HDMI to TV only shows desktop.
When I hook my laptop up to the TV with a HDMI cable my laptop screen goes dark and the TV only shows the task bar and the desktop background. Sound works. No mouse or actual programs are displayed. I...
View ArticleSolved copy files from WinXP to Win8 PC's
I am a new member here. I looked to find, but was not successful, a more closely related thread. I just purchased a Win 8 PC (gateway) to replace a Win XP PC (Compaq); both are desktops. The OS (XP)...
View ArticleOdd Windows Media Center DVD Behavior?
so i use dual displays, one is 1920x1080, the other 2560x1440 (which is my primary display), and they are configured as extended. for whatever reason dvds won't play in wmc if i open/launch wmc in my...
View Article'Fn' Key stuck!
Hello! New on the forum and have been 'using' Windows 8 for a few months now. I'd love to love it, but I'm still struggling... I'm on a Samsung laptop with a numerical keypad, but the Function key...
View ArticleDo hard drives come with an SATA cable?
Just bought a HDD on amazon and I was wondering if it comes with an SATA cable. It didnt say it did, nor did it say it didnt include one. If not, where could I buy one? Walmart? Best buy?
View ArticleAdvice on plethora of HDD's & 2 SSD's
Let me first list my HDD'S & SSD inventory I have 6 HDD'S 4 of the 1TB Each so that's 4TB & 2 more @ 500GB = 1TB= (in total 5TB) in HDD storage. I also have 2 SSD's @ 120GB each = 240GB ....So...
View ArticleOld desktop pic on new drive??
I've just reinstalled my win8 operating system onto a new 1tb drive and after it installed my old desktop pic was on the new reinstalled drive. How is this possible unless my del laptop has somehow...
View ArticleSolved How to disable 'gestures'...???
Got a new laptop today, with win 8 (sigh). Installed classic shell to get rid of metro, but I keep getting this stupid popout from the right side every time I move my mouse from right to left... how do...
View ArticleRandom brightness change problem
Dear readers, i have a smal probleem with My new Acer tablet. The brightness of the screen randomly changes. i did some googling and i learned the tablet is able to auto adjust the beightness. I found...
View Articlewindows store and refresh issues.
Hi guys/girls I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to windows 8 last week after having purchased it about a year ago. Install was fine and everything seems to be working. However, that was until i...
View ArticleSending a page or link by email opened on 'Start screen'?
Is the only way to send a site's 'page or link' by email opened on the Start screen is to select the 'View on desktop' & send it from there?
View ArticleStorage Space Move??????
Afternoon, I am looking for help I am currently running win 8 with a pool of drives configured in storage space about 10TB. I want to build a new computer with Win 8 and move the current drives to the...
View ArticleNotification problem
Hi guys, sorry if messing up forum rules or something, not sure if posting in the right section, I'm not really used to forums :). So I have a problem which I could explain in a few lines... Or I can...
View ArticleMouse pointer doesn't appear after restart
so i have had to do a system restore on my desktop 2 times because the msft update rendered my windows 8 desktop useless unless in safe mode, THEN it showed my mouse pointer. the unifying software...
View ArticlePublicity emails from Microsoft...!
:cry: Hi. This may be a simple problem. I have referred it to Microsoft support who looked at it for a few days then gave up came back and told me to try here. I am ENGLISH, I live in FRANCE.
View ArticleInteresting startup problem, irritating
Hi. On Windows 8 since the upgrade from 7 and continuing after the recent Patch Tuesday. I have a situation after I log into Windows 8. After the Metro window arrives and a short while, I get a message...
View ArticleWindows cannot find %SystemRoot% \System32\ ...
Hi Guys, I use Windows 8 and I've got a problem with running typical system control application. For example, I go to the "C:\Windows\System32" and try to run SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe, but after...
View ArticleSolved boot manager is missing cannot get to setup screen
Hi, I have looked around a bit and all solutions to this problem require me to get into the startup screen when booting from the installation disk upon startup. The problem is I cannot get to that...
View ArticleExternal Hard Drive Problem
Hi fellow members, I am in desperate need of advice. It's regarding my External HDD. I have a Western Digital My Passport 1 TB External Hard Drive. It was working perfectly till my friend took it from...
View Article.net framework error win 8 64 bit pro with media center.
Hi there yesterday i got a wired .net framework error on my windows 8 64 bit computer,this happened after i updated a program i have not experienced it since but i wanted to know if i need to do...
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