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    Force PIN login by default

    OK, it seems that in win8.1 the issue is somewhat gone (I didn't observer going back to pin after selecting it once on login screen) but! there is another issue - after rebooting the machine I always have to select PIN explicitely because during startup it always select password. Same goes for...
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    Force PIN login by default

    I still haven't found a way to do it... annoying!
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    Enable Custom Themes: Patch uxtheme.dll using UltraUXThemePatcher

    well. this seems to be somewhat along the lines of replacing wrong dlls with original ones and then setting style to Aero - yet in my case after that I still had issue with flickering screen :(
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    Import pictures - can't select folder

    For cryin' out loud - read original post - all is there (answeres to your questions) =,=
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    Import pictures - can't select folder

    but the problem is not that I don't see import device from which I want to grab photos - it's the destination that's not working..
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    Enable Custom Themes: Patch uxtheme.dll using UltraUXThemePatcher

    Same problem here... unfortunatelly cannot uninstall ultrauxtheme patcher as the backups seems to be corrupt :| I've tried restoring patched files from vanilla OS (system32 and syswow64) but it didn't work (same blinking screen). Any ideas how to resolve this?
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    Force PIN login by default

    Hello, I've setup my machine to enable PIN login (I find it quite convinient as the computer is 99% of the time in my home and 4 digit PIN is enough to discourage family from tinkering with my machine but easy enough to quickly unlock - I had 3 letter pass on my win 7) but I'm facing an issue -...
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    Import pictures - can't select folder

    Hello I'm trying to import pictures from external device (in this case - android phone with PTP) and in the import dialog I've selected "import settings" and then I'm trying to change "Import images to" location, but when I click on Browse and select the same path I was using on windows 7 (on E...
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    Moving windows to visible area

    Well, actually I have my own app/script to manage windows using keyboard and place windows in desired positions but... while this helps constant moving around windows to put them back i highly annoying :/
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    Moving windows to visible area

    Hello, I'm aware that behaviour in windows 8 is probably a bug fix but still: in windows 7 when I switched from dual display to single display all windows stayed exactly where they were so when I switched back to dual display everything was were it supposed to be (i.e. chat windows + music...
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    Solved “Run as administrator” prevents aplications from autostart

    Thanks. I went and removed the problem alltogether - disabled UAC... meh, after all my tweaking to make the experience with 8 at least bearable I think that I ended up with basically windows 7 :/ EDIT: @medab1 - but this will prevent aplication from autostarting! that's the whole point...
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    Solved “Run as administrator” prevents aplications from autostart

    I've been running a problem that some of the applications from the startup menu doesn't actually start upon login. After looking at the list of the applications I've noticed that actually only the exe files that I've set in properties to "Run as administrator" (in compatibility tab) doesn't run...
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