Recent content by Xist

Kemical, the added insult is that if you try to call and talk to a human, the automated system will repeatedly ask you to go on-line, which is awesome when you are trying to get your Internet provider make your connection work. I keep searching for "OEM," but just like I also keep searching for...

I was trying to track down how to order a recovery flash drive when a friend asked me to help with something and said he would help me with Windows. However, it turned out that I knew much more than he did, but only from this process. He thought that I could purchase a "new" computer for less...

Thank you for both of your responses! Strange. The image that I uploaded only shows an X unless I edit my second post. I uploaded it directly, but it said it was too spam-like to accept. I figured out how to download an 8 ISO to install off of my flash drive, but read: "If you have an OEM...

Kemical! Thank you for responding! When I reinstalled Windows, it told me to activate, and I tried, using all three keys that I found through various sources, and it did not accept any of them. Then I upgraded to 8.1 and it still would not accept any of the keys. If someone managed to get a...

I bought an HP Envy 15 May of 2013. I did not want Win8 or a touchscreen, but that was all that I could find. I hardly used it the first two weeks and then the screen cracked, so I sent it in under the extended warranty. As I recall, I needed to reactivate Windows afterwards, and ended up...