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function keys not working

I have a Toshiba Satellite P75-A7200 with windows 8, and none of the function keys are working, although they used to work. Windows 8 does not have flash cards, nor is there a keyboard option on...

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Disable skydrive sync and login without nuking system?

So at some point in time I enabled skydrive sync, as a result I have to login to my live account on every boot and some new folders in explorer, which doesn't do anything for me. What's the safe way to...

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Recently Updated To 8.1, Cannot Change Brightness

Hi, I recently updated to 8.1 and I can't change the brightness, I have tried a lot of things. All my drivers are working fine. Playing games with this brightness setting is pretty hard. Any help with...

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Unable to find online songs through search in windows 8.1

I was reading webuser and saw a mini workshop that showed a great tip to stream music from a massive collection online. Basically you go to the start screen and put the name of an artist in and then...

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Windows 8.1 won't stay awake, hibernates after 5 minutes

My PC ignores all the power plan settings and hibernates after approximately 5 minutes without input. The computer also ignores active background processes. My Windows Home Server backups are failing...

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Solved file problems windows 8.1 and Office 2010

It seems to have problems loading data from the N/A profile needed to print envelopes. no real error msg. but it says it is trying to recover the data and then shuts word down. I installed office 2010...

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Solved Are These Folders really necessary in my C Drive?

I have no idea where these folders came from , All I know is that I scanned them and no threat was detected. Can anyone explain why they are there, I don't think they were there before . When I try to...

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Taskbar

I have multiple sites open at the same time and it's stacked one a top another in my browser on the taskbar. Is there a way to move these sites around to put it in a different order?

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Windows 8 Or Later God Mode Codes

I already have the previous 40 God Mode Codes. Do you know any that are for Windows 8 or later? Here are the others. Windows Vista And Later Administrative Tools.{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}...

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Re-entry deleted program names in program and features

Hello friends My program and features list is emptied by malware but all programs are working normally. Please help me how do I re-entry the deleted (not uninstalled) programs' name in the control...

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Would like some info about using a, “stylus”

Hi, I’m physically disabled & I *CANNOT* use my hands nor a mouse. I wear a head stick/pointer with an *eraser* at the tip of the head stick/pointer. Currently, I have a 6-year old Dell laptop...

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Solved Locked out due to different language on login screen

Hello, Today I changed my language options and happened to come across a BSOD. When I restarted, I found out that the input language for my password has also been changed, and my usual key combination...

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Language settings appear to have incorrect keyboard layout

Hi, I just noticed that my keyboard layout appears to be incorrect, and have been unable to resolve it after some googling around. The keyboard layout of my laptop is the UK English, but even with this...

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"All Programs" List View as per Win 7 versus Metro view

Just wondering if Win 8.1 somehow made available a "all programs" list view (as per win 7 start) versus the highly undesirable Metro all programs view ? Can't find any evidence of it ? Is there a way...

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Create Bootable USB Flash Drive

I would like to make a flash drive bootable and I have looked at the utility that HP has called USB Disk Storage Format Tool and every place I have looked to find how to install and use it, the...

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System Reset/Refresh in Windows 8.1...

I need to perform a System Refresh against once of my computers. However, when I try to launch the System Refresh option, it claims Windows is missing some files to do so and to insert a Windows...

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Windows 8.1 Freeze at Login Screen

Hello everyone. My Windows 8.1 64 bit has been freezing up the login screen. Right when it signs me up to my live account instead of having the icon spin it stops and nothing but restarting does...

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Where to find the Version of Windows 8 and 8.1 ?

I have (2) PCs running Windows 8.1 (upgraded) and a brand new laptop here that came with 8.1 pre-installed. I'm very satisfied with my (2) PCs performance and no real issues. This new laptop with 8.1...

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Use Different product Key

I Had Windows 8 Pro with Media Center Installed, I did the Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Pro via the Windows Store (silly me :() and of course i soon found out that i could not Create a Rescue/Recovery disc...

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Solved Win 8 keeps asking for password when booting!

Every time I boot win 8 says my password is incorrect and I have to manually type it in order to continue booting. I Am using Classic Shell. I dont want my laptop to ask for a password. With Classic...

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