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Last night my computer restarted to begin installing updates. Apparently sometime over the night it shut off, but when I turned my computer back on this morning it was still saying 'installing update 1 of 3.' It has now been over 11 hours since he process started last night and I am getting very frustrated because I really need to USE my computer!! Any one have any ideas why it MIGHT be taking so long and if there's anything I can do to speed it up or CANCEL it?
I have an Asus laptop that is running windows 8.Hi those updates it had to install should of taken only 30 mins at the most, I had 6 to update and my laptop was up and running in 45 minutes and that includes 2 software ones for the laptop.
Can you get into control panel windows updates, then press view installed updates once in, then look for trouble shoot my updates RUN that and see what it comes up with.
It will either fix them or remove them.
Just read what comes up Update on the above when you get into windows update go to view update history then updates and that is where you can remove your updates that is giving you trouble

Hi all!!
          I'm the proud new owner of an MSI GT70 2QD DOMINATOR.
But I'm afraid that's about all I know, I fear I've bit off more than I can CHEW!

I bought it primarily for gaming and specifically to allow me to game whilst at work-at sea.

Unfortunately it just seems to devour whichever game discs I feed it and they are NEVER to be seen again.

There is no reaction from the drive other than a few whines,a few whizzes----------then silence,the game has ceased to be!

It is NOWHERE to be found and only traces of programmes exist on files.

There doesn't seem to be a problem with DOWNLOADING games from Steam and then running them but the disc drive just doesn't seem to want to play,does it need working on or is it knackered?

It's important that I can use the drive because where I need to take the laptop there is no internet.

Please help me as there appears to be smoke coming out of my ears! Is it a brand new device, and are these factory-pressed DISKS?
Sounds like CD/DVD is not autorunning.

This problem has been persisting for a few weeks. I did a fresh re-install of windows 8 (genuine) and it is still happening so I thought I would ask for help. When I first turn my desktop on everyday within 5 minutes of starting up it freezes, no mouse or keyboard response (sometimes before I even have a chance to login). I have tried unplugging and plugging them back in to no avail. If there is anything animated (like a game) on my screen at the time of the freeze it will also be frozen. I have also tried WAITING to see if it will unfreeze, even after 1 hour there is no change. Fans are still spinning and all lights (in tower and on headset/keyboard/mouse) are operational.

So after the initial freeze I restart the computer and every single time within 5 minutes of starting up again the mouse will freeze. But only the mouse (keyboard and programs on screen are still operational). This is easily fixed by unplugging it and plugging it back in. Then the computer is good to go for the rest of the day. At first I thought it was a problem with my mouse (Steel Series Sensei Raw) so I swapped it out (Logitech G600) and uninstall the Steel Series software with Revo uninstaller, but even after that the problem persists, and that was before I did a fresh re-install of Win8.

Enabled Startup programs: 
Avast Antivirus
Nvidia Backend
Nvdidia Capture Server Proxy
Realtek HD Audio Manager
usbmonitor

I have attached my Dxdiag file as well. Thank you in advance 

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Did you remember to re-install ALL proper Win8 drivers after the clean install ? ?

Neither of those NVidia apps need to be in the stsrtup group BTW though thats likely not the issue...Also what is usbMonitor and why do you use it ? ?There are a few optional updates that I am running right now just in case, but the problem existed before I re-installed the OS when my computer was all up to date. To be honest I have no idea what the usbmonitor is

Just ran on check on it online and found this information:
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The process known as usbmonitor or TODO: File description belongs to software usbmonitor or TODO: Product name by VIA Technologies (www.via.com.tw) or TODO: Company name.

Description: Usb3Monitor.exe is not essential for the Windows OS and causes relatively few problems. Usb3Monitor.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\ or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". The file size on Windows 8/7/XP is 331,776 bytes. http://www.file.net/process/usb3monitor.exe.html
The program has no visible window. It is not a Windows system file. It can change the BEHAVIOR of other programs or manipulate other programs. Usb3Monitor.exe is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs. Therefore the technical security rating is 61% dangerous.

This device can perform faster=This device can perform faster
This USB MASS Storage device can transfer infomation faster if you connect it to a Super-Speed USB 3.0 Port=This USB Mass Storage device can transfer infomation faster if you connect it to a Super-Speed USB 3.0 Port

Setup AP for VIA USB 3.0 controller V1.0 has stopped working

Using windows 8.1 64 BIT on a Dell laptop Inspiron 15 series 3000.

The scrolling up / down is very very slow and choppy; and freezes up on; doesn t matter if I use the keypad or up / down key or page up / down its very very slow across the BOARD ;  so how do I fix that ?

Thanks a bunch I am having the same issue, IM using LENOVO B590, Win 8.1
Please helpAny ideas out their still having very slow flaky scrolling and no fix yet ! !Hi try this and is if it helps

Type about:config in the URL and filter general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.duratio nMaxMS change the VALUE as 1000 and try it.


If, it doesn't work try this


Type about:config in the URL and filter mousewheel.enable_pixel_scrolling and change the value as false

Quote from: hTconeM9user on August 09, 2015, 02:56:35 PM

Hi try this and is if it helps

Type about:config in the URL and filter general.smoothScroll.mouseWheel.duratio nMaxMS change the value as 1000 and try it.


If, it doesn't work try this


Type about:config in the URL and filter mousewheel.enable_pixel_scrolling and change the value as false

How to CHECK hard disk log history to know what is copied from computer or LAPTOP

Hello, was hoping someone could shine some light in helping me TROUBLESHOOT my PROBLEM. For awhile some PROGRAMS would CRASH randomly, and sometimes some programs wouldn't even run. So I decided to do a full reinstall, and this is where the problem starts happening. First let me list the basics.

Current Setup:
Win 8.1 (i have to use the phone# to call and activate because Key is active in another PC)
SSD Samsung EVO 850 (120gb)
HDD 1tb WD10EZEX
Asus H97i-Plus
Intel i5-4690
Corsair h100i
Gskil F3-12800CL10D (x2 8gb for 16gb)

Problem:
I'm able to do a fresh install of win8.1 onto both SSD and HDD (of course not done at same time). I'm able to install the proper Chipset/LAN driver and it runs just fine, windows activates etc. However, the problem occurs when I install any other update afterwards, whether it's done via Windows Update or I manually update say RealTek audio drivers. After I install the update/drivers it just boots into a blue screen. I am however able to 'restore' from the fresh install saved point. Anyone KNOW if this is a hardware or software issue? I was leaning towards possibly a mobo...
More about : troubleshooting windows

Hello,
I work as a graphic designer, and recently I received +1000 product pictures, and I want to tag each picture so I could find them more easily when needed.
When I TRY to RIGHT click -> PROPERTIES -> DETAILS , the only option I can see is " Date taken ", and I can't add any other property.

When I try doing this with JPEG it works with no problem.

I found I can use Photo Gallery and tag the pictures, but it only save the tag information on my computer and requires me to use Photo Gallery if I want to check the tags
And I can't do that, because we're using the pictures on on a server with more computers accessing the files, and I want all of them to be able to search the tags .

I'm using Windows 8 Corporate.
I just can't accept that this is something that can't be done.
I would really appreciate any help.

Thank you very much in advance.  Have you tried Irfanview ? ?

Site...[url]

Ok just got in any turned my Dell laptop on Inspiron 15 3000 series and using WIN 8.1 64 ; and my down ARROW is missing; poof ; no
where to be seen ? ?      I resized the window thinking that might reveal the down arrow but it didn t !  !

So whats this all about and how do I fix this ?  ?  ?    -  thanks need the help : ( Down arrow missing when?  When using a WEB browser, a large MS Office file, or what?  It doesn t matter the down arrow is missing right now as I type this answer; its missing on you tube and free E book sites that I love getting books from etc .


And sometimes the page up/down doesn t work and sometimes stacked arrows that are on the bottom ROW don t work; they are very
flaky restore and re set I.E.  11.0  don t fix it so what have I missed ?      Wonder if I need to delete all settings to get either reset or restore to work because of a saved corrupt saved setting that I don t know of ?

Maybe save all to my external hard drive but wouldn t that just return what ever might be corrupt back on the system ?

Hope that makes sense another tutty problem to solve dang it  : (   
Just noticed something weird and wonder what it means ; when I click where the down arrow should be but isn t the normal blue backround ; the MS desktop color that peaks over the top of the page I am on turns a very very light grey ! so whats that about
dang it.    Wheres my pesty down arrow ?     

