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    Does Windows 8 support creating a locked down start screen

    "Probably" being the problem there. We will be using hundreds of devices across many stores passing through the hands of thousands of customers and Murphy's law is bound to take effect. Is there not some registry hack or something that can be tweaked?
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    Does Windows 8 support creating a locked down start screen

    The problem with this is the store customers or employees should not be considered the user. I am the user, using windows 8 to create an experience that I will hand to people who probably have no idea what Windows 8 is. They will accidentally or purposely move tiles around and do unexpected...
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    Does Windows 8 support creating a locked down start screen

    The tablet will be used by the salespeople to demo certain items to customers, show videos, certain websites, and run one preapproved application I created. Occasionally customers will be left with the tablet and I do not want them mucking around and changing layouts or icons on the start...
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    Does Windows 8 support creating a locked down start screen

    I am developing a tablet experience that will be handed out to a number of employees in a number of stores. I want to customize the start screen a certain way and basically lock it so that employees (or customers) cannot move icons around, install new apps, or run unapproved applications. Is...
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    Can't install Win 8 RP in Virtual Box - Had no problems with CP

    I've had no issues installing other builds of Win however I have downloaded the RP and when I get to the part of picking the ISO to mount into VBox I get this error: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3921694/Capture.PNG So instead I tried mounting the ISO on my host machine using CloneCD and then...
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    All Icons in Metro mode have become very large - How to change it back

    My desktop is still the same resolution it always is 1600x900 but yes, metro almost seems like it's running under a different resolution. I don't believe it is the just the number of rows as all the apps appear to be running bigger than normal.
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    All Icons in Metro mode have become very large - How to change it back

    It only fits two rows of apps and even the metro app I've been working on now has everything sized funny. This could come up as something that will bother users and make our apps look terrible without the user even knowing why.
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