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Hi, new poster here. I've posted this to the Win 8 forum, but it could equally apply to Win 10. I have 3 windows machines at home - netbook, laptop and desktop. The netbook was bought with Win 7 has never had a personalised lock screen, now it's on Win 10 it has a generic Microsoft one. The...

I want to install windows 8.1 on a new SSD, but I want the SSD to MBR instead of GPT. Before installation I changed the disk to MBR using diskpart (through the shift+f10 cmd function) However windows automaticly changes the disk to GPT during installation. How can I install windows 8.1 using MBR?

I successfully upgraded Win 8.1 to Windows 10 via Windows Update. I also created an install DVD using the Media Creation Tool. Sometime soon I would like to do a clean install using this DVD, so I can get rid of a lot of junk on my PC and start out new. I assumed I would just put the DVD in my...

I need fat32 for C: to boot windows, how can i format the drive so i can use fat32 for C: instead of ntfs?

So i did the download for Windows 10, and at the point where it asks what files i want to keep i selected none. Was this the clean install instead of just the upgrade? Because i want the best performance and clean offers that. If it wasn't, how do i do a fresh install or whatever it's called...

I Reserved the Win 10 free upgrade on my Win 7 (sp1) PC long back but Yesterday due to some malware my pc got infected so I had to formatt & reinstall it.. Just 2 Days Before Win 10 upgrade Launch & now (after formatting & reinstall) I have updated my win 7 pc to sp1 & installed all the updates...

Hi, suddenly the attached popup pops every time I click on the mouse in IE on any site. I formatted C:\ recently & installed win8 pro with my DVD & upgraded to w8.1pro online. Can you help please ............thanx ........nick PS. sorry for 2 fotos, cannot delete one. Home build, Asus P5K...

How would I create lines to go across and up and down to touch the ruler on the top and the left side? How would I determine the center of the top and left side of the ruler? How would I insert a picture to line up with the lines in the ruler after I place them there?

Hello! (My first thread here!) My mom bought a laptop online (I know how it sounds...). It's Lenovo's Thinkpad x240. Problem is, it appears to be running a pirated Windows 7. (Also it's not a clean installation, but just a computer that somebody used for some time. So I'd like to format it.) I...

Mads Kristensen is back, today with a VS Extension that will help VS Extension builders build Extensions. That is so meta I had to highlight, even through it's currently at v0.2 (might be at 0.3, 0.4 by the time you read this... :) Speaking of Mads, are are few other recent times we've...

Hello, I have a peculiar problem which I would like to solve with the help of software geniuses like u'll on such forums. HP dc7700 Small form factor desktop PC (about 6 yrs old) OS: Win XP Pro SP2 Bios version 02.10 C2D, 2Gigs RAM, Q045 963/965 board, E6600 processor, eSATA 80 GB Hitachi HDD...

I need urgent help. I recently finished building my gaming PC, so I brought Windows 8.1 for my OS. I stuck in the x64 bit DVD and waited. It was on "Preparing files for installation" all of a sudden, my power goes off. I turn the PC on and start the DVD again, and after choosing the install...

Is there a way to change the default format of word pad? It is set to a very wide line and paragraph spacing, so that I must reset it to ordinary spacing every time I use it. Widows 7 Professional.

Right, firstly, new here, so apologies if this is poted in the wrong place/ section. Having a problem with an external HDD. When connected to a computer, windows will recognise it, but when I try to open it to view files, I get the following message: F:\ is not accessible 'The volume does...

Hello. I would like to know what is the format of app that are in Windows Store , For example at Google Play Store , they are .apk. And here?

Hi I'm sitting here making the second backup of everything on the drive I'm going to install the new build on. I'm a worrier, what if my backup drive failed right after I wipe my hard drive? LOL Unfortunately I installed all of my Windows 10 software on this drive so I have to format it and...

So I would really, dearly, sincerely like to know if there isn't an easier, more intuitive way to access special characters than the ludicrously arcane alt+0xxx combinations Microsoft invites you to accept (did they have robot users in mind when they decided that was a good design decision?)...

I have a laptop with RedHat Linux installed. I want to replace it with Windows XP. When I boot up with the XP disk in the drive it doesn't recognize the file system and stops. It does not give me an option to partition and format the drive in order to install XP. I've been out of the...