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Solved Windows 8 Makes me ILL!

I don't know whether anyone else has had this problem, but since I started using the 'Tiles' I have been suffering with headaches and dizzyness! I get this same problem when I try to watch one of those...

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8.1 Preview preparation

Hi, I need few suggestions. I am intending to install the preview as it will be better than windows 8. I had purchased windows 8 Pro from MS store and also installed the media center. I will create a...

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Video playback is sloppy in Windows 8

So, I installed windows 8 pro, everything is fine except two small things... 1) the video playback is sloppy, in windows 7 on the same pc the HD videos were playing nicely, but in windows 8 on the same...

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Choosing which programs to belong on which profile

I just installed Windows 8 Pro, and I'm trying to find out how a certain user can have certain programs installed on the desktop. I dont want my roomate to see my programs like mail senders and such,...

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What gives with "Configuring Windows Features..." ?

I uninstalled McAfree Internet Security on my new laptop in order to put on Norton Internet Security. After the uninstall (did not yet install NIS), I got a message to restart the computer. After...

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Calendar Reminders - Windows 8 - Office 365

Hi I am running Windows 8 and the latest version of Office 365 which includes Outlook. For some reason there is no longer the ability to snooze a reminder to “5 Minutes” before start. Please see...

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Annoying cursor activity!

I'm new to Windows 8 and have discovered an annoying activity where the right hand side bar appears when I am moving the cursor elsewhere on the screen and the cursor jumps to the right hand side of...

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need help with windows 8

I just bought a new computer with windows 8 and I need to down grade to 7 so my programs will run Is there a way to back up windows 8 to be reloaded later? I am going to buy a windows 7 cd to load on...

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dell inspiron 5720 wont boot

diagnostics says all is fine no problems found. I can boot to bios... cant boot to safe mode. any ideas how to fix? so far im finding nothing on google.

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New CDs not working...

Hey guys, my first post here haha, I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have just bought 4 new Madonna CDs, 2 of them won't work. They're brand new, both from sealed packages and there's no...

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Problem with Windows 8 Calender

Hi Folks, Hope you can help - as you can see from the attached pic`s, with the mouse arrow on the `Calender`, if I click to open it the following pic` appears with an old Microsoft Account details...

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Solved Windows 8.1 Question ?

Hello, I'm a Windows 8 Pro User (x64 bit) and i have a licensed copy of it in both of my PC and my laptop, just wanna clarify is windows 8.1 a release like a service pack/ i should purchase it again...

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Where is W8.1?

Where in the Store is W.8.1?

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Is it good to turn off the computer every night when sleep

I heard letting the computer just go to sleep and not actually turning it off is bad for the computer? is that true?

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What is a good software for recording the screen

I'd like to do two things: recording both the mic and speaker as well as the screen, or just the mic and speaker without the screen.

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Win 8.1: Four Great Features

Having had some time to evaluate 8.1, these are the four features that I appreciate the most: 1) The ability to keep the same wallpaper / background on both the desktop screen and Start Screen. This is...

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I accidently deleted LicCtrl in Windows 8 Registry!

Now i can't right click anything!

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Windows 8.1 question: Notification Center?

To those who have used 8.1, is there a place where missed notifications are stored? Update: notifications that are from 3rd party apps like Weather Channel, ESPN, Facebook (coming soon), etc...

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Installed Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows won't start

Installed Windows 8.1 Preview and after reboot Windows won't start. Get screens saying "Preparing Automatic Repair," then "Diagnosing Your PC," and then a screen titled "Automatic Repair" which tells...

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dcom issues in the system event log

I've been seeing the following DCOM errors in my system log since day one: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with...

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