W8.1 : Network and Sharing Centre
There are quite a large number of settings available in "Network and Sharing Centre". Can anyone recommend a good, informative and above all correct online source that provides clear information with...
View Articlewindows 8.1 laptop
i can't get in to microsoft account. keeps telling me my email address is not valid it's the only email i have. this is a new dell laptop. i also have a gateway pc with the same email address. PLEASE...
View ArticleSolved: Brand new laptop, Windows 8.1, can't download Firefox.
Hi. :) So, I just purchased a brand new HP laptop with Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 already installed. I just want to download and use Firefox as my default browser, but so far I'm having no...
View ArticleWin8 will not boot in one of 2 users
SORRY I POSTED TWICE, my apologies Hi, for some reason today I signed in as usual & it boots in a black empty screen with a small window saying " Win explorer is not responding". in CTRL-ALT DEL I...
View ArticleAlmost nothing Works
This is lengthy, but I really need help. I was recently given a new Toshiba Laptop with touch screen for an early Christmas present from my best friend. It worked amazing, I loved everything about it....
View Article2.2 TB Infinity "No Bootable Device" Loop
Hello. I recently bought a cyberpower pc with Windows 8.1. It was working fine for a bout a week until this weekend I decided to install a second hard drive and sound card from my old pc. I did the...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Constant BSODs
Hello guys, this is my first time posting on these forums in hope of finally finding some solution. I searched the internet and was unable to solve the problem. My stepbrother custom built my computer...
View ArticleCatastrophic system crash after update
Hey, first time posting here and doing so because I no longer trust the support I can get from microsoft itself these days. Alright long story short I had this Lenovo laptop for the better part of 5...
View Article"Your PC is offline. Please sign in with the last password used on this PC"
(Sorry if this was posted in the wrong forum, this place is confusing!) Hey, I keep running into this message whenever I try to log into my PC: "Your PC is offline. Please sign in with the last...
View ArticleVirtual Box and Bios
Vt-x is disabled in the Bios What is this it will not install xp in VB ? I have a Lenovo B50 70 with Win 8.1
View ArticleAnnoying Start Screen Hiatus
OS : W8.1 I have noticed on certain W8.1 machines that tiles that are "live" stop responding for no apparent reason, even though the Internet connection is working correctly. The tiles affected are...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu 14.0.1 LTS on Windows 8.1 PC
I tried installing a Linux distribution by partitioning my hard drive... Near the end of the installation, I got an error message informing me that grub-install had failed. I canceled the install, and...
View ArticleHard to explain issue with Laptop and screen
Just as the title states, my new bought laptop is extremely weird. I am currently having 2 issues, and yes I've searched already(even though its hard to search when this is so confusing) 1. Whenever...
View ArticleWhy BLUE of all possible colours?
So, I just managed to knock myself out of the forum two times in a row while posting: Third try: I worked a while to get my Welcoming/Loginscreen of Win 8 into bordeaux last summer, since it didn't do...
View ArticleTouchpad swipe function not working
Hi I've got a Samsung NP300e5e-S02ZA (not the NP...shown in the sysinfo o.O) I upgraded to windows 8.1 from windows 8, everything was working fine. I sent it to the Samsung Care center to load the...
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No login prompt after sleep
Hi Sometimes after I wake my laptop from sleep and click on my profile, it just goes to a blue screen and I cannot enter my password. The mouse is still there but the everything else is missing. When I...
View Articlesystem issue
when I restart or turn my pc on it nows prompts me to press the Del (Sys Rq) key then it proceeds to the setup window, but takes 3 to 5 min to get there, once on the setup screen I can hit the ESC to...
View Articlefrustrated
is it possible to obtain my oem os from anywhere I don't have a backup in which to factory reset my machine. how do i proceed? I would really like my original os it was preinstalled win8
View Articlefrustrated
I've got a two year old gateway that came with winsows 8 preinstalled, I loaned my computer to a classmate and got it back with 8.1 enterprise needless to say I was upset by this, anyway I tried...
View ArticleAsus 200E Stuck in automatic repair loop, won't recognise external DVD-ROM
Hi, I have an Asus S200E laptop which started life as a Windows 8 machine and was subsequently upgraded to Windows 8.1 about 3 months ago. It's now stuck in the 'Diagnosing your PC - Automatic Repair'...
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