I'm running 8.1 as a Windows Desktop user. i.e. When I see Metro, I've done something wrong and I immediately click the "Desktop" tile I have set up for that...

I had windows 8 working right but sudenlly keyboard refused to input login password and I've took the decision to restore windows 8. Found that system was...

Sometimes, in certain web pages, I use mouse to scroll down and it zooms in. Then select another page and Internet Explorer opens another tab. Task manager...

Since everything else failed in my attempts to upgrade to 8.1 including attempts to repair and to refresh 8.0, I decided to "reset". Since it does not...

The machine has a GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard (2010) and a i7 Intel CPU, and USB_1394_SATA sockets. Win7 SP1 is installed. For the new operating system,...

I helped a friend set up a brand new laptop the other day. Her old XP system is too hardware limited to run W8 without a lot of fettling, which makes it not...

X-post to relevant groups. Migrating from XP to W8 for a friend. Data and program transfer are next on the agenda. I have read that you can convert a real...

I have Win 8 on a laptop with Classic Menu (and some other tricks -- eliminate the lock screen, boot to desktop, etc.) I went to Metro and clicked Store. The...

OK, I don't follow this very closely. Last week Microsoft made a major update release for Windows 8.1. No problems here; everything downloaded and installed...

I have read some discussions on line but did not contribute to it. However here is my experience. In my computer at home I have 2 hard disks. My working...

Kids have bought a HP "all in one PC" with W8 paired to a Canon Printer that is connected via USB and wirelessly via router. When they try to load drivers...

One of the suggestions on an MS support site to people having trouble download and installing 8.1 was to do a Clean Boot. Well, that disables connection to...

I installed the Windows 8.1 update today. Since I have a desktop computer without a touch screen, it defaulted to the desktop when I sign in. I went in and...

These were in CBS.log. A LOT of these: 2014-04-09 17:16:33, Info CSI 00000400 Beginning Verify and Repair transaction 2014-04-09...

The title says it all: Upgrading XP to Win 8.1 on a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61p. Has anybody ACTUALLY DONE THIS? According to the Lenovo website this model is...

If Microsoft were truly interested in promoting the change from XP to W8.1 it seems that they would have worked with the vendors to insure that all of the...

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons there are to doing it? I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well,...

When I upgraded win8 to 8.1 on my vaio it put recovery on my sd card and wiped everything else on it.Idid not realise that I had to remove the sd card. I do...

My friend lent me an almost new Win8 Toshiba laptop, running the chrome browser. In only an hour, I've never seen so many popups. They were so...

I just upgraded (hah!) my stepson's new Dell laptop from Win 8 to Win 8.1. I had set up a local account for him under 8, but the upgrade seems to have been...