Windows 8 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft, released on October 26, 2012.
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How do I restore windows 8 / hard drive after hard drive overwrite?
So I have been a bit of an idiot... I was installing fedora and I clicked through the partitioning without much attention assuming that fedora would be installed in dual boot. It seems to have ...
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Hard drive missing from boot sequence
I have a laptop with Windows 8. I decided to install Ubuntu. It didn't offer me to install it with Win8, though according to the docs it should have, or at least if I had win7. I clicked Something ...
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Can't bring windows forward in Windows 8 unless I click on icon in taskbar
OK, I have this weird problem with my brand new Windows 8 install. Sometimes, moving my mouse to a program doesn't bring it forward. The only way to get to the program is then to click on the icon up ...
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How To Recover Deleted DSL/PPPoE Network Credentials?
I want to recover my deleted DSL network Credentials in Windows 8. Is there any way to do it? Doesn't windows save these information in system logs? Please help.
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Converting offline Windows 8 to VHD for Hyper-V (p2v)
here's my current config:
I have an offline SSD with a single ~240Gb partition that was running in my old laptop.
I no longer have access to the laptop.
I have a new eSata enclosure and would like ...
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Why won't my Windows 8 Command line update its path
I needed to add a new entry to my PATH variable. This is a common activity for me in my job, but I've recently started using Windows 8. I assumed the process would be similar to Windows 7, Vista, ...
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BSOD 0x124 Help needed
I have a new Computer for 3 weeks now and I get a lot of WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR BSODs. I get these bluescreens randomly every 30 - 50 minutes.
Here is the dump from WinDbg:
Microsoft (R) Windows ...
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How can I use Windows 8 interface in non-fullscreen VirtualBox?
I made a quick attempt to try out Windows 8 in VirtualBox, non-fullscreen mode. I found it difficult to bring up the new interface elements (for example, from the desktop interface, bringing up the ...
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Is there a program that visualize the volume of an audio file by time?
I have some recorded audio files of several nights of sleeping. I need to find out when there is snore sound. It will be much easy to visualize the audio by volume/time. Is there such a software?
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit vs Windows 8 Standard 64bit [closed]
They cost the same price and I have the option of getting either, and am unsure of the best choice.
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Can u help me: Yahoo 11.0.0.2014 will not install on Windows 8 Toshiba Laptop
I have a HP NX-9600 that the hard drive went bad in but I managed to make an ISO image of that drive. I've ordered and received a replacement drive and hope to restore that 'puter mostly for archival ...
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location-aware printing doesn't do anything
The location-aware printing in windows seems pretty trivial to set up: I have selected "change my default printer when I change networks" and associated the correct printer for each network, but it ...
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What is my missing SSD drive used for?
My new asus laptop came with an ssd drive and a normal drive. I was expecting to see the c drive as the ssd but it doesnt even have a drive letter. I assume that its not actually big enough to have ...
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Keyboard not registering repeated keystrokes
Today I have encountered a strange problem with my keyboard:
Suddenly the keyboard stopped registering keypresses after pressing them the first time.
I mean if I pressed ABAB it registered normally, ...
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How to open a directory in Windows 8 using Win+f?
When I'd like to open a file called duck.txt, I use the following combination of keys.
win+f,d,u,enter
How can I apply the technique to open a directory? Suppose there's a directory called ducks. ...
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Remove Pin to Start Option on Just Desktop Recycle Bin in Windows 8
I keep accidentally hitting the "Pin to Start" option when I go to empty the Recycle Bin. Is there some registry key I can use to just remove that specific option from the context menu?
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I can't type lower case Ñ or Ï in Windows 8
How do I type lower case Ñ or umlaut Ï in Windows 8? I have the US-International keyboard layout selected. When I try to type a lower case version of those letters (and possibly more), then it fails. ...
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Cannot install VMware-player-5.0.2-1031769
My system is Windows8 64bit. When I try to install VMware-player-5.0.2-1031769, I got this error:
I am already the Admin of my computer.
P.S. I have the previous version installed. But I cannot ...
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Libavg and Python2.7 don't work together
I have downloaded and installed libavg together with Python2.7. I have installed the 32bit version of Python despite the fact that I use Windows 8 because that's the only way that I could installed ...
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How to display the list of available networks without the mouse?
I'm a great believer of keyboard control and I've been wondering how to pull out the list of available networks in Windows 8.
At the moment, I click on the symbol of "steps" and the list will pop out ...
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windows 8 tablet, touch screen and old applications
Yes it's true! old foxpro 2.6 for windows applications are still alive and working great on windows 8 32-bit. However there is a problem on tablet pc: tapping does NOTHING in those old applications.
I ...
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Where can I download a legitimate Windows 8 ISO? [duplicate]
I bought a product key for windows 8 a while ago, but never got around to using it because I can't seem to find a 64bit Win8 ISO anywhere.
My processor is 64-bit, but my current installation of ...
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How to create an open (unencrypted) AdHoc WiFi network in Windows8?
I've read thousands of tutorials but the command:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=try key=12345678
Creates a secure network only. How can I create an open unencrypted AdHoc wireless ...
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make desktop apps appear in left bar windows 8
I am annoyed by how to switch between programs in windows 8. To switch between desktop applications, you have to use the traditional taskbar and for metro apps you use the new multitasking-program ...
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How to set up home group between networks?
I have a setup as displayed below and I want to create a home group or connect all my devices and control them from any device.
