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First of all I was getting bad pool caller error That stopped and the pc (HP Pavillion DM! Windows 8 64 bit) then started to restart itself in the start-up sequence every time and come up with a 'I had to restart so I want to send Microsoft a message' strip across the middle of the screen every time Now it just doesn't start - goes to black screen - so I re-start it using the on/off button and it seems to be OK Please can you help? Many thanks View the full article
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I have moved to Windows 8 from XP where "on startup" tasks worked fine. In Windows 8 I can't for the life of me get one to run. I add it through the UI and have Enable Tasks History set, but it never runs and there are no errors in the Event Log. The task is (for now) just to run a test .bat script, and is defined as: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task"> <RegistrationInfo> <Date>2013-01-05T11:04:13.4996188</Date> <Author>JCPR-Dell-…
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I'm very close to abandoning windows OS. It doesn't make sense to me that with browser and email I'm able to use iphone, firefox but with windows I have issues with common everyday features not working, hanging programs, updates not working, reinstalling software over and over again, etc. I spend more time trouble shooting and looking for solutions than actually using my devices. It's not right. View the full article
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При подключении к интернету автоматически стартует страница бинга (www.bing.com), браузер любой ибо не принципиально, какой поставишь по умолчанию в таком и стартует. Как это отключить или убрать? До соединения с инетом всё гут. Подробнее тут, есть запись видео и обсуждение http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ru-ru/windows8ru/thread/4acaa6bb-7199-45b5-ada3-69b23e94b703 View the full article
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W8 continues doing great: http://www.dividend.com/news/2013/argus-downgrades-mircosoft-msft/ ---- Argus reported on Friday that they have lowered their rating for software company, Microsoft Corporation(MSFT). The firm has downgraded MSFT from a “Buy” to a “Hold,” due to a lack of sales of Windows 8. ---- http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2013/01/04/microsoft-argus-cuts-to-hold-windows-8-well-behind-win-7-adoption-curve/ Quote: Argus Research‘s Joseph Bonner today cut his rating on shares of Microsoft (MSFT) to Hold from Buy, writing that “Early data indicate that Windows 8 may not be selling particularly well and that mass adopt…
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New HP laptop, upgraded to win 8 via internet, can't boot up because of this msg. HP wants $100 to "reset" the computer. View the full article
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Hi, I am getting below error message while installing win64_11gR2_database in Windows8 single Language edition. [iNS-13001] Environment does not meet minimum requirements. Are you sure you want to continue ? Shall I continue installation by click yes ? Please suggest me on this With Regards, Krishna Bhaskar. View the full article
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Windows 8 Restarting, Restarting, and restarting that is all it will do now it just says restarting
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Hello I have HP brand new DV6-6247 and after backing up everything and installing few programs that I need, like VMware, ... Office, blah blah blah, I restart to install Windows updATES and it has been stuck With restarting message on screen now for over 2 hours. I thought it was updating, but no it is just trying to restart but it cant, and i have read many people with this problem. well if there is no fix for this, I will happily go back to windows 7 Ultimate, since I only have windows 8 basic edition and i need to connect to domain. Since Microsoft doesn't want to give a good deal (on Pro) to those who bought new windows 8 computers, i tried to upgrade they want 69…
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I have been puzzled by this since XP days and did not have the time to pursue it. Perhaps now is the time. I have 8GB, Task Manager Processes tab shows "89% Memory". I guess that means 89% of physical memory utilized as the Performance tab says 7/7.9GB (89%). One of the processes, Chrome 32bit is shown as taking up 902MB. I exited Chrome. All the Chrome processes disappeared from Task Manager. However, Task Manager shows 86% memory utilized. I was expecting a decrease of about 12% (1GB out of 8GB). I did nothing and waited for 10 minutes. There was no improvement. The numbers do not add up. Are the numbers supposed to mean something meaningful…
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How do I download windows.old to my new windows 8 system. I installed win 8 directly from my win 7 system. View the full article
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Hello Folks, A week back i purchased HP win 8 AMD A8-Series processor laptop and totally unhappy with the freezes I'm seeing. No matter what browser (IE, Firefox & chrome) or app i use almost every 1 or 2 mins. later i see a freeze and have to END TASK and sometimes restart the laptop. I'm planning to return the laptop and switch to mac. Pl suggest me any specific reason or need any updates. As far as i know i did all the Microsoft and HP updates to the date. View the full article
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I am trying to get a dual monitor setup with touch screen. Problem is only the primary screen will accept touch commands, and the secondary screen passes touch commands to the primary screen. Apparently the fix is to go to Control Panel and calibrate the screens via the "Tablet" setting - problem for me is that I can't find the "Tablet" setting anywhere. The only setting that apears if I do a search for Tablet is the "Pen and Touch" setting. View the full article
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Hello co-Windows users and IT Professionals, I'm having frequent BSODs, I initially thought it was because of my Wireless Card drivers which were initially incompatible with the OS, however, the Atheros chipset drivers were properly updated and I still get the errors.. I got some of my BSODs log here saved with the program BlueScreen View, a hand please? ================================================== Dump File : 010513-37908-01.dmp Crash Time : 05/01/2013 13:06:07 Bug Check String : DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Bug Check Code : 0x000000d1 Parameter 1 : fffff87f`85e2a5c3 Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000002 Parameter 3 : 00000000`00…
