Questions tagged [windows-8]
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How can I limit battery charging on a Surface Pro (2) or Windows 8(.1)?
Limiting the maximum amount that a battery can be charged extends its life.
Historically, utilities for this have been provided by the manufacturer (i.e. on Sony and Lenovo). Does Windows 8 or 8.1 ...
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How to make a ISO file out of a folder containing Windows setup files
I copied the Windows 8 CD to my HDD. I want to convert that folder to an ISO and use that to create a bootable USB.
Please tell me how I can make an ISO image out of that folder containing files.
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Disable "unlock" sound in Windows 8
I hate when my PC gives me feedback with sounds, so the first thing I do after I install windows is disable all of them. Recently, I upgraded to Windows 8 and I can't find the option to disable the ...
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Windows 8 pagefile on usb FLASH
Not duplicate :)
Windows 8 hides usb flash drives in the list of virtual memory drive list. The picture taken when I installed 2 usb flash drives but they are not in the list.
Any body knows the ...
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Navigating Windows 8 with an Xbox 360 controller
I'm planning on using Windows 8 for my HTPC. Is there some way of navigating the "Metro" Windows Start screen with an Xbox 360 controller via some setting or third-party software?
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"Cannot connect to the virtual machine." for new Hyper-V Virtual Machine
I've added Hyper-V to my Windows 8 Pro install. The CPU is an Intel i7-3770, so I believe it supports virtualization (which I've also enabled in the bios).
When I create a new Virtual machine I am ...
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Ping fails to find host but NSLookup resolves okay on Windows
We have an intermittent problem on Windows 8 whereby Ping fails to find the host but NSLookup resolves it correctly.
Ping host1 - fails with ping could not find host
Ping host1.domain.local - also ...
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Reset / Unpin all items in Windows 8 Start Screen quickly
I got 200+ shortcuts pinned on the Windows 8 start screen by some rogue program.
It would be a pain to right-click every item and then click Unpin to remove them:
Is there a way to remove all the ...
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How do I prevent Windows 8 File Explorer from regularly crashing (about every 10 Minutes)?
Windows 8 File Explorer is crashing constantly, about every 10 minutes. How do I find the source of the problem?
It is very difficult to work with that. It happens in the background, when I'm not ...
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Adding Windows Store apps to startup [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Run Metro application on startup?
Is there a way to add a Windows Store/Metro/Modern/Whatever app to the Windows startup?
E.g., the Skype desktop application could be set to ...
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What are the benefits of using an online account with Windows 8?
I recently installed a copy of Windows 8 on a computer that didn't have connectivity, so I ended up creating an account that was not associated with a Windows Live ID. I am able to see all of the ...
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Windows 8 desktop app windows get stuck in front
In Windows 8 while in the desktop, I will have programs get stuck in front. It has happened in multiple apps (Outlook 2013, Image Configuration Editor, Internet Explorer, (file)Explorer, Visual Studio)...
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Cannot access Samba share from Windows 8.1
I have recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 on one of my home workstations. I have another machine running Ubuntu 13.10.
Prior to the update to windows 8.1 I was able to access the shares ...
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Can't find Swedish language pack for English FireFox 15
I can't seem to find information on installing a Swedish language package on my machine.
The language is not listed on the Firefox website and the hits on Google I got led nowhere (or, rather, to the ...
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Is there a way to swap screen with a hotkey?
Is it possible to swap screen between monitors? 1 -> 2 and 2 -> 1 , with hotkey? I’m looking to swap the entire screen.
I found a lot of software like Winsplit, DualMon(SwapScreen) and SwapMon , ...
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Type backtick on windows italian keyboard [duplicate]
How can I type a backtick (`) or tilde (~) using my Italian keyboard on Windows 8?
Right now, I'm using ALT+96. Are there any other key combinations?
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Why does my Windows 8 Pro Hyper-V guest have no internet?
Trying to get this working on my Windows 8 Pro machine. I created an External Switch
Assigned the newly available adapter to a Guest machine with Win 2008 os. My host has internet connection. Host ...
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PowerShell to remove built-in Windows 8 apps?
There are the PowerShell commands Get-AppxPackage and Remove-AppxPackage that allow you to remove Metro apps. However, they don't seem to show the built-in apps.
I don't use Mail, People, Messaging, ...
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How do I replace a harddrive that is in a two-way mirror storage space on Windows 8?
I have a storage space in Windows 8 doing a two-way mirror on three harddrives. The sizes are 297GB, 189GB, and 70GB. I would like to replace the 70GB HD with a larger one. My thought was to remove ...
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine (VirtualBox)
Was not using VirtualBox for some time and now found that it stopped working (as usual).
When running, the following error appears
Some details
VT-d is enabled in BIOS
Host system is Windows 8
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How to use non-Metro app Chrome as my default browser?
Setting Google Chrome in my default programs always leads to using the Google Chrome Metro app.
How can I use the desktop one?
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Is there an option to control data usage when on metered connections?
When I use Windows 8 with a mobile (and often expensive) data connection (3G/4G/etc), is there I way I can limit what apps or background services use while I'm connected to mobile Internet connections?...
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Wrong keyboard input language on Windows 8 lock screen
I have two keyboard languages configured on my Windows 8 machine: English (United States) and Español (España). The default language is English (United States), but when I start my computer, sometimes ...
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windows 8 tablet keyboard has no pause break key
I've got a Samsung Slate Windows 8 tablet. There is no break/pause key on the bluetooth keyboard. How can I remap those keys or is there a work around? These keys are relevant to programmers as ...