Then when I click else where its back to normal;  so what now : (

can ANYBODY please tell me how i can use my e drive as it is empty.my c drive is full even thogh i have uninstalled everything i an.can i copy everything from my c drive to e drive to free up space on my c driveMove everything except the Operating System to the E drive. What is the size of each drive?i tb 900 GB freeif i move everything from my c drive to my e DIVE apart from the operating system will my computer still workNo...unless you leave the OS on C:

However any apps will not run properly from being moved becase the registry entries to make them run all point to C:\No need to create 2 Topics on the same issue...we'll LET it go for now...

Hey. I bought this Dell Inspiron11 laptop a year ago. I don't use it much, but I notice that it's quite slow/laggy at times.
For example, when starting online flash games, the window can go unresponsive/freeze for a while or even crash.
Or when it's under slightly heavier tasking it can freeze for a few moments too...
People have told me this is normal, but is it really?
Thanks.


[attachment DELETED by admin to conserve space]It's a little underpowered for 64-bit OS, but it does meet minimum requirements.  Does it have a hard disk drive or a solid state drive?  If HDD, consider a SSD replacement.  It may be an eSATA drive or eMMC drive.  The former is replaceable, the latter is not.Hey, sorry for the late reply.
I'm not sure if my laptop have a HDD or a SSD...
Is there any way I can tell?
Thanks.Ah, nevermind. I found that it has a HDD.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Windows doesn't know the DIFFERENCE between HDD or SSD.
HWInfo will tell you everything about your hardware.
http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php

Dell Inspiron11 came in many configurations.  Need to know exactly what it is.Downloaded HWInfo and took a look at the info. I didn't really understand much so took a screenshot of the system summary it provided.
Thanks.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]I see your laptop has 2GB of RAM.  Adding more RAM should yield NOTICEABLE improvement.  Visit crucial.com and search on your model.  Quote from: soybean on July 19, 2015, 07:45:02 AM

I see your laptop has 2GB of RAM.  Adding more RAM should yield noticeable improvement.  Visit crucial.com and search on your model. 

What updates from MS am I looking for to delete so that I can stay with windows 8.1; which I love and not let MS sneak windows 10 into my setup ?

What numbers am I looking for to delete fast  -  thanks .They won't "sneak it on" - You have to explicitly say that you want the upgrade.According to posted stories they will sneak it on;  wouldn t trust MS farther then I can throw them; any idea how I say NOOO loud and clear ? Posted stories about something that has not happened yet... In order to get the update automatically pushed you have to explicitly "preorder" it.

The OS upgrade WOULD be massive and take the machine out of action for at least 30mins, they are hardly going to just do that without asking first.  Microsoft do actually know what they are doing, they aren't just going to randomly force out an update.Despite your paranoia, your question has already been answered correctly. Nobody is going to "force" you to change your OS. If you don't ask for the upgrade you won't get it. Quote from: Verylost on June 28, 2015, 07:07:56 AM

According to posted stories they will sneak it on

any idea how I say NOOO loud and clear ?

Ok hum stories that are posted across the web and other help forums are dead wrong .

Tell me again how MS won t do forced upgrades just saw this and two other forced MS upgrades posted on the web  all are faked/ dead wrong correct ; but I should delete the one upgrade posted above to stay safe correct ?      The stories are all over the web dang it  and so far the reviews posted say to avoid win 10 at all costs; but guess that's another question ?


http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/07/17/windows-10-forced-automatic-updates/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix

Computer: HP Pavilion g7 (laptop), Windows 8 Pro 64-bit OS (x64-based AMD A8-4500M) installed on a 30GB SSD(Windows 8 barely fits), and a 1TB HDD instead of an optical DRIVE.

Hardware: "AMD High Definition AUDIO Device" with an Advanced Micro Devices driver from 11/15/2013, "AMD Radeon HD 7640G" display adapter with an Advanced Micro Devices driver from 4/17/ 2014.

Virus Protection: I run Roguekiller once in a while, as well as MalwareBytes OCCASIONALLY. I just ran both and nothing was detected on either.



I recently swapped my old 500GB HDD for a 30GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. I reinstalled Windows 8 with a 2012 disc onto the SSD(with only 2GB left), and some drivers such as my SD card reader have stopped working. I've manually updated my video card's driver from the official site, but I'm still encountering many BSODs such as a Bugcheck reboot, and multiple kernel related ones.

I still have my old harddrive with my old installation of Windows 8 on it, with the OEM drivers for this specific computer. Any ideas? Thanks so much.
Thats way too small free headroom for Win to run properly....
Did you MANAGE to re-install ALL drivers after the win8 install ? ?

Hi good folk,

This a quite a tale.

Of all my years sitting in front of a computer never have I tought the following would happen to me. One day I returned from work looking to charge my 1 year old Toshiba laptop. After about 15 minutes of activity I notice that my remaining battery charge was dropping instead of, well charging. I hovered overed the Battery icon in the lower right corner and the message read: " Plugged in, not charging ". Being a new generation kid I immediately hopped on google to try and solve this. After reading through a dozen articles about said problem I did the following (please note that I have a sealed  in battery - stupid I know): " Uninstalled the battery drivers, restarted the pc, plug out and plugged in the AC charger.

But to no avail. Immediately saddened by the fact because I knew my laptop was getting old (14 months) and the battery wasnt the best (2,5 Hours) but this problem appeared so suddenly that I couldnt help but feel a bit cheated. I went to bed early and decide to leave the charger in my laptop for the night. Surprisingly it charged as I woke in the morning and as a test I left it to charge with no activity for the entire day. But as luck would have its way it stopped charging in the afternoon.

I repeated this and noticed a pattern. Roughly between 10pm and 1pm it would charge and the other part of the day it would not. I confirmed this by changing my pc time to those periods and Voila! it would charge. To be honest I do not know if this a software or hardware problem but I need to find a fix because I plan on using this pc for another six months to eight months.

Any suggestions,
StevenShort answer: Buy a battery. Use both.
Long answer: Thanks for staring, your keen observations confirm what meany users have already found. Neely, the battery life and recharge rate are not  exact calculations.
Also, the algorithm used by software for CALCULATING battery condition is flawed. It uses a table the only represents an approximation of battery charge.

Do you want to perjure this further? The technical reading is very boor. But we have some experts here that are good about making hard stuff simple. Maybe they will give it a try. 

Though this can also be caused by the battery being bad or losing the ability to hold a charge, another cause can be the AC Adapter/Power brick. If it doesn't deliver ENOUGH power to the system then the battery won't be able to charge.

Doesn't make a lot of sense that it would only do that at certain times, though.

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Doesn't make a lot of sense that it would only do that at certain times, though.

I have fully drained the lithium batteries for my laptops several time without any issues. I would say you should simply re-charge the battery once it drops to 5%. Regarding "over-charging" or keeping the laptop plugged into the AC outlet all the time when the battery is at 100%... This is generally a bad thing to do.Feb 24, 2014

I dont think you guys get it.

What level is it on when it says "Plugged in, not charging" - A lot of laptops do this when the battery is nearly full (e.g. 98%) instead of charging the laptop to the max.  This helps prolong the lifespan of the battery.

Hello EVERYBODY,

I am not at all a tech savy person but i just bought a new lenovo u330p OS windows 8.1 and i am experiencing some strange connectivity issues.

The first day i used it at home internet worked perfectly FINE but since yesterday (day 3 i had it) i can connect to my wifi but i can't open any sites aside from youtube (ish). To be more specific If i type something in google it will load the search results but then if i click on the link the page is not available and it loads completely the youtube site but not the videos.

Again i don't understand much about computers but i have done some research and here is what i TRIED:

- delete temporary files: it worked briefely but then i restarted the laptop and i had those problems again

- i tried to ping google, facebook and some other less stable websites and i don't have any timeouts

- i tried reinstalling all drivers

- i triend enabling/ disabling and uninstalling/ reinstalling my wireless device

- i tried using the google dns (i switched it back to automatic now)

- using different browsers (chrome + internet explorer)

Nothing worked at all. 3 more important things to mention:

- the connection on my phone works perfectly

- i tried to connect it to my phone's 4g through the hotspot and it didn't work

- i thought that maybe chrome could load only google sites but gmail and maps don't work either

Please help!!! Try to explain in simple language and not skip steps cause again i am not very skilled at this.

