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Hello, A bit of a back story here. My sons 14 and 16 sold two dirt bikes to buy a 'gaming computer'. I've never even heard of the brand before. Sons could not figure out parts of the set-up and, how...
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I have installed windows 8 64bit on my laptop... ystrday morning wen i tried to start my laptop.. i cudnt... After d windows logo loading session.. i get a blurry blue screen for few seconds & den...
View ArticleUpgrading to Windows 8
Hi folks, Sorry for the noobness, but I'm contemplating upgrading to Windows 8 Standard but don't want an OEM version but a version that is not tied to the motherboard. I've checked Amazon but they all...
View ArticleHP Laptop WIN 8, Does NOT play back any videos!!!!!!
Hello, I am trying to help a friend out. he and I were in bands together , and I've sent him different video formats, but he can not open any of them. Does he simply need to remove FLASH, and...
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Hello, I am new to forums in general, so I ask you bear with me. (Windows 8 x64, AMD A6-4400 APU with Radeon HD [7520g] graphics, 2.7GHz) I have done nothing out of the ordinary to my PC. I was...
View ArticleNeed help, might be very simple for you
I recently got a Windows 8 laptop, but one thing that really bugs me is the checkmark on the desktop icons. For example,
View ArticleSolved PC Will Not Boot From a WinPE 4 Boot Disk
My computer shipped from the factory (Dell) with Windows 7 x64. I recently did a clean ('custom') install of Windows 8 Pro x64. The install went very well, no problems. To install Windows 8, I booted...
View ArticleNewbie: Indexing Google Drive
Hello, I have searched this forum, and "the web" and cannot find a post that describes this problem - which I am amazed because I would have thought this had been encountered many time before and has a...
View ArticleSolved Num key not on after start-up
Hello, The problem is existing since W7 I could solved it by changing the register HKEY USERS\.DEFAULT\ControlPanel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators= 2 In W8 the same problem so i did the same....
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I have got alienware m14xR2 with windows 8 x64. the task manager is showing 100% disk usage which is mainly used by "System" process. I am facing a lot of problems. Please help.
View Articlecan i create a bat file and run it as a service?
can i create a bat file and run it as a windows services? can you point me out thanks
View ArticleWhen does Windows 8 mantenance run
It's scheduled for 3AM, but the computer is powered down then. Does it run the next time it's powered up and idle?
View ArticlePhoto order in Win 8 slide show
Once you have the photos in a directory, how do you determine the order. I have appended 3 digits to the beginning and 4 digits to the end. It keeps showing them based on the last four digits of the...
View ArticleHelp! - computer says the PC needs repaired
My daughters toshiba satellite running windows 8 just froze up tonight. When we tried to shut it down and reboot it the computer says the PC needs repaired. The Boot configurations data file is missing...
View ArticleMissing Program information/details in Add/Remove programs
Attachment 27791 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/general-support/27791-missing-program-information-details-add-remove-programs-untitled.png) I recently used IOBit uninstaller to remove all...
View ArticleFinally a Windows 8 (8.1) version I LIKE
Hi there while not totally 100% "Desktop friendly" It's certainly good enough for what I need - especially with Boot directly to desktop. I've also been messing around with one of those Thin Ultrabooks...
View ArticleWin8.1 Weather App Immersive Shell DCOM error
I did a clean install of 8.1 RTM yesterday and have a problem with Weather App. About 20x per second I get error id 10016 when I launch the app. It seems to be saying that my user does not have rights...
View ArticleStart up in Safety Mode ?
Hello, In W7 one could use the function key F8 during start up. In W8 one much go via PC-settings and so on till the screen where Safety Mode en other are visible... So far so good but once there i...
View Articlesettings default tabs for task manager in windows 8
this maybe fall under customization but here goes. as title suggest I'd like to be able to set default tabs for when i open task manager in windows 8. when i open task manager, default is process and...
View ArticleSolved Printing when using high contrast theme?
Hi, I'm having to use a dark high contrast theme because when I look at normally it makes my eyes want to burn and I don't mean that sarcastically I mean that seriously my eyes start feeling like their...
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