LightShadow Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 [sNIPPED] Hmm, your weather live tile works? Mine and a few others doesn't, it's just the plain old tile, even though it's turned on, and tried reinstalling the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinN206 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 like I said, its marked as legacy and obsolete, although they need to keep the Win+R key but still take it to something that lets you type in command line esc commands like run did... but with the start menu removed now, how do you do that without going into command prompt You can pin "Run" to the Start Screen or the Taskbar. You couldn't pin Run in Windows 7 to the taskbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 123456789A 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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McKay Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I've since uninstalled Weather, because I couldnt get the live tile to work, it just sat there saying "Weather" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightShadow Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 subcld 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa83 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 How do you make those categories on the start screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 How do you make those categories on the start screen? Ctrl + Scroll wheel back to zoom out > right click a group > Name group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 How do you make those categories on the start screen? 1) In the bottom right corner of the Start Screen, you'll see a little icon that looks like a negative sign. 2) Click on that to zoom out the tiles. 3) Right click on the group of tiles you wish to name. 4) At the bottom, you'll see an icon to name that group. 5) Click on the icon, and after you're done, press "Name". 6) Single click anywhere on the screen to bring the tiles back into focus. You're done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa83 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 1) In the bottom right corner of the Start Screen, you'll see a little icon that looks like a negative sign. 2) Click on that to zoom out the tiles. 3) Right click on the group of tiles you wish to name. 4) At the bottom, you'll see an icon to name that group. 5) Click on the icon, and after you're done, press "Name". 6) Single click anywhere on the screen to bring the tiles back into focus. You're done! That's pretty cool. Thank you! Dot Matrix 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted June 6, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted June 6, 2012 What's the limit for columns in a group? Is it 4 or is it something you can control? I never did try and mess with that for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 @Schwa83, you're welcome! New Desktop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Bladimir Van Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 trying to rid myself of Aero as much as possible... bring on Metro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The classic, yet sophisticated look. *like a sir* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceBox Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted June 23, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2012 Someone brought this up already but the new desktop app tiles we saw on the surface are nice, can't wait to see what other little things like that they've yet to show us. rfirth 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjf288 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Runs surprisingly well on 1GB RAM... should probably give it a bit more, would have to stop some VMs though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goofyinthehead Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I don't know. What's strikes me as funny is that 99.9% of the these pictures all look the same. There isn't enough customization to even post a picture. Same tiles, same backgrounds...but in any event, I think I may take the plunge and install it as my main os.....kinda nervous tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I don't know. What's strikes me as funny is that 99.9% of the these pictures all look the same. There isn't enough customization to even post a picture. Same tiles, same backgrounds...but in any event, I think I may take the plunge and install it as my main os.....kinda nervous tho I agree, I don't really get the point of showing the start screen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted June 23, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted June 23, 2012 I agree, I don't really get the point of showing the start screen.. Showing the desktop isn't much different unless we're comparing our wallpapers and how fancy we can align icons. Few people bother to go all out and install some 3rd party desktop app like windowblinds and start changing everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJGM Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 A handful of screengrabs from Friday afternoon . . . The "Start Screen": The classic Desktop: Explorer window customised with tabs: System Properties within the same Explorer window: Shaun N. and grayscale 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 ^LOL at 'Retro' 'Metro' :) Calum 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 Macification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 The desktop view looks virtually the same as Windows 7, so I thought I'd post my start screen: As you can see, it's nothing particularly exciting. It's clean and functional. I'm still not a great fan of the tiles for non-Metro apps, though based on the article posted on the front page a while back it looks like they'll be overhauled before release - larger icons and smaller text will be much appreciated. Overall I like the new start screen, as I find it quicker to find and launch apps (you can fit a lot more apps in than the Vista/7 start menu). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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