I wonder what happens to the user-tile when you shrink the taskbar in Windows 8... Does the pic shrink as well?
Hmm, but surely that would defeat the purpose of the user-tile on the taskbar? Maybe it shrinks into a smaller icon, and you can hover the mouse to expand... The whole thing looks rather make-shift and methinks they are changing the look of the superbar in Windows 8 anyway. Didn't they also take out the blur in Aero? I wonder why? Wind perhaps?
I don't think. More probable tile will shrink along with the taskbar. I think it's a bug, not something intentional.
Vlad, is it possible to disable Account Picture in systemtray? (in Win7 is this by Control Panel - System Tray Icons)