Thank you so very much!Was this computer purchased as a returned (open box) or floor model computer to where someone may have messed with it before you got it?   (* I bought an open box system once from Staples that was marked down 25% $999 computer for $749 and when I got it home the original owner still had data on it, and system was registered to their NAME, and it was loaded with malware forcing me to have to perform a factory system restore to it with the recovery discs that came with it 10 years ago. )

The VIDEO play issue looks to me Flash missing from it. I'd go to https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and update flash.

The problem with other sites not loading could be flash or some other issue.No the computer is definitely new and unfortunately the last version of adobe is also installed on it so that cannot be the issue...I'd perform a system restore/recovery back to factory defaults and start fresh. If this doesnt fix the problem then I would bring it back to the store and get a replacement under warranty/customer satisfaction. A new computer out of the box shouldnt have any problems like this.

Lenovo B50-30

Hello,

When I boot my laptop everything seems to be working.
As soon as I enter my password and login to my windows account I get a black screen with nothing but a cursor.
I am able to Ctrl-alt-delete, but the task manager wont open.
The laptop ignores F1, F8 and F12. So I cant Boot in Safe mode or enter the BIOS

I have ERROR checked the HDD with my desktop and everything seemed fine.
But it wasn't, the error check didn't solve anything.

Is there anyone who KNOWS what might be wrong with my laptop, and if it's repairable?

- Mathieu
You said you removed the HDD.
With no HDD, the laptop should GO to the setup screen of the BIOS.
Thee you can set boot OPTIONS. Set it to boot first from USB or CD.
With your other PC prepare a boot CD or USB with some diagnostics.

Boot diagnostics can be found elsewhere.
For your laptop, this might work:
Lenovo Bootable Diagnostics

Does that work for you?   

So it was all okay until the afternoon, where I forgot to turn on my AVG and just merely allowed my friend to plug in his USB. His USB had a problem where there were only shortcuts so while I looked for the right attrib commands just to be sure, my computer lagged and even there is a significant delay on my opening the Start menu, so I had to restart. And then boom, it keeps on loading, stuck on the Windows 8 LOGO and the circle.

I TRIED the Automatic Repair, and it still loads forever, just like the one above. I have a boot USB for Windows 8 so I used it and tried Refreshing my PC. It still took long, but I allowed it and it only said something like "Error: There was a problem Refreshing your pc. Press Restart."

I already tried reseating SATA and RAM and disconnected all PERIPHERALS on the cpu, and it still doesn't work.

I tried the command prompt on the boot USB and used the commands C: and then attrib -h -r -s -a *.*
And then it says "Access denied - C:\hiberfil.sys"

I also can't find the "Startup Options" in Troubleshoot so that I can go to Safe Mode, so, so far I haven't gone into one yet.

Please help me  I have school and I need to use some of the files inside. Please make reformatting the last resort. If there are still possible things I can do, please TELL me Thank you Quote

I tried the command prompt on the boot USB and used the commands C: and then attrib -h -r -s -a *.*
And then it says "Access denied - C:\hiberfil.sys"

I really need your help with this one guys and gals. I'm was asked to take a look at my sister's granddaughter's computer. It's an Acer notebook Aspire E1-510-2611. It was very slow so I ran some scans which turned up over 500 items mostly pups. Since then it will only boot to a blue screen. Previous to that I tried the Recovery but was told the the Recovery would not START. See Here 1st...Thanks but it won't even boot to that. I need some kind of repair that will run of a memory stick.Borrow another computer that has Windows 8.1 and create a boot USB recovery thing.
If you can get into the BIOS of the sick PC, set it for USB boot. Try the recovery USB thing you made from the other PC.
Dave - What is the entire blue screen error message?Is there a way to get the recovery media from the manufacturer to start fresh and boot off of a USB device they send you? One of my friends had a HP netbook HDD crash and didnt make a recovery media for it. He paid a small fee to HP for them to ship him a thumb drive with the recovery media on it for the netbook.Try the technique posted at http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f108/laptop-recovery-instructions-162525.html.

Edit: I just noticed that discussion dates back to 2007, so it might not pertain to newer models.  As DaveLembke MENTIONED, I would contact Acer.  You can probably order a recovery media from them for a small fee. See Here 2nd...

This is for a Repair Install...different than the Startup Repair in my 1st link.I created a USB installation media from this site but it won't boot even thought I changed the boot order. Allan, I don't get any error messages. It boots to the ACER LOGO and then a blue screen. My sister purchased this computer last year for her granddaughter's graduation but the problem is that part of the MS label is torn off and I don't know the product key. I downloaded a ProduKey retriever from NirSoft but I'm not sure if it will work on Windows 8.1. Is there any others I can use? I followed the advice in the link that Soybean provided and was able to do a refresh. My son has the same problem with his computer.  He has an Asus with basically the same specs. He still has the recover partition and we also tried a USB but neither works.  The computer seems to recognize the issue and tries to go into recovery but then fails.  I let it sit all night but it still did not work. 

He says he installed Happy Wars from the internet and played if for a while and then shut down the computer using the on-screen shut down.  He said he may have installed AdFly when the game installed.   And the point is ? ? ?the point is to get help resolving the issue!I repaired my laptop with the link that Soybean provided. It may work for you.Thanks for the reply but that didn't work.  I tried that as well as the Asus key (f9) and can not get it to work.  Now the computer just cycles through the SCREENS I attached.  I cannot get a USB recovery to work but if I put a Linux USB in it will start up.  ANYONE know if I can do anything from there?

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I cannot get a USB recovery to work

Good evening, All -

I'm new to this forum, but I love the information/assistance provided.  I've 'lurked' before - gleaning information - but I never had to post because I always found the solution.  Now, I'm stumped on something, and thought you all might be able to assist me.

I have a very simple batch file that copies the contents of a TXT file onto the clipboard.  Trust me, this is a simple file...the command is:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k clip < c:\transfers\test.txt
c:\exit

test.txt contains the information that I want pasted to the clipboard (e.g. my email address).

Next, I've assigned a hotkey to the shortcut that runs that batch file.  So, for example, CTRL+ALT+O would copy the text in test.txt onto the clipboard.  I can then use CTRL+V to paste that pretty much anywhere.

So far, so good.

Now, let's say that I'm on a webpage, and it asks for my email address.  Rather than typing it, I press CTRL+ALT+O to place it on the clipboard.  Here's where I hit my issue.  When the batch file runs, I lose the focus on the field that I wanted to fill in on the webform (or whatever program), so I have to click back to the field and THEN paste.

Here is my question...is there a way that I can adjust the batch file so that it will "hold" or "return to" the field where I hit the hotkey combination, so that all I need to do is hit CTRL+V (or, better yet, where it would "know" to paste right there and I could save the CTRL+V step)?

In other words, I want the focus to STAY WHERE IT WAS or to RETURN TO WHERE I HAD IT.  The general concept is to SAVE keystrokes, and having to get the focus back adds some extra steps.  Not the end of the world, but still, I'm trying to make the process better!

Thank you, in advance, for any insight/knowledge you may have.  I've given a very simple example above, but if I can solve the focus issue, I can think of lots of places to use this simple command sequence.

Have a great night!

NOTE:  The batch file above works on Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1Your objective is not clear.
There are some  here that can do anything with a batch file,
- except make good coffee. 
But seriously, for sometime Microsoft has recommended  people to lo use some kind of Windows Script Host pt for TASKS that involve the windows graphical  interface. Batch commands are butter used for things that stay at the condom line.



I'm just trying to create a simple solution (FAIRLY low-tech) to solve an issue that someone in my office raised - the ability to copy/paste some 'set text' (whatever they want, I used an email address as the example) using a hotkey combination into some field.  That's all.  Nothing complicated...just a tool for 'mere mortals' to use to simplify their lives (if they want).

Thank you for your thoughts.

I'm ashamed to say that I don't know what 'Windows Script Host pt' is (although I can probably find out elsewhere on this forum!)It was not my intent to turn you away from Batch files. Really, the WSH can be part of a batch file.
Here is an article about how Microsoft introduced Windows Script Host many years ago, The goal was to extend the power of batch to include some syntax from other kinds of tools.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Script_Host
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...WSH engines include various implementations for the REXX, BASIC, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, PHP, JavaScript, Delphi, Python, XSLT, and other languages.
Windows Script Host is distributed and installed by default on Windows 98 and later versions of Windows. It is also installed if Internet Explorer 5 (or a later version) is installed. Beginning with Windows 2000, the Windows Script Host became available for use with user login scripts. ...

