Remove the delay when closing metro apps by dragging to the bottom.
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To restart explorer just find it in task manager, right click, and select restart.
To remove the password entry from 8/8.1
Right click the windows button and select run, or windows+r key.
Type netplwiz and hit enter, or select run.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"
Click apply, and enter your password twice to confirm. voila
Disable Skydrive and the icon in windows explorer
Think I found something reliable, haven't personally tested yet (I use Skydrive)
From Howtogeek.com
For Standard 8.1 32/64 bit
For windows 8.1 Pro/Enterprise
Remove from the Explorer Side Panel
Last time I disabled Skydrive and removed the icon, I got a pop up after closing the registry editor asking if I wanted to enable skydrive, just select no.
From Askvg.com
To restart explorer just find it in task manager, right click, and select restart.
To remove the password entry from 8/8.1
Right click the windows button and select run, or windows+r key.
Type netplwiz and hit enter, or select run.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer"
Click apply, and enter your password twice to confirm. voila
Disable Skydrive and the icon in windows explorer
Think I found something reliable, haven't personally tested yet (I use Skydrive)
From Howtogeek.com
For Standard 8.1 32/64 bit
Completely Disable SkyDrive Everywhere (Home Edition)
The Home editions of Windows don’t have Group Policy, which is a lot easier to use than the registry editor. If you’re running Pro, skip down further and read those instructions. For everybody else, this is how you do it.
Open up the Registry Editor by using the WIN + R key combination, entering regedit.exe, and hitting enter. Then, navigate down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows.
You will probably need to create the Skydrive key as shown on the left-hand side of the screenshot below by right-clicking on Windows and choosing New -> Key.
Once you’ve done that, create the DisableFileSync key on the right-hand side, and give it a value of 1.
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It’s pretty simple after that. Just restart your computer and Skydrive shouldn’t be available. If you just want to remove it from Windows Explorer, keep reading and follow the instructions below.
For windows 8.1 Pro/Enterprise
Completely Disable SkyDrive Everywhere (Windows Pro)
If you want to get rid of SkyDrive entirely, you can use Group Policy to remove it. This will get rid of it from everywhere on the system though, including the Metro apps.
Launch Group Policy Editor by pressing the Windows key and R simultaneously, typing gpedit.msc and hitting Enter.
Beneath the Local Computer Policy section, navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\SkyDrive and then double click the entry labeled Prevent the usage of SkyDrive for file storage to the right.
Select Enabled and then click OK.
The change will take immediate effect and you’ll see that the SkyDrive icon disappears from Explorer straight away.
Remove from the Explorer Side Panel
If you just want to remove SkyDrive from the side panel, you can use the registry editor to remove the library that provides that feature.
Press the Windows key and R at the same type, type regedit and press Enter. You then need to navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\ {8E74D236-7F35-4720-B138-1FED0B85EA75}\ShellFolder.
Before you can proceed, you will have to take ownership of this registry key, and when this is done you can make the necessary changes.
Double click the Attribute key and change its value to 0.
Should you ever feel the need to reverse the changes and reinstate SkyDrive, you can do so by either disabling the setting in Group Policy Editor, or editing the registry key again, this time changing its value back to the default of f080004d.
Last time I disabled Skydrive and removed the icon, I got a pop up after closing the registry editor asking if I wanted to enable skydrive, just select no.
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