windows 8.1

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...

So, just 4 days ago I upgraded my PC’s OS to Windows 7 Home Premium from Windows Vista Home Premium. The Windows 7 isn’t yet activated (as my final destination isn’t it) and is operating within its 30 days grace period. So, I tried to upgrade to Windows 8.1 with a product key but it wouldn’t...

Hello, I have a problem with file explorer on Windows 8.1. For example, I have about 1000 files and I would like to review the views (list) of files from the middle of the folder (e.g. files marked with numbers 500, 600, etc.). Until now, everything worked normally, but today after scrolling the...

I recently did two updates (Windows update [manually – I am Windows 8.1] and MS Office 365 update [automatically via ‘Update Now’ within MS Office settings]) that created a host of problems including: -- Office hanging/”Not Responding” -- Office not recognizing printers (despite the fact all...

Hello, I've been messing with my computer (Laptop) for a few hours now trying to get it to work and it just won't. It got hit on the far right of the touchpad, shut off, and now will not boot. I figured maybe it was my hard drive just having boot problems so I created a windows 8 bootable USB...

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Describes the MSINFO tool and lists the switches that are supported by the MSINFO32 command-line tool in Windows 7, in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Continue reading...

Revision Note: V1.1 (October 13, 2015): Advisory revised to announce that the Default Cipher Suite Prioritization update (3042058), originally released May 12, 2015 via the Microsoft Download Center (DLC) only, is now also available via Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services...

Describes a problem in which you receive an 0x800F0906, 0x800F081F, or 0x800F0907 error code when you try to install the .NET Framework 3.5 in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2012. Provides methods to resolve this problem. Continue reading...

My father has Windows 8.1 and today he calls me for the has "changed". Turns out, somehow the Refresh feature was executed. Now some settings and files are missing, and all the apps were unistalled (including TeamViewer, so you can imagine the joy of fixing this over a phone...) There is a...

Hi1n The questioner asks Hi everyone, does anyone have any knowledge or solution to the problem where win 8.1 reports insufficient disk space even though 121 GB / 450 GB? The computer performs very poorly and all the steps recommended by Windows in the Insufficient state have been completed...

I've recently followed this tutorial "" to set up a hotspot on my Windows 8.1 Laptop, everything went according to the tutorial and there were no errors. Other devices can easily see the network I just set up but the problem comes with actually trying to connect to it. It doesn't work. I did...

Hey guys, I'm gonna explain what got me here first. I installed windows 10 on my machine a while ago on my 500Gb drive. Recently I added a 1Tb drive to my PC and decided to move to windows 8.1 because W10 became too heavy for my system after the 2019 update. I mounted the W8.1 ISO and began the...

I'm starting to get frequent Bluescreens, always having an error code PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. I checked the event viewer, before the bluescreen, there is an event called 'npsvctrig.sys' with FilterManager File System Filter 'npsvctrig' (6.3, ‎2013‎-‎08‎-‎22T12:10:04.000000000Z) has...

Hello, if I installed Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1 too, as dual boot), both with local account, no Microsoft account. I have only Microsoft account created on Microsoft site. I would only install Microsoft application from Microsoft Store according to this description (with "Sign in to just this...

So I have stumbled upon this problem where all sounds are muffled as soon as I connect my Bluetooth headphones. Now I have occurred this problem before with a MacBook and another computer with windows 10 (Current one has windows 8.1), but with those, I would just go in to sound settings and...