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My number one complaint with Windows 8 is the inability to open multiple windows of a program without right clicking and selecting open in new window. Is there a way to turn this "functionality" off? As an IT person i regularly have a need to have multiple command prompts, SCCM Remote Viewer, and Terminal Server Clients, etc open and its frustrating to have to specify open in new window. I've looked everywhere for an option and cant find it. View the full article
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Windows 8 will not let Publisher 2010 acknowledge that publisher has a 13x19 template and custom templates will only print in tiles of 8x11. It says it searches the internet but nothing found. I have been using these templates for 2 years but now with an upgrade to windows 8 they wont work. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer but that dose not work. How do you fix this? View the full article
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MIT Technology Review has a very diplomatic article on Windows 8: http://www.technologyreview.com/review/511116/windows-8-design-over-usability/. The captions all over praise Windows 8 and that Microsoft has done the right thing. Curiously the contents say that the Windows 8 interface "fares poorly on larger desktop computer screens", "is clearly designed for ... having fun rather than serious work", "eliminates more than forty years of usability research", "presents far too little information ... resulting in the need to frequently pand and scroll", "well serves the needs of those nontechnical use…
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My computer uploaded the latest updates. Now my computer continually goes to a blue screen with a face and system_service_exception as what to search for. Is there a free program i can use to correct this error? As every time it does this my computer shuts down restarts and then i have to restart it again because i loose my internet connection as well. Kellyj_713 View the full article
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I am running Carbonite's Mirror Image on my Windows 8 system, using an external USB-connected hard drive as the target disk. Carbonite formats the target drive before using it for mirror images. The snapshot process works fine, but it appears that after the snapshot is complete, Windows is doing something that causes the system to dismount the drive. I assume it is the new automatic disk maintenance service that comes with Windows 8. The Carbonite function was fine under Windows 7, but when I upgraded to Windows 8 this problem began. The System log details a series of events whereby a first check of Drive O/Disk 1 (the mirror image drive) is declared healthy: Event…
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Have a bit of a strange issue with printers on Windows 8. our environment has domain joined clients (Windows 7, and I am testing Windows 8 before rolling out), printers are shared on a server and deployed to clients using group policy preferences. all our users are standard users, they do not have admin rights. if a user wants to remove a printer under windows 7 they simply right click on it and select remove device, this can be useful when we had dead printer connections, the connection wont come back if its removed from the GPP, however if they do accidentally remove a printer they shouldn't, this printer just gets added back when GP refreshes or they next log in - t…
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I can't believe it, such serious bugs in Windows 7 still live in Windows 8 ! the Aero Shake feature has serious problems with windows has TOPMOST style. Scenario A, non-topmost window can become topmost: 1, open a normal non-topmost window (W1), say, notepad, and maximize it 2, open a topmost window (W2), say, Windows Media Player playing video. 3, shake W2, W1 is minimized. 4, shake W2 again, W1 is back. 5, now, W1 becomes a topmost window ! this problem is similiar to this post: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/162026-aero-shake-problem-windows-sticking-top.html Scenario B, topmost window can become non-topmost 1, open a topmost window (W1), say,…
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Twice in the last 8 hours when resuming from screen saver, my screen was locked but I don't have "Resume on logon" selected as a screen saver option. This happened once before within the last couple weeks. God Bless, Mark A. Sam The Bible promises there will be NO computers in Heaven: Revelation 21:4 View the full article
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I am running Win 8 x32. I have installed Microsoft’s Remote Desktop app from the store. It works well to connect to a remote PC but it will not connect to a Remote Apps server. I know that the server is working as I can connect with a Win 7 PC and also with the web browser on the Win 8 machine. However, I would like to get the app working as it means I don't have to go through the Desktop every time I want to connect to a remote app. Also, I admit to taking this personally after a lot of messing about.<o:p></o:p> Can anyone help.<o:p></o:p> View the full article
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Hi I've got a strange which I assume to be a a file virtualiseation problem I have an EXE and manifest file along with all of the OCX components in a folder on the D drive When I try and run it I get COM errors and other problems suggesting it cannont see the manifest file. If I RENAME the exe and manifest file then they both run absolutly fine Suggesting there is some sort of file vitualisation going on somewhere I've looked in C:UsersMyUserAppDataLocalVirtualStore and can't see the file in there Any other clues as to why renaming the pair of files seems to cure it ? Thanks View the full article
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FYI: If users workspace is disconnected from his roaming profile and offline files are not enabled s
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... have no idea why, but just an observation, intuitive test and action ... and yes taking roaming profile offline creates the problem ... taking it back online fixes the problem ... but have not looked into why and how Google Search or another webpage can have problems with the availability of a roaming profile (Google Search use of flash can now affect its menus?). View the full article
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we are a MS Partner that are developing windows 8 apps and want to have our own Enterprise store for demo purpose. Since we have everything in the cloud we dont have any active directory. To allow sideloading we need sideloading keys right? Is there a place where we can download them as partner? Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer - Windows Store Apps Using C# View the full article
