Questions tagged [windows-8]
For questions specific to Windows 8. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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Is possible to share programs between Windows 8 on a VHD and Windows 7 on a physical disk?
I have a lot of programs installed on Windows 7 that I need on my Windows 8 (runs on a VHD). Do I need to duplicate all these installations or is there some tool that can update the Windows 8 system ...
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Downgrade Windows 8 back to Windows 7
Last month I upgraded a computer from Windows 7 to Windows 8. Now the last week I bought a new computer that had Win 7 installed.
Can I downgrade the previous computer back to Windows 7 and upgrade ...
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How to disable time calculation when copying files in Windows 8
When I copy large files on Windows 8, it always takes a long time to calculate the time remaining.
How can I disable this feature?
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Windows 8 Upgrade: How to keep everything and keep nothing? [closed]
i've purchased a copy of Windows 8 Pro Upgrade.
i have a drive i would like to install it on:
When it comes time to do the upgrade, i'm not sure what option i want to check:
i'm concerned that:
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How to disable automatic launching of the Touch Keyboard [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Permanently remove/disable Touch Keyboard in Windows 8 taskbar?
In Taskbar Properties under Toolbars, if I uncheck Touch Keyboard and restart, after signing in again it will ...
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Windows 8 ignores more specific route
OS: Windows 8
I have a cabled NIC (connected to router with ip 192.168.0.1) and a WIFI NIC (connected to a router with ip 192.168.1.1) . I want all traffic to go through the cabled NIC, except the ...
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Is there an app for displaying Live Tiles? [closed]
Coming from Win7 I was upset that I could no longer use Gadgets. I have a dual-monitor setup and I liked have things like CPU Meter always showing.
I was going to ask if I could just leave the Start ...
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Where can I get windows 8 pro ISO file? [closed]
Where can I get windows 8 pro ISO file (I want it fully activated so that I don't bother to copy/paste a serial )?
Thanks in advance
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How do I restore a Windows 8 iso image to a USB disk in OS X?
I am on OS X and have a Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64 image. My computer doesn’t have a CD drive (MacBook Air). I have a 4 GB USB drive. I want to restore that image to the USB drive. There are many ...
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How to make a screenshot of last used apps-bar on the left side?
When I touch the left side of the screen at start screen I get the list of all apps I have used last time, but it seems to be impossible to make a screenshot of this list at start screen.
I've tried ...
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When AC Power is disconnected, atibtmon.exe throws a Runtime error
The installer is not working for my ATI mobility Radeon HD 3670 on Dell XPS Studio 16 using Windows 8 PRO 64 bits. Here are the screenshots of my ATI Radeon configuration:
Hardware configuration
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Why doesn't Windows 8 Task Manager report the actual CPU frequency when Virtualisation is turned on?
In this question, I asked why the actual CPU frequency wasn't being reported in the performance tab of windows task manager. It turns out I had Virtualization turned on in the BIOS. When I disabled ...
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How to change Microsoft Office Language?
I have Legal license of Microsoft Office 2010 and Legal license of Windows 8.
The OS, Windows 8 is English and the Microsoft Office is Hebrew. It's very uncomfortable, because Hebrew is a Right-To-...
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Only 2.99 Gb RAM usable out of 8GB in Windows 8 32 bit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
8gb ram in 32bit operating system
I have installed 8 GB RAM in my system. Also upgraded OS to Windows 8 32 bit.
My System configuration:
Intel i7 960.
Ram Crossair 4 GB X ...
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Rebooting Windows 8 takes longer than startup from power-off
When I use the restart option in Windows 8, it takes longer to shut down and reboot then if I had used the manual shutdown and manual power on. I use an SSD and UEFI, and it happens on both of my ...
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Windows 8 Task Manager not reporting actual CPU frequency
Task manager reports 2.53 GHz, but CPU-Z reports 1192 MHz. My windows is a fresh install of the Windows 8 Pro Upgrade. When I used the Consumer Preview, task manager would report different ...
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Disable the Windows 8 lock screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable the Windows 8 lock screen, without disabling the password?
Every time I walk away from my laptop, the screen locks. Very annoying. Is there a way to disable the ...
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Windows 8 Hyper-V fails to boot Windows XP ISO
So I recently installed Windows 8 Professional on my computer and today I enabled Hyper-V with the intention of creating a Windows XP virtual machine.
I created the virtual machine with standard ...
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Windows 8 PID 4 taking away port 80
After upgrading to Windows 8, I have not been able to run Apache because Windows is taking away port 80. Doing a netstat says that PID 4 is using the port:
> netstat -ano | find "0:80"
TCP 0.0....
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Windows 8 & Hyper-V Can't Bridge Wifi Connection
So I have an odd issue that I can't quite figure out... I am running Windows 8 Enterprise on a Dell 6420 laptop. I have a Broadcom 802.11n wireless adapter. I am connected to an home router (Netgear ...
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Is there an equivalent of Chrome's developer tools for Windows 8 HTML/JS/CSS apps?
When web developing, developer tools such as those in Chrome are invaluable.
So is there an equivalent for Windows 8 Store apps?
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Using unsigned drivers in Windows 8
I just migrated from Windows 7 x64 to 8, but I can't get my VPN software to run anymore : the SafeNet IKE service (installed by SafeNet SoftRemoteLT GA, used by my VPN provider) cannot start anymore.
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Kanji characters appear as boxes
I'm having trouble with the display of japanese characters on Windows 8 Pro (English, 64-bit, updated regularly). They appear as boxes...
... in windows explorer, windows menus (even in the language ...
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Upgrade only one version of XP to Windows 8 on a dual boot computer
I have a computer running Windows XP Pro 32-bit and 64-bit in dual boot.
I need to retain Windows XP 32-bit Pro, as I have expensive software that will only run on that specific version. I want to ...
