Windows 8.1 users: Visual studio 2013 design rendering issues

Question

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

Answer 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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