Recent content by MaXimus

Same here, I have tons of applications, Adobe CS6 entire Suite, Office 2013, Nero 2015 Platinum Suite, Cyberlink PowerDVD 15 Ultra, so many other small programs, total usage is 40 GB. I do have the hibernation file turned off though. Page file is at the default 5 GB which Windows allocated

I keep getting this error upon every restart, how to stop this? Clean Windows 8.1 Pro install with the latest updates and all Metro Apps uninstalled

1) What brand of computer or laptop? 2) Backup your data before attempting anything please 3) If you have a branded computer (as in DELL, HP, etc) then it probably has a factory restore image which you can use to get your pc back to the same day when you purchased it (that is with Windows 8...

I solved the issue finally. Here is what I did differently this time, I don't know which of the below steps did it but I`m happy now: 1) Instead of using the latest ISO from Micro$haft, I used the Dell Windows 8.1 DVD that DELL sent me when I bought it since it originally shipped with...

it's during the boot up just before login, if the external HDD is disconnected, I boot up in like 6 seconds, if it is connected, I see the login screen only after 8 or 9 seconds

thanks bro

Windows 8.1 already has OneDrive but when you install office 2013 it installs its own version of OneDrive with 4 startup entries related to OneDrive, I usually have always uninstalled the extra OneDrive and just used the one that comes with Windows. After uninstalling it and rebooting I the...

Kingston SSDs use the crappy SandForce controller which can only achieve the advertised speeds when it deals with compressed data. That's why on the box of my previous Kingston HyperX 3K SSD it said "These results were achieved with ATTO Disk Benchmark" because it uses compressed data. But in...

I was finally able to take a snapshot of the error: Some of the errors I see in Event View are: Event ID 20: Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80246010: Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames. (I don't have any metro apps installed though except for the...

After doing all the Windows updates on a clean install of 8.1 Pro x64, when I restart, I would get an error message but it's too quick for me to even read or write it. This is even without any drivers or software installed yet. It's random, happens a lot but one out of 5 times it wouldn't...

are you actually expecting any help from this useless forum?

Thanks a lot man! very comprehensive reply even more than I expected! Cheers

you should never touch Drivers from Windows update. Always get them from the manufacturer. I can't count the times when I've seen people's computer especially their WIFI losing connectivity after they update their drives from Windows updates

That happens when you don't update your drivers to be Windows 8.1 compatible before you upgrade. Sensitive things like WLAN, Bluetooth, and Video chipset drivers if not update can cause this. But the most probable culprit according to my experience are the Bluetooth Drivers followed by the WLAN...

Nice catch! never saw that before. What is sad, is that 1000s of people still insist to use that crappy AV Windows Defender because it comes with the OS and is free! there are many good free alternatives but people are just too lazy to try. What's their reasoning? "I've been using Windows...