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Windows 8 How do i restore from a external Hard rive in windows 8.1
I followed lots of instructions, none work, I saved the image files to a external hard drive, I see no way to choose that anywhere in the restore settings, ive tried all of them. One suggests a driver then gives a massive list of folders of which none seem to have a driver. I don't seem to have...- epicquest
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- backup driver issues external drive image files instructions recovery restore settings troubleshooting windows 8.1
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Windows 8 Unable to log on to/into my computer.
Specifics: I use a Dell core i3 laptop (10 months old). The operating system is windows 8.1. There are two users: myself being primary (admin), and my daughter being secondary. I switch the laptop on, then enter the password, what the laptop refuses to accept. Though, my daughter (as secondary...- goeiejirre
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- access issues administrator core i7 dell laptop logon password issues troubleshooting user account windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Crashing Constantly
Hi, my computer keeps crashing after turning it on, and it keeps giving me The Blue Screen of Death. It's been like this for an entire week and a half, and I reset it around 3 weeks ago since it had the same problem before, and I thought it may have fixed it...but it didn't. I can't open an app...- BlueBlueStrawberries
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- application issues blue screen bsod computer age crash desktop issues error resolution freezing help request pc maintenance recovery reset startup repair system restore tech support troubleshooting update user experience windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8 windows store on my laptop
i recently got a new laptop and im trying to get my windows store on there, before i got a laptop my previous computer had windows store on it and ive gone into my windows store account to add my laptop as a new device but i cant seem to do it. please help. if its any help ive got windows 8.1...- ian1892
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- account issues device management laptop microsoft store new device software installation troubleshooting user support windows 8.1 windows update
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Windows 8 Laptop Error After Uninstall Aplication
Hello guys, I have a Windows 8.1 laptop and yesterday uninstall corel but then my laptop becomes error after that, like keyboard sometimes does not work, right click sometimes also does not work, and move file with drag file also can not .. Maybe you have solution to this problem- Expresso
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- application corel error file drag and drop keyboard laptop right click troubleshooting uninstall windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Win folder huge size
My Windows folder in C drive is occupying 50gb of disk space. But the total space used by individual files in that folder adds up to 20gb. Please help me to remove that 30gb- Kummaraguru
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- bloatware c drive cleaning disk space error file management folder size hdd help investigation optimization ssd storage system files windows 8.1
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 help?
I did something stupid two days ago and because of that I have problem download file. I have my own account and I was admin but I have a guest account as well, I was stupid enough to let the guest account be admin and now I can not change it. I want my account to be admin just like before but...- Win25
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- account management account recovery admin rights administrator file download guest account help user account windows 8.1 windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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booting to external drive
For years I’ve used Clonezilla on external drives to create and manipulate drive image backups like this: First, using Gparted I make two partitions on an external drive, first partition 300MB fat32 for Clonezilla live boot, and the balance ntsf partition to store the images. Next I use...- skrambam
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- backup boot clone diagnostics disk image external drive fat32 gparted ntfs partition restore tuxboot usb issues wd passport windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1 windows vista windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 10 No tiles in my Windows 10 start screen
Guys, I recently uploaded my SO from Windows 8.1 to 10 and I'm loving it, but something is bothering me: the lack of tiles in my start menu. Here is how I wanted to my start screen to look like: Link Removed But here is what I got: Link Removed An enpty tile. Why is that? Just mentioning that...- Solid Snake
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- customization empty tile free update issues tiles upgrade user experience windows 10 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Meltdown and Spectre: CPU vulnerabilities patched
New vulnerabilities have recently been discovered with modern cpu's: It would seem Intel are more prone to attack than AMD: Meltdown and Spectre Microsoft have released patches which will be available via Windows update. If like me yours hasn't arrived then download the standalone...- kemical
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- amd cloud solutions cpu data theft desktop exploitation hardware intel laptop meltdown patch privacy security spectre update vulnerability windows 10 windows 7 windows 8.1
- Replies: 39
- Forum: Windows Security
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Windows 10 Video scheduler internal error
Hi everyone, Recently while i was playing a game my laptop crashed with a blue screen with the message " your pc ran into a problem and needs to restart... with the stop code DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION. I then factory reset my laptop back to windows 8.1 as that was the only recovery back up I had...- K997
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- 3d video blue screen boot loop build 1709 crash dpc watchdog driver installation driver issues drivers error factory reset gaming nvidia performance system restore third-party apps troubleshooting video issues windows 10 windows 8.1
- Replies: 37
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 End of NVIDIA Driver Support for 32-bit Operating Systems
Nvidia is to end support for the 32bit platform: Ref: End of NVIDIA Driver Support for 32-bit Operating Systems | NVIDIA- kemical
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- 32-bit driver support driver update freebsd linux nvidia release 390 security fixes windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 8 How to Human Verify in eightforums etc.?
