W8.1 Help....... what help...?
Has anyone else noticed that whatever one may be doing in W8.1, if you click on the button "Help", in the screen where you are performing some task, you almost always get a pop-up window that states...
View Articleboot mgr press ctrl+alt+del
i just dropped my laptop from my bed and it says press ctrl+alt+del to restart. i read at a forum that this might has destroyed BIOS. whenever i try to install any os (Windows 8 or 7) it loads until it...
View ArticleHow to run an xp program on win 8.1
How to run an xp program on win 8.1. Downloaded game but all is jumbled up. Any suggestions?
View ArticleAdobe Flash Player 16
Whenever I try open a file which uses adobe flash player (.swf player) it comes up with this error: "Adobe Flash Player 16: The Procedure entry point CreateDXGIFactory2 could not be located in the...
View Articleiphone video?
:confused: I have windows 8.1 and a friend sent me a iphone video, but I can't play it, Media Player keeps closing the program? Thank You.
View ArticleWin 7 OR Win 8
I am buying a new comp for my Mother-in-law on Friday. She is in her 80's and has an XP machine that needs to be tossed. I am on a tight budget but I want he to have something reliable. I couldn't...
View ArticleIssue With Audio: IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
After restarting my pc from using CCleaner to get rid of BSOD that was being caused by what was left of the NCH software, my audio stopped working. I decided to use the backup reg that was made and...
View Articlewindows/system32/cmdexe.
every time i turn on my pc it shows windows/system32/cmdexe. for a short duration of time and them closes down automatically . it has not affected the performance of pc but keep on poping up every time...
View Articlelaptop stuck in recover restart loop after overheating
Hi, I'm sorry to bother you!! I, obviously accidentally, allowed my laptop to overheat and shutdown due to poor ventilation etc, but now it will not start up properly. The starting screen shows the...
View ArticleUninstalling Toshiba ConfigFree
I've been trying to upgrade to windows 8.1. I keep getting a message to uninstall Toshiba ConfigFree. However, I am not finding it in my uninstall list. How do i remove it and where do I find it? Thank...
View Articlehow rid login at booting and wake up on W8.1
Wen I set up my new Windows 8.1 I inserted a password on booting and when it wakes up .I would like to get rid of logging since I'm the only one using this computer and not used for financial or...
View Articlebuffering
what do I need to do,to correct very bad buffering when I click on any item ?
View ArticleAnnoying RunDll message!
My laptop was running a little slower than usual, so I ran a few virus scans. It seems to be running faster now. Since then, I have been getting the RunDll message that says that there is a problem...
View ArticleDriver Issues
In my device manager I have two devices with no drivers: PCI Simple Communications Controller SM Bus Controller Windows can't find drivers for them when I search. Any idea? Its an Asus M51 desktop,...
View ArticleW8.1 "Rollup" Updates
Is it necessary to install the "rollup" updates issued by Microsoft ? Most recently.... Nov 2014 - KB3000850 724MB. (This is almost the size of a Service Pack) Dec 2014 - KB3013769 56MB. Microsoft...
View ArticleCan File Explorer Search for Duplicate Files Ending in (1)
I made a simple but huge mistake trying to restore one file from my backup source, setting it to not write over an existing file but to make a copy of it ending in (1). I now have many thousands of...
View Articlehow to secure reset Samsung EVoS that are in RAID 0
i have 2 x samsung evos in raid 0 running win7 and i would like to perform factory restore on each as Iam wanting to install windows 8 onto the system with the drives reset back to factory can any can...
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Multiple issues with installing programs
I have a spiffy new windows 8.1 desktop, and I've had several issues with installing programs on it. I'm trying to install some old games on it (mathblaster and simfarm specifically, but others have...
View ArticleVideo wont stream - Windows 8.1 64 Bit - Surface Pro 3
For the last week I have been having issues with streaming video. Vimeo is an example of a site I am having issues with. It seems that instead of streaming as the video is downloading my system waits...
View ArticleDesktop is bigger than monitor?
I have a machine running windows 8.1, and for some reason my "desktop" is bigger than the monitor. What this means is that I struggle to access the "charms bar" or whatever it's called on the right...
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