Windows 8.1 Won't get updates in audit mode.
I just installed Windows 8.1 in a Hyper-V virtual machine. The release version that was distributed through msdn not the preview. I enter audit mode as soon as I can, so there have been no changes or...
View ArticleIs it possible to configure a domain user's thumbnail photo as their Windows...
In a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory domain, we have deployed user pictures for all user accounts via the "thumbnailphoto" attribute. As we deploy Windows 8 clients, we would like to have the...
View ArticleIs there a solution to set user account picture from Active Directory...
I added a photo of each user in Active Directory (attribute thumbnailPhoto) to use them as account picture. This worked well in Windows 7 using this solution:...
View ArticleDisable Microsoft account to login to system
Hi,Is there a way disable login to system using Microsoft account. Enabling this would have any impact on accessing the windows features ?.Regards,Jijukar
View ArticleSysprep and Windows 8.1 -- missing Metro apps after reboot?
So, I'm trying to figure out an issue with Sysprep and a clean-install Windows 8.1 64 Enterprise system:When I sysprep the computer from my admin account with my unattend.xml file, when it reboots, I'm...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 - Upgrade from 8, Start Button Does Not Work
I cannot find a fix for my 8.1 start button.It works when I move the task bar to the top, right or left but not at the bottom. I ran all windows updates and there are no missing/unknown drivers in...
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"Windows 8.1 installation has failed" - in-place upgrade to Windows 8.1 U1
I am unable to upgrade my toshiba laptop that has Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 U1. I am getting an error message at 37% or 39% through the upgrade process and am met with an error message similar to this:...
View ArticleHyper-V services
These services won't starts:1- Hyper-V Data Exchange Service2- Hyper-V Guest Service Interface3- Hyper-V Guest Shutdown Service4- Hyper-V Heartbeat Service5- Hyper-V Remote Desktop Visualization...
View ArticleI Can't Upgrade the Security Component of the Windows Media Player
Hi I need help, I cant upgrade the security component of the windows media player. I bought a dvd and got a digital copy and when I tried to transfered it a window told me I need to upgrade the...
View ArticleNeed to reinstall windows 8.1, need my product key
I need to reinstall Windows 8.1I don't have my purchase confirmation emal anymore, i tried to redownload windows 8 or 8.1 to create a bootable Flash Drive to install from, but my current product key...
View Articleit wont let me update to windows 8.1
Hi, my laptop is windows 8 and im trying to update it to windows 8.1 but everytime i go and click on thw windows upate it says that i need to install the lastest updates and it tells me to go and...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Update 1 (Spring update KB2919355) - User Profile Service failed...
After installing Windows 8.1 Update 1 (Spring update KB2919355), our enterprise Windows 8.1 image began getting User Profile Service failed the sign-in. Uninstalling the update fixes the issue. The...
View ArticleMaking Image Backups of Windows 8.1
I want to periodically make image backups of the boot drive for a Windows 8.1 system using a third party imaging tool. I found out the hard way already that you need to make a copy of the entire...
View ArticleINSTALL WINDOWS 7 OVER PRE-INSTALLED WINDOWS 8 LAPTOP
Hello everyone i am Raj Q. Anbody have worked with MBR AND GPT ? is their anyway to install windows 7 on pre-installed windows 8 laptop from company . problem is :- 1.)when you try to installed...
View ArticlePC ran into trouble continuously on many installs of Windows 8, why?
I am well aware of Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 but what sets Windows 8 aside from all these operating systems is regularity with which Windows...
View ArticleElectricity supply failure stops Windows 8 intermittently from next startup,...
Electricity supply failed and now intermittently Windows 8 stops, Windows 7 (dual boot) doesn't hangs also corrects from problems automatically, why Windows 8 starts problemed after electricity failure...
View ArticleCannot install KB2962409, error 800F0922
Hi, I tried for hours and hours to install update KB2962409 that I need to solve a problem with Windows 8.1 and I'm not able to install it on my HP Probook 650 G1 with SSD Drive. (the laptop is 3 weeks...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Update Carnage
Not sure where to start.HELP!Just about every Windows 8.1 Update problem I have seen on the net in the last few weeks has hit my innocent little computer.It is 10 months old, pre-installed with a...
View ArticleDRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
So I recently bought an ASUs G750JM and I am getting this DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD and I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing this. The dump file can be found here...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 purchased from student store upgrade from Windows 7
Trying to install just purchased Windows 8.1 from Windows 7 Getting message: Cannot install getting "Can't install, no internet connection bought product and product key. Obviously if they could take...
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