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Hide clock on lock screen in Windows 8
Is there a way to stop the clock from being displayed on the lock screen and on the "charms menubar" in Windows 8?
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Compatibility files folder in Windows 8
In Windows 7 if an installed application attempts to write files in its application folder under Program Files, the files are actually written into a Compatibility files folder and in explorer you can ...
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In Windows 8, how do you disable the unlock password for Microsoft Accounts?
In Windows 8, in the scenario where there is a single user that has a Microsoft Account (i.e., they have created their account via a Microsoft email address) how does one disable the password prompt ...
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Recovering unsaved Wordpad files after Windows 8 forced reboot
I had several wordpad files open when Windows 8 did a forced reboot after an update. Strangely enough, two of them were recovered and are titled "Document (Recovered)", but the most recent one is lost....
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Did they add new command line tools to Windows 8? [closed]
I was wondering if they added any new tools to the Windows 8 command line?
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Why can't I snap or dock two Windows 8 apps side-by-side on my 19" monitor [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 8 Snap on desktop not working
I have a dual monitor setup with a Dell 19" monitor as my main display and my laptop screen as my secondary display.
I am running ...
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Is there an equivalent to OSX time machine in Windows 8?
I have heard that Windows 8 is providing a tool like time machine of Mac. What is it called in Windows and how does it work?
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Hiding email address in Windows 8
When you've got Windows 8 'metro' interface open it's got your MS Account right at the top for the world to see. I often use my laptop in public places and I'm not keen on having my primary email ...
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Disable creation of desktop.ini in Windows 8 (on the Desktop)
There are a few questions about the issue and they propose some solutions:
Disable displaying of hidden files (no solution at all)
Unchecking "Remember each folder's view settings" (which is not ...
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How do you group Start Menu tiles into categories with headers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Named Group of tiles (Applications) in Windows 8?
I've seen pictures of start screens with headings over groups of related tiles like so:
How is this done?
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Windows 8 Task Manager without elevating?
In Windows Vista and Windows 7, the task manager ran non-elevated, and you didn't face a UAC prompt unless you chose "View Processes of All Users".
In Windows 8 Preview, out of the box the Task ...
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How do I add a Microsoft account user to Windows Server 2012?
I am managing a small network with a Windows Server 2012 domain controller. I have usernames of the network users who can access various network drives/files.
In the past, I would open up Active ...
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How can I make my laptop F-key's work as F-keys?
I purchased a new laptop with Windows 8. It's F buttons don't work as F buttons, they seem to work by default as the weird icons on them, such as media controls. To "refresh" a browser window with the ...
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Change description of file types associated with Notepad++
I recently installed Notepad++ v6.6.6 (On Windows 8 x64) and associated file types. The installer changed file type description of every associated extension to Notepad++ Document.
For example, I ...
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Viewing Xubuntu desktop in full screen under Virtualbox on Windows 8
I have Virtualbox 4.3.12 installed on Windows 8. I have installed XUbuntu 14.04 as guest OS under Virtualbox.
It runs fine. However, I faced some issues:
How to share files between the host and guest ...
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How do I manage what is in the New context menu in Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I add an item to the ‘new’ context menu?
When you right click on the desktop there is a context menu called "New". How do you manage what is in there in Windows 8?
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Language changing in Windows 8 [duplicate]
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Why in Windows 8 alt+shift change language for all applications?
This is a bit hard to explain. I'll try my best: I have two languages enabled in my windows. EN and FA.
In ...
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Why are 16 threads more efficient than 8 on an i7 with hyperthreaded 4 cores? (Robocopy)
In Windows 8.1, I am using Robocopy to save 2 servers' data onto a dedicated PC's storage space. The data volume is 147,314 files in 4,110 folders (66,841,845,760 bytes).
All 3 involved PCs feature ...
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Install .NET 3.5 Windows 8.1
I've been trying to install .NET Framework 3.5 on a Windows 8.1 computer without any luck. I tried the basic approach of downloading and installing it from MSDN which failed saying it couldn't connect ...
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This device cannot start. (Code 10) - Gigaware USB - Serial Adapter
I'm trying to use a Gigaware USB -> Serial adapter that worked fine on Windows XP on Windows 8. It's not working and I get
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
A device which does not exist was ...
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How do I use a custom keyboard layout created with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator in Windows 8?
Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) (v1.4) is not officially compatible with Windows 8. Some report that it works anyway but I cannot confirm that and there are other reports on the net that ...
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How does performance scale in a single column 2-way mirrored storage space as more disks are added?
In Windows 8.1 Storage Spaces, there seems to be pretty solid evidence that 2-way mirrored storage spaces have performance that improves significantly as more disks are added to the pool as long as ...
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Launch Task Manager as minimized to the tray on login
I want Task Manager to be opened and minimized to the tray every time I log in. The current way I have it is with Task Scheduler, which launches the command %windir\system32\cmd.exe /c start /min ...
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How can I stop Windows 8 from installing nVidia software?
Windows 8 is installing NVIDIA's bloated driver software packages on start-up.
A number of negative responses to this question have shown misunderstands about the differences between the core drivers ...
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Rsync incredibly slow in Cygwin - am I doing something wrong?
I am trying to back up my C: and D: drives (each 1 TB, C: has around 210 GB of data on it, D: has around 345 GB on it) onto a 3 TB external HDD using Cygwin in Windows 8.
I am doing this with rsync....
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Windows 8 Pro NAS not recognized?
Some time ago I upgraded from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 Pro x64. Everything works fine, but my Netgear ReadNAS Duo won't show up anywhere besides in the router control panel. There I can see ...
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