the past few minutes, the behavior has changed some. In the upper left hand corner it now displays Connecting... with the scrolling dots, but never connects. Funny thing is...

I've been trying out various Metro apps, and have more or less got them working except for Messaging. I seem to have successfully linked it to Facebook (at least I signed up for Windows Live/Facebook integration), but whenever I start Messaging I get a brief message that "Microsoft is...

Fallout: New Vegas Borderlands (black screen) Haven't tried the Witcher 2 yet, but my gfx card may not be up to it anyway.

Thanks a lot! Resolved a lot of confusion on my part. Is it just me, or is this not as intuitive as it should be?

Thanks...I finally found a comprehensive answer here: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2352-apps-pin-metro-ui-start-menu.html Problem is, that doesn't strike me as very intuitive. I'm thinking there should be some kind of tile/button/hotkey/hot corner to take you straight to an apps menu...

Really dumb question....how the heck do I add a tile to the Metro GUI. I can move them around and remove them, but I can't for the life of me figure out to add a new one.