where is current Flash player in Win8?
I give up. When I try to play any kind of video, even an ecard, I see a message that I need to get the latest Flash player version. When I click on the provided Flash icon, I am taken to a page showing...
View ArticlePCIe Hub & External USB Drive File transfer issue
Help. This is driving me nuts. Not sure what's happened and pretty sure I have not done anything to silly. Background : New Windows8 install all update and drivers : system running absolutely fine. I...
View ArticleWindows Search - access denied to start service
hi there! My Windows Search is not working. I try to start it from services management but the error 5 (access denied) rises (with user SYSTEM) :huh: I tried create another user with admin privilegies,...
View Article52 page Product Guide PDF showing all changes
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=302189 PDF covering 8.1 additions *See also:* http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/27188-windows-8-1-preview-download-install.html
View ArticleHyper-V locking docking station
I have installed 8.1 in a VHDX on a second SATA HDD drive in my laptop docking station. Even when not using Hyper-V (and having not started the virtual machine since rebooting into 8 which is on the...
View ArticleCannot set album art screensaver -- please assist!
I installed this screensaver, which is listed as a Windows 8 app: Download Album Art Screensaver 0.5 for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP...
View ArticleSolved Mouse Pointers
I set up cursors for the mouse pointers and save the changes, then the next time I reboot they revert back to the default settings. Can anyone help or is this just W8?
View ArticleQuestion about Unallocated Space in front of System Reserv
I have 16GB of unallocated space in front of System Reserved. I was wondering if there is a way to move the System Reserved to the front. I've used GParted before and I'm guessing im going to have to...
View Article"Double Screen" Problem
Hello all, I purchased an HP desktop with windows 8 towards the end of 2012, and have been running into a recurring problem that has worsened recently. Originally, something would occasionally occur...
View ArticleUnable to boot windows 8 or get into safe mode
Hi, I'm in the SH@£ here good and proper! I am trying to run sfc /scannow to try and fix my boot problem but I keep getting "windows resource protection could not start the repair service" I have found...
View ArticleMetro Right Click Menu issues
Hi, I recently installed Windows 8 Pro, and set my account type to Local. After a few days, I changed the type to a Microsoft account. After doing this, I noticed that whenever I right-click on an icon...
View ArticleSolved here we go again
finally found a calendar that said it did not have any thing with it but just the calendar, no tool bars or nothing else. so I put into my computer and sure enough it put the yahoo toolbar on my...
View Article8.1 questions
Background information Win8Pro upgraded to Win8.1Preview with a 'keep nothing' installation... Accidentally clicked yes to use SkyDrive for automatic file syncing/backup during Windows setup. Hated how...
View Articlecant access movies
cant access movies i transfered from a wd 500 gb to a 2 tb wd hdd please help :shock: sorry i should of said they were both external
View Articleerror 8007ffff trying to save a picture from IE
I have a fairly new HP Pavilion Ultrabook 14-b011tx with windows 8. In the last few days I have started to have a problem if I tried to right-click on a picture in IE and use "save as" I get error...
View ArticleCan I change where dialogue windows opens?
Hello everyone, I have a windows 8 desktop computer with 2 monitors attached. I can span the desk top across both screens. I use this for document editing, picture file, etc. No gaming. When I span a...
View ArticleAutomatic typing glitch
When I first start up Windows, it automatically starts filling in my password as ```````` and will not stop typing these until I hit backspace. Then I can fill in my password with no problem. So, I...
View ArticleWindows 8 | Video (black screen), only sound
Hello, First of all, if this doesn't belong here, I'm sorry and please put it in the right place. I have upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8 since a while but I didn't had the time to ask...
View ArticleMultiple Task Schedulers Running
I checked my task manager earlier, and it showed 2 Task Schedulers running at the same time. Then, I just checked again and there is a third. I don't check my processes a lot, and I'm not sure if this...
View Articlequickly turn ClickLock on/off
I currently have a taskbar shortcut to Mouse so I can fairly quickly turn ClickLock on/off when I use Outlook. I need this because I have so many nested folders that it's a real issue if I accidentally...
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