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cannot download Dell manuals

Hello I have had a friend send me the manual for my Dell xps 8300 desktop because I was unable to download it. I saved it. For me it just says page cannot be viewed. I tried 3 browsers. I am having the...

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Memory.dmp error

Sometimes for an unknown reason when I turn off my PC it will take like 4- 5 minutes to turn off, when this happens, when I boot it again, I get this error right after I log in. Attachment 33345...

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Windows 8.1 Can't Read GPT Protective Partition

Hi all, I'm trying to use a USB SATA/IDE adapter to read a hard drive with a Windows 8.1 64bit install on it, using a Windows 8.1 64bit machine. Unfortunately, despite the drive showing up in Device...

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Apps are not working.

Running Windows 8.1 and apps are not working. They were perfectly fine this morning, then later today, every one of them, except like two that I know of, IE and the Store. Other than that, music,...

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Animation shop won't download.

I'm not only new to Windows 8, I'm also pretty new to PC's, so please be gentle. I love doing graphics and I use Paint Shop Pro, with Animation Shop, but my Animation Shop just won't download.......all...

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interrupted operation error

Guys/Girls, hi, my windows error is " interrupted operation insert the recovery cd or other recovery media and reboot your pc..." and i have very important files and programs. please help me.

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Metro tiles do not load.

Whenever I click a metro tile it's always stuck on a loading screen. The only metro tiles that seem to work is the camera and the metro tiles that I have downloaded from the internet. And whenever I...

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Solved Two Video Folders In Libraries

Hello, I have two video folders in my library. I can't delete them, and I've tried restoring the library. Attachment 33376...

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System reserved partition on Disk1. Need partition help

First off, I'm new here so I'm sorry if I am posting this in the wrong section. I appreciate the help. Attachment 33378...

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Screen fades in steps between apps/desktop/start screen

I've tried just about everything, but can't seem to find a setting to stop this action. The screen on my laptop (Sony Flip 15A, intel4400/geforce735) seems to increase and decrease in brightness...

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Windows 8.1 wont wake up from sleep mode

Howdy all, I seem to have the worst luck with my PCs either not sleep or they wont wake up! lol my current issue is not waking up, every night I put my pc to sleep and the next morning when I click the...

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Why update to Windows 8.1?

I'm currently running Windows 8.0. I keep getting pop-ups to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I just use my laptop for email(Outlook) and web surfing. Is there any advantage for me to upgrade since I'm...

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XP software

My windows 8 pro, now 8.1 pro were all updates from XP, two of which were bought directly from Microsoft directly when they were cheap and the other was the 2 dvd retail upgrade. My question is, do I...

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Solved When I click on Copy in Dropdown Menu what is its Default

Hi all, When I right Click on a File and Click COPY in that drop down Menu" where does that COPY finish up? I thought it would Default to my Desktop? But that's not the case' I cannot find it. Can I...

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Restart Start screen without logging off?

Title says it all. You can restart Windows explorer via task manager, but can I do the same with start screen? Because I changed the amount of tile rows on it, but I have to log off. Unfortunately, I...

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Black screen during boot

Good day everyone. I run Windows 8.1 and I have a problem that surfaced recently. When booting it shows the blue windows logo, showing that it's booting obviously, but after a few seconds it goes to a...

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Computer hangs on restarting....

Hi everyone, I really hope someone can help me. When I go to restart my computer, the restarting.... screen comes on stays on for, well lets just say a very long time. This is what I have tried so far...

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task scheduler error>0x800710E0

The operator or administrator has refused the request 0x800710E0i get this error in the description and what i am trying to do is create a alarm that opens a mp4 file at the time it's set so that i can...

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Cannot find Windows Search, how can I manually turn it on?

I realised you cannot search your computer with Windows Search disabled in Windows 8/8.1 Metro, I have looked for the entry in the Windows Features / Services but could not find it. (I previously...

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Event Id 1

I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro x64. I just began to get an Event ID 1 in my event log at boot time. It's only a warning and can probably be ignored it but curious minds like to know what is causing it and...

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