Charms Bar Issues on G580

After several larger start up problems now resolved, I have a problem that the Charms bar in W8 pops up whenever it feels like it, not just when moving to the edge of the screen. It's infuriating especially as I downloaded a patch to disable it that doesn't seem to work.
Any ideas on disabling or locking the Charms bar?
Thanks
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GenghisDon,
If the above suggestions have not worked for you, there is a discussion here. Make sure you read BOTH pages of that discussion.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_cp-hardware/how-do-i-turn-off-windows-8-ges...
This appears to be the same registry file mentioned in the Microsoft Answers topic that you can simply download and run: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15538-charms-bar-hint-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html
For those who are experienced and prefer manual registry editing:
http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/149299-Method-to-hide-the-Charms-Bar
As always, before attempting to work in the Windows Registry make a backup!
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/28961-windows-8-make-a-backup-of-the-registry
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8wMrsYBTCY
I hope this helps.
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