You can also hit WINDOWS+C. I have a keyboard with this in there that brings up the charms bar every time. You can also hit CONTROL+SHIFT+ESC for the Windows Key as you probably also know.

The person who designed the GAP logo, the 12-year old retarded child, must have designed this one. The OS is so good in beta on my tablet, that I can't wait to see what the final version is. This logo is far from good, though. But the BSOD in Win8 is a :( Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn't handle, and now it needs to restart. Even so, I'm not buying Windows 8 for the logo although I seriously hope they hire a graphics artist to design a new one.