I have a couple of networks set up, one a workgroup of several computers, another for guest wi fi, etc. Up until Win8.x, computers could only "see" the network...

As I reported yesterday, today I'd be working on getting Hyper-V running and install a VM WinXP. Because I'd never done that before, I was nervous and really...

I rent and watch movies on my DVD player. I use Media Player Classic - Home Edition to do so. At least, that's what I did on my WinXP system. Under Windows...

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Hey guys, Windows Media Player in my Windows 8.1 install is acting very weird. Every time I try to open it up, it goes through the wizard and when I click on...

OK My apologies to group for the large sig and for seeming lie a spammer. Yes, I only just realized I have to be careful of the date of the posts and if the...

I just installed Windows 8.1 Pro, after help from people here to decide to go ahead and get it. My previous OS was WinXP Pro, SP3. I chose to disconnect the...

is there a way to assign a key to make the computer sleep? housetrained ---

In Windows XP there were several type of file types that would show a preview of the document in the Icon. JPG and some image formats are obvious and still...

Decided to "bite the bullet" & format the usb3 2 TB drive; bad news for me as lots of i/o errors trying to mass copy my media files in "chunks"; then the...

On 2013-10-03 3:05 PM, Todd wrote: I disagree. I hated Windows 8.0 too. But for some reason I really like Windows 8.1 and won't call it that. The thing that...

Set Your Default Programs displays a subset of installed programs. How do I get it to recognize everything I have? Also, when I try to set a file association...

I'm new to Win 8 --- slow learner I guess. How do I get to system restore? I haven't found access via control panel or via a computer search.

On 2013-10-20 8:51 PM, Wolf K wrote: So I won't be using the apps any more with 8.1 than I did with 8.0. HTH Right. One should uninstall (or...

I tried to avoid skydrive when I installed 8.1, but was unsuccessful. I finally went into the permission and denied it all accesses. Will this essentially...

Microsoft is out of their collective f*** minds. I just spent a half hour trying to find details about what the versions of Win 8.1 are and how they differ...

I have been using W 8.1 for a couple of months now. Most of the programs that I am using run on the desk top, but I have several games that work on the new...

I'm a single user with only the one pc. I avoid opening accounts at places unless ABSOLUTELY necessary and have no intention to put my files into a cloud...

I have a copy of Win 8.1 Pro on a HDD which is not usually the first boot drive - so it sits around waiting for me to get Vista into a state where I can...

When I had XP, I maintained a copy of the SP3 updates on a CD. Does Windows put a copy of the 8.1 update in the recovery partition that is on most hard...