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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?

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...

Hello My Link Removed is a win7 Gateway NV59 Processor: Intel(r) Core(TM) i3 cpu M330 @ 2.13GHz 2.13GHz RAM: 4.00 GB (3.86 GB usable) System type: 64-bit Opeating System 2 days ago this laptop was working fine good barely any lagg or anything being slow. Suddenly the next day in the morning as...

As I have posted the title this is one of the problems I have, if I leave the computer for any length of time I come back to find the page not responding so I hit the refresh button and nothing happens, it looks like its going to work in the window, but that's it, I have to shut down the window...

I've had a lot of trouble with my samsung laptop.The HDD has been replaced but I now cannot do a refresh or reset.I get the message"Some files are missing.Your Windows installation or recovery media will provide these files".The laptop came with Windows 8 installed so I do not have the...

OK, it seems my W8 system is possibly in a bit of trouble... I ran CHKDSK on my C: drive, and at the end saw this : ============= Errors detected in the Boot File. Windows has checked the file system and found problems. Please run chkdsk /scan to find the problems and queue them for repair...

"Microsoft has introduced two interesting and very useful features in Windows 8. Refresh PC and Reset PC are the two new features that help you fix all Windows issues by refreshing settings or resetting everything. These features allow you set your Windows 8 settings to their defaults, or reset...

My two weeks with two Windows 8 computers - one computer and one laptop. It's my very short story about Windows 8. Three months ago, I purchased a new computer with Windows 7 for my work . It has Intel Core i7-3770 and 8.0 GB RAM. During those months, I had ZERO issues with my computer...