I had something similar happen a month ago. Tried for 5 hours running fixes and malware scans. Ended up rebuilding because I didn't want to waste more time trying to hunt it down.
I've used their PST recovery tools. Works good enough. I was a little hesitant, but it never seemed to be malware infected or anything like that. Works, but a little clunky.
I think the bitching about Metro is interesting.
I initially hated it, but realized that MOST (non [H]) users would rather see the <10 apps that they use on a normal basis in front of them, not in a start menu of any kind. Think about your parents. If it's not a shortcut on the desktop...
Cannot recommend bestskinsever.com enough. Had one on my Aria, now on my SGSII. They're the same thing as the Invisible Shield/Zagg protectors, except they're cheap!
$6.99 for the front screen, $8.99 for a full body cover. It's a wet application, but I've put them on my SGS II, Aria...
We've got about 50 users on BitLocker on laptops. No problems so far, about 8 months and the laptops do travel but never had a recovery mode trigger.
I like it because it's transparent, we were using TrueCrypt at first, but then users just wrote the passwords inside the laptop (or printed a...