http://windows8forums.com/ What’s now arguably the start menu in Windows 8 is a Windows Phone inspired interface. Use this area for discussions of the new interface, as well as the normal desktop and the customization of Windows. en Tue, 06 Nov 2012 06:11:21 GMT vBulletin 60 http://windows8forums.com/images/misc/rss.png http://windows8forums.com/ http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-start-screen-desktop/15153-start-screen-stopped-working.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:32:38 GMT I updated from Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything was working fine until this morning. I am able to boot to my user account and the Start screen... I updated from Windows 7 Home Premium. Everything was working fine until this morning. I am able to boot to my user account and the Start screen appears. However, none of the tiles work. I can't get onto my desktop. When I try Task Manager, it will flash briefly but won't display. I can switch users, shut down, etc by using ctrl-alt-delete options. When I switch to a different user account, everything works including the Start screen. When I switch back, the Start screen doesn't work. I am now using an alternate user accounts, but I need to get back to my main account. Any advice?

TIA
Jim ]]> Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop jhom http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-start-screen-desktop/15153-start-screen-stopped-working.html http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-start-screen-desktop/14679-custom-live-tiles-windows-phone-mango-completely-different-experience-help.html Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:17:56 GMT Hi! I was maybe too excited about upgrading to Windows 8 because my experience with Windows Phone 7 was very positive. One aspect I loved: the live... Hi! I was maybe too excited about upgrading to Windows 8 because my experience with Windows Phone 7 was very positive. One aspect I loved: the live tiles. They were easy to set up from within Apps, and they were very convenient. I'm not having the same experience in Windows 8... It's a little more difficult to figure out how to set up the live tiles from specific points within Apps, and for some reason, I'm having a difficult time finding a guide on how to do it.

An example: I can put a live tile linked to either of my sisters' facebook profile on my start screen on the Windows phone. From there, it will flash updates if they, for example, post a new picture on their profile. It's nice and convenient because I don't have to sift through every other facebook notification/update on my facebook feed to get quick status updates on my family (who I live far away from).

Is that possible on Windows 8? Can you point me to a guide on how to do it? For some reason, it's not as easy to figure out this time around. :( ]]> Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop NewUser http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-start-screen-desktop/14679-custom-live-tiles-windows-phone-mango-completely-different-experience-help.html http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-start-screen-desktop/14574-personal-file-lock.html Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:59:13 GMT when my system starts up it always opens my personal file.. How do I stop it happening ? Also when I put my desktop PC to sleep I tweaked it so... when my system starts up it always opens my personal file.. How do I stop it happening ?
Also when I put my desktop PC to sleep I tweaked it so when I wake it up I don't have to use password.. however when pc goes to sleep automatically when I wake it up it says it is locked and asking me for the password.. I just want to get rid of passwords (I am the only user) but how? Can I use my pc without Administrator, just myself as solo user ? ]]> Windows 8 Start Screen and Desktop nesetceri http://windows8forums.com/windows-8-start-screen-desktop/14574-personal-file-lock.html