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Hello, I've been sharing a folder with my Samsung Smart TV to allow me to watch video files. When I add a file to that folder however it takes hours before appearing on the Smart TV. I've tried turning the TV on and off but no avail. I feel that I need to somehow refresh the folder to allow it...

Im using 64 bit home premium and it used to work fine till a month or two ago. The computer constantly refreshes ever 1 - 2 minutes, as a result whatever program im using at the time refreshes too. This stops me typing on Word, it causes whatever game i might be playing to crash to the taskbar...

I've tried about a dozen times. It will download but won't install. The error message keeps changing. I've used the DISM tool and most of the time it crashes and claims it can't find a source. The few times its worked, it hasn't helped. I even chatted with the Microsoft answer desk, but they...

I have Win 8.1.1 Pro 1. If one upgrades Win 8 to Win 8.1 via Windows Store, the Reset and Refresh options are no longer functional. Some one made an extensive report on that.... read this I have to accept it because that was what happened to me when I tried reset or refresh some time ago. That...

I have a windows 8 laptop and a small bar with percentage on it appeared on the desktop and I can't get rid of it.When you click on it the percentage refreshes and goes up to 100%.Any idea on how to get rid of it please?

I see that there is 4 options: 1) System restore (I know what that is, won't help me) 2) There is refresh (I also know what this is, won't help) 3) Then there is RESET, which gives me 2 options: 1 of the options (none of this is verbatim, I am outside on my phone and forgot exact words as to...

The mother in law has a windows 8 laptop and at the moment it keeps deleting files (ie: my documents, my pictures) and the start menu icons like it is refreshing the profile When I complete a restore it goes back to normals okay, then a couple of days later we are back to square one Any...

Due to malware issue (snap.do) i want to refresh or reset my windows 8 (updated to 8.1). but on restart it gives the following error The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains error. File:\Windows\system32\winload.efi Error code...

I had upgraded my laptop to Win 8.1 and when I refreshed it to see if it really worked it gave me Win 8 in stead. Anyone else have this happen?

I am running Windows 8 on a Dell XBS 8500. There have been no recent changes to the PC. When trying to boot up the PC, I am receiving the message "Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart". I very quickly see a message regarding the bad_system_config_info. If I run the refresh, I...

Hello I have Win 8.1. I made a dvd from the Win 8 iso file and then got 8.1 from the store. if I want to refresh 8.1 can I insert my only dvd disc of 8.0 and once refreshed, go to the store to install 8.1? I would prefer this to trying to create an 8.1 dvd if possible. I think the activation...

I've been having frequent BSOD's - every 4 hours or so - on my computer that has been running fine for over a year now. I've run memtest and nothing came up there, and I've tried refreshing Windows. I've updated a bunch of drivers as well, but nothing's fixed it. I also have some hangups that...

I am now on my 4th time downloading this upgrade. When I ran it, it told me "Something went wrong..." and an error number 0x80004005. So I turned off virus scanning. I removed my dual booting and linux partitions. I made a bootable usb stick and rewrote the MBR, just in case. No change. I...

I know the basic idea of what they do, but specifically, when they say that all non-Metro apps will be removed, does that also mean that the installation folders will be deleted, or does it just remove the installation registry keys? I'm planning to reset Windows, and then use the installation...

Hi I have our friends computer all set up and ready to go. One of the things that came about during this process is, I learned that you can make a real disk image in Windows 8 without using a third party software program. Something I didn't think was possible, and you don't have to jump...

I have never had this happen with any other operating system on any of my computers in any time of my computer experience, but this is what happened to me during the past 2 weeks. I had one laptop with me while I was out of town. I allowed it to update, and suddenly found that Windows was...

Hi guys I brought a dell a couple of months ago (Inspirion 17R) I have been having huge problems with the internet on it, so i wanted to reset the computer to see if that would fix the problem, but it then comes up with "There was a problem resetting your PC" and i have no clue how to fix it...

How do you mark the forum read? How do you make the forum unread? I clicked on the forum as "read" and now when I click on "new post" it's just a blank page that says there are no new posts at this time. When clearly, when searching through all the topic forums there are new posts being added...

I set up a dual boot on a 500 GB SSD. Cloned Windows 7 from a smaller SSD then installed Windows 8 on a second partition. It takes a full 60 seconds to reach the dual boot screen. It then loads very quickly. Here is what I've done to try and correct the problem: 1. Refreshed windows 8 2. removed...

I used the Windows 8 Refresh and like many others I seem to have lost all the important files. Where as I could simply connect my Camera and it would automatically connect now it does't . AVG, I Tunes, Abi all lost. How can I restore the automatic connection etc? I can't even use the tool bar...