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Wiping windows 8

I got an Acer Aspire one AO756-2626 for a few bucks with a broken screen. It also has a login password. The external monitor kicks in only when I'm in the login screen, so I am not able to enter bios...

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Windows 8 Pro Freezing

Hi all, I hope you can help with some suggestions with my Media Center PC. I use Windows 8 Media Center to record TV via Ceton Cable Card tuner. I have it connected to my 50" plasma via HDMI output on...

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Windows 8 randomly reboots with clean desktop

So, my problem is simple and doesn't even cause me a lot of troubles, however, it still kind of worries me, so I'll be needing some help from here. So, when you boot up your computer and log in to your...

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4 Quick Beeps Every 60 Seconds

I am having this problem: Windows 8, Dell Optiplex 980, i5, 8g ram, etc. There is... 4 Quick Beeps Every 60 Seconds - and I timed it. And I attached a WAV file for your listening pleasure. Does anyone...

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The disc image file is corrupted

Hi I had a 20 GB image file . Weeks before the partitions with the appropriate drive software acronis all files have been deleted . Therefore Ontrack.EasyRecovery.Professional.10.1.0.1 recovery...

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Alt+F4 not working

Ctrl+F4 normally closes the current window only and still works fine. Alt+F4 normally closes all windows but does not work anymore. Instead it just activates the URL dropdown like I pressed F4 without...

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Will Windows 8.1 have Windows 8 Freezing Bug Fixed?

HI, Many people that have installed Windows 8 have had troubles with random freezing issues. Many users have not experienced any but there has been acorrding to Microsoft a small amount of users that...

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Two windows 8 Harddrives on the same PC

I have a pc with 4 drives. And I got a new job, working from home and i wanted to make one of the drives just for work. It was one that i had windows 7 one and no longer used after i bought an ssd an...

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Problems booting windows...

o I got a brand new desktop about 2 weeks ago and just got this error when booting: ''Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Series (9/19/11). PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, check cable. PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE...

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File explorer not showing image previews

I connected my digital camera to the computer. Windows installed device software to use the camera. Initially, I saw small image previews. Once all the pictures were loaded, I no longer saw the image...

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Windows 8 How to restore default .DLL file?

I oppened one DLL file with notepad by missclick , and now many games arent accepting those files , i'd like ur help to reset them

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No boot loader?

Hi, Just a quick question I recently brought a new laptop that runs on windows 8, I noticed that when I power on my computer it doesnt have any boot loader/bootstrap and Im not given any options to...

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Desktop Icons Appear After Hiding When Restarted

Hello. I'm encountering a strange problem with my desktop. I've set the icons to be hidden but whenever I restart/log off my system, the icons come back on. The options "Auto arrange icons" and "Align...

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Looking for Unlocker-like tool to work on Windows 8

I've been using a tool called Unlocker on my Windows XP through Windows 7 with a great success. It was an amazing tool, but since I switched to Windows 8 it no longer works. I.e. it doesn't show files...

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Can't Add SkyDrive to Favorites?

On my Surface RT, I signed in with a LOCAL account (since I hate having to put in passwords to unlock it), then used my Microsoft account to sign into the Store, Skype, SkyDrive and all the other apps....

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Cannot Boot?

Today I was shutting down my computer because I received the issue of 'plugged in, not charging...' once again. When it was shutting off everything shut down but the power was still on (the blue light...

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File Asscociation Problem

Hi, I have copied HyperTerminal that I use quite a lot from an XP machine to a W8 machine but am unable to associate the .ht file type with HyperTerminal so that double-clicking launches the app, but...

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Solved Hide ubuntu partition in Windows 8

I just recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 in my new msi laptop. My goal is to hide Windows 8 partition in ubuntu and vice versa. In ubuntu, I disabled auto mount so it is working as desired. In windows 8...

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How Much Junk Must I Uninstall from Fresh Install? Lenovo

After a fresh install of Windows 8 on a Lenovo Ideapad laptop computer, my tile screen or whatever this annoying screen that I have to go through to get to a desktop is called is littered with a couple...

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Switching to a Windows 8 machine?

Hey guys, AbhiKap55 here So I've always been a Mac user, and now I'm thinking of switching to a Sony Vaio laptop running win8 I don't do a lot of heavy gaming but I do play Minecraft. I looked at the...

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