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the default keyboard in windows 8 is an interesting beast. im surprised at the lack of shortcuts like touch hold numbers and special character access, and yet there are many other features such as emoticons and cool things like touch hold the .com to get a bunch of others like .org and .com.(region code) which are great... im surprised at the lack of text suggestions as you type, as existed in windows 7 and the lack of ability to fallback to alpha from numeric in anyway like after a space... also surprised, mildly, at the lack of anyway to get to fn keys - unless you go, settings, standard leyboard layout and the appearance in setting of corrections and the like but…
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Hello, Sometimes I control my Win8 box from RDP and when I have finished, I want to put the computer to sleep. I have seen no way to do it : I can only log off. The only workaround I saw was to create a console application (.NET) that calls the api to puts the computer to sleep (the rundLL32 method didn't work as the computer was going to hybernate mode). Is there another way to do it without creating a program? Thank you Marc View the full article
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Hi Been testing out Windows 8 RTM within our environment - and I've come across a frustrating problem I can't create a Microsoft account for a specific e-mail address in Windows 8. If I try create the account in Windows 8 - it takes me all the way through the steps, including captcha verification but then tells me that the e-mail address is already a Microsoft Account. If I try reset the password I'm told the e-mail address is not a Microsoft account. I've searched everywhere and so far the only answer I've found is that support for Microsoft Accounts is provided through the Microsoft Answers forum - which is completely unacceptable - MS requires us to use MS account…
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Unfortunately, IE 10 always crashes if I try to print (Ctrl + P or Menu -> Print). I see few users complaining on different forums but no fix. Is there any fix? Good luck ! Shaba View the full article
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I upgraded a system from Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 to Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64. The Windows 7 system was using Backup and Restore. The system has two users. User A used the Control Panel to disabled the Backup and Restore schedule and to enable File History. The Control Panel for User B reports that File History is off. Is it necessary to enable File History as each User individually? How are common files from Public, which may appear in the Libraries of multiple Users or in none of the user Libraries handled? View the full article
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SIMPLE QUESTION: REMOTE DESKTOPS MMC CLIENT IS MISSING IN RSAT TOOLS FOR WINDOWS 8. ANY IDEA IF IT W
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Here is the scenario. Deployed Windows 8 Professional, 64 bit. Yes, RTM. Yes, build 9200. Yes this is available since August 16. Yes Windows is activated. Works great! Now obviously I need RSAT tools to manage all aspects of infrastructure - AD, DHCP, DNS, CA, etc. So I need RSAT tools. Checked Internet and quickly found that RSAT is not RTM yet - Preview can be installed using some workaround described here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w8itprogeneral/thread/6d8745e0-c4c1-463a-b4bb-09f6c9c22527 Ok, no problem. Used this workaround, 5 minutes and RSAT is installed and working. But cannot find one component: Remote Desktops. Not Remote Desktop Connec…
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title says about everything.. im looking for a way to put a customised tattoos as backgound for windows 8 ui been all over the group policy, nothings there.. any ideas? View the full article
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When opening multiple page PDF's in the new Windows 8 PDF Reader, it doesn't show all pages of the PDF. All pages are shown when opening the PDF in other PDF Browsers. I have experienced this with multiple PDF's created with different methods. For example, I just used MS Word to create a 4 page PDF. When opening the PDF with Reader, the top page is page 2, then second page is page 3, the third page is page 4, and the fourth page is page 4 repeated. If I change from continuous mode to 2 page mode, the first page shows page 3 and 4 side by side, and the next page shows page 4 twice side by side. View the full article
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My issues is sound. It works great on the desktop. Steam/Origin Games, Firefox, Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, etc., all have sound. The system as a whole has sound too. For example I'll get the little tone when an app has finished, installing or when Windows logs on. When I use a Metro style app like: Video, Music, Pinball FX 2, Solitaire Collection, MS Mahjong, Bubble Star ...no sound! I uninstall the sound driver (Realtek 2.70 for Windows 8),reinstall it, does not work I'm running Windows 8Enterpise eval for 90 days Any thoughts on whats going? View the full article
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Hi All, I just can't disable "Use Win XP style scaling" (under Control PanelAppearance and PersonalizationDisplayCustom sizing options). I uncheck the box, but when I open the window, it is still checked. All my applications looks blurred... Win8ENTEval, Nvidia GeForce 330M, medium DPI (125%). All worked fine on Win8RC. br bala View the full article
