Windows 8 Network Shares
Hello everyone. I've been troubleshooting this problem literally for days and I am hoping someone can help me out. This issue involves my network shares, specifically the Windows 8 ones. I have 5...
View ArticleSymlinks?
Hey everyone, can anyone help me understand the workings of symlinks and mklinks in windows? I need to set up a directory that reads files from multiple directories but doesn't overwrite the files in...
View ArticleWindows 8 Disc Drive Problem
Hi Guys, I recently bought a Lenovo Z580, intel-i5, blue ray laptop, and it's lovely. But. Two weeks in, and now my DVD drive will not read or recognize any discs. Done all updates etc. Any ideas?...
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Too many Processes in Windows Task Manager
Whenever I bring up the Windows Task Manager (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del), I find that there are way TOO many processes running. My computer is brand spanking new and it is already freezing to the point...
View ArticleWindows 8 and VPN
I have tried to link to VPN at work since I downloaded the new Windows 8 - I am now told by work that THEY have to download a NEW VPN client that will read Windows 8. This is probably what is happening...
View ArticleCursor Jumps Randomly
When I am typing in Win8 applications my cursor jumps without warning to another place on the page and I end up having to erase more than I type. This is very disconcerting and wastes a lot of effort....
View ArticleWindows 8 Bootable from USB?
I've managed to find libraries of applications that can create bootable installations of Vista and Win7... but none claim Windows 8. Does anyone know of a utility for making a windows 8 bootable...
View Article"Discuss Add On"
Just got one of the new Asus desktops and have spent the last few days getting used to IE 10 and windows 8. Have been playing around with the safety settings. Was wondering about the "Discuss Add On"...
View ArticleBackTrack LiveUSB Boot Problem
Hi, i am on a dell inspiron 3520 running Windows 8, when ever i try to boot into a USB the screen goes black and has a white blinking _ then boots into windows 8, the usb boots fine on my dell 1501,...
View ArticleDVD drive does not accepting discs in windows 8
Hi Since upgrading to windows 8 I have not been able to burn a disc. The Message comes up "Windows can't read the disc in drive D. Make sure that the disc uses a format that windows recognises If the...
View ArticleSolved: Windows automatic updates
I am having a very annoying problem in Win 8 with automatic updates. It keeps coming up the the message that tells me that updates will be installed in 15 minutes regardless of what you're doing and...
View ArticleWindows 8 not booting even after reinstallation
So, this is my second post here. My last problem was not being able to reinstall. I then later found out that my ram was faulty and now i'm able to install windows again. My problem is now that when i...
View Articleinstalling an XP game into windows 8
I have the sims complete collection which is for windows 95,98 and XP, but I want to install it onto my windows8 and everytime I try to install it I get a pop up error sayings: error: the volume for a...
View ArticleHow to remove user password?
I have a new Win8 computer & was instructed to enter a password to access it. I want to remove that password. It is frustrating to have to enter a password every time I want to get on. Thanks in...
View ArticleSolved: How do I use VLC on Windows 8 Home?
Hiya We have a laptop with Windows 8 home, and found out that you can't play dvd's :( So, have downlaoded VLC, as most people say its the one, but it still doesn't work. Read that going to the Store...
View ArticleSolved: CPU high % usage
Clean install of win8 pro on half of a laptop (other is XP). Disk space is 24G, processor 1.6mh,1GB ram. 32 bit. Task mgr reported CPU uasge of 10% until the addition of windows media centr pack. Now...
View ArticleSolved: "Discuss Add On"
Just got one of the new Asus desktops and have spent the last few days getting used to IE 10 and windows 8. Have been playing around with the safety settings. Was wondering about the "Discuss Add On"...
View ArticleSolved: BackTrack LiveUSB Boot Problem
Hi, i am on a dell inspiron 3520 running Windows 8, when ever i try to boot into a USB the screen goes black and has a white blinking _ then boots into windows 8, the usb boots fine on my dell 1501,...
View Articlewindows boot 8 loader
HEllo Guys! :D i have just installed windows 8 on my laptop...a dua setup with windows 7. I always have ubuntu on my machines...so i have one more OS to install ...Ubuntu 12.04.. But i have a...
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