Windows 8

I was doing some work and downloading some files on my 5 year old Windows 8.1 ASUS laptop when i got a blue screen of death due to the Kernel Data Inpage Error. It restarted normally, took me to another screen. Gray and blue colours. You had the options to change the date and time, change the...

How to open my disc cd tray on my dell inspiration windows 8

Something happened to my toshiba laptop that has Windows 8.1, and I had to refresh it. Now I am missing my microsoft office files! I really need it asap for school too. I did look in the C drive for program files and there are two different ms office files. One has x86 next to the word...

Hi all, hope someone can help. My old Asus laptop running windows 8 died with all my files, pics etc. I did some reseach and bought a usb/ sata transfer cable. When i plug into my new Dell with windows 10 it says 'usb can not be recognised' etc. I then tried again with an old Lenovo laptop and...

As of this writing you will not be able to source Windows 8 from Microsoft’s servers. It has been discontinued in favor of Windows 8.1 which, according to the community, is a better OS than Windows 8. This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB installer for Windows 8.1. Please make...

Safe mode is necessary when you need to diagnose hardware and or software issues. It ensures that you have the basic of drivers for the OS to operate and thus rules out most, if not all, compatibility issues. It also disables a lot of the services that may otherwise be running in the background...

When dealing with laptops given to an end user courtesy of their office, it’s imperative that you have all your personal files on a removable storage media. What if you’re too busy to do all that and were hoping to leave all data backup to your last day at the office? With the advent of Windows...

When gaming on a laptop, there can be instances where a toddler had rushed in and pressed a couple of keys on your onboard laptop keyboard and sent your gaming session to the bin. Times like this where you wished the onboard laptop keyboard wasn’t active. Another instance is where you’re using...

Contrary to previous versions of Microsoft’s Windows OS environment, when you delete a file from a folder or physical drive on Windows 8, that file is shot straight to your recycle bin without any warning notification. This can be a good thing where people don’t like to be pestered for an...

Sometimes you may think your eyes are playing tricks on you when you see that the icons and text on your laptop are all fuzzy. You might even be tempted to go to the doctors. In essence it could be possible you might need to visit the optician but try out Windows 8’s built in feature to clarify...

Touchpads can be a hindrance to some of us who have toddlers running around the house. Having them tinker with a touchpad and the mouse pointers subsequent motion might interest them further to the point of disassembling the laptop for the sake of science. We may know how to disable the touchpad...

Convenience for some can be an issue to others. Some may like to have their screen be on at all times due to their nature of work or simply because they like the look of their desktop background while others may be working based on a grueling schedule with sleep cycles being late into the night...

As of this writing you will not be able to source Windows 8 from Microsoft’s servers. It has been discontinued in favor of Windows 8.1 which according to the community is a better OS than Windows 8. This tutorial will show you how to install Windows 8.1 on a DOS laptop. Please keep in mind...

If you find yourself owning a laptop based on DOS and wish to install Windows 8 on it, this tutorial will show you can move forward. Please keep in mind though that your DOS powered laptop meets the minimum hardware requirements to install the OS. Minimum system requirements: Processor: 1...

You see, windows 10 is becoming worse and worse. Disabled cortana, she still works in the background Plus, My windows 10 gaming experience is bad for a game, It is a weird game called ROBLOX I was trying it out the other day and this one game "Jailbreak" lags a bit. My specs and model...