Making Win 8.1 Upgrade To Win 8.1 64 Bit?
Sep 19, 2013How I can make Win 8.1 upgrade to Win 8.1 64 bit?
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Making Task To Fn+F6 At Login
Aug 9, 2014I use a wireless mouse - the Lenovo laptop touchpad and my thumbs screw up my typing at the most inopportune moments. I try to manually disable it at login, but forget. I can permanently disable the touch pad easy enough in its configurations, but sometimes, I do need to enable it - usually just temporarily.
I can make tasks easy enough. Is there a simple way I could make a task at login to disable my Synoptics TouchPad.. Keystroke combo is Fn+F6 to enable / disable it.
How do I get those keystrokes into a task ?
Making Bootable ISO From Files?
Oct 14, 2013Tonight I used a program called Windows Hotfix Downloader to integrate the 3 updates for Win 8.1 with success. However it gave me folders and not an .iso. I was able to make an .iso with Power Iso but it says non bootable image. In the past I know I used a program to do this with XP,Vista,and Win 7. I tried to follow Power Isos instructions to do it but what to select when it asks for add boot info and wants a source what to put? I just can't remember what easy program I used in the past to make a bootable iso from files. It's not rufus or yumi...they will make a bootable USB. I was able to manually make a UEFI Bootable USB manually and copying the folders over to the flash but still want a bootable iso for archive.
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Sep 21, 2013what it really means to "back up" your data. I got a Seagate drive for making backups. Before I install it I need clarification.
The more I read about backups, files, settings and disc images I get more confused. I see that if I don't do it right and my computer crashes, I may have not saved what I needed.
First should I use the software supplied with the Seagate drive? Or use Windows?
Do all my files need to be in the libraries folder to get saved? Like documents, music, pictures and videos?
Do I need to make a system disc also? This is just to boot up the PC if it fails?
Making File Shortcut Between Hard Disk - Is It Possible?
Jun 15, 2014Anyway, I'm curious about making file shortcuts between hard disk. Example, real folder is in D: drive. I want to make a shortcut for that particular folder in E: drive. Is this possible?
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Feb 13, 2013Have just bought a laptop which is installed with Windows 8.
How to go about making some recovery discs. What files need to be downloaded and how many discs do I need.
Making 2nd Monitor Always Display Metro Screen?
Jan 21, 2013How do I make my 2nd monitor always display my start screen / metro screen?
Seems like on my 1st monitor, whenever I open chrome or IE, it closes the start/metro on monitor 2, and opens it there.
Maintenance :: Making Restore Point From External Drive
Jul 18, 2013I was trying to install Kali linux as a partition on my windows 8, and was using EasyBCD to add Kali linux to the boot entry. Somehow I ended up deleting the Windows 8 boot entry, not deleting the Windows 8 drive but deleting the boot entry meaning I can't boot into it. I have tried MANY MANY MANY solutions to fix it. I've tried using a recovery disk but that just shows the windows logo and reboots and reboots and does the same stuff.
Eventually I just gave up and thought I'm just gonna get rid of this windows 8 which by the way came pre-install with my Toshiba L855-149, and just install windows 7. Of course I NEEDED my files so just an hour ago, I removed the hard drive from the laptop, put it into HDD Docking thing I have which allows me to add the hard drive as an external drive to my other win7 desktop PC. I started copying all my files which I am still doing now. I was thinking is there a way to make some sort of restore point from the hard drive or something? Is there another way to boot up windows 8?
Setup Installation :: Making Backup Of Recovery Files From USB Drive
Feb 18, 2013I purchased a new laptop with windows 8 and used the options in windows 8 to create recovery media and chose the usb drive option. I was wondering if I would be able to copy the files in the usb drive onto my external HD; then if I ever need them I could put them back onto a usb drive and reinstall windows 8. I took a screenshot of the files on the usb drive.
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Aug 24, 2013Basically my PC has always (last few years) randomly just shut down after I boot it up or freeze, but after the initial few resets it would be fine until I turned it off. Today it did it's usual of freezing up (at login) I held down the power button then waited then turned it back on, but instead of turning on it just kept a black screen and kept whirring in a cycle. Long (fan) brrrrrrrrrrr fade down then shorter one then back to long. I've tried turning it off at the plug leaving it and then trying again but no luck.Specs.