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My keyboard layout is Dvorak. There is only one user on my computer. It works fine in Windows 8. But it does not activate until after I sign in to Windows. For the login screen, I have to type my password in QWERTY. Is there any way to have Windows 8 change the keyboard layout to Dvorak before login? View the full article
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Hello everybody, a few days ago I installed Windows 8 (x64) Enterprise Evaluation and saw that text in Internet Explorer 10 and Metro UI is blurry. Here is examples of how it looks like on my desktop: <a href= [url=' alt='> [url='> Does anyone have the same experience, and if not, what kind of monitors and video card do you have? View the full article
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I've seen a lot of posts about this topic, but I haven't seen a simple, definitive answer. The simple question: is there a way to get Metro apps to run when logged in using the built-in domain admin account? I do not want to "create/use another account" as so many answers to the question suggest. I just want to get the domain account working. I support a couple of small businesses, and I typically use the domain admin account to do support. However, on Windows 8 machines that are members of the domain, if I use that account, Metro apps won't run. I don't want to get into a religious war about whether or not I should be using the domain admin accou…
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I deleted user profile with files, but: C:usersusernameappdataroamingmicrosoftwindowsLibraries folder is still there. I can't access it, I can't take ownership of it. I can't delete it. How could I delete it. Thanks for help in advance! View the full article
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How can I change the initial screen before the domain login page? Right now it's set with a Seattle picture that scrolls up to reveal the login screen. I've tried changing the Lock screen but that doesn't change it. Orange County District Attorney View the full article
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My Win+Tab just displays ugly side bar, not a nice 3D preview of open Windows. How do you turn on Aero? Also, my windows are solid color. Can we turn on transparency? View the full article
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Hello, I have a very annoying problem on Windows 8 Enterprsie 90 day trial. After the boot screen, my laptops screen turns off. I had this problem on consumer and release preview but it seems like developers don't care. My computer is an MSI CX640 with and Intel Core i3 2310M with an Inteld HD graphics 3000, and it also has a nvida gt520m. I read about this porblem on other sites, and forums, that people have this problem on other computers with simular config too... On the other hand Windows 7 works great on it and it's only a one year old computer, so this is very unfortunate. It's very bad to find a bug like this in an RTM state operating system. View the ful…
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Hi, I've installed Win 8 RTM from technet and unlike the preview version I cannot find the "Add features" setting that I thought we used to add things like media centre ? thanks Rob View the full article
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Hi, can we have some official statement on the built-in Mail App support? I am using RTM x64 Enterprise. I am able to connect to one of my Exchange 2010 sp2 setup without any problem. We are using Public CA cert. I am not able to connect to my office Exchange 2010 sp2 setup. It is using Internal CA cert with client certificate authentication. I have imported the CA cert to the trusted CA store and import my private cert into my personal store. But adding the server manually result in a generic error "Unable to connect, ensure the information is correct". I am very sure that the information is correct as I can connect from a Windows 7.5 phone with the …
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Hi Everyone, I have been searching and cant seem to find how to install Windows Media Center on my Windows 8 Pro (RTM). Does anyone have any ideas? A few sites had instructions and a product key for the preview release version. Without MCE, my HD Homerun box is useless. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ed View the full article
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I have just downloaded Windows 8 RTM from TechNet I have attempted to install RSAT for Windows 8 however I believe that this is for the Pre-RTM versions. When is there going to be a version available for Windows 8 RTM? Many Thanks View the full article
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Good morning everybody, As an Intern at MSR I download win8 rtm image from the network and install it on a Lenovo x220 laptop. After sleep mode network connection doesn't recovering automatically. On a the left charm panel I can find that "I already connected" but on a button network icon tell me that I have no internet connection. When I try to disconnect in charm panel all looks all right, but when I try to connect again on that charm panel it show me that I can't connect to the network. it's looks' like I didn't disconnect .... I know how to fix it manually - try to connect to another network and after reconnect to my network back- but anyway it's…
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