Windows 8 Gateway Laptop stuck at Welcome Screen
I was using my laptop yesterday when I went to lock my account. When I did this, the laptop presumed to shut off. It now boots up fine, but I cannot pass the Welcome Screen to login. Any help would be...
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I have Intel 845 Motherboard with 1GB RAM running Pentium 4 1.7ghz. CPU working but no display, RAM is OK, fan is running, USB ports are working, Applied new thermal paste etc. But no display and...
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Hello Recently, when right clicking on the explorer icon in my task bar I noticed that all of my pinned folders and recent places had disappeared. I looked in my recent places folder and found that...
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I have a HP dv2519tu laptop. I have clean installed Windows 8 Pro wmc last week. But after installtion my default microphone is not working. I have checked everything like drivers but still there is no...
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After a lightning storm, computer has no display at all on monitor. On boot, hard drive is running, but not even a post screen appears. There is a discrete video card, so I removed it and plugged the...
View ArticleWin 8.1 Recovery Erro: "Some Media Files Are Missing"
Hello, I'm trying to do a complete recovery of my Windows 8.1 laptop (The "Remove everything and reinstall Windows" option). A few seconds after I try to initiate the recovery, I am stopped by a...
View Articlewindows 8.1 desktop icon pics disappearing?
Hello, little new to windows 8.1, but ive noticed my files icon pictures disappearing, first it was my malwarbytes logo, then now my utorrent logo also disappeared, as idea as to why?
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hi I've had windows 8 installed yesterday first on the desktop i couldn't open any window except of the explorer.After applying windows updates only the firefox window opens others just blink in the...
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Hi all,, when I boot up I get the message asking if I want to pin internet explorer although it is already pinned on my start and desktop. Is there anyway to stop it appearing please. Len
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My desktop app is not functioning correctly. The tile has vanished from the start menu and search, the shortcut button in my program data is still there, but does not work, and it does not show up as...
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Can someone please help explain why my desktop pc has suddenly decided to opens a folder with following path; C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup PC has just...
View ArticleHow to install desktop icon on LEFT side of taskbar
Windows 8.1 I have installed Classic Shell in an attempt to eradicate as much of Windows 8 as possible. I managed to get the word "Desktop" onto the right side of the quick launch taskbar. I have to...
View ArticleFullscreen View creates a green background (screen error?)
Hi, On my Windows 8.1 PC, upon switching to fullscreen view on YouTube or playing any video in Zune or Windows Media Player, a strange green backdrop appears on top of 75% of the video playing and only...
View ArticleWindows Explorer doesn't... work
Sounds odd, I know. But if I try to load up a Windows Explorer screen after I've closed and re-opened my laptop at any point post-startup, it doesn't work. Just a blank window and the blue loading...
View ArticleHow to block the Windows 8.1 upgrade message ?
I've started getting the *Upgrade to Windows 8.1 now - it's free* message when I boot up and it's annoying as heck. It locks up the computer and the only choice is to click the upgrade now button. I...
View ArticleSolved Please help about the Shortcuts cannot prompt
I have removed the shortcuts from the new menu by mistake by menu editor and i created new one but doesnt prompt to choose a file. Pls see. Thanx Attachment 33924...
View ArticleWindows shell common dll has stopped working
Hi all and Merry Xmas I'm having a strange issue and wondered if someone could help me please. I was trying to adjust my recording volume settings and realised that I couldn't access them at all. I can...
View ArticleSolved Start up to desktop instead of tile menu 8.1
Is there a way to change this so the computer starts with desktop showing instead of the tile menu? I know it's easy enough to click the desktop tile and go there, but I rarely use the tiles and would...
View ArticleRAM Leak Win8.1_64x (Memory Leak) + Picture.
Just got on the computer now, and suddenly everything seems to be slow, I checked the memory and found out that some program is using 94% of the memory, when I was looking for the program I found out...
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