Questions tagged [windows-8]
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How to repair bootloader
To make a long story short; I installed some linux (pear 8), couldn't run it for some reason (error from the grub loader), then, I couldn't start windows 8.1 also, some error message.
I used ...
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How to set up robust Windows time synchronization?
I have an incorrect time on my Windows machine. I'm not sure how to specify the proper timezone and setup an NTP synchronization. When I'm using a dualboot configuration with Linux (Ubuntu) my time is ...
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Dual Boot Linux and Windows 8 on ASUS laptop (Windows 8 Installed)
I'm having trouble locating information on installing linux on a ASUS laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'd like to (1) retain the existing Windows 8 partition since its loaded and configured to my ...
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Downgrading Windows 8 Home Premium to Windows 7
Someone generously donated a Windows 8 laptop to the organization I work for, however we just (finally) standardized on a single OS -- Windows 7. I would like to downgrade to Windows 7, but the OS ...
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Windows 8 will not install on my PC via USB, but will from my Laptop. Error code: 0xC00000005
So, I got a Windows 8 Pro iso and I wiped my laptop and desktop. I used a Macbook Pro and used bootcamp assistant to create a Windows 8 USB bootable drive. When I used it on my laptop, it worked fine ...
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How can I launch single instanced applications multiple times on the same machine without VMWare?
I have a game in which I want to test how many players are able to join a multiplayer game - the problem is that my VMWare machines return "Graphics Hardware not supported on this platform" when I try ...
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Windows 8 tablet keyboard dock hard drive
I've bought an ASUS TX300CA Windows 8 transformer tablet which has a detachable keyboard dock.
The tablet is a Core i7 machine and has serious power - so I want to use it to do sporadic and ad-hoc ...
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Windows 8.1 wants to format a USB stick with an unusual but valid GPT partitioning scheme, why?
I have a USB stick formatted with GPT partitions. Some of the partitions are ext2, some are ext4, some are custom and funky. However, there is also a standard EFI partition, and a standard vfat ...
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Assigning drive letter to free space failed due to error
I recently installed Windows 8, and after that I deleted the partition in which I had Ubuntu installed previously. To get the free space back I searched the internet for it, and followed some steps as ...
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Overhead of a 64-bit OS on a 2GB system [duplicate]
Does it make sense to replace a factory Win8 64-bit OS with a 32-bit one on a netbook-like Intel Celeron 847 laptop with 2GB non-extensible (soldered) RAM?
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Windows 8.1 upgrade fail with error 0xC1900101
My laptop is Dell inspiron R15. It comes with Windows 8 64bit, Chinese Home Edition. I later upgraded to Windows 8 64bit, English Pro. Edition. Then I installed Linux and setup dual-bool. Now, I can ...
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Windows 8 sleeps after 1 minute of idle
When I don't do anything with my laptop for 1 minute (no input, no music playing, ...), it goes to sleep after 1 minute. Not hibernating, just going to sleep with power in RAM. It drives me crazy.
I ...
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Manufacturer or Windows Update Drivers? [duplicate]
I installed fresh copy of Windows 8.1 last night and installed latest display drivers for my ATI card. When checking for Windows updates as an optional update i saw there's ATI's display driver and ...
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no OEM certificate found in windows 8
i want to clean install win 8 on my new lenovo, i have heard that OEM key is stored in the bios and is automatically applied on a clean install. so i decided to save the OEM CERTIFICATE using a ...
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Is there a URI structure for launching Windows Store Apps from the browser?
I can see that for Microsoft apps, I can launch them in IE with the format app_name:///, for example:
bingweather:///
bingmaps:///
xboxgames:///
I was wondering if this is possible to do in Chrome, ...
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How to install language packs in Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to have several languages in Windows 8?
I'm now in Windows 7 Ultimate and I see different language pack updates in Windows Update, but in another computer I ...
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xamp not able to install on windows 8
I am having errors while Installing Xamp 32 bit packages on 64 bit windows 8.1
(I could not get 64 bit downloads for windows 8 from Xampp page https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%...
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Windows 8.1 cached memory and memory optimizers
I can't find similar question so talking about it so I would like to create one. It is a bit long so I bold what I want to ask actually.
Someone had noticed Windows 8 is taking too much memory for ...
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How to minimize all windows in current screen under Windows 8.1?
I sometimes run full-screen applications in the external screen and I don't want to minimize them when I pressing winkey + d when I'm working on the main screen.
Under Windows 7, I can use winkey + m ...
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Mysql remote server with rights to WMI
I just fixed and got my MySQL running on my computer on port forwarded with all the grants.
However, when I am enabling remote server Windows asks for user login information for WMI I need to enter ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to close a window in Windows? [duplicate]
I have always wondered if there was and this would improve my productivity manifold times.
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Windows 8.1 Dism can't find source even when ISO mounted
I had problems with my PC and I downloaded the ISO file for Win 8.1, because DISM wasn't working. Then I realized that I don't have install.wim file and I converted the install.esd file to install.wim(...
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How do I split a 3TB disk into two 1.5TB disk partitions?
I bought a new 250GB SSD drive and a 3TB HDD and I want to use it with Windows 8.1. I have installed Windows on the SSD drive but I can't use my 3TB drive with its full capacity.
What I want is to ...
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How do I add Administrator Tools to the Windows 8 Start Screen? [duplicate]
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Is it possible to display the Administrative tools as Tiles?
As a frequent user of the administrator tools how can I add them to the Start screen for quick access?
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could not connect using remote desktop in windows 8.1
in windows 8.1 recently i noticed that remote desktop connection could not been established during to login error. (i have another PC in internet). but I've tested my brother's laptop to see if my ...
