I did the $40 upgrade from 7 to 8 on my laptop and don't see much difference (other than the lack of Start button and the "Metro" start-up screen). Is 8...

I bought Windows 8 Pro back when I could get it for $40, then burned it to disk to wait for the dust to settle before installing it. So far, all the feedback...

I am leaning toward 7 because it will be a work station (no touch screen) but what do you people think. Opinions: Thx, John

Lenovo: Windows 8 is so good, everyone wants Windows 7 We'll just leave Redmond's latest OS on this DVD, over here. When you want it You don't notch up 15...

Windows 7 and 8 compared to ordering eggs. If you order over easy Windows 7 eggs, you get over easy. But then they insist you have Windows 8, it is blended...

Is there an easy way to force windows 8 to ask for permission whenever a program tries to connect to the Internet, just like with zone alarm? Thanks.

Hi - I'm currently running Win 8 on my C: drive and a Linux distro on my D: drive. I'm not having fun with the linux distro, so I wonder - can I reinstall...

Problem is... I'm using a Logitech headset microphone for sound/speech/command input. My computer does what I tell it to do. Unfortunately, seems that...

Hi all, I've kind of found a workaround in that whenever the rig is in hibernation/Sleep if I turn the computer off and on it will boot backup exactly as when...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8550056564_4d7eca2f92_z.jpg Windows 8 64-bit, Firefox, YouTube, flash player... When I right click on a flash video, the...

I'm looking... For reinstalling windows, is there a list somewhere of registry settings that should be saved, so that the installation can be done more...

Hello, I have a problem. My new soundcard don't works, cause i can't find the "line in" in reglages of my computer. can you help me? Greetings.

Does anyone know of a way to convince Metro apps to use a Proxy Automatic Configuration ("PAC") script to determine what proxy to use to access an external...

First, thank you for the help on the last question about using Windows 8. I've been reading and watching tutorials which are great learning tools. Though,...

Most of the USB WiFi stick adapters carried by the local big box stores, including some of the very fancy pricey ones come with "install first" software and...

Hello all, As you can see from my previous posts I'm new to Windows 8. The problem I'm having now is after a certain length of time the computer will shut...

Suppose I set up a Storage Space with a dozen drives and dual redundancy (i.e. up to 2 drives can fail concurrently without data being lost). Now let's say...

As the subject says- suddenly windows 8 pro reduced to a crawl with blue screen in between every mouse click. Task Manager showed Windows Explorer to be...

I have been looking at an early freeware version of 'autorun pro' to make antoplay CDs. I find it works fine in XP and W7, but does not work in W8. Anyone...

alt.comp.os.windows-8 not on groups.google.com. Is that really true?! It is shocking really!! -- comp.mobile.android