What Does It Mean To “Autofill” Online Forms?
It simply means that a program of some kind automatically detects the presence of a form on a webpage and fills in the information you have previously given it. It is important to use a program and service which is reputable as your information can be sensitive. Of course, it is up to you what you give it, but obviously the more information you provide, the more it can fill in for you.

I'm trying to DISINFECT my daughter's tablet. When I click on the IE app I receive a WARNING that the computer is affected and to call a NUMBER to have it repaired. I've run some scans and nothing is coming up. When I open IE from the taskbar it opens normally. Can I uninstall/delete this IE app. When I right-click on the app and choose uninstall it takes me to the control panel to uninstall programs. Any ideas?This happened to me with IE on my desktop, had to kill IE with the Task Manager.  I suspect the shortcut icon is hijacked, delete it & create a new one.  Or are you referring to IE on the Start Screen of the tablet?  You can pin & un-pin those icons.  I rarely use the Start Screen on my tablet, since it takes you to the desktop for many apps, i.e. Firefox.

BTW, my tablet is an Asus Transformer T100.It won't let me delete it. When I right-click it gives me Unpin from start, unpin from taskbar, uninstall, open new window and resize. It appears to be that the app is hijacked. Quote from: SuperDave on JUNE 10, 2015, 06:57:12 PM

It won't let me delete it. When I right-click it gives me Unpin from start, unpin from taskbar, uninstall, open new window and resize. It appears to be that the app is hijacked.

In windows 7 there was this FEATURE I loved when you needed to open a file in a program via standard "File -&GT; Open" dialog and if you had the folder with that file already opened in windows exlorer then you would just click that explorer window and your Open File dialog window would instantly display that folder.

Afer upgrading to win8 i lost this function and really want it back.

just a detailed process because I know it's hard to understand if you never experienced it:
1) You have pressed File->Open in some program and Open File Dialog showing you some random folder.
2) You have Target_Folder opened in windows explorer
3) You click on the windows explorer window
4) Open File Dialog automatically switches to that folder and you can just pick your file there without navigating for 2 minutes.I don't THINK that what you are describing is a feature of Windows 7. I cannot duplicate it on any of my Windows 7 machines or VMs.

1. I had a Windows Explorer Window open to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET
2. I used notepad and used File->Open. The Open File Dialog started in my Documents folder.
3. Clicking the existing Explorer Window that was open to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET did not change the Open File Dialog to point at that location.

I tried a few different programs (Wordpad, notepad, Paint, and Microsoft Word) and I wasn't able to get the behaviour you described.

The feature may have been COMING from an add-on program of some sort, or may be specific to programs that you use (and those programs may not support the feature in win8+).

I keep GETTING the MESSAGE that "unable to install updates and will undo changes" how can I solve this. I am using 8.1More info...what are these updates for EXAMPLE ? ?There is some information here.or here.the updates are those that microsoft send every so often and I have updates set to AUTOMATIC Did you try to install these updates manually? Is that when you receive the error? Do you have enough free space to install the updates? You can run the Windows update troubleshooter here.

Hello,
I have recently been experiencing problems with my PC. It continues to reboot due to a BugCheck which is coded 0x00000024 (0x000000b500190637, 0xffffd000dafcd4b8, 0xffffd000dafcccc0, 0xfffff8014056a1f9). I will attach a DMP file if needed. Please reply with any INFORMATION.
Thanks.
Edit 1: The computer will BSOD for "BAD_POOL_HEADER" once in a while. I am not sure if that is associated with my problem.Download BlueScreenView:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
unzip downloaded file and double click on BlueScreenView.exe to run the program.
when scanning is done, go to EDIT - Select All
Go to FILE - SAVE Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all of the content, and paste it into your next replyHi Allan,

Thank you for your swift reply. Below is the information you were looking for:

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Dump File         : 042115-29718-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/21/2015 11:48:53 AM
Bug Check String  : NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000024
Parameter 1       : 000000b5`00190637
Parameter 2       : ffffd000`dafcd4b8
Parameter 3       : ffffd000`dafcccc0
Parameter 4       : fffff801`4056a1f9
Caused By Driver  : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+a9a5
File DESCRIPTION  : NT File System Driver
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\042115-29718-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,544
Dump File Time    : 4/21/2015 11:50:27 AM
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Dump File         : 042015-19187-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/20/2015 9:50:53 AM
Bug Check String  : PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000004e
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000099
Parameter 2       : 00000000`0031dfef
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000002
Parameter 4       : 02000310`0031dfee
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\042015-19187-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,488
Dump File Time    : 4/20/2015 9:52:08 AM
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Dump File         : 041915-18703-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/19/2015 8:23:51 PM
Bug Check String  : BAD_POOL_HEADER
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000019
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000023
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000001
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000003
Parameter 4       : ffffc001`8b4a7cc0
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\041915-18703-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,464
Dump File Time    : 4/19/2015 8:24:39 PM
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Dump File         : 041915-20000-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/19/2015 7:48:43 PM
Bug Check String  : PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000050
Parameter 1       : ffffc001`d3b1c000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3       : fffff801`e8fd6daf
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : Ntfs.sys
Caused By Address : Ntfs.sys+1bcb7
File Description  : NT File System Driver
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+150ca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\041915-20000-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,344
Dump File Time    : 4/19/2015 7:50:01 PM
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Dump File         : 041915-28546-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/19/2015 5:01:35 PM
Bug Check String  : MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000001a
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00041201
Parameter 2       : fffff680`67028200
Parameter 3       : c2400003`1c586867
Parameter 4       : ffffe001`855912c0
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+1509a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+1509a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\041915-28546-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,568
Dump File Time    : 4/19/2015 5:02:41 PM
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Dump File         : 041515-21781-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/15/2015 6:04:24 PM
Bug Check String  : BAD_POOL_HEADER
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000019
Parameter 1       : 00000000`0000000e
Parameter 2       : ffffe001`b1737e50
Parameter 3       : 0e75399e`b4d644c1
Parameter 4       : 8e75399e`b4d644c1
Caused By Driver  : fltmgr.sys
Caused By Address : fltmgr.sys+5412
File Description  : Microsoft Filesystem Filter Manager
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+1509a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\041515-21781-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,176
Dump File Time    : 4/15/2015 6:05:57 PM
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Dump File         : 040915-115750-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/9/2015 7:40:42 PM
Bug Check String  : PFN_LIST_CORRUPT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000004e
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000099
Parameter 2       : 00000000`0019debc
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000002
Parameter 4       : 0a000150`001585bd
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+1509a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+1509a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\040915-115750-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,296
Dump File Time    : 4/9/2015 7:43:51 PM
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Dump File         : 011315-17265-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 1/13/2015 6:18:27 PM
Bug Check String  : MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000001a
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00041792
Parameter 2       : fffff680`00014d98
Parameter 3       : 80000000`00000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+669a
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\011315-17265-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,672
Dump File Time    : 1/13/2015 6:19:09 PM
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Dump File         : 011315-21515-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 1/13/2015 6:05:54 PM
Bug Check String  : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000000a
Parameter 1       : fffff6ec`00118c10
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000002
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 4       : fffff801`59cd1114
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\011315-21515-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,184
Dump File Time    : 1/13/2015 6:06:39 PM
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Dump File         : 011315-18687-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 1/13/2015 5:52:45 PM
Bug Check String  : MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000001a
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00005002
Parameter 2       : fffff580`10804000
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000b4f
Parameter 4       : 800000b5`0ffffffe
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\011315-18687-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,560
Dump File Time    : 1/13/2015 5:53:29 PM
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Dump File         : 010915-21640-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 1/9/2015 5:39:36 PM
Bug Check String  : MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000001a
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000403
Parameter 2       : fffff6fa`c0000b70
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000001
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\010915-21640-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,576
Dump File Time    : 1/9/2015 5:40:44 PM
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Dump File         : 010215-16375-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 1/2/2015 4:06:59 AM
Bug Check String  : MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Bug Check Code    : 0x0000001a
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00041793
Parameter 2       : fffff680`592fa518
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000009
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000008
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\010215-16375-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,568
Dump File Time    : 1/2/2015 4:07:39 AM
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Dump File         : 123014-19781-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2014 9:05:11 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\123014-19781-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 327,792
Dump File Time    : 12/30/2014 9:05:58 PM
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Dump File         : 123014-20453-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2014 5:32:38 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\123014-20453-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 322,088
Dump File Time    : 12/30/2014 5:33:35 PM
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Dump File         : 123014-18328-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2014 2:27:00 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : nvlddmkm.sys
Caused By Address : nvlddmkm.sys+fe944
File Description  : NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 340.52
Product Name      : NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 340.52
Company           : NVIDIA Corporation
File Version      : 9.18.13.4052
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\123014-18328-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 327,904
Dump File Time    : 12/30/2014 2:27:45 PM
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Dump File         : 123014-17343-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2014 2:21:10 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : storport.sys
Caused By Address : storport.sys+23939
File Description  : Microsoft Storage Port Driver
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17090 (winblue_gdr.140405-2251)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\123014-17343-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 338,608
Dump File Time    : 12/30/2014 2:22:25 PM
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Dump File         : 123014-18812-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2014 1:45:42 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\123014-18812-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 326,440
Dump File Time    : 12/30/2014 1:47:05 PM
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Dump File         : 123014-20359-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/30/2014 12:15:53 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\123014-20359-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 329,632
Dump File Time    : 12/30/2014 12:16:46 PM
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Dump File         : 122914-19921-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/29/2014 5:54:33 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : udfs.sys
Caused By Address : udfs.sys+a0788fd8
File Description  : UDF File System Driver
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : udfs.sys+a076d1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\122914-19921-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,648
Dump File Time    : 12/29/2014 5:55:37 PM
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Dump File         : 122614-19968-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 12/26/2014 8:52:21 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000133
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : 00000000`00000501
Parameter 3       : 00000000`00000500
Parameter 4       : 00000000`00000000
Caused By Driver  : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
File Description  : NT Kernel & System
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17736 (winblue_r9.150322-1500)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14f1a0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\122614-19968-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 151,576
Dump File Time    : 12/26/2014 8:53:03 PM
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Dump File         : 090614-20953-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 9/6/2014 7:35:52 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000124
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : ffffe001`90214028
Parameter 3       : 00000000`be000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`0100110a
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+37213
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+153fa0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\090614-20953-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,592
Dump File Time    : 9/6/2014 7:37:00 PM
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Dump File         : 052414-18750-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 5/24/2014 5:09:21 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000124
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : ffffe001`49b38028
Parameter 3       : 00000000`be000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`0100110a
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+37203
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+153fa0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\052414-18750-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,624
Dump File Time    : 5/24/2014 5:10:27 PM
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Dump File         : 051614-15750-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 5/16/2014 10:34:14 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000124
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : ffffe000`cc432028
Parameter 3       : 00000000`be000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`0100110a
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+37203
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+153fa0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\051614-15750-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,592
Dump File Time    : 5/16/2014 10:35:13 PM
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Dump File         : 042414-20046-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 4/24/2014 10:06:07 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000124
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : ffffe000`011ff028
Parameter 3       : 00000000`be000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`0100110a
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+35c9f
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14dca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\042414-20046-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,656
Dump File Time    : 4/24/2014 10:06:58 PM
==================================================

