windows 8.1

Hi I have installed Windows 8.1 on a separate drive. Windows 10 already installed on mt Dell desktop I have two questions : 1. Does or should I disable fast boot and secure boot in Bios? 2. I am using easy bcd to set up the dual boot option screen. Which bootloader should I use as default 10 or...

I want to change my Network from Public to Private. My understanding is that in Windows 8, you would go to the Charms Menu > Settings > Settings > Network > Ethernet, then click on Find my Devices. But in Windows 8.1 they removed that Slider Bar. In Windows 8.1, how do I switch my Network from...

Some basic info first.. Windows 8.1 Core (N) version 6.3.9600 Build 9600 This is a new Windows installation.. And I have to add Ive experianced similar problems with a W10 system like a year ago, but i dismissed it because i just thought I had little knowledge of W10 and that I was just...

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...

I have a Dell Vostro 200 it was preinstalled with XP Pro and family member updated to Windows 10 when she was done she took all my Software that came with the Computer now we're not talking ,well I had to travel for work, and had to put things in a storage, well after 8yrs I finnally took it...

Does anyone still use Windows 8? I have been using it for the Asus P450L since 2014

I have two machines running Win 7 and Win 8.1 and need this to work on the win 8.1 but if we find a proper solution then it could work on Win 7 as well. I want to display weather on the lock screen. So i found a metro app in the Microsoft store called Forca weather and it worked for about 5...

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...

If I'm logged into Windows 8.1 as username/password, and I try to access files on another computer on my network (in this case my NAS, which I think is running Linux), what username and password does it try to connect to the NAS with? If it gives me a "You need permission to perform this action"...

Hi! I'm using for personal use Private Character Editor aka EUDCEDIT instead any font editor for creating custom characters. I have lot of private characters created in Windows 8 and 8.1. Now want to give them back. Problem is not transfering and linking. Problem is when I open EUDCEDIT, I...

Hello All, I have windows 8.1 pro, Before 4 years my friend did clean install of windows 8.1pro from windows 7 , I have 5-6 documents which i had encrypted with efs . My friend forgot to take back up of efs key certificate, Now i can't open without efs key certificate, Please help me to...

Running Win8.1 & don't have Password Reset Stick. Signed in with a Microsoft account which is powerless and useless. All the the stuff you can type into the "RUN" box result in a popup asking for a (missing) password! How do I restore my full admin privileges???

Hello. I would like to move a French Canada keyboard layout from a Win 8.1 to this W-10 machine. The reason is that in W-10 the layout offered is the wrong one, does not honour the proper keys for the normal ( here ) accented caracters . Can this be done ? At the moment, I use, not out of...

Hi, Sorry I cant seem to find a thread regarding malware.Just needed to get the prob solved as i have work files and software on my laptop,so am posting here intead.thank you Windows defender picked up the trojan named w32/Tiggre!plock,after i scanned the laptop as it was running extremely...

An attempt was made to reset Windows while keeping the personal User files intact. The reset did not finish and the PC won't boot up. I took out the hard drive to test it and check what files were on it after that Reset did not work. This is what I've found. Any help with what to delete or...

I'm leaving my job of six years in about 10 days and I need some guidance. We use Windows 8.1 and there was no special account attached to it when I was hired. I signed in to my personal account and have been using it here at work for the past five years. It dawned on me after I gave notice that...

I have 2 computers one is running windows 8.1 and one is running windows 7. There are no issues with the windows 8.1 one. However the Windows 7 is old and has a weak graphics card and is unable to display the wireless display. I checked online for solution but found out that it will not work...

Hello and good day, I now realize that I should have bought Win 8.1 Pro some time ago, but it what it is, I am now looking at several online sites that are selling it and a couple are selling for less than $50.00, that just does not sound right, while one is selling it with a copy of Office 2013...

Hi All, I am trying to install Windows 8.1 onto a new hard drive that is attached to a computer that already runs Windows 8.1 x32. I downloaded Windows 8.1 installation from Microsoft and made a bootable USB. When I type in the Product Key, I get the error code "The Product Key entered does...