Recent content by Guy Scharf

I upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 a week ago. The Task Scheduler History tab is not showing any history data since the upgrade. History is still enabled for all tasks in the Task Scheduler. Google searches didn't turn up anything that helped. I have confirmed that the tasks are still running...

Windows 8 optimizes disks automatically. The default setting is weekly. I use the defaults. To examine or change the schedule, open My Computer, select a drive, right click and select Properties. On the Tools tab, click on the Optimize button. From there you can change the schedule.

Correct, it is generally not good to defrag a SSD. However, the Windows 8 function is named "optimize disk." For a mechanical disk, that function performs a defrag. For a SSD, the Optimize function performs a TRIM. And TRIM is good for a SSD. I would definitely not run any third-party...

Found the answer -- incompatibility with ABBYY FineReader addin. Fixed by disabling the addin.

I also can pin Word 2013 to the desktop taskbar from the Start page. When I right click on Word 2013 on the Start page, the options at the bottom of the screen (as shown by Brink in his message) includes the ability to pin to the desktop taskbar. And this works in my testing.

I installed the release version of Office 2013 from TechNet. But neither Word nor Excel are working. When I start either program, their start screen comes up normally. When I try to create a blank document, or open an existing document, I get an error dialog "Microsoft Word is not working"...

I decided it was easier to punt and run a job to set numlock on at logon, using a numlock utility I found on the web. (There are probably lots of such utilities; I just picked the first one I found.) I did encounter one interesting quirk: if I just run "numlock on" after booting, it doesn't...

ok, I wonder what the difference is? It's helpful to have a positive report, so I now know it's something specific to my configuration.

@PJL, no, it's not rocket science. But it doesn't work for me. If you filter through the "hits" you mention, you'll find a few with the same complaint, that the solution doesn't work on Windows 8 for them either. I'd be interested in hearing from someone who has used the registry fix solution...

I don't have a Logitech keyboard. It's actually a Unicomp -- equivalent to an IBM Type M but USB instead of PS2.

@Burgurne - no, that did not work. @bassfisher6522 - reinstall the keyboard driver? I checked with Device Manager, and it says I have the latest driver installed. I'm using whatever keyboard driver Windows 8 installed for this computer.

Are there any answers to this? I am also finding that Windows 8 turns off NumLock automatically, even though it is on in the BIOS and the indicator light is also on until Windows starts booting. I tried changing Initialkeyboardindicators to 2 but that didn't help.

Limiting factor for me is use of the onchip HD4000 graphics. I don't game, so graphics is acceptable. Mobo is Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe.

I was just looking for the same feature myself. With a large screen and lots of background windows, it is hard to pick a specific window because all of the light grays just run together and the window borders are less obvious.

My question is technical and not about licensing--are there any gotcha's about adding Win7 to an already installed Win8? I have the necessary licenses.