A friend said to remove the cmos battery and turn on off then put back but still no luck
Maintenance :: Making Sure Laptop Is Clean Before Creating System Image
Sep 15, 2014I couldn't repair/replace my laptop's corrupt files doing an sfc or dism scan and had to do a reset as I couldn't do a refresh. I thought my laptop was clean when I created my last system image, last month, but when it came to using the system image I realised there was corrupt files on there too so I had to do another reset. What checks should I do before creating a system image? so I know that as well as there being no viruses there are no corrupt files either. Check for errors in Event Viewer and do an sfc and dism scan?
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Nov 6, 2013I just bought a new dell xps 15 which is really awesome by the way but the qhd resolution makes certain programs unusable. It's 3200x1800. So for instance I play online poker and when I downloaded a poker program the game client came up like 4 inches wide on the screen so the text is unreadable. I thought I would just have to use a smaller resolution like 1080p but the size of the game client didn't change when I changed the resolution. Resizing the client windows doesn't resize the text so what are my options? I am using windows 8.1 ....
View 1 Replies View RelatedHard Drive Making Loud Sounds When Rendering TIFF Images
Jan 28, 2014I've a weird issue with Windows 8.1 and my mechanical hard drive. I've a 2TB Western Digital hard drive that's partitioned with one of the partitions being a Media partition (H) containing over 107 gig of images, mostly tiff files ranging from 80-700 meg. I'm a photographer who tends to edit it layers.
Anyway for some odd reason when I access a folder containing these files, my hard drive goes into a frenzy and starts making loud vibration noise as though the drive is thrashing rapidly. Additionally I get a green bar going across the address bar as though it's establishing access permission. I've checked the drive and initially it just had "Everyone" listed so I added Administrators, and myself. But it still acts as though it's seeking permissions...
Interestingly enough no other folder or partition goes into this frenzy; just the folders under H partition containing the tiff images.
My initial thought is it's a caching issues as the PC is trying to cache and display the thumbnails for these files but I'm not sure. And if it is, how do I fix?
BTW this is a replacement drive as I thought my other drive was defective since it was doing the same and had it RMA'd.
Also this is basically the same partition/orginization structure that was under my Win 7 machine and I never had this issue.
Hardware Drivers :: Dell Laptop Making Clicking Noises Along With Blinking HD
Oct 25, 2013I just bought a Dell Inspiron laptop 17i17RM-2419sLV almost a month ago. Today the computer has started making a soft clicking noise that goes in sync with the flashing hard drive light. Is my hard drive bad already? I'm in grad school and can't afford for this to suddenly crash on me again. I actually bought the same make/model right before this and the hard drive crashed three weeks after I bought it. It was replaced for me and now here I with a almost constantly blinking light and accompanying clicking sound.
3rd Generation Intel Core i5-3337U Processor (3M Cache, up to 2.7 GHz)6 GB DDR3 RAM750 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive17.3-Inch ScreenWindows 817.3 inches Max Screen Resolution 1600x900 pixels Processor 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 RAM 6 GB DDR3 Hard Drive 750 GB SATA Graphics Coprocessor Intel HD Graphics Wireless Type 802.11bgn Number of USB 2.0 Ports 2 Number of USB 3.0 Ports 4 Brand Name Dell Series Inspiron 17R Item model number Inspiron 17R (5721) Operating System Windows 8 Item Dimensions L x W x H 20.20 x 13.13 x 3.58 inches Color Moon Silver Processor Brand Intel Processor Count 1 Hard Drive Rotational Speed 5400 RPM Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required.
8.1 - Windows Live Account Password Automatically Memorized When Making Purchase At Store
Aug 9, 2014Platform: WIN 8.1 Spring Update
Using a local (domain) account to login to Windows
Using a MS Live account just for the purpose of installing Store apps
The first time you go to install a store app you are prompted for your Live account credentials. Once entered, the only choice is SAVE or CANCEL. Once SAVE is chosen Windows remembers the password and the user is not prompted next time they go to install a store app. I want the user to be prompted every time. It seems earlier version of WIN8 allowed this. Can it still be done? I looked for a registry hack to prevent the Live password from being memorized but could find none.
