The latest version does stuff that you probably won't like. It puts an AVG tool bar on every browser you have abd they're installed in some manner that even...

Discovering Windows 8’s Hidden Quick Access Menu By Michael Miller Sep 3, 2013 Windows 8 has a hidden menu that few people know about, but that adds extra...

Does anyone here know if Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml and...

Since I'm the only user, the signin password is, to me, useless nonsense! How do I set myself as "Administrator" ? Is there a way to eliminate the need to go...

Win 8 is a total puzzle to men, and I've used personal computers since beforre floppy disks exixted! Is there any way in Win 8 to get something like "My...

I constantly get a popup on my system purported to be a notice that I need to update iTunes to version 11.0.5.5. I once clicked on the notice and it...

Since I'm the only user, how do I set myself as administrator. I recently tried something, I no longer remember what, and got the message that I didn't have...

Has anyone figured out how to run the Windows-7-and-earlier Spider Solitaire under Win 8?

My backup script uses xxcopy.exe (multiple times) and blat.exe. When I run it, UAC jumps up every time one of them is started. Is there any way to make UAC...

When I installed Windows 8 on my Asus X58 with an i950 i forgot to set ahci , I have 2 SSD drives, One is C win 8, the Other Is Win7, Works Great. in dual...

I loaded ClassicShell and installed it. One quewstion was asked -- which shell I wanted. That the only chance to do anything --and it closed. I can't tell that...

Ballmer’s Pending Departure Only Makes His Mistakes More Obvious "The announcement of Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer’s plans to retire within the next 12...

After installing the Windows 8 updates for 13 August, my Flickr homepage loads but the page freezes up and I get a message that Windows Explorer is not...

after reading a post in alt.windows7.general i done this. post comments if you want to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTtQzEscVjQ

The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is...

The release date has been...

I have Classic Shell/Menu installed along with a couple of tweaks to boot directly to the desktop, avoid the lock screen, etc. If I install 8.1, will I lose...

When I click the wireless icon in the notification, I see "Wi-Fi (Off)". Under Wireless in PC Settings, Wireless Devices, I see Wi-Fi (Off) again but the...

Is there some sort of Wizard to run to test if my current hardware & applications will run on Windows 8 equivalent? Peter

For some strange reason, Microsoft took the File - Save dialog out of its performance monitor. How to make system monitor work, save MSC files... "run mmc...