No Win Update and User Accounts panels, among other things
Hi! I'm having some problems with my Windows, it happened second time now. I can't tell why, but in one moment I lose access to Windows Update and User Accounts panels in Change PC Settings, all...
View ArticleProblem creating Bootable USB for Lenovo UEFI Diagnostics
Hi all. My Lenovo Twist (Ultrabook s230u) has ran into problems - and tries to run AutoRepair but gets hung up each time. Lenovo has instructions for creating a bootable USB to run UEFI diagnostics:...
View ArticleComputer will sleep, but stays warm & kills battery. Help
Hello everyone. I recently bought a new Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 8 (first time 8 user). I am loving the computer so far and don't mind Windows 8. It is not nearly as bad as people have told...
View ArticleSolved Getting out of cd boot
So I am trying to run a system check for a job application and the system needed to restart from the cd and after much searching I managed to figure out how to change the order in which the computer...
View ArticleI'm getting phone calls from Microsoft about
PNF and INF Files wanting to take control of my computer to delete those files. They say they're Junk files and if I don't pay the $40 + my computer will soon crash! Is this bogus or not?
View ArticleCannot Boot Win 8
I was writing an email and randomly my fairly new and perfectly working laptop kept freezing so I restarted. After that my laptop is stuck on "automatic repair mode" and none of the options work. I...
View Article"Menu Bar" disappeared
I seem to have lost the "Menu Bar" at the top of pages. It has "File" etc and when you click on "File" you have several choices like "Exit"......
View ArticleWindows 8 cannot proceed. .
I have a problem guys . .My PC wont proceed to desktop environment, after I turned it on, its all black screen and you will only see the cursor. . Anyway my PC is ACER Aspire E1 471 - 32344G50Mnks,...
View ArticleVery Slow, and often unresponsive W8 OS
I've recently purchased a Samsung Series 7 all-in-one computer. Having used iMacs all my life, and the need for a Windows computer for programming, I opted for this machine. Here is a screenshot of my...
View ArticleI HATE Touch - but why almost No 3-D screens / application
Hi there While I (in common with a lot of people) do not particularly like or want TOUCH screens, however 3-D (even with those stupid glasses -- and that technology will change soon so the glasses...
View ArticleSolved Can lamp damage laptop screen??
hi, i recently bought a lamp for when im reading or whatever else i might be doing i dont know can the light from the lamp damage my laptop screen if it is shining on it???
View ArticleCopy Files Conflict Advanced Options?
Is there any sort of advanced options when a file conflict is encountered when copying files? The "Skip x file(s) with the same date and size" option is nice, but I'd often like to skip files which...
View ArticleHow to make a registry key read-only
Just learnt this thread Disable "pick up where you left off" - Microsoft Community...
View ArticleCannot change my keyboard layout, blank list
Hi all, Today I started up my laptop to make my homework. So I tried to enter an "a with umlaut"(SHIFT+' then a) but it would not work. So I checked my keyboard input settings and it is looking like in...
View ArticleNeeds Help lol
lol im new to windows 8 and how do i update to windows 8.1 do i go through windows updates to get it or somewhere else lol im a noob whn it comes to computers
View ArticleScreen going blank randomly
When I leave my computer for an extended period of time, after returning the screen is sometimes blank. I know that everything is still on, the screen just won't come on. I know things are still...
View Articlestuck in the Auto Repair
Hi all, I run a copy of Win8 in a Bootcamp partition on my Macbook Pro and stupidly deleted the Windows.old folder manually rather than through the disk cleanup and now Win8 wont startup. I now get...
View ArticleWindows 8 desktop icons blurry.
Hi, I recently got a new computer that has windows 8, and I am having some issues with the icons. Some of them are perfectly fine but some of them are really blurry/fuzzy. This applies to the icons on...
View ArticleLockscreen Photo Location
I set a lockscreen picture as a picture that I took, but it is no longer located on my computer (A friend thought it would be funny to delete it completely). I was wondering if the photo that I...
View ArticleWindows 8 Update Fails
Hi all, I've run into the same problem twice now regarding windows 8 updates. Basically what happens is it will run an automatic update and restart, (even though I had them disabled, hell, I even...
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