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Announcement: 3

Windows 8.1 General announcement

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    Windows 8.1 Now Available
    Anthony_Mann Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:11 AM
    See the Windows Team Blog and the Windows for your Business Blog.
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    New Microsoft Press Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals eBook Available for Free Download
    Anthony_Mann Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:16 AM
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/10/14/free-ebook-introducing-windows-8-1-for-it-professionals.aspx
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    Windows 8 Availability to MSDN / TechNet subscribers
    Anthony_Mann Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:23 PM

    Windows 8 is now avaialable to MDSN and TechNet subscribers. We are in the process of moving all the threads in the Windows 8 forums to a new "Pre-release" forum. This process is expected to happen today (8/15/2012) around 3pm Pacific time, so please bear with us as these are moved.

    Are you looking for Windows 8 Pro? See this forum post.

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    Making text bigger / easier to see to reduce eye strain

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    My eye strain is chronic as I've got to look at lots of text and use various different programs throughout the day, too, which all seem to have the tiniest possible font size and it's now getting to ...
    Proposed | 4 Replies | 430 Views | Created by Frecklepaw - Thursday, March 7, 2019 3:22 PM | Last reply by Frecklepaw - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 10:04 AM
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    I CANT OPEN my laptops cmd or the change date and time settings

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    I have a problem with my windows 8 samsung laptop,when I open my cmd it just pops up for a sec then exits same problem for my change date and time settings please help me how to fix it I dont know ...
    Proposed | 2 Replies | 75 Views | Created by JustPlayGames - Thursday, April 4, 2019 5:31 AM | Last reply by otto wang - Tuesday, April 9, 2019 2:02 AM
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    Windows 8.1 WSUS clients stuck on 'checking for updates'

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    Hi IT folks, I'm currently facing a 'weird' problem with my Windows 8.1 WSUS clients. Server OS WSUS clients are all reporting back to my WSUS server, but for unknown reason, ...
    Unanswered | 1 Replies | 83 Views | Created by akosijesyang - Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:43 AM | Last reply by Teemo Tang - Monday, April 8, 2019 7:39 AM
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    Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-EventTracing/Admin Session failed to start with the following error: 0xC0000011 Event ID: 2 on computer boot/restart!

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    3221225489</Data> LoggingMode">276824069</Data> I am unable to post the entire error code as your stupid forum keep saying that I am not ...
    Proposed | 5 Replies | 132 Views | Created by BLaZiNgSPEED89 - Wednesday, April 3, 2019 9:26 AM | Last reply by BLaZiNgSPEED89 - Saturday, April 6, 2019 10:40 AM
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    yahoo to gmail

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    Hello I use Windows 8.1. I have 3 years long mail account in yahoo. I had like to transfer all those to my gmail. Any idea how to? Thanks in advance for any ...
    Answered | 9 Replies | 776 Views | Created by Andrew Hoggard - Monday, October 16, 2017 9:39 AM | Last reply by EliezerDecker - Thursday, April 4, 2019 9:35 AM
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    Why am i getting a new drive listed called ESP (F:)?

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    when i go to my file explorer in Windows 8.1 all of a sudden a new drive is listed called ESP (F:). It didn't show this before today. My laptop is about a year old and now this is showing ...
    Proposed | 17 Replies | 100312 Views | Created by KeithAul - Wednesday, August 10, 2016 10:17 PM | Last reply by Roger DC - Monday, April 1, 2019 3:18 PM
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    Long Press Power Button

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    When I started to repair PC problems from that date till now I'm getting one common solution for most of my 90% of problems that was "TURN OFF PC , REMOVE BATTERY LONG PRESS POWER BUTTON FOR 20 ...
    Proposed | 3 Replies | 151 Views | Created by MnkDude - Thursday, March 21, 2019 2:47 PM | Last reply by cloris_sun - Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:56 AM
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    CANNOT FIND PRINT TO PDF OPTION

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    I cannot find print to PDF and I have tried solutions listed but when I go to add printer manually, I cannot find Documents\*.pdf (Adobe PDF) option.
    Proposed | 3 Replies | 170 Views | Created by Sairis - Friday, March 15, 2019 11:19 AM | Last reply by Andy YOU - Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7:11 AM
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    Running hlp help files in Win 8.1

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    I have a number of older programs that use hlp help files that are still being downloaded and used so I would like to have a way  for the folks downloading them to use the old hlp file ...
    Answered | 17 Replies | 3851 Views | Created by ClayL - Wednesday, December 31, 2014 5:13 PM | Last reply by rsbrux - Monday, March 25, 2019 2:42 PM
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    I installed the package that this site says contains Winhlp32 but can't find it

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    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40899 says WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit Help files that have the ".hlp" file name extension.  To view ...
    Answered | 8 Replies | 868 Views | Created by hackwrench - Sunday, June 21, 2015 8:49 PM | Last reply by rsbrux - Monday, March 25, 2019 2:36 PM
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    how to stop automatic minimize

