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Windows 8 Speakers Not Found by BillW50
I have eight of these Gateway M465 laptops. And I run many different OS on them from Windows 2000 all of the way to Windows 8 CP (never had Vista on any...
November 15th 12 10:57 PM
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Did Windows 8 Eat My Cameras? by BillW50
Maybe just a coincidence. But I purchased two Dell Latitude ST tablets. They came with Windows 7 Pro SP1. The original plan was to run Windows 7 on one and...
December 16th 12 02:58 PM
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What? Windows 8 Pro comes with downgrade rights? by BillW50
Windows 8 Pro comes with downgrade rights, which allow the owner to legally install older versions of Windows. So for those of you needing to...
December 30th 12 02:04 AM
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Transparent mouse under touch screen by BillW50
I only have been using touch screens with Windows 7 and Windows 8 for under a month. So I am not an expert or anything. But I accidentally enabled a...
December 26th 12 04:32 PM
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Yes you still can find brand new computers with XP installed! by BillW50
I know winston says it isn't possible, but I recently just purchased a brand new computer with XP installed. Here is another one just like mine. Fabulous...
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January 28th 13 07:11 AM
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Adding Media Center Trashed My Windows 8 Pro! by BillW50
I decided I better install the free Media Center before Thursday (1/31/2013). Went well except it won't activate and now I get the following error: ...
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January 29th 13 08:07 PM
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With agreement through Microsoft Vista COA and sticker are removed! by BillW50
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160967170402 You got to be kidding me? Microsoft wants some resellers to destroy the COA that somebody else had to pay for? What...
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February 16th 13 02:10 AM
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Oh Cool! Touch Screen like features on a wireless keyboard! by BillW50
Wow! Logitech K400 and K400r wireless keyboards has a touchpad on the right of the keyboard. If this isn't strange enough, the touchpad works like a touch...
February 16th 13 08:13 PM
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shutdown /s /t 0 by BillW50
If I run this from a batch file, it opens up a cmd window and just keeps running in a loop and nothing happens. Although running it from Win+R it works fine....
February 12th 13 06:33 PM
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Start Menu X Pro 5.02 is free today (NOV 30, 2013) by BillW50
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/start-menu-x-pro-5-02/ -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v12.0.1 Centrino Core2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz - 4GB - Windows...
November 30th 13 09:45 PM
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Atlantis Word Processor by BillW50
I often don't get very excited about the daily offering on Giveawayoftheday.com. And today was just another word processor which I tried dozens of them in...
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January 4th 15 07:52 PM
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Anybody running Firefox v28 under Windows 8? by BillW50
Anybody running Firefox v28 under Windows 8? If so, does it run as a Metro App? I have three Windows 8 machines. Gateway M465 (no touch or pen support - no...
February 12th 14 10:33 AM
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Windows 8.1 Update 1 by BillW50
Could be here as early as patch Tuesday. http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2014/02/05/windows-8-1-update-1/ -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail...
February 17th 14 04:07 PM
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Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 free on all sub-9-inch devices by BillW50
Microsoft targets Android, makes Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 free on all sub-9-inch...
April 17th 14 06:44 PM
by chicagofan Go to last post
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Logitech Mice, Touchpads, and Trackpads w/W8 Gestures by BillW50
On 5/20/2014 12:59 PM, BillW50 wrote: I ordered a Logitech Anywhere MX mouse and I will play with this one next. I wonder if it supports button 4 and 5 for...
May 24th 14 08:31 PM
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Two Quick Beeps on a Phoenix BIOS by BillW50
Whenever I fire up this Gateway M465 running Windows 8.1U1 from standby, I get two quick beeps and then I don't know, like 4 seconds later when the OS is up...
June 17th 14 10:33 PM
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What would anyone here do? Control Panel by Bill[_40_]
A friend across the country has a fairly new machine that came with W8 64-bit and has been upgraded to the latest 8.1.1 in 2 stages. The machine has been...
September 24th 14 06:49 PM
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8.1 Tablet log-in and screen reader by Bill[_40_]
Can anyone help with this? I've not used a full Windows 8.1 tablet before without a keyboard. I took advantage of an offer and bought a 10" Windows 8.1 + Bing...
December 21st 14 11:34 PM
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Linx tablet by Bill[_40_]
Now I've discovered how to get this 10.1" tablet starting by holding it correctly, it seems to be working like a trojan......... Except for Windows 8.1,...
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December 24th 14 05:06 PM
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Taskbar size by Bill[_40_]
Oh how I hate Windows 8. Last night I wanted to do something quickly so, instead of using a proper W7 laptop or an Android tablet, I picked up this Wimboot...
November 30th 15 09:09 PM
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