Recent content by Monarch Lover

Thanks for your reply. I did try resetting both Firefox and IE. And as before, they were both fine for a while (at least an hour) and then the home page was changed to Google. If I look at the setting for the home page, it even says Google. The only thing I have installed is Start8, which I...

Thanks Again USSNorway - I will definitely check out the available Solitaire games for my husband. He definitely wants to be able to play both Solitaire and Mahjong even if we do not have an internet connection, which is common while traveling.

Thanks USSNorway - Are you saying that the games you talk about in the Windows store would get installed on my computer and not run from Microsoft? We are lots of places where we have no internet access and my husband likes to play Solitaire. So, I need something to run from my system.

Thanks WHS - So you are telling me that anything listed as a Metro APP runs from Microsoft. So, if I am stuck in a snowdrift somewhere waiting for the tow truck to come pull me out, I can't even play games on my laptop any more? That really stinks. I think it is time I check out what Apple...

I just set up a brand new laptop running Windows 8.1. I am not new to Windows. I have been using it since the first version came out and WAS very familiar with the Windows file structure. I don't seem to be able to find much of anything in Windows 8.1. My husband would like me to create a...

I just set up a brand new laptop running Windows 8.1. I am not new to Windows. I have been using it since the first version came out. Since I will be using this for work and would like it to run as efficiently as possible, I installed Start8, so I can just use the start menu and not have to...

Over the week-end something strange happened to one of our Windows 7 systems. It worked fine on Friday, was shut down for the week-end. When turned on this morning everything appeared normal. There are six user accounts set up on the system. No matter which one you choose to log in to, it...

I have a small MS network set up with 3 WinXP SP3 systems connecting to a Win7 system. I set this up back in September and things have been working fine until yesterday afternoon. One of the XP systems lost sight of the shared folders on the Win7 system for some unknown reason. The computer...