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    When I click on a link in an email, the window to the site opens, but the page gets automatically minimized to the top left of my screen.  I have changed no settings.  It happens every time ...
    Proposed | 4 Replies | 158 Views | Created by rakmup - Sunday, March 24, 2019 9:52 AM | Last reply by Teemo Tang - Monday, March 25, 2019 6:35 AM
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    Access Bitlocker Encrypted Flash Drive in OS X

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    Hi All, I have been looking on the internet but can't find anything useful. I protected data on my USB flash drive using ...
    Answered | 11 Replies | 79706 Views | Created by CloudPD - Monday, October 27, 2014 2:19 AM | Last reply by Xiaoting_sally - Monday, March 25, 2019 1:36 AM
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    Manually change the created and modified time from PDF file

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    Is it possible to manually change the created and modified time from a PDF file that you can see in right-click, properties, tab details? I know how to create a copy with all possible properties ...
    Answered | 4 Replies | 49289 Views | Created by supraindo - Wednesday, August 12, 2015 8:24 AM | Last reply by khavin - Saturday, March 23, 2019 2:14 AM
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    Apps Troubleshooter for Windows 8.1

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    Windows 8.1 General
    Some of the tiles, on my START page, do not open the Microsoft apps, and I've spent the last 2 hours trying, without success, to find out how to download the Apps Troubleshooter for Windows 8.1. My ...
    Proposed | 3 Replies | 444 Views | Created by Lady Light - Thursday, March 7, 2019 10:00 PM | Last reply by HK.Leon - Tuesday, March 19, 2019 7:04 AM
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    How do I export my Gmail.com accounts data to Thunderbird MBOX?

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    I am using Gmail.com accounts for a long time so now I want to export my all Gmail.com account data to Thunderbird MBOX so suggest me the idea regarding export Gmail.com accounts ...
    Proposed | 8 Replies | 292 Views | Created by peterlaizer - Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:26 AM | Last reply by David_Ding2018 - Tuesday, March 19, 2019 2:47 AM
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    How can I import Outlook contacts to mobile device in vcf format?

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    How can I import my contacts into Microsoft Outlook? I have outlook contact file and need to convert them vcf format to open in a mobile device? What program do you pick to import that into Microsoft ...
    Proposed | 3 Replies | 137 Views | Created by WalterAbel - Thursday, March 14, 2019 6:41 AM | Last reply by Eric G.B - Monday, March 18, 2019 9:36 AM
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    Surface Bitlocker recovery key

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    Dear MS Empire Team A friend of mine asking about his Surface Bitlocker recovery key all information I have is ...
    Answered | 6 Replies | 1208 Views | Created by DALSAFEEN - Wednesday, August 1, 2018 6:01 PM | Last reply by DarrenSong - Monday, March 18, 2019 5:35 AM
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    usbehci keeps making my ports restart while my computer is on...

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    Can someone help me...  My ports restart while my computer is on.  Here is some information. Log Name:      ...
    Answered | 4 Replies | 10851 Views | Created by usbehci is causing my ports to restart - Friday, April 3, 2015 4:44 PM | Last reply by Crakdkorn - Sunday, March 17, 2019 3:54 PM
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    not accepting a new password

    Windows 8.1 IT Pro
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    Windows 8.1 General
    Received a message from Microsoft that Amex card was rejected; just received a new card due to hacking. Cannot enter site. Please advise.
    Proposed | 3 Replies | 182 Views | Created by james bornstein - Friday, March 8, 2019 1:56 AM | Last reply by otto wang - Thursday, March 14, 2019 7:34 AM
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    DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

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    Dear Support: Can u help on this? DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ...
    Answered | 7 Replies | 782 Views | Created by ribrahim - Friday, October 31, 2014 5:52 AM | Last reply by questionsformicrosoftproducts - Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6:14 PM
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Announcement: 3

Windows 8.1 General announcement

  • Link
    Windows 8.1 Now Available
    Anthony_Mann Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:11 AM
    See the Windows Team Blog and the Windows for your Business Blog.
  • Link
    New Microsoft Press Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals eBook Available for Free Download
    Anthony_Mann Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:16 AM
    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/10/14/free-ebook-introducing-windows-8-1-for-it-professionals.aspx
  • Link
    Windows 8 Availability to MSDN / TechNet subscribers
    Anthony_Mann Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:23 PM

    Windows 8 is now avaialable to MDSN and TechNet subscribers. We are in the process of moving all the threads in the Windows 8 forums to a new "Pre-release" forum. This process is expected to happen today (8/15/2012) around 3pm Pacific time, so please bear with us as these are moved.

    Are you looking for Windows 8 Pro? See this forum post.

 
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