Solved Not sure if it's stupid question: USB photos to windows 8
I bought the old man an all in one computer for x-mas. He lives in a different province then me and I am still using vista so I can't really help him out with this issue. He has no idea how to get...
View ArticleTyping Lag/Missed Letters
Ok I have a Alienware M17XR2 laptop. I just installed windows 8.1 from a formatted start. Got most of the drivers functioning. I have an unknown device which I will address in another thread. Anyway my...
View ArticleNumerous random issues with Windows 8.1 after rebuilding
Hi all, I had no idea how to name the topic as my issue`s are all over the place but im guessing are centered around one issue which im not sure about. Basically recently my motherboard came back from...
View ArticleExpand navigation pane tree when clicked?
Anyone have a trick when you single click a item in the nav pane it will expand the tree in both the main and nav pain? The only option seems to be double click (how quaint) or the triangle (3.1...
View ArticleAs MS How would You use Lumia, Surface and Xbox brands?
Would you make Surface the 'stylish' tablet/laptop brand, and Lumia the 'colorful' branding? Would you make Lumia for phones and laptops only, and have Suface be the hybrid laptop/tablets? Would you...
View Article5 minute blackout at startup before desktop or tiles
When I boot up or change users, it goes black for about 5 minutes and then everything shows up and works fine. What is this black period? I sense the computer is searching for something? I am using the...
View ArticleMSI GT60 2OC-022US with SSD freeze on wake from sleep.
Hello and thanks in advance, This is not strictly a BSOD thread, since there is no BSOD involved. But the computer freezes completely and has to be hard powered off, and I don't know where else to put...
View ArticleMultiple Recovery Empty Partitions
Hello and happy new year. I'm running win 8.1 x64 on a new Samsung laptop. Recently i noticied that in Disk Managment there are multiple recovery partitions that are stated as 100% free (they are not...
View ArticleSolved Looking for a new laptop
Hello! I am buying a new laptop which I will use to watch videos, search the internet and play some games (Guild Wars (maybe Guild Wars 2), GTA San Andreas) Which one of these 2 do you think is better?...
View ArticleWorking around Lock Screen problem when using SD as HDD
*PC: Samsung Series 7 Slate (supplied with Windows 7 originally). Core i5, 64 GB SSD, 64 GB SD, 4 GB RAM. Now running Windows 8.1* I recently has a real problem with the configuration or ability to...
View ArticleBlack screen ... can't install windows 8
I had been using windows 8 and everything was fine till accidentally it downloaded windows 8.1 which i did not like ... so when it was saying to me that do you want to install windows 8.1 after...
View ArticleWin 8.1 Search eNgine
What the heck has MS done to the Win 8.1 search engine - its bloody awful!!!! Bring back the superfast Win 8 one. The 8.1 version is 100 or more times SLOWER. RUBBISH!!! My next question just might be...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 won't boot even into safe mode
From my previous thread below i have the same original issue on my desktop that I posted about on my laptop which was solved..Now I know how to fix the issue and get it working again on my desktop but...
View ArticleSolved Delete One Note
When I try to print a word document (w8.1 and word 2013), the printer that is the default one is that "one note". How can I get rid of one note, I never will use it! Can anyone help? Jim Moss
View ArticleCrash in sleep mode, WinDbg points to wireless adapter?
(PREVIOUSLY POSTED THIS IN THE WRONG FORUM) This issue has been ongoing for months, ever since I purchased the computer in November. Microsoft basically abandoned my issue and I personally have not...
View ArticleWhat does this error message mean?
What does this error message mean? Attachment 34665 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/general-support/34665-what-does-error-message-mean-image1.png) I get this every time I reboot my machine. I...
View ArticleSolved "Run as administrator" when I'm already an Administrator?
Hello, Yesterday I upgraded Windows 7 to 8.1, and I'm wondering if there is a solution for a problem that really gets under my skin. I have to run programs as administrator to actually get full rights,...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 boot only to repair PC and unable to repair au
Hello. Yesterday night when i came home from work, i turn on my laptop with windows 8.1 and its started loading "pc repair", after it finished i get a message saying it could not repair automaticly. So...
View ArticleUnable to use Skype on Windows 8.1
Hello, I am BARELY able to Skype For Desktop on Windows 8.1. Turns out it is not just me what has this issue For starters it takes Skype several minutes to send and recvive messages as well as the CPU...
View ArticleSolved How can I find out if my Win 8.1 is OEM?
Hi Guys I was on Windows 7, then upgraded to Win 8 then to Win 8.1. Right now I am on Win 8.1 and I plan on upgrading my PC. Would I be able to re-use my product key? I hear that OEM ones do no allow...
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