metro touch keyboard with a mouse.
Hi guys, I've just installed win8 on my media PC, I'm really happy with it for the most part, it's not worse then win7, there are some small but helpful changes to wmc. Metro looks great on the tv....
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Where do I find the Calculator? Does not appear in Apps or Programs.
View ArticleSecond Key
Does any one have a phone number at Microsoft to call to purchase a second upgrade key?
View ArticleWow64.dll, Wow64cpu.dll, Wow64win.dll - files not found
Hi all, my 1st post. I'm running Windows 8 pro 64bit on a self-build. I was looking through the tabs of Autoruns and under the tab KnownDLLS it is showing that 3 DLL's loading via the Registry are not...
View ArticleJakob Nielsen review
I'm in the market for a new laptop, trying to decide whether to go with Win 7 vs Win 8. Today's review by Jakob Nielsen is kinda discouraging - ========================== Having two environments on a...
View ArticleSolved Windows won't download after purchase
My son bought the Windows 8 upgrade on offer £24.99 from MS. But it will not download no matter what option he selects - install now, create media or install from desktop later. Just keeps failing...
View ArticleHow to get Spotify on Windows 8 format not Windows 7
Hello! I use Spotify quite a lot, and recently purchased Windows 8 but whenever I click on Spotify, it automatically switches to the windows 7 desktop format. Does anybody know how I can use Spotify on...
View ArticleFolder Access Denied
Trying to delete a folder I get "Folder Access Denied" -- need to provide administrator permission to delete this folder. I am the only account on this PC an am Administrator. I click continue and get...
View ArticleSolved default keyboard
Hi there. How can I make English international my preferred keyboard? Whenever I reboot it goes back to just English. I have looked through the settings of the keyboard, but can't find on what to do....
View Articlelost the mp3 ID3 tags...
The "album" , "artist" , "title" etc is not showing ........ Attachment 11554 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/f1/f2/11554-lost-mp3-id3-tags-capture.jpg)
View ArticleWindows 8 32 bit to 64 bit?
I have recently upgraded my Lenovo notebook from Windows 7 32 bit to Windows 8 32 bit. I would like to do a clean install to 64 bit. If I upgrade my Windows 7 64 bit Desktop PC and create a USB...
View ArticleSolved Am I doing something wrong?
Whenever I use 8 I find myself swapping apps into the three none sizeable gaps getting frustrated and then just using desktop mode? Or I start from tiles then any program I need to access like outlook...
View ArticleSolved screen in PC settings and few other places became black
the problem is my screen in the PC settings is black like i turned high conttrast on in the start menu my user name and the text "start" have black rectangle arround them the right side menu that you...
View Articledisable moving the desktop
hi guys as you know when we move the mouse on the top of the windows in desktop , the mouse changes to a hand and we can move the desktop. how can i disable this option?
View Articledecieving startup time
One thing I've noticed is that while my Windows 8 start screen appears quite quickly on boot, and I can start to do certain things, other services take quite a bit longer to become available. For...
View ArticleAnother System error
Another system error I get a lot now that I have upgraded to Windows 8 Pro is a DistributedCom Event ID 10016. Below is the error text: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local...
View ArticleDownloading - Invalid/Corrupt Signature.
So, I've just bought a new laptop for university work and it came with Windows 8 pre-installed. First thing I did when I booted the laptop up was install Microsoft Word and Norton Security, all fine so...
View ArticleMouse pointer gets invisible in "metro" onky.
Hi. I installed W8 in another partition just to learn it and do the move later. I got no big issues but... The next day I noticed I have no mouse pointer in the "metro" interface. If I am in the...
View ArticleWindows 8 restarts after trying to connect to internet
Right after I installed the windows 8 I tried to make a new connection to the internet (I have a modem), but when I hit the button connect (after typing the username and password for the new...
View ArticleVisual display
Am I the only person thinking that Windows 7 visual display on my monitor screen is better than Windows 8 ? like Windows 7 is HD but Windows 8 not ...When I first downloaded Windows 8, my son's first...
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