My W8.1 64 bit Acer XC605 worked OK for some time and still when SSD installed as boot DD. Suddenly it decided to always enter Setup on boot, despite BIOS being set to boot from SSD. Nothing seems to alter this and I have to use f12 every time to boot to Win. Any ideas? PS: I tried to...- clwyd
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- 64-bit acer xc605 bios settings boot issues human verification setup loop ssd troubleshooting windows 8.1 windows forum
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Apps
My MSN News and MSN Sports apps were working OK, but recently when I run the app the Text size on the initial screen is the correct default size until I click any story, then then text size changes to smaller. I have tried right clicking the page and setting the text size bigger BUT it doesn't...- JohnClay
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- accessibility app bug fixes display issues font size msn news msn sports settings user interface windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Wi̇ndows 8.1 Bsod After Turning On The Laptop
Hello guys i need help with this situation , İ reinstalled my original windows on my asus laptop from the windows website. i installed everything correctly updated my drivers from asus too but still. İ GET A BSOD right after i try to open a game and it suddenly gets me a error and bsods in a...- heyineedhelp
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- asus bsod bugcheck crash dump driver issues driver power state driver update dump files error game crashes kernel error minidump ntoskrnl.exe power state failure software issues system crash troubleshooting whocrashed windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Video Player 2nd window floating feature.
I have searched for two days and downloaded 15 windows video players in search for what I want. The thing is that I remember this feature was available in 2005 during the Windows XP Era. I don't remember the name of the player that could do it. I found the backup software CD I had since that...- Johncoool
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- always on top compatibility feature request floating window legacy systems media player multitasking search software software installation task management technology third party user experience video playback windows 8.1 windows features windows xp
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- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 Windows 8. 1 Roll up Updates
The latest monthly roll up update KB4041693 for Windows 8.1 has been released and the changelog is below To access the update history of the monthly roll up for Windows 8.1 go here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4009470windows-8-1-windows-server-2012-r2-update-history- kemical
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- application error file information focus graphics component internet explorer kb4041693 kernel drivers known issues memory issues microsoft microsoft update catalog october security support update update rollout webview control windows 8.1 windows search windows update
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 control panel opens but items inside it do not open
Laptop with w8.1, control panel opens but when you select an item, i.e. Network & sharing it does not open but hangs for hrs.- nichosi
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- control panel error issues network settings system hang system performance system stability troubleshooting windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows Hardening Guide: Securing the LSASS process
Applies to: Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016 Description: This is a simple tutorial on how to run the lsass.exe process as a protected process so that it's memory can't be dumped and passwords extracted. Warnings: Some drivers may be loaded by...- Neemobeer
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- lsa protection security windows 10 windows 8.1 windows hardening
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 8 Frustration with Windows 8.1 Update: Considering a Switch to Chromebook
so I fired up an old laptop with windows 8.1, because my other laptop has windows 10 and takes a day to bootup. OMG what happened to Windows 8? It has been about 6 hors and it still says completeing windows update. Up till 10 I was a loyal MS user, right back from the old MS DOS days on my XT...- wayne powers
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- boot issues chromebooks cloud ready computing dos laptop legacy systems old technology performance issues tech switch transition update user experience windows 10 windows 8.1 windows loyalty windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support