For those who look at Win8 in virtual but are not sure
On the Sevenforums I have posted a demo running Windows 8 in virtual. If you are considering that possiblity but are not sure whether that's for you, have a look at this video demo: VMware Player - a...
View ArticleWhen Secure Boot Fails - System Repair broke my Windows
I had a problem where I was running UEFI with secure boot disabled and dual booting with Linux Mint which is UEFI compliant. Mint had installed Grub, Mint's boot manager but I don't like Grub so i...
View ArticleAutomatic FullScreen Mode
Windows 8 User: "Is there is any way of Automatically hide the taskbar OR go to fullscreen mode AFTER (i.e. 1,2,3,....n sec) user has MAXIMIZE the explorer?"
View ArticleDeleted the desktop start folder file by accident.
There was another thread about this, but the solution wasn't clearly explained. A user provided the OP with a Desktop.ink file, and nothing was said about what to do with the file that was provided....
View ArticleVanishing scroll bar
Hi all Does anybody have any idea if you can keep the scroll bar from vanishing , it is annoying when I am reading something and have to move the mouse to make the bar appear again . Thanks micky0121
View ArticleEffect of Embedded Product Key on OEM Win8's--New License
This recent thread (Way of Performing Clean Install of Windows 8 OEM (http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/19484-way-performing-clean-install-windows-8-oem-4.html)) (which also spawned this...
View ArticleSolved COM Surrogate has stopped working error msg
I upgraded from win 7 to win 8 pro about a month ago. Ever since then, when I go to my F drive and open 2 folders that have video clips/screenshots in them a box pops up saying com surrogate has...
View ArticleNotification Area Icons
I am running windows 8 and I would like to delete unused icons from the notification area. Can this be done?Thanks for any help!
View ArticleCyberLink Powerdvd question
Hello, I am a new user to Win 8 and sometimes i find it quite confussing. For example on my old computer (win xp) if there was a dvd playing and i clicked minimize i could find it again on the taskbar....
View ArticleApps starting spontaneously
I have Windows 8 installed on three computers, and have a strange problem with one of them. On my Lenovo X220T, occasionally apps will start with no input on my part. This happens both on the "modern"...
View ArticleWindows keeps turning off my screen
I have: Turned off adaptive brightness, told it to never dim the screen at any time for any reason under any battery plan, and still, right-on-the-dot, at exactly 1 minute, my screen turns off.
View ArticleOrigami functionalty in Windows 8?
When I had Windows 7 on my tablet, I had Origami 2 installed that allowed me to like reset the width of the scroll bars and such. Anyone know if there are built in features like this in Windows 8?
View ArticleCan't download anything
*I am trying to download AVS Video Editor. The installer (.exe) downloaded but it never opens? It does this with other things which i tried as well I tried many solutions but can't get my head around...
View ArticleWhat Happens with my Windows 8 pro upgrade when it expires
Okay, so I upgraded from windows 8 normal OS to windows 8 PRO. And now it's saying I'm on a trial so my only question is what happens when it expires, does my computer automatically downgrade to the...
View ArticleEmail closing, Music stopping.
Hello everyone. I am new to this thread, and this is my first posting. I am also new to Windows 8. I was running windows Vista before this system. Truthfully, I didn't really even want want windows 8,...
View ArticleSolved windows old folder
I just found this folder named "windows.old on my C drive. Is this safe to delete.
View Articlewindows 8 music app makes me want to punch babies
So how exactly do I get the music from the music app to my actual computer?????
View ArticleBill Gates, what was he thinking RANT!!!!!
I need to RANT! Windows 8 would be good if the OS was split, keep pad OS's away from desktops and laptops. I have a pad and laptop with win8, it drives me insane changing between the two, I don't know...
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