Dual boot and Windows 8 reset
Well, I had a dual booted machine booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu. Windows 8 was starting to play up so I decided to completely reset the computer. I backed everything up, booted to Windows 8 and hit the...
View ArticleW8 initial impressions
We just got our first W8 machine... a laptop... and have a 2nd one coming. So it's time for me to learn something about this new (to me) OS. I'm hardly new to Windows... coming from DOS/OS2...
View ArticleNew Win8 Pro install hangs at the OS selector screen
The short story: I've got two Windows 8's on a machine: one OEM and one retail Pro which I just installed. The light-blue "OS Selector" screen which it boots to will hang after about 10 seconds. Within...
View ArticleStartup folder
I have Windows 8 on the default setting of permissions, meaning it always asks me if I want to run a program. Sometimes it does not and the program won't run unless I start it as administrator. My...
View ArticleWindows 8 Internals gurus sought
I am looking for people to review a description of Windows internals for the forthcoming new edition of my Operating Systems textbook. The current edition has a 33-page description of Windows 7...
View ArticleAdded a 2nd SSD, now I've got a bunch of problems...
I think it might have something to do with permissions, since I keep getting similar errors. 1) I cannot change the wallpaper, except for groups of photos or by choosing a theme in the personalization...
View ArticleDesktop Icon Resolution
Hello, my laptop has an HD screen, 1920x1080 to be exact. Some of my desktop icons are out of focus and blurry, but others aren't. At first I assumed that those icons were not compatible with an HD...
View ArticleSolved Control Panel is Blank When Opened
Hello, just recently I've been having some issues with my Control Panel. When I open it, it is completely blank. I've let it be for at least 9 hours, and the same thing persisted. I have absolutely no...
View ArticleSmall icon colors
hi i recently purchased a laptop with Win 8 (64bit) all drivers installed. but in the start menu when i type something to search, the search result icon seems to have color issues. big icons color is...
View Articleyour purchase couldn't be completed
Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this in but.. Have installed Windows 8 64bit on three computers, all similar spec (amd a8 processors and gigabyte f2 motherboards with 8gig ram.) Windows...
View ArticleSet Compatibility on exe file regardless of file location
Good Evening Gentlemen. I have an issue running a program that is contained in a self extracting zip that is supposed to run automatically. The SFX files unzips the contents to a folder on my hard disk...
View Articlewindows 8/windows 8 pro
hi, i have a laptop with windows 8 installed i am just wondering what are the differences between windows 8 and windows 8 pro??? would it be worth swapping to windows 8 pro???
View ArticleQuestion problems with Windows 8
I purchased one of the $39.00 upgrades that MS did back when Windows 8 first came out and never got around to installing it until about a month ago. I did an upgrade installation to Windows 8 from...
View ArticleComputer suddenly won't boot
I have a Windows 8 Pro x64 and yesterday it was working fine... Now, I turn it on, the dots go around in circles for a long while and then the screen just turns off. After a few reboots, it goes into...
View ArticleHow To Determine Which Program Generated A File?
I've had this problem for awhile, finding strange but not necessarily harmful files, and wondering which program created them, so I can determine if they're safe to delete. I've tried Googling the file...
View ArticleRecovery Disk?
A friend of mine has asked my to repair a Windows 8 box. He improperly installed Ubuntu, then used BCDedit to create another boot entry for it (note that the new boot entry was NOT marked as default,...
View ArticleWhen I open File Explorer on the left-side (Windows 8)
under Favorites I had a download folder and now it is gone. Please tell me how to get it back under where it says Favorites. It did read Favorites, Desktop, then I think Downloads, Recent Places, then...
View ArticleNo ribbon in File Explorer
I use an alternative file manager so I don't run explorer.exe very often. But today I had a need to, and when I opened it, I found that the ribbon interface was missing. Any ideas what might be going...
View ArticleShow Known File Extensions Reverts to Default
Hello all, I hope this isn't a repeat thread - I didn't find any others that were having this issue. On the first day I received my laptop, I went into folder options and selected to show hidden...
View ArticleBattery status on lock screen
Hello, Is it possible to have battery status in text format on lock screen in addition to (or instead of) the basic icon, which is a very crude gauge? If not, is there a 3rd party app which can display...
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