Radio via the internet on Windows 8 stops working
Having brought a nice new shiney HP desktop (HP Pavilion p6-2435ea), I decided to listen to the radio while working on it. Clicked on IE and navigated to the online station. Started to listen to the...
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Hello, This is my 1st post on these forums so I hope I've posted it in the correct place. I have been having allot of issues since upgrading from Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit) to 8 Pro (64-Bit). I am...
View ArticleSolved Two quick questions
I ordered a Dell laptop and it's supposed to be here soon. The laptop has McAfee installed and that will be the first thing to be uninstalled. What do I have to do to enable Defender (MSE) that is...
View ArticleSolved startup time very slow
On my HTPC, I used to be able to boot Win 8 Pro in about 12-15 seconds off of my M4 SSD. Recently it's taking almost a minute. Any ideas as to what could have caused the slowdown and where I should...
View ArticleSolved PC Sleeps then it goes 2 lockscreen and requires password?
It's a HP Pavilion 23 desktop. New. Windows 8. For 2 months it's never done that. When it comes out of sleep it comes to the lock screen and then asks for a password. I don't mind this when first in...
View ArticleStrange behaviour with IE10
I have bought three Windows 8 64 bit machines and upgraded them all to Windows Pro. The three machines are different makes. All three machines have been added to our domain, and I am a domain admin. I...
View ArticleSolved Dropbox - How to post link in the forum -New to this stuff
Hi there I'm still fairly new to this stuff -- If I want to make say a document / presentation / spreadsheet available for people to access from my dropbox account if I want to help them with W8 issues...
View ArticleWindows 8 DVD copy
Hello everyone, I am using Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, and I want to know if there is any way I copy an entire DVD on to another one ? You know like in Nero *where I can copy the entire disc content onto...
View ArticleSolved Spacing in Word
Morning all Writing a letter in Word but the lines are too far apart as you see here. Would some one please tell me how to close them up. arram.;)
View ArticleOpening File Explorer
I have a petty little question. Is there any way to make File Explorer open in the same position and the same size as when it was last closed. Currently, it always opens in the same position and size...
View ArticleNew Ourtlook.com
Hi to all. I have often browsed this forum, and have now registered and am ready to post my 1st question. I am on Windows 8 and use live mail on my desktop (with a Hotmail email address). Today, I...
View ArticleDisplay eml in Explorer Preview Pane
Hello, I've searched quite a lot on this subject but have not been able to find a solution. In Win 8 Windows Explorer, the preview pane seems to be able to display previews of all file types I really...
View ArticleSamsung laptop running windows 8 wont turn on
so last night i did a factory reset and of course it took all night but in the morning when i checked it it was off so when i pressed the power button it appeared to be starting up a usual then...
View Articlehow to disable windows boot manager
Hi i want ask you how to disable windows boot manager Before my system is just go to windows if i boot my computer But now my system go to windows boot manager if i boot my computer And its need me to...
View ArticleI need serious help with 8 PLEASE!
I installed 8 a couple of weeks ago and for about 2 days things were great but no more. I can not install anything. Not from Microsoft, not from any other publisher. When I try I get an error "The...
View ArticleSolved weird picture Icons
Had win7 loaded win 8 at Christmas time. Previously when I opened my "My Pictures" the icons were a small picture. today I noticed that they had all changed to a generic camera. I messed around with...
View ArticleSolved Switch User Shortcut
I am preparing a custom toolbar with Shut Down, Restart etc shortcuts. Switch User used to be activated by tsdiscon.exe in System32 but I cannot find that in either my laptop or tablet running Win8...
View ArticleExellent tutorial for Windows 8. The best I've seen!
Google search for 'Windows 8 for Dummies', & download the .pdf Adobe Reader version for free. It's a very long 'book' & the best teacher for beginners of Win8 I've yet seen.
View Articlestartup items dont start sometimes on bootup
I didnt have this problem in windows 7 and it makes me want to go back to it sometimes because if this glitch. windows 8 boots and after logging in,sometimes doesnt start programs that are set to load....
View Articledifference between windows 8 pro and windows 8 pro vl & N
one Google I found the windows 8 different version like pro, pro vl and pro N which are very strange to me. so I want to know that whether they exists or not .if yes they exists can u explain which one...
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