Ah! I see what you are saying. Gotcha. Thanks. A couple times. Actually didn't mind it (being in never-neverland! ;)). It's 24+ hours of no solid...
I have also seem some issues with IE11 page formatting/rendering issues. I suspect they will be worked out soon and more and more users encounter...
Not sure what you mean by hand out stickers, or "no longer ". I recently bought several copies of SystemBuilder/OEM W8 for some new builds and...
Good point. The Product ID is created when you install Windows on your computer. They Key (sometimes called CD Key - even though Windows has come...
Good to hear Amazon took care of you.
When you right click on Computer and select properties, in the section titled Windows Activation, it should say that Windows is activated and show...
Well, removing the notebook didn't work. But, I ended up doing two other things. I went into device manager and under the USB hubs properties for...
Yeah, power options was the first place I checked as traditionally - going back to Windows 3 (it seems Windows sleep mode has never worked well...
Well, this is interesting. I could not open it with any browser. Word could not find it even though I had it set "all files ". FoxIt would not...
Hmmm, well, it runs, reports 10 errors, 3 warnings, and 30 informational, creates the energy-report.html file, but when I try to open the file, I...
I agree with Pete. I have seen before where the problem was the slider was set all the way to the left towards "Slow ". Intuitively, that seems...
Ah! That's good news. I have one minor problem that is annoying me and that is my system now refuses to go to sleep after installing 8.1. It...
It would probably be best just to wait until it is offered via Windows Update. It seems clear to me MS is trying to prevent piracy and rampant...
Then 8.1 is a free upgrade for you.
That should not be a problem for most people. Just waiting and letting WU do it during idle time is fine. The update needs to be installed, but it...
I suspect it will. It still says "Evaluation copy" on TechNet. If currently running 8.0, you can get the free 8.1 update through Microsoft Store.
I agree 100%. In fact, every motherboard I have purchased in the last 7 or 8 years came with a utilities disk that included a Windows based BIOS...
You say "mandatory" as if that is a bad thing. It is not. FTR, I don't like W8's Start Screen (the "Metro" UI with those tile thingies)....
If the W8 Pro upgrade disk was an official disk then 8.1 is free.
I personally don't like USB adapters because they depend on USB. And unfortunately, USB (even USB 3.0) is not as reliable as it should be. If...
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