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Using Windows 8.1 on HP machine All updates up-to-date Hardware: Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 Explorer Folder Option selected: Single-click to open an item (point to select); Underline icon titles only when I point on them Display: Detail list (Ctrl + Shift + 6) No touch input Here's the...

Hi everyone I just got a new laptop running Windows 8, and I'm not so familiar with this exact version (though I'm as familiar with Windows in general as the next person). I'm currently in the process of tweaking some details to make it more to my liking, and doing so, I made a tiny little...

Another tip for mousers: Y'all may not have noticed this... If, you have an APP open and want to return to Desktop, there are a few ways to do that. You may really like this one... For this, you do not need to 'pop anything out' or click on any icon, exactly or specifically... Just shove the...

One thing (option) the Update offers is showing Store APPs on the Taskbar. Fair enough &... Please, note: IF this is chosen, The Switcher Bar is, still, there, so they are, in effect, in 2 locations. However, the functionality is not identical @ each. Handy as it is having them on the...

Actually, I only now realized, after some googling, that modern apps are suspended when you move away from them and do not run in the background. I use the modern apps so rarely that I haven't paid attention to their behavior. Two questions, or maybe a comment and a question: 1. That...

I get really frustrated w/ people saying or thinking there is nothing in Windows 8.1, from Microsoft, telling them, educating them or guiding them w/ enlightenment or instructions on How To use the OS. There is!! Yes, there is! There problem isn't that it doesn't exist but, rather that people...

Whilst on Desktop, > Top-Left, come down, Switcher Bar is out & all currently, active APPs are showing thumbnails... Lf Clk on said Bar & that holds. In other words, allowing one to view all live APPs and the Desktop simultaneously. Once the Desktop is clicked the Switcher Bar drops (back)...

Hey there! I'm going directly to the problem... Basically, when I try to go to windows page, and I try to search something it doesn't let me find it. Or even when I try to switch songs! Anyways, I'd like to receive your help and I

Hello all, I run a split screen for My Computer and Exporer; the left side shows the directory structure and the right side the contents (as well, too, as the directory). The problem is that the left side doesn't show the full path when I open the pathway on the right side. XP used to show...

Hello everyone, First time here. I got a computer about 3 months ago, and im having BOSD with this different messages every day, twice or three times a day. It happens randomly, sometimes its when im navigating on facebook/email/news, sometimes im working on video (After effects, photoshop and...

There are some things w/in Windows 8.1 of which you may not be aware but, should be. 1. Bottom-Left Corner... There is now a Windows logo button on the Taskbar. This acts much the same as the Windows key on the keyboard. Hitting it will give the Start screen & one can toggle back & forth w/...

Have upgraded to 8.1. Now when I navigate to Google in IE11 and enter a search, the results are displayed in single words all down the left hand side of the screen, like so: Anyone got any clues? Cos I haven't!

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Just was wondering if people realise that if you set the cursor on the Ribbon in a File Explorer window and use the scroll wheel one can cycle through the Ribbon tabs. This, of course, holds true in Windows 8.1, as well. Cheers, Drew .1 Above note written in Windows 8.1

If I open a PDF file or some other kinds of files, I can't figure out how to quickly exit and get back to the desktop. In other Windows versions, the handy Escape key or Back arrow would do that. Now, if I press Escape nothing happens and I have to reboot the computer because the PDF takes up...

The Control Panel used to be listed on the bottom left tray (is that called the Start menu?) but now I cannot locate the Control Panel at all. How do I get to it, and is it possible to make a shortcut for it to get to it quickly?

A big thank you to Pat (moderator) who forwarded my issue with my username. Also a thank you to the person who was able to rectified the issue. This Forum looks like it will be much better having all the Windows Forums on one site. Much easier to naviagate on this site. Cheers Scramjet

I first acquired Windows 8 with a new HP All in One desk top back in November 2012. Then I had another computer crash it's hard drove and installed a new one along with Windows 8 Pro. I also set up a local network, of 3 computers, and spent a good deal of time with all versions of Win 8 coupled...

It's occurred to me to mention a couple of things, might clear things up some. I don't have any icons on the desktop. In Windows 8, by default, there was/is a 'folder' on the Taskbar called Libraries. Someone in another thread said something about Libraries, now, being 'hidden', by default...

Even though one can use the 'start' button on the Windows 8.1 Taskbar selected to go to the ALL Applications screen instead of Start... Same as Win8, I, still, prefer having an old fashioned, alphabetical list window on the Taskbar for Applications to access everything & anything... saves all...