Visual Studio 2013 Missing Design, Source and Split buttons

Operating system Windows 8.1 preview.
When editing a HTML file in Visual Studio 2013 Preview or Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web, the Design, Source and Split tabs are missing from the bottom left of the editor even though the "Enable HTML Designer" box is checked in the Options
drop down.
This behavior occurs in the Web install of Visual Studio 2013 Preview and both the Web install and .iso install for Visual Studio Express 2013 Preview for Web.

Hi Jack:
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Yes the problem also occurs on a different Windows 8 machine running Visual Studio Express 2013 Preview for Web.
If I restart the VS IDE and reset the VS with the default settings, and then create a new sample, it DOES NOT WORK as expected. The Design, Source and Split tabs still are missing from the bottom left of the editor even though the "Enable
HTML Designer" box is checked in the Options drop down.
Here is an image, with buttons missing, of the lower left corner of the Visual Studio Express 2013 Preview for Web IDE.
Here is an image, with the buttons as expected, of the lower left corner of the Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web IDE
To try to repro the issue simply load a HTML file into the IDE of Visual Studio 2013 Professional Preview IDE or Visual Studio Express 2013 Preview for Web IDE and see if the Design, Source and Split tabs are missing from the bottom left of the editor
even though the "Enable HTML Designer" box is checked in the Options drop down.
Robert Wishlaw

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Has any 8.1 user experienced this yet. I am pretty sure it' my laptop. John i know you was thinking about a yoga pro 2. Did you get One?
Basically a form i wrote in 2010 from xp will appear massively different if ANY UI changes are made. The form will appear as expected and drawn up until this point.
Image One attached is the form should appear. Image Two is after i add a random button that you can see. The whole form does not even render. It crunches it all together. I assume this is a laptop resolution issue?
Graphics
Monitor
Name Generic PnP Monitor on Intel HD Graphics Family
Current Resolution 1280x720 pixels
Work Resolution 1280x698 pixels
State Enabled, Primary
Monitor Width 3200
Monitor Height 1800
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0
Intel HD Graphics Family
Manufacturer Intel
Model HD Graphics Family
Device ID 8086-0A16
Revision A
Subvendor Lenovo (17AA)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Driver version 10.18.10.3412
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1

Hi Suvy,
From your description, could you please tell me how you renew your developer license for Windows 8.1 from Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition?
Generally, we can renew the developer license by going to PROJECT->Store->Acquire Development License… like the following screen shot.
In addition, as you said that you get the error in the 'contacting license server' stage for too long and eventually doesn't proceed further.
You mean that you did not get the developer license window which requires input the Microsoft account like the following screen shot, am I right?
If yes, as you said that the Avast antivirus installed and running. I suggest you can try to disable or un-install it check if it can work.
To make sure that it is not your VS IDE issue, please reset your VS settings, and then run it as the admin, test it again.
You can also try to run your VS in safe mode to make sure that it is not the add-ins or the extension tools’ issue.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241278.aspx
In addition, I got different ways to get a developer license, maybe you could check it here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh974578.aspx
Best Regards,
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