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Why do some laptops have 2 GPU's?

I'm really sorry if this is kind of a n00b question, but why do some laptops come with na integrated intel GPU and an optional Nvidia Geforce? I'm looking for a good performance laptop, to work with...

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Playing videos shifts screen to left... !

I have been having this problem for the last few weeks and haven't been able to find a solution yet. When I play videos on youtube, WMP, mplayer or adobe air/flash, video app or whatever, the entire...

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How to start application with Task Scheduler?

How to start application with Task Scheduler? I want to start two applications at windows start-up, but the application need administrator's privilage could not start at start-up directory or...

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'Save As' Menu Freezing Constantly

For the past few weeks now, I have been having a problem with the 'save as' menu that pops up before you save a file. I use Firefox as my main browser and it always freezes whenever I download a...

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Windows 8 surrogate-sound problem

Hi, I would ask you to help me with one very annoying problem. Approximately every 10min my win8 do a sound. The sound is little bit like when you connect something to usb port. I don´t know how...

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Login screen won´t let me put in password

Hi all, When I close down the screen on my laptop (I guess it hibernates? Whatever the default is), then open it again, the login screen comes up. Sometimes it won´t let me put in my password. As if...

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I deleted my recovery partition.... I know now that's bad!

:o I can't refresh or reinstall using Windows or Samsung functions, which I is my own fault as I deleted the recovery partition by mistakenly thinking it was not important. I have contacted Samsung,...

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Clear downloads

Hi, Im trying to clean up my daughter's laptop but im new to win8. several apps have been downloaded, ie ccleaner, avast, etc. I have set up/installed them but the downloaded files are still in the...

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Question - How to change icons in Windows 8

So my question is about how to change an icon in Windows 8. All I've really seen is how to change icons of folders, and icons of file types, but is it possible to change a single file's icon? For...

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Changing Cameras on some websites on Windows 8 System

I cannot change cameras I want to use on some websites (Skype and yahoo ok). When I go to try to select an external cam on some websites which merely show "About Adobe Flash Player" in the "camera...

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End of video problem

Hi all, I have joined this forum in the hope that somebody can help me with a specific problem. Much as I hate Windows 8 I am sticking with it and generally have been able to get around all the...

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Should I upgrade to Windows 8?

I love Windows 7 and its non-touch UI but the fact that it'll gradually be left behind (as far as features are concerned) makes me wonder if I should upgrade. I honestly don't care about all the...

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windows 8 updates to pro with media center for no reason

hi I've just brought a new pc with windows 8 core preinstalled as with all new pc's it has to do all its updates but for some reason on one of them it restarted and booted up in windows 8 pro with...

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Windows 8 - Triple Monitor Issue

First off I don't even like Metro, but I want to like it. With three monitors > (The black lines is where my bezel is) A lot of the tiles are where the bezels of my monitors are, so it looks really...

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Help!! keys are leading to shortcuts

so i was typing something into the search bar for google chrome and when i touched certain key it opened up the app menu or closed the who window entirely. the same happened when i tried to play a game...

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My laptop freezes from time to time

I am using windows 8 and from time to time the whole laptop freezes with only short moments where you can move the mouse until it freezes again. And today I was using word and the program wouldn't let...

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Is a Laptop hard drive readable from a Windows 7 desktop?

I have a windows 8 laptop that won't boot from either the Hard Drive or Optical Drive. I have taken the Hard drive out and connected it to my desktop that runs Windows 7. I have tried with an USB...

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Windows keep closing when browsing files or copying/moving

I've just installed 8 on my Dell OptiPlex 380 at the office and I've noticed that randomly, file explorer windows will close on their own - even when I'm not actively working with them. The same goes...

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Initial Loading of Destktop Invokes 8 Instances of Notepad

I reformatted my Windows 8 partition this week and reinstalled Windows 8 and then Windows 8.1 beta due to a no sound and unexpected shutdown issue I had been having. All is well now with the new...

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Messed up DPI of modern UI on one monitor

Hi. Just installed Windows 8.1. Both my monitors have a resolution of 1920 X 1080. Both have DPI set accordingly. My right hand monitor is fine, my left is fine when running the desktop and desktop...

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