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I have set up a Windows XP Virtual machine using Hyper-V on my Windows desktop. Finally, all seems to be working well with one exception. There is a REALLY annoying keyboard lag, several seconds long ! To be clear, if I type something, it will take a few seconds for the text to appear on the screen. I thought this might have to do with the Wireless Keyboard, so I plugged in my USB keyboard and there was no change. Any ideas ? The VM is almost unusable with this delay. Thanks - Marc View the full article
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Anybody else experiencing that your grouped layout of the tiles on the Start Screen messes up from t
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Anybody else experiencing that your grouped layout of the tiles on the Start Screen messes up from time to time? I've posted on this before - but always receive the answer that Microsoft can not reproduce this issue. But it can happen ocasionally. May be weeks in between - usually after some event. I.e. if your machine crashed, if you installed a new program on another machine where that user is also using his start screen, ?, ?, ? ... numerous symptoms ... So anybody else seen some of the tiles go the right - where you have to arrange again? (if so, its probably a bug - and should be fixed) ... or anybody have an idea then, why I may be the only one experiencing t…
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Title says it all. I've been experiencing this bizarre and quite frankly, frightening behavior several times now. My laptop randomly starts up in the middle of the night. The first time it happened it scared the living soul out of me (seriously) Checking the event log, it simply shows up as a normal boot. the system simply boots up, and stays on the lock screen, nothing else happens. When shutting it down, no attempts to install updates occur. So, why is this happening? I ruled out any possible network/power causes, as it happened once when completely disconnected from any sort of wires. View the full article
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Hello, Recently i upgraded my system on Windows 8 Pro 64-bit I Am just trying to install my first updates on my new Windows 8 Edition and everytime i try these two Error Codes Show up. http://gyazo.com/698890785ac8cd49ab2177449722439e I am also trying to install a display language on my system ( Greek ) and this doesnt work either. I've tried the following solutions : 1. Bring up an elevated (Administrator) command prompt 2. Execute the following commands sequentially: a. fsutil resource setautoreset true c: b. cd %windir%system32configtxr c. attrib -r -s -h * d. del * 3.Type: Cd c:windowsSystem32SMIStoreMachine Type: Attrib –a –h –s *.TM* Type: …
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I am trying to configure a proxy.pac file for testing. I've boiled it down to the most simple config and it still doesn't work. I am using a non domain-member WMWare Fusion VM connected with one active network connection bridge to a wired nic. Windows8/IE10 I created a local share on the machine called: \testvmproxy and place my proxy.pac file in there. The pac file contains just this: function FindProxyForURL(url, host) { if ( url == "www.google.com" ) { return "PROXY 10.10.10.10" } else { return "DIRECT" } } The 10.10.10.10 machine does not exist. I registered the pac file in IE using these setti…
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We are already using KMS with Windows 7 and Windows Server but I was planning on adding support for Windows 8. Is there a 25 machine requirement for Windows 8 activation (I currently only have two Windows 8 machines that need to be activated). or do the Windows 7 machines (more than 25) make up for the 25 machine requirement (if that still exists with windows 8)?Yeah Buddy! View the full article
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So I've searche all the web, and got no sensible reply, so maybe here I'll find some... I have Win8 Pro that I got from my university via MSDN-AA. And everything works fine, but no Media Center. So I looked at that add new feature, but my key isn't valid. Then I entered my e-mail address here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs that was about a week ago and I got nothing. At first I thought, it's holidays, they are busy (shouldn't this be processed by computers anyhow??), but now... I tried entering my e-mail address again, but all I get is: 'We couldn't process your order. Terms & Conditions' Huh? So can anybody explain what it's al…
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I order the online download and backup DVD almost a month ago but the DVD still has not arrived. Whats up with microsoft and shipping? View the full article
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Is it possible to install Windows 7 Pro on a system which has Windows 8 pre-installed? If not, is is possible to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro and then downgrade to Windows 7 Pro? Thanks! View the full article
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Just this morning I noticed that a bunch of new stuff was pushed to my "All Apps" list. The new category of "Administrative Tools" were not present yesterday. Now there are links to the Firewall, Event Viewer, Services, etc. that did not exist as of yesterday. Is this normal behavior? Can I control this process without MS forcing these kind of superficial updates? My real issue here was how all these tiles were ALSO added to my start desktop. I had prepped it just the way I wanted it and MS went and cluttered it right back. Annoying. Thanks guys. View the full article
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The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a sleep s
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Hello all, I recently upgraded my friends laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8. The laptop is a CQ60-XXXX series Compaq. She is indicating that now after the machine enters sleep mode it won't come out. It acts like it is... but it never resumes. A hard reset is required. I used remote assistance pulled the logs and I am seeing this.. Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power Date: 1/1/2013 1:02:30 PM Event ID: 137 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: (4) User: N/A Computer: Bethlaptop Description: The system firmware has changed the processor's memory type range registers (MTRRs) across a…
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