*****================Win8/Ubuntu*
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Repairing Windows 8 after trying to dual boot it with Fedora 18
As the title states, I turned off secure boot and installed fedora 18 as usual using a liveUSB installer. This seems to have really miffed windows and now it refuses to boot.
Grub2 comes up fine, I ...
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Unable to install Samsung Kies, error -2
Whenever I try to install Samsung Kies on my Windows 8 Pro x64 PC the installer shows the following error:
Here's the Kies install log:
[Samsung Kies] OnBegin()
[Samsung Kies] GetExistFolderPath ...
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RAID 10 Volume not recognized after Windows 8 Refresh
I couldn't boot into my Windows 8 after some driver updates.
I didn't want to lose files on my BOOT drive so I did the Windows 8 Refresh.
After the refresh, my Windows 8 doesn't recognize my RAID ...
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Slow start times for FileZilla with disconnected network drives
I have been using FileZilla for about 3 years (currently on Windows 8), and recently I have started getting slow startup times. I did some research, and I found that others had also had issues with it ...
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Visual Studio 2012 Run as Admin on Win 8 issues
Whenever I try running VS2012 as Admin, whether through Right Click or Troubleshooter Assisstant, it just hangs. It has a dialog saying opening file and it sits there forever.
Anyone else able to ...
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How do I update SMB/CIFS in windows / file sharing services?
OLD QUESTION:
From what I have read on the internet, windows uses "SAMBA" to share files over the network, right?
Lately I have been encountering a memory leak (LSASS.exe / security accounts manager ...
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Delete endless file directory
I had a bug in my java app, which created a folder structure, which never ends..
So i have afolder structure like
C:/folder/folder/folder/folder/folder/.../...
Now I am not able to delete this ...
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Windows 8 Security shows all “permissions incorrectly ordered”
I have a strange Folder/File security problem with a new Windows 8 Pro machine and I spent 3+ hours on the phone with Microsoft today and they don't have a 'fix' but have heard of it a "couple of ...
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Windows 8 BSOD and Bios Post problems
I'm having some random crashes in the last couple of days. I'll try to describe the behaviour as best as I can.
Normal pc usage (mostly browsing with chrome, sometimes playing starcraft 2 but never ...
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Windows 8 random mouse bug
I have been experiencing a quite annoying bug on all three of my windows 8 PCs. The bug is the following:
The mouse randomly gets positioned on the screen when I do not move it for 1-2 minutes. The ...
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Delete an entry from boot options
I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi.
It works fine, but for some reason I see 2 entries of Ubuntu (which run the exact same OS) on the boot-up of the computer.
it seems that on Windows 8, I need to ...
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With Nvidia Optimus, which graphics adapter's control panel settings apply?
I just found out that I have both "Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel" and "NVidia Control Panel". How do these controls work together? I have an i7 with on-board graphics and a NVidia 650m. I ...
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Is there a Windows driver that can masquerade a telnet connection as a serial port?
I've some hardware which works via IP (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10822 - RN XV WiFly). The device has RX/TX lines, connected to another device I am communicating with (an Arduino) - using ...
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Disable screen orientation hot keys in windows 8 (ctrl alt arrow) [duplicate]
I want to disable the screen orientation hot keys. I have tried looking in the NVIDIA control panel, but I have not found the option in there yet.
Details:
I am using an Asus Zenbook running ...
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windows 8 - strange behaviour when searching for an unpinned app
Using Windows 8, if regedit is pinned to the start screen, I can press the Windows key and type r-e-g-e-d-i-t. regedit appears from the first keypress and the other entries gradually disappear with ...
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Block user access to printer settings in Windows 7/8
I have a small computer lab set up. It is half Mac and half Windows. On the Macs, I am using the built-in parental controls to stop users from changing printing preferences. However, on the Windows ...
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Does the EFI boot partition need to be the first partition?
I'm trying to install kubuntu 13.04 and debian wheezy on my laptop with UEFI on. The installation goes fine but when I reboot it shows "no OS found". Could it be because I already have windows 8 on ...
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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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Windows 8 Enterprise Lock Screen Change
Does anyone know how to change the Windows 8 lock screen, on the Enterprise version. All the instructions I seem to find only work on Pro or other versions of the OS.
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 Win8 64-bit Bluetooth Compatibility issues
When I try to install the Lenovo Official bluetooth driver on Win8 I get this
[messages]
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my ...
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Windows 8 boots very slowly and can't navigate to second SATA HDD, no problems without drive connected
I have Windows 8 installed on a GTP formatted 120 GB SSD, and it runs the OS fine with just that. Connecting my old MBR formatted 320 GB HDD as well shows in the BIOS, but Windows 8 will not load its ...
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Why do all Windows 8 Metro browsers require they have Default Browser status? [duplicate]
In order to use IE 10, FF Nightly, or Chrome in Metro mode (As a Windows 8 fullscreen, pinnable app), I have to set it as the default, immediately forcing all other browsers to only run on the ...
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Automated git pull on Windows 8 as system
I have installed msysgit for windows 8. I am attempting to automate a git pull every 5 minutes. I am using scheduled tasks to run a script I wrote. The schedule task's action is:
powershell ...
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Change DOCX icon
I have a small (aesthetic) problem with my MS Word documents. After uninstalling a slew of programs (I don't remember them all) explorer no longer displays the correct icon on DOCX files (though it ...
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Dell XPS 14 with Win 8. Cache, and a linux partition [closed]
I just bought a Dell XPS with Windows 8. Spent several months making the choice.
The OS is on the 500GB HDD, and the 32GB SSD is used as cache.. seems standard.
How much space does Win 8 really ...