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Windows 8.1 Pro Pack on a new computer
I have received a replacement computer that has Windows 8.1 pre-installed. The previous computer stopped working and has been destroyed.
I have gone to upgrade it to Windows 8.1 Pro and it accepted ...
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Hdmi splitter to monitor
How do u connect a laptop to 2 monitors with a hdmi splitter and not have the screens be duplicated, I want them to be extended. I have tried extending it but it just extends to my laptop! It extends ...
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Windows boot error: C:\Windows\system32\config\system Error code: 0xc0000185
I experienced some issue with the Windows 8 boot phase and I tried to solve them ( you can find here an explanation of what I did).
Now, the problem I have is that I followed the procedure in this ...
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Windows 8 "chkdsk /r" stuck on stage 4
I know that there are many questions about this topic but I think my situation is a bit different and since I'm a newbie, I'd need some tips and help specific for my case.
I have a Windows 8 pc which ...
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Windows 8 won't boot after upgrading RAM
After upgrading my RAM memory from 2GB to 6GB (DDR3), i want to install windows 8.1 64bit to exploit full performance of RAM. I had a weird problem. Disc with windows 8.1 wont boot. Windows logo ...
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Can I restore Windows 8/install Windows 7 from BIOS?
I recently got an ASUS K55A series laptop with Windows 8 on it, and have been trying to load Windows 7 on it for days to no avail, and recently I discovered how to get my Windows 7 install DVD to boot ...
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LAN disconnects, brought new LAN card but old one comes back [duplicate]
So here is the story, the old LAN port came with the motherboard and after installing windows 8.1 (from windows 7) the LAN would drop in about 30 mins of a restart and never connect again.
I thought ...
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Windows 8 and 7 NTFS drive incompatibility
I have a DELL XPS L702x, which has two 2,5" drive bays. I had a Windows 7 Ultimate on it for near a year, then, when Win8 came to be, i bought another SSD and installed it. Not dual-boot, just pulled ...
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Reinstalling a fresh Windows 8 on my new laptop [duplicate]
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Installing a different edition of Windows 8 on an OEM system
OK I have a new Dell (Inspiron 15R 5520) laptop that came with Windows 8 pre-installed.
I'm really not a fan of ...
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Black screen after installing Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355)
This is quite similar to this question, which I see has no answers (so I may just be out of luck).
That said, my scenario is slightly different.
This morning, I manually updated to Update 1 using ...
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How to show hidden folders in Windows 8 from the modern UI?
I have tried to change my account image to the default one, but the default image is located in the hidden folder
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures
I have changed the settings and I ...
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Is there a way to configure Windows 8 start screen to return to a running desktop App rather than launching a new one when I click a tile?
I find myself going back to the home screen naturally rather than going for the ALT TAB. Then if I click the desktop app shortcut tile it takes me back to the desktop and launches a new window/...
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Install windows 8 on the same machine twice
Recently I bought and installed Windows 8 Professional. Some time later I bought an SSD drive and cloned the original disk (with Windows 8 on it) to the new one.
Now I have problems with it, since I ...
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100% Disk Usage all the time - laptop keeps freezing whenever it spikes up
I was wondering if anyone can help me? I'm very tempted to "restore to factory settings" and just completely restart everything...Will this work?
I have literally tried everything. From changing the ...
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Program starts and appears in task manager, but then allocates half of my CPU and crashes
The program is a CD game called CivCity: Rome (by Firefly studios, in case there are any other games with the same name). It was originally built for Windows XP, I think.
I am on a Windows 8 gaming ...
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Does Windows 8 overwrite Win7 on Partition?
On my HP laptop, I have two partitions: a c-drive and a d-drive. Windows 7 was installed on the d-drive. I downloaded Windows 8 using Windows Upgrade Assistant and installed.
My question is on which ...
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Create .iso for Windows 8 from "Windows 8 setup" program
I downloaded Windows 8 through my school, and the only option that we are given is to use the "Windows 8 Setup" program where it downloads and does the install for you. I'm wondering, after the ...
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Windows 8 install problems on a desktop PC [duplicate]
I'm trying to install Windows 8 on a brand new drive and have encountered a few problems.
My error message (as shown in the photo) is: "We couldn't install windows in the location you chose. Please ...
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Pagefile.sys files on Windows
I was going through my computer to understand what's taking up space. I stumbled upon this file as one of them. A little checks led me to understand that it's a system file where Windows stores docile ...
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Why are Windows 8 Lock Screen Notifications Lagging?
I've been using Windows 8 RTM since it became available for developers. One of the features that I really liked initially was the lock screen notifications for chat and email. I've noticed, though, ...
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Downgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to backup Windows 7 and revert upgrade to Windows 8
I want to update my windows 7 to windows 8 but before I do so I would like to know if I can revert back to my previous ...
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Installing Windows 8 in UEFI mode not booting [duplicate]
Installing Windows 8 in UEFI mode using a usb is not working for me. I followed various instructions on the web on making a UEFI bootable usb, but to no avail.
On my (ASUS) computer's booting menu, ...
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Remove a custom folder containing a Windows folder tree
I have a folder sitting in my C: drive in Win8 that I can't delete using rd from an elevated prompt as it says I don't have the rights to do so (it is a folder which contains the folder structure of a ...
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Inheritable permissions checkbox doesn't show up in windows 8 GUI
The system language is Chinese but the problem is just as simple as that, no checkbox.
How can I change permissions for the subfolders and the all the conteined files?
I tried C:>icacls "C:...
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Can I use Windows Upgrade Offer by using other OEM Windows 7 key?
I have a Dell laptop with a genuine OEM Windows 7. I don't want to upgrade it. I have purchased a new machine without an OS pre-installed.
Can I use a Windows Upgrade Offer With the Dell Windows ...
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