clean install
Hi I bought a laptop from Lenovo, a z500 with one key recovery, which works ok, but puts on all the bloat that came with the machine. Lenovo want to give me a free recovery disk, but charge £40 admin...
View ArticleSurface RT lined paper application
Hey all, I do a lot of note taking in lined notebooks, like composition books. Was wondering if there was a free equivalent to a composition book style application in the windows store? Or maybe an ARM...
View ArticleCan't install in Windows 8.1
My Ultimate Print & Craft Suite worked fine in Windows 8 but won't since upgrading to 8.1 In uninstalled it planning to do a reinstall but nothing happens when I try with the disc. Can someone help?
View Articleproblems accessing some folders and files in Win 8
I have just finished building a new windows 8 PC to replace my old one (also windows 8) On my old PC storage folders - My Documents, Photos. videos and so on were on a separate drive from the system...
View ArticleRAID 1 SET UP WITH SSD AND 2 X SATA HD's
Hi all I am going to buy a new desktop barebones and want the new Win 8.1 OS to install on an SSD 120GB so that I get faster boot-ups. Together with the SSD I want to include two SATA 3 HD's connected...
View ArticleiTunes video syncing issues
Hi don't know if you can help but so far you've been really helpful with other issues - so crossing my fingers. I've just bought a new ipod but before uploading it with my itunes library I wanted to...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Upgrade is causing problems
Hello, I am having trouble with my computer after is applied several updates overnight including the Windows 8.0 to 8.1 upgrade. The specific problem I am having is that I am unable to reach any secure...
View ArticleLarge pop from speakers at start up
A while back I had a problem, where whenever a sound was played, even if the speakers were down and muted, I would hear a pop from my speakers. So I deleted the Realtek HD audio driver (supplied...
View ArticleFind folders with X number of files
Does anybody know of a program that can search a drive and list all folders that have less than X number of files inside?
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Windows 8.1 Tutorial
PROLOGUE This is based on Taming the Windows 8 DESKTOP GUI and includes contributions by gurutech and Macboatmaster and review/feedback by etaf, LauraMJ and Drabdr. INTRO Your first decision with a new...
View ArticleWindows 8 File Explorer Search
Hiya! I have about 5 hard drives in my system. I open File Explorer in Windows 8 and click on "Computer". All the drives show up. I click in the box that says "Search Computer". I enter in any search...
View ArticleOk, my 8.1 evaluation is done.........
So I get the pop up to buy but the computer I'm using it is not worth spending the money. I want to go back to ....Vista. It seems that you can't access the "D" drive. F11 doesn't work Any ideas Thanks
View Articleminidump error# 010714-7316-01
I have windows 8 and my system is only 2 years old. system is Asus M5A78L-M LX+ Athlon II X4 640 Corsair Vengeance 8GB and Windows 8. one hour ago my computer had to reboot because of a error. This is...
View ArticleSerach problems
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro, 32 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz, x64 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 Processor Count: 2...
View Articleerror 1704
hi i'm hrithik, whenever i try to install a program i get hit by a error message :- error 1704 an installation for apple application support is currently suspended . you must undo changes made by that...
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Partition will not optimize
Have a strange thing going on with my disk optimization. When I checked to see if my hard drive needed optimizing I saw one partition with a strange (to me) labeling. Says it's 21 percent fragmented,...
View ArticleHow to go back to 7
I let a friend use my computer and he thought he was doing me a favor by installing windows 8. All of my important files are gone and I am stuck with windows 8 which I can't stand. Is there a way to go...
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BSOD Help
Hello- I have an Acer 5M series laptop that I am having tons of problems with. Firstly, when I bought the laptop a year ago, I would occasionally get the BSOD "kernel_data_inpage_error". In December, I...
View ArticleDisable Split Screen
Hello Everyone. I'm asking this for a colleague, don't have Wiindows 8 myself so have no idea on this..... He's split the screen to show two different web pages. How does he get back to show just one ?...
View ArticleNetwork Issues
Hi, I have a problem that when I joined my new tablet to the network it connects normally but it has some issues. It says that I am connected with limited connectivity. Also when doing an ipconfig /all...
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