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Solve : Having an absolute nightmare with windows 8. Plaese help =(?

Answer» <html><body><p>Im a musician and make music on my pc. I had xp and it served me well for years , but due to the software increasingly becoming more CPU hungry , I've been forced to upgrade , so I bought myself a new asus base unit on 26/12/2013 , and for 1 week installed lots of VSTs to try and get my new pc set up the way my old laptop was. . The new PC is 15 days old today and im having loads of problems. I'll try to keep it short and to the point.<br/><br/>1. when I tried to install a particular vst , in the space where I had to enter my serial number , it wouldn't let me and said "log in as administrator". I am the only person using this computer , and I am set up as an admin. When I investifated "user accounts" and "permissions" , it says I have "full control" but there is a box at the bottom which is greyed out , called "special permissions" and I cant tick it.<br/><br/>2. All of a sudden , windows explorer hangs when exploring either of my 2 external drives , but only when I get down to 3rd level files. When I right-click a file to select "play using windows media player " , the right click menu doesn;t appear and the green search bar s taking forever , stops , and hangs.<br/><br/>3. windows media player has stopped working , and when I try to play music files with the built-in asus player ( which the files are associated with ) it tells me I have to update in the store , so...the store loads , I try to update it and it kept saying pending. Eventually it said installed , but still <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/doesnt-957774" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DOESNT">DOESNT</a> work because explorer keeps scanning my drives and hanging.<br/><br/>4. I finally had enough of this and <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/discovered-440478" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISCOVERED">DISCOVERED</a> I could refresh windows , so I tried that. After half an hour of finger tapping , it informed me it couldnt refresh it. Great !!<br/><br/>5. I thought " yeah , i'll set it back to that system restore point I made where everything was working fine " , so I opened sys restore , and my restore point had been replaced with one the pc made itself.....yesterday.<br/><br/>6. Sometimes when i restart the pc , it wont start right and says "preparing automatic repirs". The little circle spins for a while , then the computer clicks and I realise its stopped , so I press the power button to turn it off , turn it back on again and sometimes a light blue screen will appear saying " your pc wouldn't start" and suggests I <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/look-544452" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about LOOK">LOOK</a> at "bad system config info"<br/><br/>I feel like hurling it through a window right now. Windows 8 is a nightmare !!!<br/>Im careful when installing things and always try to do things by the book , so why all this crap <br/><br/>Please can someone <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/help-239643" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HELP">HELP</a> me. This shouldn't be happening to a 2 week old PC. At least I still have my warranty , but I have a lot of work to do and its crucial I get it done , and I don't want to spend another tedious week installing VSTs all over again , so that really is the last resort.<br/><br/>I dont even know where to start to fix this debacle of a PC =(Quote from: OldJamaica on January 10, 2014, 06:57:38 AM</p><blockquote>1. when I tried to install a particular vst , in the space where I had to enter my serial number , it wouldn't let me and said "log in as administrator". I am the only person using this computer , and I am set up as an admin. When I investifated "user accounts" and "permissions" , it says I have "full control" but there is a box at the bottom which is greyed out , called "special permissions" and I cant tick it.<br/></blockquote>Windows does not set you up as the admin account. Vista,7, and 8 attempted to fix the critical security problem of XP whereby all programs had full control over everything. The common misconception is for people to think <em>they</em>have been limited in what they can do, "golly I own this computer of course I'm an admin" type <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thing-25656" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THING">THING</a>. But the capability exists to prevent any program from running amuck on your system, since you need to explicitly run the program as administrator.<br/><br/>Whatever program is installing your VST needs to be run as administrator. To do so right-click it's icon and select "Run as Administrator". You should be able to install stuff now.<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>2. All of a sudden , windows explorer hangs when exploring either of my 2 external drives , but only when I get down to 3rd level files. When I right-click a file to select "play using windows media player " , the right click menu doesn;t appear and the green search bar s taking forever , stops , and hangs.</blockquote>I'd be inclined to suspect the Drives are on their way out, personally. It may be a case of taking ownership of the files.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2814-take-ownership-add-context-menu-windows-8-a.html">Here's</a> a way to easily add that to Windows 8. In this case you would want to right-click the HDD (after adding the above) and "take ownership" of the drive. Other considerations: What file system are your externals using? If they are FAT32 I would almost guarantee drive problems and you should run a disk check on them. <br/><br/>Depending on the contents of the folders in question, Windows might be generating previews or thumbnails or something. You an disable it by running:<br/><br/>Code: <a>[Select]</a>regsvr32 /u shmedia.dllin an elevated command prompt. (My method is to press the windows key, type cmd, rightclick cmd.exe, and select "Run as Administrator" to get an elevated Prompt).<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>windows media player has stopped working , and when I try to play music files with the built-in asus player ( which the files are associated with ) it tells me I have to update in the store , so...the store loads , I try to update it and it kept saying pending. Eventually it said installed , but still doesnt work because explorer keeps scanning my drives and hanging.</blockquote>this seems to point towards corrupted data on the drive (especially if it's using FAT32).<br/><br/>Quote<blockquote>5. I thought " yeah , i'll set it back to that system restore point I made where everything was working fine " , so I opened sys restore , and my restore point had been replaced with one the pc made itself.....yesterday.</blockquote>That's odd. I have restore points going back about a month on my laptop. (Also running windows <br/><br/>Can you briefly explain what VST is? Does VST mean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology">Virtual Studio Technology</a>? Generally, for your purposes, is a VST a plugin to Windows Media Player or some other media player? Approximately how many plugins do you need? <br/><br/>You mentioned a "built-in asus player". Is this strictly software, or does this include special hardware? <br/><br/>With Win XP, was Windows Media Player your primary tool for listening to music? Do you, or did you, use special software for mixing elements of music? <br/><br/>Are you actually running Windows 8 or 8.1?<br/></body></html>


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