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Dump File         : 021514-10062-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 2/15/2014 4:05:45 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000124
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : ffffe000`01411028
Parameter 3       : 00000000`be000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`0100110a
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+35cdf
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14dca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\021514-10062-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,648
Dump File Time    : 2/15/2014 4:06:21 PM
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Dump File         : 020514-10265-01.dmp
Crash Time        : 2/5/2014 2:52:05 PM
Bug Check String  :
Bug Check Code    : 0x00000124
Parameter 1       : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 2       : ffffe000`0165f028
Parameter 3       : 00000000`be000000
Parameter 4       : 00000000`0100110a
Caused By Driver  : hal.dll
Caused By Address : hal.dll+35cdf
File Description  : Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Product Name      : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company           : Microsoft Corporation
File Version      : 6.3.9600.17196 (winblue_gdr.140601-1505)
Processor         : x64
Crash Address     : ntoskrnl.exe+14dca0
Stack Address 1   :
Stack Address 2   :
Stack Address 3   :
Computer Name     :
Full Path         : C:\Windows\Minidump\020514-10265-01.dmp
Processors Count  : 4
Major Version     : 15
Minor Version     : 9600
Dump File Size    : 297,648
Dump File Time    : 2/5/2014 2:52:39 PM
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Okay, your errors are all over the place pointing to everything from your display adapter to your hd and ram. Multiple and varied errors are typically caused by either malware or failure of a significant hardware device (anything from ram to your hd to your motherboard). Let's try some basic troubleshooting first:

1) Please run full system scans with BOTH your installed ANTI virus app (you do have one, yes?) AND with MalwareBytes.

2) Check the hd: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
Make sure you select the tool which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.
Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.
If downloaded file is of .iso type, use ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn .iso file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), to make the CD bootable.
For Toshiba drives, see here: http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=ServicesSupport/FujitsuDrivesUSandCanada/SoftwareUtilities#diagnostic

3) Check the ram: download memtest (http://memtest.org/). Burn it to a cd using a dedicated .iso burning utility (http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm), make sure the cd drive is at the top of the boot order in bios, then boot to the newly created cd and run the utility.


Let's see where we are after that.Also swap in a known good PSU of the same or greater wattage overnite...that'll eliminate it as the culprit...

This is not new information at all. But many new users are not aware of the problem until it is too late. New users want  to make a Windows install DVD as soon as you get the new PC. Or before something goes wrong.

Here are relevant links.
Save yourself from OEM’s bad idea, get a clean install of Windows 8.1
and:
The complete guide to a Windows 8 clean installation

Feel free to add to this.  Just performed a clean install of 8 to my ASUS laptop that was 8 from factory that I downgraded to 7, used 7 for almost 18 months, and then removed 7 and brought back to factory 8 in prep for 10 vs blowing my Windows 7 key for the 10 free upgrade. Fortunately the 16GB thumb drive that I placed the recovery to before the downgrade to 7 worked.

Only problem I had which I am unsure if its STILL a problem or not is that when it got to the Windows 8 key activation, the laptop doesn't have a key on it other than one that I have been told is hidden in the BIOS. So where there is a field to normally ENTER a windows key, I have no information to enter wince the laptop has a Windows 8 sticker on the bottom of it, but no alpha-numeric key to enter. Fortunately this key window had a SKIP option, and so I did this and then when it got connected to the internet, I am HOPING the embedded 8 key was read from the BIOS and its now satisfied. I took a few minutes looking around to see if Windows 8 needed to be activated and it didn't seem to show any indication that it needs to be activated to X-many days etc, so hopefully it will continue to work and not timeout.

UEFI was disabled on the BIOS for the Windows 7 install and installing 8 back to it, I am not sure if UEFI was reconfigured as active again from the 8 install or not. I suppose I will have to check on this as for the initial factory build had the BIOS access locked out from Delete key or any other key to try to get into the BIOS at boot, and I had to go through an extensive process to force Windows 8 to tare its claws out of the GRASP of the BIOS to re-enable the BIOS hot key at POST to actually function. The initial build had where you had to ask Windows 8 to have access to the BIOS to get into the BIOS. This was one of my pet peves with Microsoft and Windows 8 to restrict BIOS access at the POST level. Which to me was intentionally done to try to anchor the Windows 8 to the hardware and make it hard for people to get rid of it as for I dont see any other strategic reason for Microsoft to target to hold hostage the BIOS access at the POST level and then hide the ease of access to gain access to the BIOS for users in which you have to request 8 to grant access to the BIOS, and then it would reboot and then allow access to the BIOS.  from another source:
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This BIOS replacement, UEFI, caused some serious problems with “alternative” platforms.

Which to me was intentionally done to try to anchor the Windows 8 to the hardware and make it hard for people to get rid of it as for I dont see any other strategic reason for Microsoft to target to hold hostage the BIOS access at the POST level and then hide the ease of access to gain access to the BIOS for users in which you have to request 8 to grant access to the BIOS, and then it would reboot and then allow access to the BIOS. 

The initial build had where you had to ask Windows 8 to have access to the BIOS to get into the BIOS. This was one of my pet peves with Microsoft and Windows 8 to restrict BIOS access at the POST level.

There was never a build of Windows 8 where you had to "ask Windows 8" to get access to the BIOS...

Have just signed in to a microsoft ACCOUNT.  But how to access the microsoft PROGRAM now, plse?  Have looked for it in my apps LIST, but no success.   Have opened each and EVERY one  of them, but they are not my account.
 
