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I've noticed lately that when I do a clean install of windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit, that it installs the Apple Bonjour service. Can somebody please explain to me why this is? I've not downloaded any Apple software nor have I connected an Apple product to my PC. This clean install was done on 6/18/15.

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 will be free for Insiders, even if the machine did not have Windows 7/8/8.1 on it beforehand. Testers will be able to do a fresh installation. "As long as you are running an Insider Preview build and connected with the MSA you used to register, you will...

Hi If anyone hasn't seen this because then don't bother to read all the notices I think this makes it official that everyone in the Insider Program who is running Windows 10 will get it on July 29th. Mike...

Hi everyone, we’re hard at work on the next builds that we’ll send out to you for PC and Mobile. I don’t have an update on timing for that quite yet, but I do have some important changes to tell you about that are coming with the next PC build as we Link Removed. Microsoft Account notifications...

Hi all, Looking to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 546 desktop from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit............? Which would you recommend, Win 7, 8.1 or neither? I have run the Upgrade advisor tool and both say they will work with some minor updates and adjustments to my current system (attached). I was...

I am in dire need of some help. I have tried the Microsoft Answer Desk, both in chat and on the phone, and have had no luck. I recently purchased all the hardware to build myself a custom build computer, along with a Windows 7 Pro OEM disk. I am not new to building computers (although it has...

Microsoft seems to be using an information trickle down process to fill in many of the holes about how the Windows 10 upgrade will work. read more Continue reading...

So, my laptop has a problem where it crashed while setting up a new account after resetting the laptop, and it said I needed to restart my "install disk" well I didn't have an install disk so I was screwed. I searched around eBay for an affordable Windows 8 Copy but to no avail. So, does anyone...

Windows defender detected an attack and after it has been removed I am unable to access "my computer, my documents, folders I have created etc". I still have access to things such as icons on my desktop that are for games and programs but anything for file access and viewing that I get that I do...

Hi Here's the new version. After doing a clean install my C:\ drive is using 55 Gigabytes of the 100 available. I've eliminated Hiberfil.sys, removed Recovery Image, and moved the Pagefile to another drive. The thing that really puzzles me is how much space it used for System Volume...

Hi I've got my computer all up and running again with everything installed and for the most part working. It's running very well, but there is a down side. Cortana has stopped talking again. I can clearly see that she is sending the speech signal to my Sound Blaster Card, but unlike last time...

Hello WindowsForums i've been having some trouble installing Windows 8.1 on my ideapad z710 laptop, so here's what i did... 1. i downloaded a Windows 8.1 Enterprise ISO from "microsoft(com)/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise" 2. i burnned it to a dvd using the slowest possible...

I have a HP desktop that came with Vista Home Premium 32 bit and two identical hard drives configured in RAID 1. My access to the RAID drives was through Intel Storage Matrix Console. I recently did a clean install of Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. My question is what happened to my RAID 1...

On my new clean install, Cortana is actually speaking when it responds. I had the panel lock up when I first enabled the Respond to Hey Cortana setting, but after a reboot it seems to be working better. Many questions are met with "I can't do that until after an update". More use of the App...

I am trying to reimage my Windows 8 computer with Windows 7. I tried to boot from the DVD, and got some error like it wasn't able to recognize the DVD, or some such thing. I think, perhaps, the DVD is not configured for this. Maybe it's not bootable compatible, or whatever. When I double...

Hi Well I've been putting it off because I was going to clean install Windows 10 build 10041 on a different drive as a clean install, but Windows suddenly announced that it was rebooting to install "Windows". The only options were do it now or do it later so I said "Go" and after about 45...

Hi I've got my Windows TP 10041 install disk made. I've tested it and it boots and starts the install process. I want to install to a new partition with out removing my current install from the drive it's on. It's on a different physical hard drive. Any suggestions, I don't want to get into a...

There is a method for taking the ESD download of build 10041 and converting it to an ISO image that can then be burned to DVD or placed on a USB drive to perform a clean installation of the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build. read more Continue reading...

I have an HP Envy 15 laptop and every now and again (at least once per day) the screen will go completely black for maybe half a second then come back on again. This sometimes occurs more than once but it will happen at least once every day while I'm using the computer. In addition, on occasion...

So i recently just installed windows 8 into a new hard drive i got, as it started it up into the desktop screen it asked for my product key to activate windows. So i used the key i had and it didn't work then went it into a error "saying the software licensing service determined that this...