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Solved Moving my Media PC partition using Partition Wizard 7

Suddenly, the Acronis program I used to always use for partition copy, won't detect my USB mouse and KB. So, I'm having to do it with Partition Wizard 7. I've never used that to move a system...

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Clicking side of screen "ALT+TABS" ????

Hello, this has become a severe problem for me. As a gamer, it is hard for me to play games on Windows 8. Everytime I'm in a game and I move the mouse to the far left of the screen and click, it tabs...

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Windows freezes at right clicking in my computer

I have had this problem with my hp Envy 6 ever since I got it. I installed windows 8 on it however when ever i would right click anywhere in my computer (the view/refresh menu would come however the...

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A few problems since installing Windows 8

Since upgrading to Windows 8 64-bit premium from Windows 7 64-bit premium, I have had some trouble with my computer. In relating the problems here, it is not my intention to cause offense or denigrate...

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Solved Booting from USB or DVD

In Advanced Startup there is the option to boot from a removable device. It has an icon for a usb drive & a disk, which I assume means CD or DVD. The question is, is this option the same as setting...

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Weird (but small) issue on my Windows 8 laptop

Ok, so I have Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook (L322X), and I've had it for a few months with no issues, and everything was perfect. In the past few days, however, I have been experiencing this weird problem...

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so annoying

im sick of this issue it happens for too long i can't open photos of any kind with the windows photo viewer, i dont know how it happened and i dont remember when. when I try to open nothing happens.....

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Restarted After Refresh, all data gone

I've tried searching for similar cases but couldn't seem to find any. I decided to do a Windows refresh to fix a resolution issue on my second monitor and fix an issue where the PC could not...

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fn z keys not working after recovery done

its a long story with other posts here but after the recovery to fix the mail and people tiles which kept reverting back when trying to type, everything was OK until I went to download updates from HP...

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Opening apps in non administrator profiles

I just downloaded Google's Picasa photo sharing app on windows 8. The app will only open when in my administrator profile. how can I open this app in other profiles. Thanks for any help.

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Ubuntu edge - crowdfunding surprise

It is a big pledge for those who want the product. More than I expected , I was thinking £299 / $450 It is also possible to contribute a few bucks. Ubuntu Edge | Indiegogo...

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Solved Windows 8 $40 promotional copy gone

Hello, I know I should have been more careful in backing up and keeping records but here I am... I bought the $40 copy of Windows 8 during the promotional offer period last year. I chose to receive it...

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Streaming video

I'm trying to stream TV program videos available from my TV provider on my W8 laptop (Firefox from the desktop). I get a black screen and no audio. On my W7 desktop it works flawlessly. Can anyone help...

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Fn Key

What is a Fn Key? I have goggled it and it says it's a function key. F1-F12. I see post where people say press the Fn key + another key. Example ( I would have to hold FN, press Ctrl or Alt and press...

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Is there something called 'Use User Account Control (UAC)'

Is there something called 'Use User Account Control (UAC)' on Windows 8? I am having a hell of a time installing Adobe Acrobat (it used to work perfectly fine until 3 days ago). Nothing works...

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I can no longer boot to my Windows 8. I have been fine fo

I can no longer boot to my Windows 8. I think it's because my user drive is different than my OS drive. I have been fine for the last 6 months, this problem happened all of the sudden. I have W8...

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Solved sfc generates 90-160 MB logs

Hello, My Windows 8 pro x64 is installed yesterday, behaves exactly like the old one from one week ago, exactly like the previous installation. If I run "sfc /scannow" my CBS.log is around 90-100 MB in...

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Solved Problems with the APPS section

hi guys, Must i place this in the Graphics section, the Drivers section, do not know, so here it is. Recently and finally i changed my monitor to HDMI (bad idea). After some problems Windows installed...

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Make google think I'm using win7...????

Because I always get that stupid blue bar on top, asking me to add it to my start screen... which I can't do as metro is disabled. Thanks.

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Windows 8.1 black screen bios

I have the Thinkpad X230t and normally run Windows 8 x64 with touch just fine. I installed the preview version of Windows 8.1 x64 today. The installation completed quite OK. At the end of the...

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