How to personalized a tile
Can anyone tell me how to personalize a tile that shows up on the screen when you turn on the computer?
View ArticlePrinting
Hi, I have an HP desktop running Windows 8 with an HP printer. I can print any office document but id I hit print from any website it won't print. It shows the job listed as printing but the printer...
View ArticleHelp with the microsoft messaging system
I just got a new Asus laptop with windows 8, and I need help with the messaging system. I think when I started I put the alternate email in wrong, so I can't activate the account. Please help is there...
View ArticleTile Customization
Just a quickie for you expert people out there :) I have my tiles and have unpinned the ones i don't want. Now, i am left with Mail and Calendar. Trouble is i don't have (don't tell anyone) a MS email...
View Articleps/2 keyboard - no power management to disable wake up
I want to disable the "allow this device to wake the computer" to prevent the accidental pressing of the keyboard waking up the PC. This option doesn't exist though, like it does with the USB mouse. Is...
View ArticlePossibility of retail copy of Windows 8 on TWO machines?
I would like to do a fresh install of Windows 8 to eliminate the bloatware on my Asus N56VZ. The notebook came OEM pre-installed with Windows 8 and I know that the Product Key on this notebook resides...
View ArticleSolved Quick question!
Hello I have just bought a new laptop with windows 8 and actually quite like the tile setup! Some programs I need to use are on the desktop and I regularly need to switch between desktop and start...
View ArticleWin 8 seems sensitive to rogue programs
I installed the latest Nvidia display driver last week. After the reboot there was the green win 8 logo then the screen went black and stayed that way. I left it running for an hour and it stayed that...
View ArticlePin desktop shortcut to the taskbar
I've researched this everywhere I can think of. I'm one of those old folks, so some things are more difficult. I had absolutely no problems with WIN7 however, and just my opinion, how or who made win8...
View ArticleCopy path in File explorer not working
Hi, all. I was thrilled to see MS finally added the "copy path" function to the ribbon. To my dismay, it has suddenly stopped working. I can't think of any significant changes I've made to my system...
View ArticleProblem Resetting Laptop
I have a Acer V3-551-8469 that I got semi new. Right from the start when I turned it on it wouldn't work right. It would start up with the Acer screen, then just go black. To actually see the desktop I...
View ArticleNeed help with Samsung laptop
I have recently purchased a new Samsung series 5 laptop, and my IE10 icon in metro had disappeared, I had then refreshed my computer to get it back, and I did, but lost *ALL* of my programs. I have...
View Articlestopping users from moving tiles
Hi,I have 30 Acer W510 tablets to use with the children in my school,Ii need to lock the tiles on the student account. I have looked through the GPO and cannot find anything as yet, if i dont lock them...
View ArticleHELP How to stop Windows 8 Auto Restarting WO/ gpedit.msc
I have the regular version of Windows 8, meaning I have no Local Group Policy Editor. This has already been problematic as disabling the lock screen was much more difficult than it should be. Why this...
View ArticleMSI missing!!! Here we go!!!
Hello all. I have a HP 2000 and guess what it is missing the MSI so I cannot put anything into my documents or pictures etc. This is a bunch of non sense. I just posted for my roommate on another page...
View Articledynamic volumes issue
I have the same problem difference is "all partition is in disk 0" Attachment 17676 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/f1/f2/17676-dynamic-volumes-issue-partition.png)
View ArticleCommand to open a toolbar
Does anyone know a Voice Recognition command to access or open a toolbar? I've tried "click + toolbar name" "open + toolbar name" "press + toolbar name" Attachment 17678...
View ArticleDisk scan
Hi! Since a couple of weeks, Windows has started scanning my disk on every boot. It does 1%, 2%, then sits for a while before it jumps to 9%. Then it works itself up to 43%, where it sits for a long...
View Articleplz help me out..... by solving my problem
my problem is this that... i have deleted my one software application without uninstalling that no if i reinstall this software or trying to delete it through control pannel, then it will show me a...
View ArticleWindows 8 , Switching apps / Browser settings. + Hiya
Hi guys , just signed up to this forum as it seems like its great for windows help and other things. I just brought a new every day medium range laptop after my PC gave up after about 8 years. Its a;...
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