Am lost !  kKndly help !

JWhich program are you TRYING to access?Guzeppi,
Are you new to Windows 8?
Have you used e-mail before?

Hi all,

About a month ago, I uninstalled a WEBROOT trial using Revo Uninstaller.
Since that time, I have not been able to install new programs or fonts.
I have tried to do a system restore to the point before I even installed the trial.
I get the message "More data is available".
I also get this error when I try to run certain system programs or install new programs or fonts.
I'll attach screenshots of these alerts.

I don't know what I can do. I can't restore and this is a laptop, so I don't have any discs...

Thanks.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]What are you attempting to do with regedit ? ?It may be possible to start the computer in safe mode.

At any rate, oney cause is that the Registry VALUE "PublisherPolicyChangeTime" in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide had it's data type changed to a String when it should be a QuadWord.

You may have already found this in your search, and you get the error when trying to run regedit so you cannot CHANGE it from that program.

Are you able to run command prompt? (Windows Key+R, "cmd.exe", Enter)

if so, you can confirm my hypothesis by using the following command:

Code: [Select]reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide /v PublisherPolicyChangeTime
it should show something similar to the following:
Code: [Select]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide
    PublisherPolicyChangeTime    REG_QWORD    0x1d08a80c8540fbd

However if it says REG_SZ we'll have to fix that.


Quote from: patio on May 11, 2015, 04:04:44 PM

What are you attempting to do with regedit ? ?

It may be possible to start the computer in safe mode.

At any rate, oney cause is that the Registry Value "PublisherPolicyChangeTime" in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide had it's data type changed to a String when it should be a QuadWord.

You may have already found this in your search, and you get the error when trying to run regedit so you cannot change it from that program.

Are you able to run command prompt? (Windows Key+R, "cmd.exe", Enter)

if so, you can confirm my hypothesis by using the following command:

Code: [Select]reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide /v PublisherPolicyChangeTime
it should show something similar to the following:
Code: [Select]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide
    PublisherPolicyChangeTime    REG_QWORD    0x1d08a80c8540fbd

However if it says REG_SZ we'll have to fix that.

I DONT know how long its been going on but I tried adjust my brightness eariler and it went under POSSIBLY 20% and my PC just went black and acted like it was restarting but started up faster than normal. I dont know if the graphics card cant HANDLE to low brightness or what but is there any way to fix this?LAPTOP or Desktop?

More info needed on computer such as make/model to better assist with suggestios

What does SAVE FILE mean when you try to open it and you get a MESSAGE saying. "Do you want to save this file?"

I use Windows 8.1

JoeSounds LIKE a file that is elsewhere on the WEB and its offering you to save a copy of it LOCALLY if you like. Or the file has been altered/modified from its PRIOR form and its confirming if you want to save the changes.

model number G750JW Republic of Gamers Asus

Had windows 8 on an Asus laptop, got the blue screen of death and was advised to boot the computer with the windows 7cd I had. Was walked through that but then I found out that some DEVICES on my laptop (like the ethernet device) do not have windows 7 drivers. So I have to GO back to windows 8. I do not have a CD because my computer didnt come with one even though I did buy it new...

 

I go to boot and windows 7 is all that shows up in the options.

 

I've LOOKED all over the internet and havent found anything to help me.

 

Anyone feeling like being a poor REDNECK morons savior?
Sorry to hear about your misfortune.
You may have been bad advice.
Before making big changes to hour computer, you should have made a b ackup plan.
It seems your adviser not tell you.
You need to read over your documentation and look on the web site. It may be possible to get a DVD from the maker of the computer for a small fee. An alternative is to locate somebody who has the same computer and have him  make a copy of the system. Because you have the COA number, this is legal.
Try this link:
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_ROG_G750JW/
Or WRITE them and ask for support. Quote from: Geek-9pm on May 23, 2015, 06:38:13 PM

It may be possible to get a DVD from the maker of the computer for a small fee.

Agent.exe - Entry POINT Not Found
The PROCEDURE entry point qsovt could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\apphelp.dll.

I get this ERROR whenever i try installing something new. I have a 128GB SSD that has my operating system, and a 3TB HDD that i use to store everything else in like movies, games, programs, etc.

Whenever i try installing something, this error pops up multiple times, when i press "OK" it disappears and pops up again. It doesn't stop the program from successfully installing, but it's annoying. How do i fix this?

[attachment deleted by ADMIN to conserve space]It's for FORTE's email client...and InstallSheild in some cases...I have neither of those installed.
In fact, my computer is brand new.Then contact the Authors of InstallShield...i was told they have a patch for it.

Flexera i believe...

I continue to be a bit confused about this topic.

1. The Shutdown Gadget (from 8 Gadgets) which I have on my desktop has a button called Standby, which I am told (based on the description I have given in the past) is actually not taking my Tablet into Standby / Sleep, but into Hibernation.  Yet it has another button called Hibernation ---- which unfortunately (like the Standby button also) has not worked for some time, despite re-installing, so I am unable to check now on what it does.  I am hoping to contact the publisher to see if I can get the buttons working again. (For the time being I use other ways of shutting down, usually from the menu displayed by right-clicking on the START button). Hibernation does not appear in any other menu apart from the Gadget.

2. In SEARCH I get RESULTS for Sleep which include links for the Tablet's settings for Sleep, as well as 'below the line' articles on Sleep; but if I search for Hibernation or Standby I get only 'below the line' articles on the terms, I do not get any links to actual settings on the Tablet for either Hibernation or Standby.

3. I adjusted the Power Settings when I first had the Tablet a few months ago.  I did not set it to Hibernate, only to Sleep, after a period of inactivity. I was not aware until recently that my Tablet had been going into Hibernation (rather than Sleep) when I clicked the Gadget Standby button.  I tend to just use either Sleep or Shutdown

Does any of this  this make sense?

Clayto

Why did you install a Shutdown Gadget (from 8 Gadgets)?  If you open Control Panel, Power Options, you can configure your power options.  I see no need for a Shutdown Gadget (from 8 Gadgets).  Hibernation is good when you want to shutdown the computer while the files are open. Since it will automatically save your file in hard drive then it will shutdown. On the other hand, sleep mode is only used when you pause your work in tablet for a while then get BACK. Some of the activity in your tablet are being off but, it will not automatically save whatever open file you have in your tablet. However, if your standby button in 8gadget don't work properly then you need to UPDATE your software. It might be outdated.

Hoping someone could help. Last year I had my laptop WIPED as it kept saying PREPARING automatic repair. Its worked fine for the last year with no problems. 2 days ago the same thing happened but I was able to get onto the blue screen and there was an option there to restore laptop to when it previously worked ok so I pressed ok and after a while the laptop came back to life. But last night the same thing happened again. Does anyone know how to get back to the blue screen as I have no idea how I did it. Im desperate to get all my word documents off. Thanks in advanceMany experts here will help you if they can.
Are you using the Windows 8 or the 8.1 version?
Please provide more information to reduce wild guess. On guesses is your hard drive is failing. But there are other possibilities.
What is the make and model of your laptop? Did you ever have it serviced by anyone except  yourself? Why did you wipe your drive earlier?  Are you making frequent  backups? Do you use the backup features of windows 8?

Besides third party tools, Windows 8 has some good tools.
Built-in Backup Tools Windows 8.1
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While Windows 7 and Vista had the Backup and Restore applet, Windows 8 introduced File History as the default backup option. File History is a replacement for Previous Versions from Windows Vista and Windows 7. Unlike Windows 7, File History does ALLOW backup to NETWORK shares for all versions of Windows 8 which is a good thing and makes the software far more useful. The downside is that scheduled System Backups have been removed from Windows 8 and 8.1. You can still manually create a system backup, and you can perform a system backup to a network share, but you can’t schedule this to be run. Also, File History only PERFORMS a backup of files in your libraries (Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop folders), as well as any files saved locally from OneDrive. Still, the most important information on your computer is your files  ...