Setup Installation :: Windows 8 To 8.1 Upgrade Failed - Must Upgrade System BIOS
Jul 3, 2014Yesterday, I clean-installed Windows 8 Pro x86 on an old Dell Vostro 1400 laptop which had been running Windows 7 Ultimate, and it activated and ran fine, without even a single exclamation point in Device Manager. I applied the update necessary to make the Store offer 8.1 and proceeded to install it as I've done on a couple other machines. After downloading the thing, it errored out with:
Couldn't install Windows 8.1
Contact your PC manufacturer to see if you can upgrade the System BIOS
When I clicked the OK button, it then gave me the informative and grammar-challenged error box:
Something happened and the Windows 8.1 couldn't be installed. Please try again. Error code: 0xc1900104
Try again Cancel
Ever the optimist, I clicked Try again, and of course, it proceeded to download all over again from scratch, only to error out in the same way. I then downloaded all the Windows 8 updates, although just the one had been necessary on my other machines that successfully upgraded to 8.1, and tried again, only to get the same result.
Today, I've discovered the Windows 8.1 Compatibility Assistant, which avoids the lengthy download of the upgrade every time (Microsoft, maybe you should run it implicitly before downloading 3 GB of transient data), and it tells me:
This PC doesn't meet system requirements
Contact your PC manufacturer to see if you can upgrade the System BIOS
Obviously, no BIOS updates are available, and what exactly is the problem here with my BIOS. The obvious googling turned up nothing except some people with Sony Vaios that had the same problem, which was corrected with a BIOS update, and of course, there is no information on what their BIOS update does to make the 8.1 upgrade possible.
Save Or Backup Win 8.1 Upgrade ISO File Downloaded By System During Upgrade
Oct 20, 2013I've just upgraded from win8 to win 8.1 using the windows update (store), my questions are :
1. Can the ISO file that was automatically downloaded by the system during windows 8 upgrade to 8.1 be saved or backed up? the download was about 2.6 GB.
2. If so can the backed up file be used to do a "clean install" in future on the same machine?
Win 8 Pro KMS - How To Upgrade To 8.1
Oct 23, 2013I have win8 pro activated with online kms server. Because of that store upgrade cannot be done. How can I upgrade to 8.1? Do I need to download the enterprise upgrade iso or what?
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Get 0x80240031 Error When Trying To Upgrade To 8.1?
Oct 17, 2013I get this error code every time I try and download the upgrade. It gets to around 16%-22% complete before it stops. I'll come back and I'll see this error screen, screenshot below. I've tried restarting my PC a hundred times and tried re-installing it a hundred times. I bought Windows 8 Pro a few months back. I also went into Window Update and made sure every thing was installed, all are updated to the latest.
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May 2, 2014A while back I purchased a computer that had Windows 8, I then upgraded it to 8.1 when the update came out.
Through work I have been given permission to us one of the MAK keys we have for 8.1 Pro/Enterprise, and trying to use "Windows Anytime Update" says I cannot upgrade using the key. I don't want to install over everything or upgrade using the install CD as it usually messes things up... Is tehre an easy way to upgrade from a OEM base version to a MAK Pro/Enterprise edition?
Upgrade To Windows 8.1 - How To Do It Without Formatting
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Oct 1, 2014My laptop automatically updated to Windows 8.1 and now my HP wireless printer is not recognized.
Even if I plug it in to the USB port, it's like it won't even find the printer. I don't even hear the sound that the printer is plugging in. I have tried several USB ports and yes, the ports are working as I have tried other hardware in them.
Hate Windows 8
USB Device Not Detected Sometimes After WIN 8 Upgrade
Sep 6, 2013I have been facing issues with my WD Passport harddrive not getting detected on the USB port after my windows 8 Upgrade in my laptop. In my desktop, there is no issues which has Win 7.
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