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How I crash my 8.1 - restore point did NOT worked.

Hi, I refresh my first 8.1 because Kaspersky gave me troubles updating: blocking keyboard and mouse from use. Then after refresh, everything went nice. Then booting from my old win 7, I copied a file...

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Solved windows 8 app gmail calendar

hi all , sorry to be here yet again but i do learn from it, i had to re install my windows 8.1 pro last night and today i got my gmail calendar but i get this message and im not to sure about it........

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Could a video driver update cause boot issues?

Hi there everyone, This morning, I got an update notification from nVidia Experience that a new driver was available, so I installed and rebooted. On reboot, It flashed the MOBO splashscreen, then...

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Shut down, restart and sleep don't work

Hello guys, I bought a new Dell XPS 15 l521x and replaced the HDD with an SSD. When I did the upgrade and installed windows 8 everything was fine, but since the laptop has a 32gb mSATA card I decided...

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Taskbar shortcuts appearing on wrong screen

Hi all I'm new to the forum and looking for some help with a strange problem I am having with my windows 8. I have an ASUS laptop running 8.0 which I am running with a second screen (dell monitor)...

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Windows 8.1 Start Page tiles disappearing frequently

I have been helping my parents with setting up their new computer. It had Windows 8 installed and I ran the Windows 8.1 update on it. I worked with them to pin all of their favorites to the start page....

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Problems after changing video card - can't use safe mode

Hi, My win 8.1 pc died after the fan control was accidentally disengaged. I replaced the cpu and the video card while I was at it, going from nvidea to amd. The pc booted up ok, I installed the amd...

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Windows 8.1 network printer regularly can't connect

I've got a friend with a home network, two computers; one desktop running Windows 7 x674 and one notebook running Windows 8.1. There's a Cannon printer attached to the desktop (by USB) and the computer...

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Today Advised by Lenovo 'not' to upgrade to 8.1 because...

Called Lenovo Software support division today (1/9/14) - advised by more than one tech there not to do the free 8.1 upgrade at present time -they've been getting 'distress' calls by those who have done...

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VoIP with 8.1

With my Android tablet I can make free calls in North America and from Europe to North America using the GrooveIP application. And that works very well. E.g. if I call a number within my Florida area...

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Solved Disk Management - EFI System and Recovery Partition.

Can I delete / merge the Recovery Partition into the EFI System Partition? Attachment 34912...

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HOW TO USE CLSID WITH FILES EXTENSION [desktop.ini]

Code: --------- [.ShellClassInfo] CLSID={20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d} --------- I USE THIS CODE IN DESKTOP.INI TO CHAGE FOLDER TYPE TO "MY COMPUTER" I LIKE THIS FEATURE IT I WANT DO THIS IN...

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Weird Display Setting Bug

I had recently just got a BenQ XL2420TE for Christmas and I have been loving the monitor especially using my old monitor as a second monitor and having 2 1080p displays. One bug that I have experienced...

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Solved Folder Problem

I had created a folder in my external hard drive. The problem is that i am not able to delete or move it.It throws me an error telling "This file is no longer located here.Verify items location and try...

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Solved Samsung Series 3 Laptop Problem.

Hi Guys, thanks for accepting me on this forum. I bought a Samsung Series 3 notebook from a notorious (rip off) high st retailer 6 months ago. Its been unopened in its box until yesterday when I gave...

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Help: Data Corruption, Re-opening of Random Windows

Hello, Having strange troubles with Windows 8. Did a re-installation about a month back and its been a bit rocky since. Fast forward to this week and I was working on an app with Ruby on Rails....

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Cannot set UEFI boot order to CD Windows 8.1 HP Pavilion

Windows 8.1: HP Pavilion 2475ea Desktop PC. I have Secure Boot turned off. I have Legacy Boot turned on, but do not think that is needed. This link gives me instructions to boot from CD but they seem...

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Problems with Windows to go on certain drives

Hi I've been trying to figure the problem for some time now yet ive tried everything. Basically it wont boot when using a USB 3.0 flash drive (which is faster than the external usb 3 hard drive am...

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Saving photo

For some reason every time I save a photo say from the internet it is saving it as a Coraldraw file, how can I stop this...

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Copying files from CD with Windows 8

Can someone help me? I finally got a CD to work in my new Dell computer. The files on the CD that I want to copy onto my computer are shown listed on the Windows 8 desktop or rather whatever the page...

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