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tomos:
thanks erikts -
I presume that's valid for all software used on 8 so I struck a line through Metro :-)

Tweaks / etc:
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How to Delete Your Metro Application's Usage History in Windows 8 [howtogeek.com] (erikts #24)
-tomos (November 15, 2012, 02:41 PM)
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fenixproductions:
Little spam for ya…

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phitsc:
I followed these instructions to boot directly to desktop and it works:

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-skip-start-screen-natively-without-using-any-third-party-tool/

(note that it's not the same as mentioned in comment #8, although also from winaero)

tomos:
^ sounds good :up:

I added it to first post

tomos:
I followed these instructions to boot directly to desktop and it works:

http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-skip-start-screen-natively-without-using-any-third-party-tool/

(note that it's not the same as mentioned in comment #8, although also from winaero)
-phitsc (November 23, 2012, 02:50 AM)
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all the options I've seen for boot-to-desktop are quite, eh, 'heavy' for want of a better term.

This one (from phitsc) where you have to re-activate the OS
The one that uses sheduler to change the setting on each reboot,
and then they have an app that does this - it has to start with windows (which also disables the popup edge panels on the desktop)

Seems MS have made it quite difficult to change - but it is good to know when they work :up:

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