Does Windows 8 have hidden regional themes like in Windows 7

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3476/access-international-themes-in-windows-7/

I can't find the default regional themes online either:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/themes?ocid=w8_client_themes

Thanks. Quote from: lucas1 on March 25, 2015, 11:58:08 AM

I can't find the default regional themes online either:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/themes?ocid=w8_client_themes

Hello,

I have just restored my windows 8 to it's original settings, first I tried minimized image recovery to backup my files, but the computer said it didn't work (but I saw that the files were on my usb stick) so then I did a complete reset of my windows 8.Now I have the files on my usb named : Backup_2015-04-09 201108 and I have no idea what to do with this.Cause it doesn't look like normal files inside.
They are all .swm or .dll
Can someone tell me how to solve this? I would really like my pictures and documents back.
Sorry for my ENGLISH, my computer is in Dutch.Any help is welcome

Isaura I know this is going to be a stupid reply but why don't you just try copy and paste, and if that doesn't work because of a weird file format than go to the restore thing under settings and SELECT whichever function allows you to restore your files. (When I decide to make a more informative post I will reply (sorry, I'm on vacation right now and my win 8 is at home))Do not save new files on this USB flash drive. Anything new on this drive MAY rewrite your needed business files and make them gone permanently.
Connect this drive to your computer and download data recovery software to help you. u can try easeus data recovery wziard, note: if your lost data >2GB, you can't use the free EDITION, because the free edition only support recovery 2gb. You might not be successful. 
Here is a general reference about Backup in Windows 8.1 in basic terms.
What happened to Backup and Restore?
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... in previous versions of Windows, you could use Backup and Restore to back up your files or create and use a system image backup or repair disc. Windows 8.1 gives you choices about how you can recover your PC and back up your personal files.

Hello guys
I've been thinking nowadays a lot about installing Windows 8 Entreprise edition, however, I have some doubts. The trial period is 90 days long. My concern is will I be able to re-use it if I format my hard DRIVE and re-make a USB bootable stick using the same iso file.
by re-make I mean that it is the second time of making USB bootable after my first time trial ENDED. I know that this post probably looks like crap, but I hope you understand my meaning.

edited by Allan for languageGenerally a trial period of 90 days is only intended for 90 days.

There are ways to work around this, but I cant share them here as for it defeats the EULA of the Trial to make a Trial version as an extended use.

For offline use, if it doesn't require an INTERNET connection to function, it can be loaded as many times as you want until it expires, however any trials that require online registration in order to get the 90 days, microsofts servers will either allow consecutive activations to give you additional 90 day trials or it will STATE that you need to buy the OS.What DaveLembke said is apparently true.

Perhaps Microsoft will enforce the EULA more vigorously.
Here on the forum we can not encourage anyone to abuse the license TERMS.

Hi everyone,

I just hooked up my Mustek A31200S to my PC (Windows 8.1 64 bit) and I cannot SEEM to find a way to scan higher than 600 dpi. I make comics and I need my images to be crisp. How could I increase this? Here is a screen shot of the software being used.



[attachment deleted by admin to CONSERVE space]Welcome.
Did you use the scanner before on another system?
The Mustek A31200S is advertised as a 120o dpi  optical scanner. The manual should indicate how to scan at 1200.

OTHERWISE, have you tried using other r programs to scan? Windows 8.1 has built-in scanning for compliant HARDWARE. So you should be able t o use it in Windows 8.1
Did you already read this?
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=scan+in+windows+8&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=A134EB119BB8BBC9CDF9A134EB119BB8BBC9CDF9
OR
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/scan-a-document-or-file
Does that help any?

Hey there... My computer is displaying shadows . At first I THOUGHT that might be the problem of the graphics driver so I updated it but no USE. Then I formatted the PC but then too the problem persisted. I went to many repairing shops but they even could not identify my problem . Please help me.


[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]yraj,
The picture looks very good and very clear.

Print the picture on your printer.
If the printer  COPY is clean, then the SHOWDOWNS are from your monitor.




I see nothing wrong in the screenshot. The only "Shadows" I see are the shadow around the window and on Desktop icon text.

What do the 'shadows' look like?

You've replaced the monitor- have you replaced the monitor cable? How are you connecting the monitor (VGA, DVI, etc.?)I don't see anything wrong in your screen neither I don't see any shadow.

Usually when I open my laptop (ACER model) I can go straight to my desktop.  Lately, HOWEVER, before I can ACCESS the desktop,
I am asked to enter my password.

This is rather annoying, PARTICULARLY as every time I leave the computer switched on FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS, AND WITHOUT DOING ANY NAVIGATION AT ALL, the screen changes and takes me back to where I am asked to re-enter my password.

How to avoid this please?

P.S. I use Windows 8.1

Many thanks for your help.

JoePower Options or Screen Saver settings are where stuff like this triggers.

Make sure no screen saver or idle system lock is enabled.Who else uses this PC ? ? Quote from: patio on April 05, 2015, 08:55:59 PM

Who else uses this PC ? ?

Power Options or Screen Saver settings are where stuff like this triggers.

Make sure no screen saver or idle system lock is enabled.

A Computer Repair where I took laptop told me they reinstalled Windows.   I had told them I would do the windows updates as I would have had to WAIT till Monday to get it back. They said I would have to reinstall my programs.   Well, when I went to install Wndows udates, they were already installed except for one which I installed.  Then when I went to programs and features there were nine programs in it.  Also  when I restart a message appears that operating system not found but it does go to the desktop and I can get online..  So do not understand.  Confusing to me!If you paid to have this computer repaired you should TAKE it back and tell them to do it correctly. Quote from: SuperDave on March 30, 2015, 12:30:24 PM

If you paid to have this computer repaired you should take it back and tell them to do it correctly.

A Computer Repair where I took laptop told me they reinstalled Windows.   I had told them I would do the windows updates as I would have had to wait till Monday to get it back. They said I would have to reinstall my programs.   Well, when I went to install Wndows udates, they were already installed except for one which I installed.  Then when I went to programs and features there were nine programs in it.  Also  when I restart a message appears that operating system not found but it does go to the desktop and I can get online..  So do not understand.  Confusing to me!

Greetings all. I have a Brother MFC-J825 PRINTER CONNECTED to a Dell 660 Win 8 PC. It works fine. I have a Dell Demensions PC rrunning XP that i would like to share the same printer. Verizon router/ moden. Both machinces are connected to the router for the INTERNET. The printer is connected to the 660 machine. All is wired and I rather it that way. Now, how can I share the printer with these two different OSs.
 THANKING you in advance, Hennessy.http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/sharing-files-printers-help#sharing-files-and-printers=windows-xp&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1

Microsoft tutorial should help you get printer shared on Win 8 to the Win XP system. I'd give a step by step process in my own words if I had Windows 8, but I haven't gotten a copy of it yet.Appreciate the help. Will give it a try.Thank U.

I BUILT a computer (one week ago) and innstalled windows 8, as usual I innstalled every program I wanted, including some games, then a problem appeared, the desktop screen was fliskering (and still is) I have searched the web since then and tried nearly everything I can, as: reinstalling driver (see bottom for more details), refreshing windows (didn't fix it), reinstalled OLD graphic drivers (tried with many different) and many other things I dont remember...

When the flickering occurs, the desktop is getting blue or something (think it is the color of the background of the "start"-menu) and the icons in the task bar (where you are opening programs on the bottom of the screen) and the dektop, is gone to the flickering is over. The flickering is done after 1-2 seconds, and are fairly random occupering, not often.

System specs/programs:
ASUS GeForce GTX 660Ti 2GB PhysX CUDA
Intel® Core i5-3570K
KINGSTON DDR3 HyperX 1600 MHz 16GB (LOCAL special EDITION)
ASUS P8Z77-V LK, Socket-1155
ASUS Xonar DX
WD Desktop Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s, (SATA 3.0), RPM = IntelliPower, 64MB, 3.5"
Windows 8 x64 v6.2 (build 9200)
AVG antvirus "internet security" 2013.0.3272

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/527599/windows-8-issues-solved-please-read-if-you-39-re-having-black-screen-and-or-flickering-/ I think that post was helping me to get nearly no flickering, but not completely gone, because before I did that, it happened every minute or faster, now maybe once a hour...

Thanks, please just ask if I have forgotten something, you may have noticed that im not a good english writer (from Norway)

Can you still get Windows 7? Do they force everyone to TAKE Windows 8?
Here are recent articles from  popular  info sites.

ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/where-can-you-find-a-pc-running-windows-7-7000013418/
Where can you find a PC running Windows 7?

PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2026879/how-to-get-a-new-pc-that-runs-windows-7-not-windows-8.html
How to get a new PC that runs Windows 7, not Windows 8

Even Life Hacker has to say it.
http://lifehacker.com/5974318/downgrade-your-new-windows-8-computer-to-windows-7-for-free
Downgrade Your New Windows 8 Computer to Windows 7 for Free

And USA Today said it awhile back.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/12/01/can-you-buy-windows-7-pc/1736529/

So, what do you u think?
Can anybody  still buy a Windows 7 PC?
Yes.Yes, you can.  But, of course, they are getting increasingly more difficult to find.  Don't expect to find them at retailers such as Best Buy, STAPLES, OfficeMax, etc., now.  Online sellers such as newegg.com are the best sources now to find some computers with Windows 7 still being sold. My most recent PC was a Shuttle and I bought it without any OS at all. I separately purchased the retail edition of Windows 7 Professional and installed it myself. It is not compulsory to buy a PC with an OS installed.

Quote from: Salmon TROUT on May 08, 2013, 08:28:49 AM

It is not compulsory to buy a PC

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The rest is silence...

That's the real Zen.

Ever since I got my new computer with Windows 8 and a dual-boot with XP I've had some problems with some programs with very small fonts. See attachments. I've tried everything I can think of to ENLARGE these fonts to no avail. Is there some thing I can do to change the size. I can changed the fonts on the desktop but not inside the programs such as this one. I have to set my brower to 125% or more to read the text. Is there a setting in Win 8 which produces such small fonts?

The only screen i see is IE...have you tried the font settings in IE specifically as an app instead of Win8 ? ?
P.S. FireFox i've found has more control settings for viewing...Here's how you can increase the size of all text: right click on the desktop and select Personalize, click on Display (in the lower left column), and then under "Change the size of all items", select Medium - 125%.  Click Apply.  You'll be prompted to logoff and logon again to finalize this. Quote from: soybean on May 09, 2013, 05:59:28 PM

Here's how you can increase the size of all text: right click on the desktop and select Personalize, click on Display (in the lower left column), and then under "Change the size of all items", select Medium - 125%.  Click Apply.  You'll be prompted to logoff and logon again to finalize this.

This only works for the desktop and the icons. The text in programs like Word, Xcel and other such programs are all small text but I'll keep working at it. I've noticed the same thing in Windows 8 and Windows XP but I'm quite certain that something in Win8 is driving it.

This only works for the desktop and the icons. The text in programs like Word, Xcel and other such programs are all small text but I'll keep working at it. I've noticed the same thing in Windows 8 and Windows XP but I'm quite certain that something in Win8 is driving it.

The onscreen number pad in Windows 8 is set up like the numbers on a phone instead of the numbers on a keyboard, which seems really dumb to me. Anybody know how to CHANGE the onscreen number pad layout? I've done a bit of searching but all of the keywords I use just come up with results to change the keyboard language. I'm fine with the normal onscreen keyboard layout, just not the number pad layout.
Every thing i found on this says it cannot be changed...
On that note...there was an 8 page Topic at the MS community Flaming them for this choice...apparently Redmond in this instance did not listen.
Can't believe how incensed some were about it though...What is the onscreen number pad in Windows 8?  It is an app that comes with Windows 8?  Exactly what is the title of it?  How is it accessed?  TabTip32.exe is built in to Windows 8. There is a BUTTON on the taskbar next to the notification area which will open it on demand. If using a tablet (I'm using the surface pro) without the keyboard it will automagically open when SELECTING text input fields.


Edit: sorry, TabTip32 is the helper, TabTip.exe seems to be the actual program...... I THINK. Well, it's not in my Windows 8 laptop.     I tried accessing it via Start by typing it but it is not recognized.  Then, I tried starting it from a Command Prompt panel.  Again, not recognized. C:\Program Files \Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Ink\TabTip.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Ink\TabTip32.exe
Quote from: michaewlewis on April 30, 2013, 11:41:02 AM

C:\Program Files \Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Ink\TabTip.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Ink\TabTip32.exe

OK, that worked.  +1  I also see now that I can start it via a Command Prompt panel; I made a mistake the first time I tried that (mentioned in my previous post).   

I wonder why that is the only way I can start it.  How do you start it?  Is it an app on your Start screen? 

Here we go yet again...

No the button is on the taskbar next to the notification area.

Hello CH,

I currently own a Toshiba satellite L645D-020 (PSKQC-020007) And I decided to give windows 8 a try. its currently installing but obviously i need to install drivers after i get in. now I have looked on Toshibas web site and cannot find for the life of me the model Toshiba? l

http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU

Thats the page. i go into Laptops>Satellite> L series and try to find L645D and it doesn't exist!? WHAT THE HECK toshiba? I tried google aswell and all i could find is one page, that is just a listing of my HARDWARE.. not helpful. everything else is SSD drives?

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Download+toshiba+Satellite+L645D-020+drivers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Would the drivers be on the recovery DVDs? or do i have to call Toshiba and yell a bit? I got driver support on my 2003 Toshiba last year and i cant get drivers for a 2 year old laptop?  Are you sure you double-checked with that Model # ? ?
Unfortunately it's up to the manuf. whether or not they CHOOSE to write drivers for any OS...
This happened on tons of budget priced Vista laptops...you couldn't install XP nor Win7 on them...Vista only.
If this is the case here with this laptop you could try the Win7 drivers which may or may not work for Win8 so no guarantees...ok, maybe i didnt make this clear. I cant find ANY drivers. not win 7, which is what this computer was made for. Not 8 nothing. A driver page for this machine does not exist. At least that i can find. Incomplete Model #...
Try Here...thats weird. no where it says its a S4025. but the phots match other then mines blue not purple. but my Ram is 4gb standard with 640gb drive and this one is 3gb ram and 250gb hard drive. everything else is the same. Thanks ill use these drivers then. thanks again Anytime...
The site stated the full Model # is on the bottom of the PC.hmm thats odd. Here ill post a pic, this is what the bottom of mine says.. other then the L645D i got a different number. unless that part has been rubbed off. i did buy this laptop second hand. when i got it the windows product key and the second sticker had rubbed off for the laptop lost its legs. see for yourself.

sorry for bad quality. CH wouldnt ALLOW me upload it using any other but bitmap


[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]When you enter the l645d in the box theres a drop down list with the secondary part #'s...about 12 of them...

I realize Windows 8 has bugs and as with other versions of windows there is some a time frame when it become bugs free.  Well the bug I have now is with the Hot Key WINDOWS Key + X Key ... it use to BRING up a WINDOW with most of the things I look for in my system, but somewhere along the line that key COMBINATION stopped working ... anybody have any idea of how to set it?

Just got a HP laptop with Windows 8. Nice About $300 at local wally Mart.

Did you notice.? No Office trail in Windows 8.
So then, what about the free office programs?
Do they  the work OK in Windows 8?
I WANT to TRY one named  "Libre Office" which I know works in Windows 7.

What do you think? 
What alternative Office Suite works for you in Windows 8?
Libre' Office works fine in Win8...

MS is moving Office to a subscription app...pay as you go so to speak. Quote from: Geek-9pm on April 18, 2013, 12:25:37 AM

No Office trail in Windows 8.

MS is moving Office to a subscription app...pay as you go so to speak.

Just bought a new Lenovo desktop pre loaded with 8. I'm wishing now that it was preloaded with 45 caliber rounds.  Works ok as far as getting on the internet and browsing. On the "start" screen, I clicked on e-bay and it SAID "App can't open, Check the windows store for more info". When I click on "go to store" it asks for a microsoft account password. This happens on just about every app on my desktop. I have made up a password FIVE times yet whenever I try to download the app, it says password incorrect.  Shy of driving to Bill Gates house and pounding on his door, does anybody have any ideas? At this popint I cannot use any of the APPs.

PS:
I have already had to restore this thing twice.Microsoft Account means your on-line account. I used my hotmail (now outlook) account information.That's what so frustrating. I have actually created a new account using a different e-mail. (the one microsoft sent me the validation to) yet whenever I type it in I get nada, zilch, zero. same problem. And heres the kicker. When I first power up the computer I get another windows password BOX and THAT password works every time........this MAKES windows ME look like a shining star..................
  Quote from: nyernga on April 15, 2013, 04:26:29 PM

When I first power up the computer I get another windows password box and THAT password works every time...

That's what so frustrating. I have actually created a new account using a different e-mail.
 (the one microsoft sent me the validation to) yet whenever I type it in I get nada, zilch, zero.

same problem. And heres the kicker. When I first power up the computer I get another windows password box and THAT password works every time

Just wondering if you remembered to register ...i've seen this before.