how many times i can format or reinstall windows in laptop
hello helping friends.....how many times i should reinstall windows or other os or how much time i can formate my pc? is this any harfull effect by installing windows many tmes( i did 30 times till...
View ArticleUser-Pinned Tiles Gone from Start Screen
This morning I found that my Start Screen had reverted to its factory setting. All the tiles I had deleted (Ebay, Netflix, Music, Games, and so on) were back again, and all the tiles I had added were...
View ArticleSolved How can I pin a Metro shortcut to a jar?
Hello, I have many java programs that I use. I can make a shortcut to the desktop but is there a way I can copy these to the start menu (Metro). With programs it is easy - right click and it says pin...
View ArticleAll programs crash when trying to open or save
Hi everyone. This is my first post here, so please forgive me if it's in the wrong place. I wasn't sure where else it fits. Here's my issue, I've been having some major trouble with all of my programs....
View ArticleHard disk problems
Hi, I have a wierd problem. I run Win 8 prof. I have 2 internal HDD's. Plus 3 external HDD's. The 2 internal disks are each 1TB the external disks are 2 tb and 1 2tb. There are 2 separate problems. In...
View ArticleRandom Beeping (default Asterisk sound)
Hello, I am getting a random notification sound but no notifications are appearing in Windows 8. I have isolated it to be the default asterisk sound but nothing is plugged into my computer, not even...
View ArticleWindows 8 Price
I saw that the downloadable version of Windows 8 will be $39.99 until January 31, 2013. Do you know how much the downloadable version will go up to after January 31? Thanks
View Articleanother uEFI Problem Linux Envolved
Hello, If anyone is Familiar with uNetBootIn, or YUMi which are used to stick linux distros and iso's to USBthis might make sense. I successfully got BackTrack5 r3 onto my USB with Both YUMI and...
View ArticleKeyboard does not pop up automatically when in text box
Icon shows on task bar but must manually touch. What was MS thinking - this is a giant step backward. And I am referring to popping up the keyboard in a text box when in desktop, not on Metro (where it...
View ArticleSolved Can't Restore Recycle Bin Icon
Does anyone have a clue why Recycle Bin is grayed out in Desktop Icon Settings? Attachment 13954 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/f1/f2/13954-cant-restore-recycle-bin-icon-recycle-bin.png)
View ArticleNew windows 8 Samsung Laptop is slower than 3 year old HP
I currently have an hp paviliondv4 (4gb RAM, 2.2GHZ with windows 7 and avast anti virus). I just bought and returned a Samsung NP550 (6GB RAM, 2.5GHZ with windows 8 and Kepersky security). As soon as I...
View ArticleHere's how to pin to Start the things Metro can't find!
Some items may not show up on the Metro "All Apps" list. (Such as a file, a folder, a web page that you saved in a folder, or some unusual kind of item, or any item in a folder that Metro doesn't...
View ArticleLive: On Boot Camp Win7 Using RDC on Win8: Metro?
Happy New Year to All. We are going to have an incredibly exiting new year's eve. :D We'll be watching Times Square midnight two hours earlier. I am live on my Win8 lappy having connected to this...
View ArticleWhy MS Metro Page can't do it ?
Well I question the reasoning behind Metro, Tiles that you can just barely customize and no folders, many will say it's to be compatible with a phone well here few pic of my new Android phone , look at...
View Articletake picture in boot
is there a way to take picture from the whole of the monitor in bios or boot option?
View Articlecan anyone send me a file "explorer.exe" for win 8
can anyone send me a file "explorer.exe" for win 8,, my explorer was error.. please..
View Articlenotebook still locks display
After adding new account into Mail application (connecting it to company's Exchange 2007 - part of SBS 2008 - and agreeing to accept Exchange politics) the Win 8 lock my display after 5 minutes. Which...
View ArticleArrow Keys Problem While Typing
Hey there, I have a Logitech G510 keyboard, I never had any problems until i upgraded to windows 8. If i am typing and try and use the arrow keys to move around with in my text it will just put 3's and...
View ArticlePc won't shutdown or sleep, only restart
Hi there, I was running Windows 7 home premium on my pc on a 2TB hdd, and it was running fine, I had a 500GB as a separate hdd aswell, attached at the time. So I installed windows 8 on the 500GB hdd,...
View ArticleCursor keeps freezing + Office 2010 installation errors
Just bought an Acer S3 i3. Set up has taken me over 6 hours. 1st - major problems getting internet access - but having removed McAfee all seems ok. I have two major problems: 1. Cursor will freeze ever...
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