Something happened and your installation of Windows 8.1 couldn't be completed
I have a brand new Acer with Win 8 installed. I've removed McAfee. Other than that the machine is as delivered. Trying to download 8.1 and install it from the store. It sits there for a couple of...
View ArticleADK 8.1 , WinPe Resolution and SRT package
Hi I have following setting in unattend file for display:<Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>...
View ArticleCan't install Windows 8.1 due to DRIVER_VIOLATION error
Hello,I opened this topic to talk about a problem about Windows 8.1 installation on my PC. It's a ASUS laptop model X50SR (F5 series) manfactured in 2008 and sold with Windows Vista.I've never had...
View ArticleDriver power state failure (Windows 8.1 pro) when downloading a program and...
Hey Guys, I've been trying to fix this problem for a while now, without any solution. I have a HP ENVY 15-j035eo Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR)which I install Windows 8.1 pro on. I start by getting all the...
View ArticleDisable Internet explorer app using GPO
Hi,I'm just starting to customize our GPOs for Windows 8.1 as we are starting roll out soon. Regarding that i've been trying to get rid of the app version of IE11 and give the users no choice but to...
View ArticleNVidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti Driver GeForce 337.88 ignored by MS Windows 8.1 Pro...
NVidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti Driver GeForce 337.88 is ignored by MS Windows 8.1 Pro favoring Generic PnP Monitor and MS driver!Goal: to use NVidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti Driver GeForce version 337.88 for the...
View ArticleWindows 8, Black screen upon boot, movable cursor
Works in safe mode. But everything's huge and useless, and it has no internet.I have an msi nf750 g55 motherboard with onboard nvidiea graphics.It is correctly detecting and using a driver for this...
View ArticleSideloading Windows 8 store app using DISM only works one time.
Hello, I went through DSIM tutorial several times, but not sure what I did wrong. Hopefully someone can help me out.I have the cmd file where I execute the following DISM command:DISM.exe /Online...
View ArticleHow to prevent Windows Store from restarting after close.
The Windows Store restarts after the application has been closed. Even when the Store process is ended. What triggers and how do I prevent this.ThanksKen
View Articleinstall windows 8.1 on gpt on a bios system
Is it possible to install windows 8.1 on a gpt formatted partition on a BIOS or non-EFI system? Where can I locate descriptions for that?
View ArticleKiosk Mode & RemoteApp
I have a Windows 8.1 RT tablet that I'd like to allow users to run one of our kiosk desktop applications. We are using RemoteApp to publish it (from WS2012 Essentials). The application is designed to...
View ArticleStart Screen Layout missing icon
One of the program I pinned to the Start Screen is missing. The program that's missing is the Opera browser. I created a custom start screen layout with all the programs I want in different...
View ArticleUpdating to Windows 8.1 encounters 0x80070083 error code
HiI encounter problems when I try to update my Windows 8 Pro machine to Windows 8.1. I receive the error code 0x80070083 in Windows store.To try to solve the problem I have used "Fix problems with...
View ArticleCannot install KB2903939 update to fix mouse lag issues
I've been trying to install the KB2903939 update for a while now and it won't install. I keep getting this error that says "Windows Standalone Installer - This update is not applicable to your...
View ArticleHow is an IT department to manage Microsoft Accounts for their corporate users
How can companies manage their corporate User's Microsoft Accounts? As the IT Manager for a small company the concept of "Microsoft Accounts" poses many issues for us. We do not want our users using...
View Articlehow to remove windows 7 safely from my dual boot win7/win8 pc ?
i have a pc which is dual boot with windows 7 ultimate 64 bit & windows 8 pro 64 bit, my pc had four drives C: D: E: F:, windows 7 is on "D:" drive & windows 8 is on C: drive(i had set win8 as...
View ArticleComparing Hard Disk's partition size
Hi,I am using Diskpart to get information about the Windows Partition on GPT layout.Diskpart > Sel Disk 0 List Partition And here diskpart shows the available partition and I...
View ArticleSetting builtin Weather app location for all domian users
I am trying to force a home location for the built-in weather app using Group Policy. I have tried to trace these settings using Process Explorer but I cant see where they are written. How would I go...
View ArticleDetermining largest partiton dynamically
Hi,I am using Diskpart to get information about the Windows Partition on GPT layout.Diskpart > Sel Disk 0 List Partition And here diskpart shows the available partition and I...
View ArticleUpgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8
Hi,When I'm trying to upgrade OS form windows 7 to windows 8 after installation windows 8 it gives hanging issue on login screen I cann't able to login with system.Can you tell me why its happening...
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