Recent content by Michael Cullis

I am experimenting. I have switched off Windows Updates. If my theory is correct I will find that the internet is still connected tomorrow morning. If it's not I will have to look at the router, which is pretty old. I don't know how I'll tell if the problem is with the router. I should mention...

I hope not. My ISP has suspended its Help desk due to the pandemic. I will see if I cancontact them by their website. My current theory is that the problem is caused by a Windows 10 update. Each morning I wake to find that I have no internet connection. I do a system restore and the internet is...

A couple of days ago my Internect connection began behaving strangely. At one point I had a connection on my computer but no connection on my smart TV or iPad. After some fiddling I found I had no connection on my computer but connection on the TV and iPad. This "fiddling" involved relocating...

I have a rather old computer which I bought shortly after Vista was introduced. I upgraded to Windows 8 a couple of years ago then took advantage of the free upgrade to Windows 8.1. Unfortunately I later encountered problems and needed to repair the computer. I had a repair disk for Windows 8...

Thanks again, Gavin. However, as I wrote previously, Belarc Adviror tells me that I have Windows 8 and gives me my Windows 8 product key. Running winver, on the other hand, tells me I have Windows 8.1 (Windows version 6.3 Build 9600). My Windows 8 product key won't let me create installation...

Thanks Gavin, but when I click on your link I get this page!

Further to the above, I ran Belarc Advisor which informed me that I have Windows 8 Pro. It also showed the product key (which was on my Windows 8 box). I ran winserv and learned that I have Windows Version 6.3 (build 9600). It told me that "The Windows 8.1 Pro operating system and its user...

I am trying to create an installation USB however the downloader doesn't recognize my product key. I have just noticed that my product key is for my Windows 8 and some time ago I upgraded to Windows 8.1. I have no idea what my Windows 8.1 product key is as I downloaded the upgrade from the web...

I recently upgraded to Windows 8.1. All was fine until I tried to use my Xitel LP recording software. It didn't work. Xitel told me that they had no plans to make their software compatible with 8.1. When I originally upgraded to Windows 8 I got Xitel to work by running it in compatibilty mode...

Thanks for your help. I guess it must be a function which existed in Windows 8 but was removed from Windows 8.1.

The weather app is AccuWeather for Windows 8 which appears on Start. I'm not sure about the currency app, however I would have installed it from the apps store in Windows 8. I'm embarrassed to admit that I can't remember how I got them to stay permanently on the desktop in Windows 8.

I have just upgraded to Windows 8.1. In Windows 8 I had three apps appearing on my desktop (Currency Rates, Weather and another one). After upgrading, these apps have disappeared. I like to be able to boot up to the desktop and immediately see what the weather forecast is. So far I haven't beena...