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problem of change language keyboard

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hi I'm on windows 8.1, the user my keyboard language exchange connection courtyard and the scroll list appears without problem , but when I connect the scrolling list no longer appears and the icon is rated from the clock is not available , and also in " control panel - language - option" > . urgent help please

Windows 8.1 'Spying and downloading' Official response.

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I recently raised specific questions with my Member of the UK Parliament concerning Microsoft downloading Windows 10 files and updates for windows 8.1, which didn't reveal their true nature, onto my computer without my consent. Below is the reply my MP received from the CEO )UK) of Microsoft. 25 November 2015 Dear (Member of Parliament) Thank you for your letter of 28 October,...

No checks beside Win Updates after Win 8.1 Repair Install

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I just repaired Windows 8.1 Pro (64bit) following the instructions in "How to Repair Install Windows 8 and 8.1 without Losing Anything". I did this because I kept getting DISM Error: 0x800f0906 ('The source file could not be downloaded') despite trying all the suggested solutions I could find. The repair was successful and DISM is repaired. I have Windows Update set up to "Check for updates...

Windows Booted to Strange Account After Update

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I did an Update and Shutdown last night. This morning after booting up, everything was different. A different wall paper, most items from my desktop and systray missing, only a few items on the start screen, and a couple of apps asking for passwords on the desktop. Before panicking, I logged out, and logged back in again. Everything then came up normal. I only have one account. Any idea of...

"get windows 10" box keeps popping up

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My pc goes into sleep mode whenever I close my laptop. Every time I open it, the "get windows 10" box appears in the middle of my screen and quite frankly, it's really starting to annoy the hell out of me lol. What do I have to do to make this box not appear?

Video files won't play is there a way to fix?

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Hey guys, I've got a bunch of video files from a recovery I had to do off a 4 terabyte drive.. yeah that was annoyingly long.. Some of them don't play saying "cannot render" - that's fine so I delete them.. I'm using* VLC and Media Player Classic Home to try to view the videos*.. sometimes VLC is better. and sometimes MPCH can play them... so I have to now try both programs if one...

Viewing Photos easier?

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Hey guys I have millions of videos and photos I have to delete.. Is there a program or any way to view these photos and videos easier to quickly go through them?? I used to have a mac and they actually had a good system for doing that like below.. thanks. Like this..

File explorer and Recycle Bin broken after last update

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I have Win 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite C75 and after the upgrade yesterday File Explorer and the Recycle Bin are both broken. If I empty the Recycle Bin the desktop icon doesn't refresh and if I create a new directory, delete or rename files in any File Explorer window the changes are not refreshed. I have to go up one level and back down again to see the changes. This is rubbish and I need...

Solved Windows 8.0 goes out of support in 1 month (12 Jan 2016)

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I thought it might be a helpful time to remind any remaining users of Windows 8 (as opposed to 8.1) that it goes out of support in a month's time, on 12th January 2016. From here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/gp/lifecycle-windows81-faq ---Quote--- With the General Availability of Windows 8.1, customers on Windows 8 have 2 years, until January 12, 2016, to move to Windows 8.1 in...

Windows Power Options - Crackling Audio & Freezing Video

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Hey everybody. I've been experiencing an issue recently, where, whenever I select my computer to operate in either "Balanced" or "High performance" mode via power options the audio will become very crackly and the video will freeze every minute or so for a few seconds. If I set the computer to "Power saver" the problem goes away, but naturally, my computer starts to run much slower as a result....

Need Help About Windows 8 Backup And Restore

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Hi To all I am using windows 8.1 since 2013 And i am installing a lot of applications on my laptop But when i new the windows , Then i am installing all my apps, and drivers So i need a procedure to make a backup of my windows to restore fast because when i am installing new apps to windows i am wasting 2 to 3 hours on it. so this is a big problem to be, and because of that i am not...

Whats Better to run? Sandboxie or VM or Parallels etc??

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Basically I want to run a web browser lets say firefox etc.. and not have anything saved or care about it etc.. which software would be better for that? thanks

Windows 8.1 Always Blue Screen at Startup(Troubleshooting)

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Hello everybody, I've made an account just for this error regarding how troubling it is but yet I realize the amazing peer guidance in this community. Back to the point my laptop is having a big issue preventing me to access it. At first it began with a random constant Please Wait loading circle so I force shut down and reset my PC after reading so. Now the bigger problem is that after resetting...

Strange Freezing on any program

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Hello! I resently seen small but anoying freezes happening on my laptop. It happends rather I'm typing or gaming or watching a video. The programs don't freeze it's a bit like if another invisible window opend up for a second and if i click i go back to the screen i was using nothing happends visually. It's starting to get really frustrating like sudden freezes and messings ups. This ...

Solved Windows Modules Installer Worker - high CPU for hours

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I'm running a fresh install of 8.1 x64, on a C-60 processor and 4GB RAM. The system was fully updated, then today I did it again with about 175MB of updates. Since then WMIW has been consistently using a lot of CPU - 40 to 60%. I understand it should run for a while. I understand there are two levels of optimization, and the second can drag on at low priority. The machine was barely used...

What is COM Surrogate and why is it continuously using CPU

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I've noticed that the CPU on my Windows 8.1 desktop seems to have been continuously used up by 12%-15% by something named "COM Surrogate" (see screenshot attached.) Attachment 66626 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/general-support/66626-what-com-surrogate-why-continuously-using-cpu-1.png) Is there any way to find out what that is? And maybe stop it?

Where can I find window8 rescue disc 64bit dell computer?

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Sigh, I guess I will start from downloading IOBIT advanced system care and then it asked me to update my driver and now I have this driver failure thing where I'm unable to login to window, I've googled so much and now I'm in need of the rescue disc file for rebooting so I can perform system restoration, but I'm unable to download it from the window official website because I don't have the...

The Group Policy Client Service Failed

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ok so this group policy client keeps failing i used a restore point and it was fixed , but a few days later it happened again. I use restore point then it happens a few days later again and so on and so on. now its been like 7 times it happened. What the hell Microsoft. why does this happen all the time?

event id for system shut down in 8.1

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Does anybody know event id to look for to determine when the system was shut down? I know it's 6006 in Windows 7 that specifies when event log stoped, I don't know if it's the same for Windows 8.1, since I can't see any ID 6006 in my Event viewer.

W8.1 x64 - After Restart - Font Deleted

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Hi! Today w8.1 x64 get me some updates, after installing the updates PC restart and i get only the symbols instead of letters, so I find on the internet how to reset to the default fonts, and clean only .reg files that need to be deleted to updated the fonts. Now half problem is gone, but other half is that in menus, layout and dialog box I have some other font, even the layout is broken in...
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