Toolbar is taking over my internet...HELP!!!
Okay so I got a Windows 8 laptop for Christmas (yay me and its pretty awesome) Back to the problem... Yesterday I had to download WinRAR to be able to open up some files and during the setup it only...
View ArticleWindows 8 Store won't load, tried many things...:(
Ok so basically it will show the splash screen then go back to the start screen all other apps say this app cannot be loaded go to the windows store (I have removed them). Things I have tried: 1). I...
View ArticleFrench Keyboard, , metric and date with English speak W8
Living in France you cannot avoid a French keyboard, they're everywhere. So I learned using the azerty, but stuck to English. This is of course beyond the people designing Windows. So how can I have...
View ArticleWindows 8 Broke 7, 30 Day Music Business Test Results.
We have an entertainment company with DJ's and thought we would give 15 Asus S200E notebooks with very nice all aluminum case, 4gb ram, 500gb HDD, i3 Intel and even external optical drive (which 8...
View ArticleWMC IR Hardware Config during set up
So after I don't know how many times trying to set up WMC8, first with an OTA digi antenna and no go, I finally have it seeing the satellite box and I can't get past the IR Hardware Configuration...
View Articlevideo issue
ever since i installed windows 8 on my laptop windows media player and media player classic have become unresponsive for about a minute before playing my videos, this is the second time I installed...
View ArticleStuck on Selective Startup
For some reason System Configuration's Startup Selection is stuck on "Selective startup". When I change it to 'Normal startup" and close ad then reopen System Configuration it reverts back to...
View ArticleCan't start Windows 8 on Samsung Series 5 Ultra
Hi and thanks for reading. I have a Samsung Series 5 Ultra Touch. The other day, for reasons unknown, it would start up into the auto repair process. It would "diagnose PC" then "repairing", warning...
View ArticleWindows 8 Search in Metro
Hello, i have a problem when i search for app on start screen, there is no results unless i write the full word. for example, when i search"pain"= "no apps match your search", but when i search "paint"...
View ArticleWindows 8 crash. Automatic repair does not work.
I was an idiot and forgot to make a recovery disc, and didnt buy the disc after buying the 40 dollar upgrade. Why are my options? Do I have to buy another windows 8 to get the recovery disc? After I...
View ArticleAttempts to revive unbootable system
Since yestarday I've been greeted with 'attempting repairs' on every boot. The first thing I did was boot to a Win7 backup system on one of my storage drives and ran antivirus scans. Next I and made an...
View ArticleCant install fonts Fonts: Device not ready?
Recently i havent been able to install any font in Windows 8 Pro. I get the following error message: [fontview.exe] Windows font Folder The device is not ready I can access the fonts folder and see the...
View ArticleOcassionally got short freeze
After I installed Windows 8 and update all of my drivers, Sometime I got a short freeze with no warning But only a short freeze(2-5 secs). It is not BSOD,But it makes me annoyed. Thanks in advanced.
View Article[Urgent] Dual booting went wrong "Boot configuration Data
Hello, I have no idea where to start, a friend of mine sent me a link for Windows 8 Pro link, it's not original nor cracked, it's just non-activated (it kept asking me for activation key), that's not...
View ArticleShut Down and Restart no long work
This is weird; yesterday I can not shut down the computer using the Shut Down button in Windows 8. I attributed it to some backup software that I loaded. I uninstalled the backup software, didn't fix...
View ArticleSolved File type associations?
How can I change file type associations in Windows 8? For example .jpg files open in Photos app, fine, but when I right-click and choose "edit" Paint opens up. I want to change it from Paint to...
View ArticleWindows 8 Reset
Hi. Recently I installed Fedora 18 alongside my already running Windows 8 computer, I have a Lenovo Y400 laptop and I wish to make it just Windows 8 again. Would choosing the reset option return my...
View ArticleH265 to replace H264 for video streaming
Hi there It seems that the new "Standard" video streaming codec for 1080p full HD will be H265 instead of H264 -- advantage of this is that apparently for the same quality file size will be 50% less --...
View ArticleHard drives
What hard drive is best these days for performance, reliability and low noise. The Samsung Spinpoint F1 used to be the drive of the day. I'm a little out of touch the last few years, the western...
View ArticleIs it possible to skip the first screen in 8?
It's not like I turn on the computer to find out what time it is, or to admire that graphic. It's just a minor annoyance, only takes a press on enter, but I'd like to garbage the thing.
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