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Games on windows 8 in bootcamp lag even on lowest graphics
I've been playing Crysis 2 and Skyrim on my Retina MacBookPro (10,1) for months now. The two games used to run super smoothly even on nearly maxed out settings. This laptop has an Nvidia GeForce GT ...
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Is it possible to run Windows 8 entirely from RAM after boot?
How can I extract and run Windows 8 entirely from RAM?
Is it even possible?
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How to Boot and run Windows 8 from USB on Mac (NOT Windows-To-Go)
I have an installation of Windows 8 that I run from an Portable HDD over USB. I use this on campus to allow me to bring my entire OS and files with me.
There never anyone using the macs, so I was ...
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How can I encrypt my whole personal user folder on Windows?
I share my computer with other people who also have administrative rights on this PV. To avoid giving them access to my personal data, like recent history, Dropbox content, and so on, I'd like to ...
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How to make IE's tile larger?
With right click on every tile I have the option to make it larger or smaller, except the IE 10 tile - it is always small (at least on my PC), and the right click doesn't show such an option.
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How to find Windows 8 OEM product key? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I find the product key that was used to activate Windows 8?
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Cannot disable DPI scaling for Visual Studio 2012
I would like high DPI enabled for most of the applications that I use on my 14" 1920x1080 laptop, except for a few like Visual Studio that benefits from the extra space. However, setting "disable high ...
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How to get read/write access to WHS v1 shares from Windows 8 using a Microsoft Account?
I have a Windows Home Server v1 (based on Windows Server 2003). I recently upgraded my machine to Windows 8, but now I am unable to get write access to my network shares. The ones that are set for ...
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Sound has stopped working after upgrading to Windows 8
I upgraded my (fairly new, about 2 months old) computer to Windows 8 last night, and now the sound has stopped working across the entire machine. I have checked using multiple programs (iTunes, ...
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Metro style applications are loading with messed up UI.
I upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate x64 to Windows 8 Pro x64, but Metro(Modern) style applications load rather odd, whats the problem?
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Does Windows 8 installation allow use of the on screen keyboard for entering the key?
Some keys on my laptop are non functional, and I wanted to install Windows 8 on it.
Usually I RDP into it to use it, and I dont have an external keyboard right now, so was hoping there would be be a ...
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Logging into stackexchange sites with google not working on ie10
When logging in, stackexchange sites offer SE, Google, Facebook, and Yahoo logins, using 4 buttons. However, on my desktop, when I hover over those buttons, they do not display the yellow border and ...
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Windows 8 Hidden Downloading? Slow Internet?
After upgrading to Windows 8, im facing a very slow download speed. My router and the NIC is working fine because on the same PC I also have Linux. In Linux, everything works fine.
When checking ...
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Chrome does not re-draw properly on Windows 8
There are a lot of problems with Chrome (24.0.1312.14 beta || But all this happened before update also) on Windows 8. Problems and explanations are listed below:
Google Chrome re-draw time: When I ...
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Does the new Windows 8 Burmese/Myanmar work properly in Windows 7?
I just learned from Michael Kaplan's Microsoft internationalization blog, Sorting it all Out, that Windows 8 now includes a keyboard layout form the Burmese / Myanmar language and also a very nice ...
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How can I run Windows Defender while running a second anti-virus in Windows?
I want to run a Windows Defender scan while running an antivirus scan. In my case I am using Trend Micro OfficeScan Antivirus with Windows.
Currently Windows will close and disable Windows defender ...
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Contacts are duplicated in People application
I'm facing a problem due to the People application in Windows 8 make my contacts duplicated, but I can't delete them anyway, it just allow me to edit. Please take a look at my image below:
This is ...
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What characters are not allowed in SkyDrive file names?
I'm adding my music to SkyDrive, and a file failed to sync with this message:
Error: This file name contains characters that aren't allowed.
Resolution: Please change the file name so it doesn't ...
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Windows 8 Java install is interrupted
Every time i attempt to install JRE 7u9 the installer gives me an error saying that java ran into an unexpected error please try installing later. Whenever i try I get the same error.
I attempted to ...
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Windows 8 Professional X86 on Internal HDD being reconized as a Windows To Go
I just clean installed a copy of Windows 8 Professional I got from Dreamspark academic. And when I got to the start menu it says that I shouldn't unplug the usb on my windows to go session.
Weird ...
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Windows 8 Metro Applications not working
I have been using Windows 8 now for the past 2 weeks, and have had some interesting experiences with it. At first, nothing on it worked, but after uninstalling Lenovo One Key Theater, and it worked ...
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How can I upgrade from Windows 8 x32 to x64 fastest & easiest?
I was upgrading the hardware in a family member's computer and purchased the Windows 8 upgrade for $40 from their website. Not thinking, after I installed it I realized I now have 32bit Windows on ...
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Samsung 530U3C clean system installation
I bought a Samsung 530U3C notebook with i5-3317/12 GB RAM/500 GB HDD/24 GB ExpressCache / Windows 8 preinstalled. I would like to install my own clean version of Windows 8. But I would like to ...
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How do I enable the user switching feature for the guest account in Windows 8?
I'm running Windows 8 and have enabled the guest account. When I am logged in as my normal user, and click my user name in the top right corner of the Start screen, I get this menu:
Change account ...
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Asus N55SF build-in screen not working after Windows update
Today Windows 8 (genuine version) performed a Windows update. At the time my laptop was plugged into an external Samsung TV via HDMI. After the installation of the update it asked me to reboot the ...
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Can't enable addons in IE10 from a guest account
I can't use the Flash player or anything else in IE10 from a guest account on Windows 8, because the enable/disable buttons in the 'manage addons' are greyed out. I'm not using the Metro version of ...
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