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Solved Extra free space after installing Win 8 Pro 64-bit

Dear All, I have a query which might sound very stupid. But forgive my ignorance since I am using Win 8 Pro 64-bit version for the first time. Previously I had Win 8 Pro 32-bit installed. There was an...

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Solved Microsoft Reader doesn't list printer - HELP

Greetings all: When trying to print from Devices "charm" in Microsoft Reader, my default printer is not shown. It shows up in Printers on the desktop. Reader does show, however, a fax version of my...

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Error 0x80073712 , Error 14098 and An error occured durin

I have got error 0x8007371 when I tried to install .netframework 3.5 which was required to install windows essentials. I ran DISM command to fix 0x80073712 error, and received another error message in...

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Wakes from Sleep Mode, runs ~ 1 minute, then shuts down

A while ago I had a problem with a Computer running Windows 8 Pro x64 where it would wake up very early in the morning or various times at night. It wasn't nice since the computer is in my bedroom....

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How do you upload pictures on Picasa and view Picasa onlin

I heard that you can virtually store unlimited amount of photos on Picasa because they fit the size to the allowed size if you go over it. Anyway I did CTRL O and moved whole folders that has my iPhone...

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Windows 8 RAM

So here's the deal. I want to install windows 8 on my 4GB RAM laptop. I use it mostly for browsing the internet,watching movies and some small programs. Should i install the 32bit. version? I must say...

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Unusable Applications in Windows 8

Hi I upgraded to Windows 8 about a month ago, and quite frankly I have never had so many problems on my previous operating systems (95, 98, 98SE, 2000NT, XP Home, XP Professional) as I have on this. I...

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File manager show/hide files in ribbon

Hello guys and gals, first post here :) About the ribbon, I like it... One thing that bothers me though is that, it may be too easy to get to an option... namely show/hide files under the view tab. Is...

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Solved so far so good, except for,

ok, I moved this forum from the old computer to this new one by sending the link from the top of the screen by email. my idea was to put it in my favorites list, I can't seem to figure it out. when I...

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Friends Computer Shuts down after game is finished.

Hey. I am friends with this guy (he streams League of Legends) we play alot of games together, or atleast used to... After every game his computer shuts down for some reason, he is a lazy man. So I...

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Windows 8&7 Dual Booting Won't Start-up

I Have a CPU it was Windows 7 Home Premium installed , i Got windows 8 downloaded from Microsoft . I installed it without a CD . I Extracted the .iso file and Just Click Setup.exe , it was really slow...

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Wordpad

Have only two alternatives for page size,A4 or Letter,yet when I select letter the page size remains at A4 size.Never had any problems with Windows 7 but Windows 8 seems to be riddled with them.

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How to Access Easy Transfer on Windows 8

Still getting accustomed to wind 8. Want to transfer files from computer with Vista O/S to Laptop with Windows 8. According to some instructions, I should be able to do this with Easy Transfer so I...

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Can I run Windows 8 on an older laptop?

I have a new laptop with win8 and I really like it. I also have an older Dell Insproin 1521 with an AMD 64 bit processor, 4 gig of RAM and a 160 gig SSD. It runs Win7 just fine and I believe it will...

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Windows BIOS Icon

Hello Readers, I have a question about the looks of my BIOS startup screen. I have a relatively new ASUS laptop and i instaled windows 8 on it as soon as possible because ASUS had a free upgrade...

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Windows 8 loop errors! Help please!

Okay, this is for a Asus G46VW with Windows 8, I saw that there were updates to be installed and I had to restart my computer, so I did that, and when it turned back on, I got the error message '*your...

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So Fed Up With Windows 8 Freezes!!!!!!!!

*I know i have posted this before but i really dunno what to do!! I have a Acer 5750g Laptop with i5 core processor and 8gb of Ram It came with Windows 7 installed and when Windows 8 came out i...

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Windows 8 Settings and Files blank

Just recently gotten a new Desktop with Windows 8 pre-installed. I've seen various screenshots and such and tried to google the answer myself but haven't had much luck. When I go to my search (Where...

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Laptop Repair - Tech Challenged/System Restore and more...

I have accidentally broken the laptop screen on my relatively new Windows 8 Gateway NE51B05H, and am thankfully covered by the store product protection plan we purchased (Walmart). I have the go ahead...

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Win 8.1 Boot to desktop and bypass welcome screen

Hi there I'm waiting to see if this old hardy perennial will work on the new Windows 8.1 when booting directly to the desktop. You can currently bypass the Windows welcome screen at boot time quite...

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