Dual boot win7 & win8 with Hide active partitions
hi.. i have one 750GB hard disk with 8 partition. i installed windows 7 in first partition and windows 8 in second partition. i want to hide windows 8 drive when i boot in windows 7 and hide windows 7...
View ArticleBlack Screen after teal windows before lock screen
Hi was wondering if others experience this. Trying to figure out the cause and if there is a fix. When I turn on or restart my computer after the teal windows logo with the spinning wheel the screen...
View ArticleHaving problems getting on my Laptop
I have a HP 2000 Notebook and I dont remember my password and so I cant get on my laptop what can I do
View ArticleAccidentally removed Date and Time from taskbar Help
Hello Windows 8 Forum Communities, I appologize if there is already a thread with this information. I searched for one first, but got frustrated when I couldn't find one with in 10-15 minutes (maybe...
View ArticleEmpty Files
I keep finding files with names such as 3977C900 or similar on my system. The file type is called "File" and contains 0 kb. Does anyone know why these are being created and how I can stop it ? Thanks...
View ArticleSystem Hangs when idle
So i recently built my own desktop (http://www.amazon.co.uk/desktop.html) and it runs fine except from a problem where the computer will hang if left idle for any length of time. I have windows 8 pro...
View ArticleSolved MSI missing!!!
Issues with my friends laptop and my own it is crazy! We have the same Laptop.Any way she has a HP 2000 Windows 8 Basic 64 bit. Well when she goes to go into her documents it says MSI is missing. In...
View ArticleCan't drag window from one monitor to other
I am unable to drag a window from one monitor to the other when the cursor is at the top or bottom of the screen (both monitors are the same size and same resolution). It stops when in one of the hot...
View ArticleReformatting Write Protected Flash Drive
I have an 8GB flash drive that's write protected. There is no lock/unlock on the flash drive. How can I reformat/erase the contents so I can use the flash drive for other things? I've tried low level...
View ArticleHow can i run a hidden cmd script?
Im running a script that organises my downloaded files,but opens a cmd prompt everytime. Is it possible to hide this in Windows 8? I know it was possible in windows 7 but doesn't seem to work on 8 Any...
View ArticleWindows 8 fails to Shutdown or Restart
New Dell XPS 8500 following installation of programs and an attempt at creating a image using the built-in imaging program now fails to restart or shutdown from the start screen. When I attempted to...
View ArticleKeyboard switching random characters (NOT NumLK or Comcast
Hello, I have an Asus Eee 1015PEM running Windows 8. Today the keyboard started switching (or not typing) certain letters. For instance, in the middle row: a=2, s=4, d=e, f=(nothing), g=t, h=(nothing),...
View Articlemake a logical partition into a primary partition
Attachment 17344 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/f1/f2/17344-make-logical-partition-into-primary-partition-screenshot-5-.png) This is my basic spread prime contains a win 7 installation(active)...
View ArticleLShift key spells "C", and other nonsense.
Hello, I'm posting this for a friend at the moment. On his laptop, the HP Pavilion g7 his left shift key acts the letter "C" as well as shift, his right shift key acts as the letter "E" and shift. The...
View ArticleProgramdata file on Windows 8
Hello all. Bit of a technophobe...... I have Adodbe Photoshop Elements installed on my Windows 8 PC. I am trying to upload some new actions to PSE and am being told to copy them into the Adobe file in...
View ArticleWindows 8 system_thread_exception_not_handled
i got this problem everytime my screen turns black when i update my graphic card drivers and this happens also when my lid closed, help plz :cry:
View ArticleDisable a FN-key combination permanently?
Everytime I accidentally press FN+Left mouse, I enable tap-to-click (which I want to have off). I can disable the function with the same combination, but I'd like to find out a way to permantently...
View ArticleHover feature
Hi everyone. I've been struggling with Windows 8 since I received my new laptop at Christmas. Never before has a new OS made me feel like a complete moron for such an extended period of time. At the...
View ArticleSolved Removing old Windows 7 files after Win 8 Pro upgrade
I install the windows 8 Pro 64-bit upgrade over my windows 7 home 64-bit last week. Everything works fine. My Boot drive is a 180GB SSD, so not a lot of room. So I would like to remove any old windows...
View ArticleSolved Missing ^ symbol on On-screen keyboard
The On-screen keyboard in Windows 8 seems to be missing the ^ symbol, otherwise known as the caret. On most keyboards its found with shift+6. But in Windows 8, that is the one symbol on the number key...
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