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Sticky0VotesWindows 8 FAQ
Q:What editions are available for Windows 8? A: There are four editions as noted below. These are discussed in the Announcing the Windows 8 ...
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Unanswered0VotesWin 8.1 Drive light blinks each second regular as clockwork.
The only cure is to disable the optical drive. Disabling auto play doesn't fix it. I've never seen this on Win7, but every Win8 from Win8 preview to Win8.1 does ...8 Replies | 113 Views | Created by FastSteve - Monday, December 09, 2013 9:57 PM | Last reply by FastSteve - 2 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesVirtual memory exhaustion when idle
Everytime I leave my laptop for a long period of time (couple of hours) and then come back I get the popup that windows ran out of memory. So I tried to look into event viewer ...7 Replies | 207 Views | Created by Martin Pelant - Saturday, December 07, 2013 4:08 PM | Last reply by Martin Pelant - 1 hour 32 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesThe app didn't start
Good day. I am running win 8.1 I have reloaded my PC now several times. After reload everything works fine. All apps. Then I get the following ... -
Unanswered0VotesWindows 8.1 & server2012R2 both crash or freeze on this machine
Hi there I have this weird problem with this machine. An assus laptop, i5 4Gb ram with a wifi card from intel "Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6250 ...1 Replies | 46 Views | Created by noirdesire - 15 hours 37 minutes ago | Last reply by v-yozhu - 3 hours 15 minutes ago -
Unanswered0Votes0xc000007b Microsoft Office error
One month back I installed windows 8.1 enterprise on my newly built pc. First I installed few Games , which worked perfectly fine. Then I installed Microsoft Office which showed me the ... -
Unanswered0VotesHow do I stop the toolbar from dropping down when I load a program?
How do I stop the toolbar from dropping down when I load a program? When I close a program Like world or Warcraft for example the toolbar keeps opening up when the World of Warcraft ...1 Replies | 46 Views | Created by KingOfMyPC58 - Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:26 AM | Last reply by v-yozhu - 3 hours 56 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesWindows 8.1 100% Disk Usage Problem
I am running a Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5110. 12 GB Ram, 456 GB HD with 311 GB free, CPU Max speed 2.7 GH. My computer, as many other W8 and W8.1 users seem to suffer, is nearly constantly ...1 Replies | 29 Views | Created by FiveTwoThree - 4 hours 44 minutes ago | Last reply by Andy Nugraha - 4 hours 7 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesWindows 8.1 - Bug?
akosijesyang - the conqueror3 Replies | 56 Views | Created by akosijesyang - Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:30 AM | Last reply by akosijesyang - 4 hours 31 minutes ago -
Discussion0Votesntoskrnl.exe 100% disk usage windows 8.0 and 8.1
This is a bug report. I hope Microsoft will take it seriously as it took me a whole day and much stress to track it down. Basically my problem was the same as this: ...10 Replies | 399 Views | Created by raid517 - Tuesday, December 03, 2013 6:51 PM | Last reply by FiveTwoThree - 4 hours 47 minutes ago -
Unanswered0Votesunexpected kernel mode trap (ndu.sys) after installing visual studio 2013
I've been getting thus error "unexpected kernel mode trap (ndu.sys)" after installing visual studio 2013 when in connect to the internet and open the browser. If the browser is not opened ...4 Replies | 113 Views | Created by dongol - Saturday, December 14, 2013 4:03 AM | Last reply by dongol - 4 hours 51 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesWhy to upgrade to Windows 8.1
Hi friends, I am using Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1. Its recommended that I should upgrade it to Windows 8.1. I agree and I prefer Windows 8.1 Enterprise but I want to know ...2 Replies | 41 Views | Created by UGN2011 - 16 hours 5 minutes ago | Last reply by v-yozhu - 4 hours 58 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesWindows 8 to 8.1 transition - BSODs
After going over to 8.1, I immediately started getting BSODs. Most frequently i get the "BAD_POOL_HEADER". Is there any quick fix to this? I'm 100% that it's not hardware ...1 Replies | 34 Views | Created by tahasalim - 17 hours 53 minutes ago | Last reply by v-yozhu - 5 hours 16 minutes ago -
Answered0VotesHow To Restore Windows XP BKF File in Windows 8
Hi Friends, I have purchased new laptop with newest Windows 8 operating system. Furthermore, I want to restore my all Windows backup file in windows 8 but I ...3 Replies | 538 Views | Created by James Simon - Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:44 AM | Last reply by matthewwade - 5 hours 32 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesWindows 8.1 Search and DirectAccess
I have a problem with Windows 8.1 integrated search when DirectAccess is enabled. It returns no results. If I stop the iphelper and Network Connectivity assistant services, search starts working ...5 Replies | 167 Views | Created by Tim Boggs - Sunday, November 17, 2013 6:22 AM | Last reply by Tim Boggs - 5 hours 40 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesRupee symbal
Hi, I am using Windows Enterprise Edition 8.1 32 bit Edition. I used ALT+4 key to type Rupee symbol. But it is not typed. I have changed the English (India) in ...1 Replies | 40 Views | Created by boopathi subramaniam - Monday, December 16, 2013 10:38 AM | Last reply by kelvin_hsu - 5 hours 58 minutes ago -
Answered0VotesKeyboard acting strange
When I lock my machine with windows key + l and then unlock it, the keyboard is doing strange things. Like if I press the W key it will bring up a search, and the E key brings up something else ...3 Replies | 254 Views | Created by Rookiehunt - Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:41 PM | Last reply by abctchr - 6 hours 20 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesBEX Error Crash
Hi, over the last few days (since Fri 6th Dec) I have been experiencing a BEX crash while gaming. The problem suddenly arose and persisted a few days ago with no obvious cause. Here ...7 Replies | 148 Views | Created by Ganye34 - Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:09 PM | Last reply by britishdhez - 6 hours 41 minutes ago -
Answered6VotesUnable to add a Google Account to Windows 8 (Mail, People, Calendar)
Hi everyone. I cannot add my google account to Windows 8 Mail App, nor to the People app. When I enter the credentials it tries to login but then it says to check if the username ...12 Replies | 8540 Views | Created by MarkFF1 - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:23 AM | Last reply by Kaiwhekea - 6 hours 53 minutes ago -
Unanswered0VotesWindows 8.1 Does not Ping it self but other hosts can ping
Dear friends I am new to forum and joined today, I have a strange problem I can not ping localhost in windows 8.1 system other users in my lan can ping my system. I have disabled ...4 Replies | 106 Views | Created by Syed Adnan - Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:14 AM | Last reply by Syed_R - 7 hours 24 minutes ago -
Answered13VotesWindows 8 Tablet / Touchscreen - On Screen Keyboard shortcut missing on Desktop
Hi On a windows 7 tablet, on the desktop, if I clicked a field (e.g. in Windows Explorer) a small keyboard icon appears with a shortcut to the on-screen-keyboard ...27 Replies | 21175 Views | Created by agvonline - Monday, December 03, 2012 10:11 AM | Last reply by Brian Lagunas - 8 hours 8 minutes ago - Items 1 to 20 of 6104 Next ›