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I've been getting really angry with my Windows 8. I can use internet all day in modern mode but then if I go to desktop mode it refuses to load! this really bothers me especially because you can't view flash in internet so you have no choice but to go to desktop. View the full article
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I know that the recent updates to Windows 8 added a GPO for specifying a default lock screen image. What is needed is additional functionality in order to go beyond the current ability to merely prevent Start Screen background and color changes... Reply with a 'YES' if you agree that we need more functionality to: Specify a mandatory color scheme for the Start Screen via GPO. Specify a mandatory background image for the Start Screen or to enforce "None" via GPO. View the full article
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Hello all. I thank anyone in advance who offers any help or guidance with this issue. Right now I am rather highly frustrated with Windows 8 and it's failing recovery options and lack revealing what happened and what the issue actually is. Last night (2/18) I was playing a game of COD:Black Ops 2 and in the middle of a game my system crashed to a mostly black screen with some graphical glitches throughout and stuttering but still playing sound. I had to hard power the system off with the power button. When I restarted the system (and when I start it now) I pass the BIOS POST get the black screen with the Windows 8 logo and the swirly then I see my keyboard and mouse l…
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I run my desktop across two monitors, and have set my options to show the taskbar on the bottom of both monitors, and to auto-hide it. I have these problems on a regular basis: 1. When I maximize an application (on either monitor) I cannot access the task bar. That is, dragging the mouse to the bottom of the screen does not bring up the taskbar. 2. Often on my second monitor, the task bar comes up behind open windows instead of in front of them (in this scenario I'm not talking about having windows maximized this is a separate issue whereby I may have a window taking 3/4 of the screen and its bottom is maybe 20 pixels away from the bottom of the screen. I can see eno…
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I have tried using my old "Classic PhoneTools9" software on my new Windows 8 pc and the "Phone" option is not installing/displaying. The Fax and other options are there (tested the FAX and it worked). I've searched the WEB for a free (or purchased) software that would enable me to connect to my Comcast phone service and have it a brick wall. Any suggestions???? View the full article
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Are there any plans to release a new version of the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to support Windows 8 and Wndows Server 2012? View the full article
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I have recently installed windows 8. I use to use cisco vpn and the remote desktop. This works fine in the desktop environment but when try and connect the cisco vpn and then try and use the metro style remote desktop it does not work. I put in the pc name and try and connect but get the message can't connect to remote pc. I think is something to do with the remote gateway server settings but in the desktop remote desktop this is set to automatically detect. Can't see an option for this in the metro style app.# Or could it be that the metro style box is sandbox and can not access the vpn? View the full article
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Hi. We were able recently to successfully configure the Win 8 mail app to work with our Exchange 2003 Server, using ActiveSync. We are able to send and receive emails, but we can't open any attachments no matter the size or file type. When we click on the Download link for the attachment we get the following message: "One or more files couldn't be downloaded. Try again." We only have this problem with the Win 8 mail app. We also use activesync on iPhone and iPad and we've never had any problems opening the attachments. I've seen several similar reports in other forums, but there doesn't seem to be a solution yet. Thanks. View the full article
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A pinned shortcut on my taskbar has stopped functioning. When I click on it says, "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or , if one is already installed, create and association in the Default Programs control panel." The game that is linked to the shortcut is still in the same directory that the error top menu bar points to, and I have since create another shortcut which points to the same location and it is working just fine. The problem have is I cannot right click on the icon to unpin it from my task bar. Is there a way I can reset my taskbar? Following the method that I …
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http://nobol.gameflier.com/ I can't use MS's input method (新倉頡or新注音) in Nobunaga Online. But I can use Google Japanese input method in this game. It must be something wrong. Fix it please! View the full article
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I just bought this Dell computer with Windows 8 and Photo Gallery loaded. I loaded my photos and all was well the first 2 weeks. Now, if I try to open a photo and click on edit...the app freezes. If I go the other way around and open Photo Gallery first, it shows it "loading" but it never completes..it's like a hung app. I can't find any way to fix this, no updates to the software that I could find. And yes, I have done the obvious...shut down and reopened. Several times. View the full article
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IE is set as the default browser, it has all its defaults, but when I do Win key + Q and type internet Internet Explorer is not found. I went to Internet OptionsPrograms in IE on the desktop and set it to open up everything in Metro IE. It opens, but I still don't have the option of pining it to the Start Screen. If I pin a site to Start, it doesn't appear (does if using IE on the desktop). Also when IE Metro is open it doesn't show up (it's blacked out) if I browse the open applications by hovering to the left corner of the screen. It shows up just fine if I Alt + Tab. Please let me know how can I get IE back, the problem persists on all of our domain machines (corpor…
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I bought this computer today, with windows 8 (not a upgrade). I tried to put a payment option (Settings of the windows store) on my account unsuccessfully because of the region issue. I checked it up on the internet and fixed it. afterwards I tried to add a payment option and now It's stuck in an endless loop of "Payment and Billing". I tried to turn off windows firewall, and McAfee with no success. What should I do? View the full article
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