This machine is part of our parent company's domain which I am not administering. What I got from their team is it might be due to SEP policies! Even though I disabled SEP on my machine, it still is the same issue. I am member of local admin group as well.

@Dashrender said:

I'm trying to impress my boss with Windows 8

Good luck - I'm not sure I'm impressed too much. As far as Metro apps go, there's a number of little widgets in there for things like news and weather that constantly update themselves, along with a Reader app. Just wondered if anyone was able to integrate any of them into their productivity routine.