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I need help, idk if I should be worried about this or not, because its just really weird. Out of the blue today, all of my icons on my desktop that are shortcuts to programs, no matter what kind of programs, got a smaller icon in the bottom left corner. It is of 2 of the simply drawn 'people'...

any ideas what all these icons are they keep popping up on a friends Windows 8 pc

hi I've just purchased a second hand laptop which has a sticker under the battery for windows 7 professional. the laptop actually came with windows 8 installed but not activated. when trying to upgrade it to windows 10 I get the message " the product key didn't work ". any ideas on why this...

I was not able to upgrade to Windows 10. Every time, the process failed after 60-70℅. So at last I tried to install windows 10 through media tool. I succeeded but now I am not able to activate Windows 10 using my key of Windows 8. Can I go back to Windows 8 and activate it using my key?

Hi! My laptop was in the shop but i had the internal ssd. I attached it to my wife's laptop(win8) via sata-usb and continued booting from the external ssd(win8.1). It worked but now my wife's laptop won't boot windows from the internal drive. I tried automatic repair and it gives me a black...

When i try to turn on my laptop, after login i have an error message saying 'Loading script "C:\Windows\run.vbs" failed (Access is denied)' with a black screen behind and i can't do anything afterwards. How can i fix this?

If your tired of the constant nags to update to Windows 10 then this tool may help: Ultimate Outsider: Using GWX Control Panel to Permanently Remove the 'Get Windows 10' Icon

So I got the computer I have, a Dell Inspiron 15, and it came with Windows 8. I wasn't a fan, but I kept it anyway. Then suddenly after 3 years of ownership, the thing forcibly updates itself to Windows 10. I downgraded it after trying the new Windows for a few days, even though it did not have...

On my Laptop I upgraded to Windows 8 - back in 2011. Prior to the upgrade when travelling overseas I was able to download onto CD discs my original music. Because I wanted to save space - I would only take with me a bunch of printed covers and then purchase blank CD'S and cases wherever I was...

I just found a huge Windows 10 flaw and it has impact on File History, too. All us previous Windows users that login with a Microsoft Account have all noticed how Windows 10 names our user accounts after our Microsoft Account. I just noticed this flaw in File History. In previous Windows...

Hello i have windows 8 64bit pro, i want to delete all windows updates and reinstalled them.. how i can do this?

Currently when I delete a file in WinExplorer then no confirmation appears. How can I tell Win8 to show a confirmation prompt? Peter

A while ago on my windows 7 laptop I wanted to upgrade to windows 8 to see how it was. I don't have the money to afford my own windows 8 copy so my friend sent me a download link of their own to install it. Windows 8 was running well for a long time, I had everything perfect for a month and...

Hi, I installed my word 2000 many years ago, when I upgraded to win8 it worked OK but with w8.1 is still working except when I finish writing & go to save or close it a small windows appears saying ms word is not working properly as per attached scan. Then allows me to close down word. Anybody...

Hello which program is best for create bootable usb for windows 8? not 8.1. windows 8 only.

hello, In an effort to renew my wifes desktop, I bought a SSD and installed Win10 on it. Everything is fine. Her factory HDD still has her factory winxp on it. I created a 25Gig partition and moved music etc to the storage partition of the winxp hdd. How do I remove winxp ? so just to...

Inspired by a comment on webpage Aegis: Block all Windows 10 components on Windows 7 and 8 - gHacks Tech News I tried out the free uninstall script on Aegis for Windows 7/8.x - Block all known Microsoft spying and Windows 10 upgrade elements | technology which removes dozends of Microsoft...

Hello, Recently I had been facing a few problems with my computer as it had started to lag and disk usage had spiked to 100%. In attempt to solve this problem, I tried to boot in safe mode using msconfig.exe. Having done so, my computer refuses to boot anymore. After my dell initialisation...

Hello, Few years ago I purchased the Windows 8 OS on DVD that came with the original license key. When the Windows 8.1 came out, Windows 8 has been upgraded via App Store. At that time a new license key was issued. Currently, I am in a need to reinstall windows 8.1, but I don't have the...

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