Forum: Windows 8

If my vista setup will accept windows 8 pro upgrade,, is it advisable to do that or just go to win 7? desktop My win 7 HP, should i upgrade it to win 8 pro upgrade or? laptop there was a price around 90.00 for it

Bought a laptop last week for my neighbor and Best Buy and Future Shop sent back all their laptops with windows 7 on before Xmas and all they have is windows 8.. what a night mare to navigate I have had to Google and you tube simple searches such as 'Find desktop' f'ind control panel' etc .....

I saw in the demo model that by swiping the screen left to right ( visa verse) the screen would act like your Iphone screen .. o nthe HP laptop we bought .. BUT it does not do this I have to use the mouse to swing the screen ..\ was there a windows page I didn't activate to do this ?? please...

Had to buy a laptop for my neighbor and am having a devil of a time trying to transfer over the dbx files from her outlook express 6 ( from xp ) to ANY email account whether it is hotmail / gmail/ thunderbird that can be accessed thru windows 8.. I have the dbx files backed up on a...

Hi, In win 8 do you know how to add favorites to I/E 10. I had XP before that was easy.

About 6 weeks ago I tried to upgrade my nVidia display driver to the most current. At the time it was version 310.70. I always go to Control Panel, Programs and Features and uninstall the current nVidia driver and reboot before I install the new. I rebooted and unlike the usual experience where the...

I don't really need another pc, but windows 8 looks interesting but would need win pro/// Would i be better off to keep running my desktop vista 32 bit, and win 7 64 bit lap top? How about jumping to Ubuntu? tks bigger hard drives would be a plus

I am using Windows 8 on a Dell Inspiron N4110 laptop. I wanted to use the "run" command and it was then I noticed that the listing for accessories is missing in "all programs". Does anyone know how I can get it back. Thanks Gary

I have recently purchased a notebook which has Windows 8 installed. To start with, the first couple of weeks, it was extremely fast at its processing and loading pages, but now it has slowed down considerably. What can I do to speed it up please? I have MS Security Essentials and Lavasoft...

Has anyone encountered the problem I am having : upon starting my PC (by turning it on after a certain period of turning it off), I cannot open my IE on the metro nor on my desktop? Any fix you might know? Thanks Ngan

After installing win 8 on my HP 5210, I find my knowledge of computers to be a failure. I had Win 7 and did not check to see if Win 8 was going to be a problem, installing on this HP. I can not start the progs like MSN or even get to the HTTP. Any suggestions. Only progs that were installed...

I need some advice from y'all . I am just now starting feeling comfortable with windows7 . Microsoft keeps sending messages asking, " what are you waiting for" in regards to Windows 8. I had signed up for the $14.99 up grade. Should I just download Windows 8 to a disk for future use or is Windows...

I'm using Win8 Pro ; recently I downloaded the Windows Media Center, and it is listed on the Metro Interface. How do I remove the Windows Media Center off my Win8. I did not see this add- on in the add/remove programs. Thank you Ngan

2 GB of download? where is the file on my system? What is it called. Paid, have an Icon which shows the desktop shortcut. C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\WebSetup\Sources\ I would like to place all files on a DVD, for 32 bit...

I had some X-rays and an MRI done and they gave me the images for them on a CD. The images are in a format used by the diagnostic imaging industry, DICOM. I downloaded a free DICOM viewer to view the images and it works very well but if I click on the file directly in the folder I get the pop-up...

I recently got a new PC for my birthday that's coming up Feb. 11th with Windows 8 operating system and I HATE the new UI with all the apps. Can I change the UI back to Windows 7 and use it the same way I used Windows 7? And if I ever wanted to change it back to the Windows 8 UI...which is doubtful...

I can not get Windows defender to turn back on in Windows 8. Any Suggestion. This is what I get when I click on Windows Defender.

Just a note to be aware that the Secure Boot feature could cause issues if you use programs like Macrium Reflect, Acronis True Image, Clonezilla and others and attempt to use a non-approved Operating System (namely Linux) based recovery disc. Secure Boot wants to see only approved versions of...

Hi ... We were used to having the All Programs feature with older versions of windows by going to the Start button , Now that the start button isn't there any longer you still can have the All Programs feature on your Toolbar . To do so all you have to do is right click on the Taskbar , select...

We're considering buying a new laptop from Costco, a Dell Inspiron with W8 pre-installed. Dealing with Costco, you buy what they offer. I seriously doubt, and haven't found, that there is an option to buy this laptop with W7 rather than W8. The fact is that I'm just a bit uneasy about W8. ...

Installed Windows 8 Pro upgrade, going from Windows 7, both 64 bit, yesterday. Installation went fine and everything seems to be working. I needed to restart this evening and received the message "Installing update 2 of 11, (etc.) Do not unplug or turn off your computer. Didn't touch anything for...

I am looking to get a new laptop with win 8 and i saw a review on one that media center did not run on win 8? It said win pro was needed? tks

Hi: Trying to get acquainted with win 8. Getting there. How, though, do I send an email in Win 8? Getting confusion from internet checks. Some answers seem confusing. I receive mail, all seems to be in tact, but when I compose an email, I can't find the fammiliar "SEND" button. Much thanks, Jim S

I had ripped a few video clips from DVD disks to my PC and played them well on Win 7 WMP. Since I upgraded my PC to Win8 Pro, I could not play my clips with Xbox video format. I had to go back to use WMP. Is there any software and anyway around to convert WMP format to Xbox format? Regards Ngan