windows 8

Hey guys, I was getting a decent Windows phone BLU Win HD LTE (Low-Budget) and this seems to come packed with Windows 8.1. Every single place I've seen it, Amazon, their Website, reviews, etc. they all mention how it is Windows 10 ready, once the operating system launches (back then). Now, it...

Posted this onto other sites FYI I've installed Windows 8 onto a computer, the sound worked nicely for one day, but after a restart it no longer works. Checking shows that the drivers are all installed and it can detect the speakers, but yet no sound comes out of them. Anybody have this issue...

Every time I try to start ANYTHING in C:\Windows\System32 (such as task manager and other essential things), I get this error: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. I've searched all over the internet for a solution but I've come up with nothing. I...

I need to set up a Win7 workstation for some software that won't run under Win10. I live in the boonies so my Internet access is via LTE with a 35G allotment before expensive overage charges. I can't afford to waste 10% of my monthly allotment downloading a Win10 upgrade I don't need for that...

I have recently upgraded my new ( 1 year old) laptop from Windows 8 to 10. The laptop came with a free trial McAfee antivirus package. I paid for a year extension to this and am due in a months time to pay for another years protection. However I am wondering if using Windows 10 whether I can use...

first off i want to thank you people for being here. this new in the box hp2000notebook was picked up at an estate auction. win 8 is new to me. my old hp 6000?? on win7 lost its screen, so i broke out the new hp2000notebook. fired it up an it wanted to up grade to 8.1, ok go ahead... now...

So i installed windows 8 on my desktop computer and when i turned it one once it sad its loading my windows and then just blue screen nothing just blue no blue screen of death no just pure blue only please help me I ALREADY RESETED MY PC

Hey guys. Sorry if I am writing on wrong section. I have windows 8 64bit......!!!! My PC is laggy.. Don't know why.. I had formatted many times and I bought second Ram but the problem still remain.. I don't talking when I am playing games. I am talking when I browsing on the internet...

A couple of days ago I was on my computer and everything was fine except I tried to open Itunes and it wouldn't. I got an error message but I can't remember what it said. I restarted the computer to see if this would fix it. However It wouldn't load and I got a blue screen on start up. I can't...

Hello I'd like to save an image of Windows 8 onto a second partition using Clonezilla, and have a couple of questions before proceeding: 1. Why does W8 create two partitions (350MB and 147.3GB) instead of just one? 2. When running fdisk in Linux, why does it display so many /dev/ramX...

Hello I posted somewhere and forgot; it had to do with moving from 7 to 10 I have a pc that came with 7 . if I install 7 and upgrade all the BIOS(would be like A3>A7) drivers etc to beef it up then move to 8 then 8.1 and finally 10 would my PC be better off? I moved from 7 up but never updated...

hello all - FIRST TIME POSTING QUESTION we have a win-8 drive that is being pulled out of a dell box that had a win login& password established. if i were to install this drive into a win-10 box as a secondary drive (drive-D or drive-E perhaps with a usb internal-2-external housing), will...

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Hey everybody. I'm having some trouble with my Windows 8.1 appearance, I was just wondering if somebody could help me... Is there any free way to get the Windows 7 aero glass into Windows 8.1? The aero glass in Windows Explorer in Windows 7 looks like this: See how the outline of the program...

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Hello, I have a laptop that came with an OEM version of Windows 8. It is an aging machine which I have since re-purposed to run Linux. However, I occasionally do need to run Windows programs, and would like to be able to activate Windows 8 on a virtual machine on that same machine its locked...

Why is my lock screen showing this screen and asking me to verify my password? Shouldn't it automatically ask for my password on the blue screen? I have Windows 8, and just got a new laptop. Using Windows 8 for the first time. How do I get rid of this screen? I have an HP Probook 640 Please...

I've been a Windows 7 user for as long as I can remember and recently I got a windows 8 installation disc and an empty hard drive so I figured what the heck and installed it. I have not used it for more than half an hour and yet already have found things I appreciate over windows 7. Basically id...

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Anybody wonder if this is going to cause a lot of problems for Windows 7 and 8 users? Windows 10 has caused a lot of problems. I like to choose what I install. I think I'll wait a bit before updating and see how big a mess MS makes. It may be safer not to update if you are careful where you go...