Solved What did my cat do to my pc now?
After walking across my keyboard I have this at bottom of screen every time I open IE. Which I have to exit out of. Attachment 21035...
View ArticleHow do I put Hibernate on the Power Menu?
I want "Hibernate" on the power menu. I can get to the power mgt. window, which appears to give me an option to check a box to put Hibernate on the power menu, but clicking on that box fails to...
View ArticleJust bought a computer with Windows 8...its...interesting?
My wife and I needed a new computer because our Toshiba Satellite laptop was just too old to be of service anymore. We had a choice between a Mac laptop or a computer with Windows 8. After browsing...
View ArticleWindows partition not detected
Any help would be greatly appreciated :) Here's the scenario... PC crashed, I get Toshiba splash screen at start up then nothing. With recovery stick I can get tools but cannot use them... I get either...
View ArticleSome Programs Slow to Load
Some programs are becoming slow to load or do not recognize their connection to a file extension. Most noticeable are Nitro PDF Professional which doesn't always start when I click on a PDF file,...
View ArticleA Big Thank You To This Forum
after passing on vista and w7 upgrades over the years, i decided to finally take the leap, opting for w8p/64 with my new machine purchase, and once and for all retiring my faithful xp os which had...
View ArticleRecover data from bad laptop
Hello, I have a laptop that was damaged badly. I need to get the pictures and documents off of the hard drive, the hard drive it's self seems fine. I took teh HDD out and used a SATA to USB converter...
View Articleside icons sometimes does not work
hi all . I don't know what u cann the icons u hover over on the botton left and top right sides but when I boot up my laptop sometimes well more then that a lot of times it does not work . I cant shut...
View ArticleTidying up the Taskbar
I've searched the forums, and if I wanted to add or remove a language or keyboard I now know how to do it. The thing is I will _never_ _ever_ need to add or remove a language or keyboard! I just want...
View ArticleWindows 8 Lock Screen?
How do I lock my windows 8 desktop? I leave my computer unattended at times so I usually lock the screen so that no one can access it while I'm gone, So can some please tell me how to do it in Windows...
View ArticleWindows 8 on older PC...need to boot into Safe Mode
Hello everyone, my first post here. To make a long story short, a USB video adapter that I was using with Windows 7 stopped working with Win 8, because the drivers are no longer compatible with the...
View ArticleSolved Weird message upon startup (totally confused)
I'm not sure what I installed for this to happen, but every time I turn my Windows 8, Sony Vaio laptop on, I get a dialog box that pops up in Russian. Using Google Goggles on my Android smartphone, I...
View ArticleRecycle Bin crashes system
I had deleted some items and decided to restore them. When I open the recycle bin, I can see the files for about 2 seconds and then it seems the system crashes and refreshes/restarts. As soon as it...
View ArticleStart / Splash screen help
I am using 8 on a non touch laptop and find when I am working in other programs such as Powerpoint or Word it keeps appearing when I am in the top left corner or on the right side. Is there anyway to...
View ArticleQuestion about My Pictures (live tile) on Start Menu?
Ok, maybe Im missing something but accessing the pictures (live pictures tile) folder from the start menu shows my photos but not in the order Id like them to be in. As such, to my horror Ive found...
View ArticleWindows 8 Apps wont start
it all worked fine until tonight, some of installed app just wont start, those default apps from Microsoft are still working fine though; the problem is when you open the app, it quits to the sidebar...
View ArticleWindows 8 hangs in VirtualBox
I need to fix the following problem. Sometimes Windows 8 just hangs after I look around and change some of the DVD related settings in VirtualBox. My host system is ubuntu and the guest is Windows 8....
View ArticlePower Plans
Hey there. I was wondering how Power Plans work. Say, I have my Power Plan set on Balanced. Now it'll adapt to the Balanced settings for plugged and unplugged respectively. Now say, my computer needs...
View ArticleNewbie (sorry) I don't want icons. I need thumbnails.
I tried searching this topic with no luck. My apologies as I'm sure this has been asked before.:o I need to see my thumbnails. 99% of my files are Photoshops and I need to see them, not the PS icon. I...
View Article[Help] How to Unattach a file from any Program?
Hi, I'm having some trouble fixing it I want to make windows to stop open SRT files Using notepad I do not want windows to be able to open SRT files I wish it will be unkonwn file and be unattach to...
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