[TimoV]

@TimoV :
Yeah i will give that a test in a minute.
I think that there is a problem with your XBMC install somewhere because i had this problem the other day with XBMC.
And what's your system spec ? as the dashboard should load up pretty much instantly.
And have you tried uninstalling the widgets script ?
Also could you send me a copy of your log please ? as i think there could be a problem with some of your modules, but i can't tell without looking at the log.

That's weird, have you tried installning XBMC on a different user account and running it as administrator ?
I had a similar problem and it was my XBMC install, something wrong in my \appdata\roaming\xbmc\ folder so i created a new user account, installed XBMC and everything is working perfectly.
When it gets stuck on that screen you have to click enter to carry on.
If you can't access the settings then could you just upload your log to here as this will really help a lot to find out what the problem is.
(C:\Users\%username%\appdata\roaming\xbmc\xbmc.log)

Hi Toyota!

Still experiencing the same problems, a quick rundown of what I did:

1) Created a new (local) user account with administrator rights on my windows 8.1 install
2) Did a clean XBMC 12.1 install
3) Run XBMC as administrator once so it created the ../roaming/XBMC folder
4) Quit XBMC
5) Extracted the latest version of your script into the .../roaming/XBMC/addons folder
6) Extracted the latest system folder from your update into the .../roaming/XBMC/addons/skin.xb1 folder
7) Started XBMC, went to skin settings, changed the skin the XBOX One
8) Before I run setup, I went to skin settings, developer and clicked on fix system.
9) Run setup, I immediately got a service.skin.widgets error and a script.extendedinfo error (no more xbox.gamertag error)
10) Setup completes succesfully, but once again, I get an extremely slow dashboard loadup and the dashboard is just unusable.

System Spec:
Windows 8.1
Intel Core i7 - 920
Radeon HD 4870
6 gb ram

I have 3 userlogs for you:
1) userlog from right after the setup, so the first time that the dashboard starts up (which is extremely slow to the point I need to force close XBMC): https://onedrive.live.com/download?resid...ile%2c.log

2) Userlog from the second time I open up XBMC and try to load the dashboard
https://onedrive.live.com/download?resid...ile%2c.log

3) Userlog from the third time I open up XBMC, I now deleted the script.skin.widgets folder
https://onedrive.live.com/download?resid...ile%2c.log