Win 8.1 Explorer search slow or alternative
I have five hard drives. A total of 7Tb of data! Windows Explorer is often too slow searching for a file name from the search box. I've read that windows indexing isn't very good. Is there a way to...
View ArticleWindow borders and taskbar menus are black
I am having a problem with graphics. The borders of any current window that is open turns black. May it be a web browser, application, or explorer. The background of the taskbar menu is black as well....
View ArticleWindows 8.1 No Wireless Connections or Sound Symbols
Hey people, I experienced a weird problem with Windows 8.1 on December 31st, and then I found a video on youtube with the same problem. I couldn't see any wireless connections and my sound didn't work...
View ArticleSend to file.
Hi, how do I configure my send to file to add more programs to it . OS windows 8.1. Any help appreciated.
View ArticleSolved Web Site's Security Certificate
I have several Windows 7 and 8.1 systems that can access the "Acronis Forum" web site without any problems. For some reason one system running W8.1 gives me the Security Certificate error when I try to...
View ArticleWindows 8 in the 24th century..
Interesting. I am in the middle of watching Star Trek: Voyager all seven seasons. There have been several times where they show a scene with an LARCARS display in the background and I notice the image...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 problem
*What happen with the "General" setting in the PC settings in Windows 8.1? It is in Windows 8. Several things require "General" setting to do things.*
View ArticleMetro Applications Won't Remember Stored Information
Hey! I consider myself an advanced user, but I still overlook a lot of things, and I don't know everything. Basically, Windows 8.1 Metro settings keep being deleted, and/or won't store. When I go to...
View Articlescaling issue after wake from sleep
Asus Zenbook ux301LA, i5 Haswell, Intel graphics HD4400, Win 8.1 x64, 2560x1440 display. It came with Win 8, I updated to 8.1 After wake from sleep the scaling is way off, everything is tiny... So I...
View ArticleSolved Recovery- Your PC needs to be repaired....
Hi, I have a big problem. I have (had) a dual boot with win8.1 and win7 and I was using EasyBCD to edit the boot order. Now, when I try to reboot, I get the above error and a blue screen. I have a...
View ArticleSolved HELP - I can't boot to win 8 recovery disk....
Hi, I have a big problem. I have (had) a dual boot with Windows 8.1 and win7 and I was using EasyBCD to edit the boot order. Now, when I try to reboot, I get a blue screen - saying 'RECOVERY - Your PC...
View Articlego back to windows 7
I have tried my best to like windows 8 and it's not going to happen. I want 7 back. This is a new computer, so I never had 7 on it. I see free downloads when I look, but need to know a safe place to go...
View ArticlePc restarted a couple of times
Hello, I've had a problem for about a couple of minutes and nownow it's gone. I watching a video and suddenly the pc restarted and booted to motherboard screen and then restarted again, this time it...
View ArticleSolved laptop looks long
this might sound strange but my laptop today looked normal, yet tonight everything looks long, widescreen looking..is there a way out so it looks normal?
View ArticleError decompressing data. Corrupted installer?
I recently purchased Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2 (2 disk set). I have the first one installed but I get the error message- "Error decompressing data. Corrupted installer?" when I get to...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 crashes going into sleep mode
I have a new Asus S400CA that came with Windows 8 and I updated to 8.1 out of the box. The computer crashes when it goes into sleep mode probably 1 out of 3 times. I have tried updating all the...
View ArticleSolved Changing cell height in excel 2013
Hello, I am beginning to suspect this is not possible. What I want is to have a column with "notes" in which the cells (and the rows with them) expand downwards to accommodate additional text. Can this...
View ArticleProblems about PATH variable under Microsoft account
Hi everyone, I'm now running the windows 8 64 bit OS, and logged by a Microsoft account. Now I am doing some work using Visual Studio and encouter some problems about the PATH variable. 1. Under...
View ArticleStrange disk usage.
I'm running windows 8 on a partition so I use it mostly for gaming. I have 115 GB on the partition, and when I totaled all the files in my Bootcamp drive it comes to a total of about 80 GB, 50 from...
View Articlelanguage bar disappear from taskbar
I've setup the language bar to show up on my taskbar, but everytime I click on empty spaces in taskbar, the language bar just disappeared from the taskbar. I had to go to Control Panel to configure...
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