[sixothree]

I am running Windows 8 on my home desktop. I'm really surprised at how unstable it is. Sometimes after entering my password I am presented with a black screen, sometimes I am presented with the desktop but with nothing pinned to taskbar and windows key and corners do nothing. Sometimes I when I shut down it just sits at desktop.

This is a machine that had no such problems with Windows 7. I've uninstalled virtually every program that could possibly cause the problems I experience. The only thing left to uninstall is Windows 8. I will not miss it.

[dangrossman]

Sounds like a driver issue. I upgraded in October and haven't had a single crash, freeze or stutter.

[sliverstorm]

You might want to try reinstalling. There's an option to expedite the process in the Metro menus, same place as where you set the timezone. I was having strange crashes, and a reset seems to have fixed the problem. I suspect it was an issue with the drivers I chose to install; this time I let it use all the default drivers provided through Windows Update, plus the driver package for my video card, and the crashing seems to have vanished.