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Start Button Stops This solution is fine. The problem also goes away if you open the Task Manager and restart Windows Explorer. But what causes the problem in the first place and how can this be prevented? It seems to occur on some computers and not others. SR

Metro Apps Crash on Launch - New Data Hi, This is information that I have not seen on the thread yet (I think). I am running a Dell Studio with Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit. I am also dual booting with Windows 7. I have my computer set in the BIOS to autoboot at 6 AM every morning. This has been...

I updated to Windows 8.1 a couple of days ago on my desktop. Windows 8 was installed last June. I have a Seagate Free Agent GoFlex external drive connected to the computer for daily backups. Since upgrading to 8.1, this drive has been shutting itself off and then restarting at seeming random...

Just for information, I started the download about three hours ago and so far, have only received 28% of the download. Probably due to millions of people doing the same thing? Something else? My internet is not particularly slow and I have never experienced this to this degree before. Making me...

This is over a year and half old so possibly there is newer information. However, when I try this, my only options are to the desktop or the taskbar. This is so whether Chrome is opened on the desktop or in the Start Screen. Any updates available or is it just not possible to pin a web page...

This did not qualify as a BSoD but I managed to lose all of my tiles from the Start Screen, and since my background was blue, well, it was like a time warp. Anyway, after installing Google Chrome and making it my default browser, I looked on the Start Screen and could not find a Chrome tile...

I would like to sync some characteristics from my desktop to my laptop such as the Start Screen collection of Apps, personalization of desktop, the browser, etc. but I am concerned that when I invoke this, settings from the laptop will change the desktop. How is this directionality controlled...

Has anyone explored the use of System Restore to return to Windows 8 after the upgrade to Windows 8.1 Preview? SR

Mystere, please follow my description and you should be able to replicate the Tile in the Start Screen that will result in the files in the Jump List of any program pinned to the Task Bar in the Desktop. This is not exactly a Jump List per se, but it does do what I was trying to do which was...

I have been missing my MS Word Jump Lists something awful since using Win 8 full time and I spent some time trying to simulate them on the Start Screen. I have found something that comes close and would like a sanity check from the community. In the...

I have dual monitors and when using this feature, it captures both monitors in the single screenshot which now requires some editing to make use of the information on just one screen. Is there any way of selecting one or the other monitor and then taking the screenshot? This is important for...

True, I will try that. I hadn't gotten that far yet since the previous methods worked on Win 8.0. Perhaps just a bug that has not yet been worked out. After all, this is preliminary, right? Thanks for the suggestion. SR

can't pin web site Yes, true, but I am trying to pin to Start Screen as a Tile. I can't pin it from Apps because it indicates that it is already Pinned, even though it is not visible. I just don't know what to do about that. Any ideas? SR

One issue I have found that possibly is me, not Win 8.1 is I have lost the ability to pin a web site to Start. I used to be able to load a site on the desktop, go to the little "gear" in the upper right corner and find the choice " Add site to Start Screen". Now, in WIn 8.1, the choice is "Add...