Sorry corrected the references and now read 1.1 and 1.2 of Start8 and I do not run version 8.1 of Win8 which is not yet officially released but in beta. Thanks for showing me my errors in the original post.
I corrected the mistakes in referencing the versions of 1.1. and 1.2 and calling them 8.1 and 8.2. Interesting that you ask about the user accounts. Yes, both machines use the same user account because they sign into my Microsoft account and make both machines alike as to my settings, store downloads, preferences, and sync accounts for email etc. That is an interesting link possibility as to why the machines now have the same problem but it is the way Microsoft has designe
Very weird, but on two of my computers running win 8, I updated them to ver 1.2 of Start8 and now have a nightmare. On the Win 8 charms start page, almost all the win 8 applications will not load. They start to open and then return back to the Win 8 Start Page. Live tiles still update, but cannot open the applications now. Only common denominator between the laptop and my desktop is an update to this application I have loved from day 1. I even called Le