reinstalling win 8.1
After a refresh on Win 8.1 my os reverted bac to Win 8. I went to the Metro Store to reinstall 8.1 and it was not listed. I remember this happening to me before and I was able to resolve it. Any ideas?
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View ArticleDownloading and installing Wondows 8 OEM
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Good Morning, I have bought a Dell Inspiron 15R which arrived this week. I have already decided that I am going to install my own copy of Windows 8.1 Professional on to my system. I have tried this...
View ArticleCan't upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Pro on Lenovo U310
I have a Lenovo U310 Touch that came from the store with Windows 8.1 on it. I need to install Hyper-V and that requires 8.1 Pro. I have a product key from my MSDN subscription for 8.1 Pro and attempted...
View ArticleW8 update to W8.1
My W8 Pro with media center will not update to W8.1. Microsoft says the update is KB2871389 & KB2917499. I just had some updates and KB2871389 was included but KB2917499 was not. Ideas please
View ArticleWindows 8.0 Installation Media - Move to another PC
Hi, I'm trying to understand the licence on my Windows 8 Media. I bought Windows 8.0 last year, not an upgrade, and not with a PC It's got a section on installing on a PC for personal use. I want to...
View ArticleHow do I go about using a dual OS of Windows 8 and Ubuntu
I've had this Windows 8 computer for a while and I've decided that I want to dual-OS Ubuntu 13.10, but I have no idea how to partition disks or backup system images or anything like that. I'm not even...
View ArticleWindows 8 failed to boot.
I have a Lenovo G580 laptop 2gb RAM, i5, and 500gb HDD. It had windows 8 RTM 32 bit installed on its C drive. It had come with DOS preinstalled so I had to do a fresh install of windows 8 via bootable...
View ArticleDeleted Uefi boot option (Windows Boot Manager) by mistake
Hallo, After creating a UEFI bootable USB thumb drive with Rufus (using Windows 8.1 Enterprise ISO x64), for a Dell Optiplex 3010 (configured as UEFI only, no CSM, latest firmware version, Windows 8...
View ArticleWindows Essentials 2012 Installing Errors
Alright, I have been running into a lot of problems lately with installing Windows Essentials 2012. I have gotten 2 different error codes which I have looked into forums about at and done everything...
View ArticleHow to make Portable Windows system (any version)
Hi there If you haven't got Windows 8 Enterprise and you want to make a portable Windows system then it can still be done quite easily (and a good learning process too). What you need to get acceptable...
View Articlewindows 8 not accepting the HP recovery disks
it goes thru all 3 disks and then says failed...I have reset EUFI and CSM & formatted drive...it is maddening....I have 3 HP 2000 doing the SAME THING!!! what is going on with simple wipe and...
View Articleupdating in win 8.1 throws critical process died
i was using win 8 .1 RTM and after somedays of installation it asks for restart for update but when ever i do it says critical process died 1. i tried reseting it becomes ok but again after few days it...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 (core) repair install errors
I currently have Windows 8.1 (core) on my HP laptop that originally came with Windows 8 (core). Recently I have had issues with Windows update and by searching forums I found the only thing I could do...
View ArticleKeep trach of your installed apps
I stepped on this tutorial which might be useful. Keep Track of the Apps That Were Installed on Your Windows 8.1 Devices...
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I have installed Windows 8.1 with WDS and when I search for updates, Windows just keep searching. Windows has searched for 16 hours.
View ArticleProblem reinstalling Windows 8
OK guys, my computer is slow and i felt it was time to reinstall windows. so i went to "update and recovery" and selected reinstall Windows, it said there was missing files and i needed my Windows CD...
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