Recent content by kenfran

does anyone know if Microsoft has put a fix out for those unlucky enough to get get a back screen on upgrading from W8. I had to revert back to W8 after the know infamous black screen made operations very tricky. This was strange as I had used the preview without problem and liked it. I am not...

thanks I wll have a look at this

I did a clean install. I figured with the original w8 then preview followed by w8.1 a clean was best. I have tried some of the tricks suggested but no luck. I think I will give MS time to get a fix before i try again

I was one of the those who tried the W8.1 preview and it worked well on top of W8. When the actual release came I came on board quickly but the installation did not work, not sure why as it was w8.1 release on top of 8.1 preview. Firstly with 8.1 preview I could not log into store to get the...

Tried this thread but it does not apply to Windows 8 according to the link. I did try the same principal of removal but no luck- thanks anyhow

On start up I have started to get this message on note book. I am not sure what it means our how to get rid of it [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787 Can anyone help out. thanks Ken

I recently upgraded from XP to Windows 8 in a desktop model about 5 yrs old. No problems and the upgrade worked better than expectations. I have had since a couple of crashes, a BSOD, and periodically the system will NOT shut down. Monitor closes but the power keeps chugging along until the...

I worded my posy badly. I meant I had upgraded from an XP system to Windows 8 and all went well. Thanks for picking this up qasimali

I was sceptical that my aged XP system with 2 GB ram would update to W8 without problems particularly as my old system used to crash a fair bit. I double backed up in anticipation that everything would be lost. It took a while- two glasses of wine- but it updated without a hitch Amazing. I...