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~ Update Windows 10 from Win 8 bypassing Win 8.1 ? ~

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Can I upgrade Windows 8 straight to Windows 10 without upgrading to Windows 8.1 first ? Needed to Refresh SYSTEM to Windows 8 due to AUTOupdate crash and wish to avoid upgrading to Windows 8.1 prior to upgrading to Windows 10. Question: Upgrading to Window 10 from Window 8 achievable ? Instruction please. Thank U :dinesh:

toshiba brightness issue

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I have toshiba laptot. function keys are not working and adjust brightness option is also not showing in the power section. then how can I reduce the brightness of my laptop. please help on this

Windows refresh problem

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Notified that certain files were missing. Recommendation to refresh my PC which I did but on rebooting found that my display (personalized) settings were not as they had been. Seek advice on how to re-establish the Windows default display settings I am aware and have a list of the files that had been purposely removed

Solved My Windows 10 Desktop Computer and new Windows 10 Tablet

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My Desktop Computer want recognize my RCA Cambio W101 Tablet.(Tablet has Windows 10) Everywhere I look tells me that all that a need Is a Micro-USB TO USB Cable. Plug the Micro-USB into my tablet and my USB into my Desktop, but it will not see it so that I can transfer Data,Music, and Photo's from one to the other. Can someone please help. I may not have some setting set correctly drivers...

How does Win8 privacy/"phoning home" compare to Win7?

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I am considering moving up from Windows 7 to Windows 8 on my computer (I have been on this forum because of my wife's computer which has 8 on it). Windows 8 ain't bad once you fix it, but I'd like to know if it's worse in this regard (privacy, "phoning home," etc.) versus Windows 7.

Error screen pops up when updating Laptop Video card

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Any time I update my Laptop Video card through Nvidia GForce Experience, I always get a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library. error code reads "Program: C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\RunDII32.EXE" Ive included the screen shot of the error also... Any Idea what this is? And any idea also how to fix it? Thank you everyone for reading my post..

shortcut for at on keyboard

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hi I'm using a new pc i cannot find how to do the shortcut for at .com it is a querty board its not using the same keys as on other pcs appreciate any help thanks

what is minimized image recovery

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Does it do the exact same thing as the factory restore, but doesnt install some stuff? I'm a little confused about what this is exactly.

Help merging "Disk2" (931 GB) to "OS (C:)" (117 GB)

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PC Info: (Laptop) MSI GS60 2PC Intel Core i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.5 GHz Currently running "Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro" obtained legally from Microsoft Dreamspark Windows 8 is the native OS for my laptop Problem: I am trying to merge Drive 2 (unallocated, 931 GB) and return that memory back to the OS C: partition where it belongs. Context:

Ad Block problems

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I upgraded to Windows 10 and I have Ad Block, but I need to find out how to stop ad's. I will have three good size ad's that pop up at the bottom of the page Can someone direct me to a good ad blocker. I have more ad's on Chrome Browser. Could it be the browsers need to upgraded. Tommy

How to reset windows 8.1 enterprise with no recovery media

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Hi, I have a laptop with windows 8.1 enterprise, which was given to me by my school and has a ton of crapware on it. I have now since graduated and fully paid for the computer (so it is 100% mine), however my school has not reset it. I am the administrator, however if I want to change the lock screen background or some other misc settings I get the message "some settings are managed by...

Windows 8.1 won't boot after 1 week shutdown.

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I recently returned home after a 10 day trip and when I turned my computer back on it would not boot/open at all.I have a dual-boot setup running Win8.1 and Win7 Pro. The default OS is Win8.1, and -- as a matter of fact -- I probably haven't even opened Win7 for almost a year. Before I left all was working fine, I just did a full shutdown and turned everything else off.After a long time staring...

Is it easy to turn W8/8.1 SL into W8/8.1 Pro?

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Situation is.... Company wants to buy closed boxes that come with Win 8.1 Single Language. Would it be easy to, later on, turn these on into Win 8.1 Pro to join a domain, since Single Languange boxes cannot join domains? Or would it require the complete OS clean install to do this? Or a simple key change would change the Windows edition, when assigning to Microsoft Channel? Thanks...

Should I do a system restore?

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Just looking for some advice because I'm not sure if it's a good idea or worth the hassle. Couple weeks ago, I got a BSOD caused by an old display driver. Problem solved by getting a new update on the display driver. Then I had problems with my internet connection so I've had to unplug and replug the router and the cable box. Continued to have problems so I troubleshooted my networking...

Need to create recovery disk for W8.1 - But I have W10

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I have my old Dell computer that is running Windows 8.1 that my mom tried to throw away and I can't get into it - It's a few years old and I can't login to it. I would like to use a password reset disk, but I don't know how to make one on my Windows 10 Laptop. I wouldn't be against resetting the entire computer back to factory, I just need to get into it, I could care less about the files...

Reduced Screen (Black Edges)

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I know I am running Windows 10 and this is the Windows 8 Forum, but no one would help me on the Windows 10 Forum (I needed help with my scrolling not working, but it's been a few weeks). But this is a different issue. I just got off of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (as I've done a lot of times before) but this time (for the first time), the screen has black edges on the sides. When I...

0xc000000e error code. Cannot boot into Windows

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Hi, I think my HDD ( WDC Black 1TB or drive 1) have problem, it randomly lose power (I guess, because the only solution after lost power is to unplug and plug the SATA power cable), so I want to replace it with brand new HDD (also WDC Black 1TB) I want to clone the drive 1 to the brand new drive, but before I buy the new drive, I want to check if I can clone it, to my unused WDC Green 2TB...

Any new big update on pipeline for Win8.1?

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Hi, Currently we have windows 8.1 OS Version: 6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600. Will there be any service pack or version update for windows 8.1?

Missing d3dx9_32.dll

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I just reinstalled windows 8 so everything is super fresh....however i've encountered a problem. I am trying to bring up a program called "MikuMikuDance". and it's giving me an error d3dx9_32. I am trying to downlpad the latest version of direct x which will actually resolve this issue however i can not seem to get ahold of it. I mean it's like pulling teeth. When i launched one program it gave...

Why do my TVs appear in the Devices and Printers window?

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I have two Smart Samsung TV's. The firmware and internet functionality is updated via my wi-fi, but I can't recall ever having and connection between the TVs and my Desktop or Windows Tablet. The capture below shows that 40" set grayed out (it is currently turned off), and the 46" set is currently turned on. Image:...
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