The Microsoft Level 2 tech resolved some issues; but, of course, he couldn’t resolve them all; although, he was very nice and tried his best. Now we’ll see how it goes and if 8.1 gets more stable as time goes on. There’s no Windows Updates for it yet; so, when those start coming down the pike, they should probably resolve some issues. Until then, I’ll just try to make do with 8.1 and try to get used to it, hoping that no more problems occur with the Start page. (I don’t like the Start page anyway; and, except for games that I don’t have in the desktop, I don’t use it very much anyhow.)

The tech still didn’t resolve the transparency of the desktray; but he’s supposed to call back again tomorrow night, so I’ll try and remember to ask him about it again then. (I have the adjustments in the Personalization settings turned all the way up, and the desktray is still too transparent.)

Cheers, everyone!