windows 8

I've got an old windows 8 tablet that started running slow and restarting on its own a few days ago, so I did a full reset. The reset finished but now it's stuck on System Preparation Tool 3.14, I can't click ok or cancel or anything. I turned the tablet off and on a few times with the button...

A few of us over at MSFN use Server 2012 security-only updates to patch Windows 8 until October 2023. However ..... As of July 2021, all of the new security only updates for Server 2012 (including KB5004294 and KB5004960) now will remove the Adobe Flash Component from Windows 8. I enjoy...

I’ve been having trouble with my computer. Half of the screen is broken, so I usually use a monitor. The problem is when I try to turn it on it turns on as normal, but in the middle of the process, it stops and displays an error message. I cannot transcribe the message completely due to the half...

Just installed win 8, but failed to activate the installation. Is it no longer possible to do so, as the system is no longer updated by MS? When I try I only get the answer: This key does not work. Check it out and try again or try another one. Can I somehow check the key, other than to see...

Hi, I use window 8 recently and this was bad experience for me because many apps were not doing well and I read about its updating that was not coming. And I think there was some kind of bug in it.

Hello there, I want know can I still use window 8 in 2021. Because now a days window 10 is very in and it is very efficient and they doing updates regularly. If I use window 8 is there any security risk because it is no updated

My experience with windows 10 was pretty great but now for my school project I am working on building an android website and some of the applications aren't installing and even they are compatible with windows and my other fellows can easily install them. My computer specifications are great and...

It seems to me that intuitive UI went the way of the dodo with the advent of flat, minimalistic UI. Windows 8's Metro UI, Windows 10's Fluent design, Android's Material design, etc., are featureless and indistinct. The brain has spent its entire existence processing the visible world in three...

I am installing Windows 8.1 on my HP G62 work laptop because Windows 7 ran out of support. Everytime I try to install, it says Download can not complete. Once I was so close, but it failed. If your curious, it's running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. The processor is a Intel Core i3 with 4 gb of RAM.

Hello. My computer is a Windows 8 "Pro" (as the sticker on the back says) and the mic does not work. This computer is a brain + monitor, and on the brain has two plugins (one for microphone and one for headphones). If I plug in my headphones to the headphone jack, I can hear any sound my...

Hello, I am trying to install Win 7 on my laptop running Win 8 so I can get a dual boot. My laptop does not recognize win 7 booting cd .I had to change Bios to Legacy. Now ,I am getting error “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is not of the GPT partition style. Any...

I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of some sort of hard disk issues (or possibly a virus? ... However, McAfee didn't alert me to any virus problems). I tried lots of fixes (including using a bootable recovery USB that I had created in the past. For some reason, however, that...

I have a VAIO core i5 laptop that died, seemingly of hard disk trouble. After trying lots of fixes (including using my bootable USB, which just wouldn't work), I finally managed to get the computer to initiate recovery via 'VAIO Assist' and to do some hard disk repair, and then it seemed to work...

Hi I am installing win 10 into the laptop which had win 8 on, win 8 run reasonably well, however win 10 onto a new hdd is taking over two hours, this is ludicrously long.

I have windows 8 on my laptop, I don't use the laptop its just a spare computer should my main one fail. After installation I don't think I installed anything besides Edge and a cd burner. Within the windows folder however there are a few folders that contain about 25gb or more of data. Prefetch...

Hi, I finally got xp installed to my laptop, however, I have run into a problem. The software I want to install is designed to only be installed to the C:\ partition, it will not let me choose another drive to install to and I cannot install to C:\ becauase there is not enough space to install...

Hi I'd like to have windows 8 loadup a 32 driver, can I do this? It seems running a 32 bit program in xp mode isn't working owing to the driver I want to load not working. Thanks again guys for your help. I tried to install it manually using the have disc option but it complains about the 32...

Just switched from a Lenovo desktop running Windows 8 to a Dell running Windows 10 -- keeping my trusty Samsung analog LED monitor with a VGA connection. On the new computer, letters in all applications (word processing, browsers, emails) seem slightly shaky, faint, vaguely greenish -- not the...

I Have Windows 7.... I DON'T Want Windows 10..... Is Windows 8 a Good Choice?

Hi.....this problem started a few weeks ago on my pc where on updating before shut down, it showed, "we couldn't complete updates; undoing changes". I went on to microsoft support and been through the following stages; 1. Ran the network troubleshooter 2. Ran the Windows Update troubleshooter...