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very helpful strollin, thank you. I have a touchscreen so will explore the windows store before seeking alternative installs.

Thanks for the suggestion TheFireRed. strollin, you solved my problem for me. I have a touch screen, I had explored the window with the mouse, but only when you suggested it I found I could adjust the video screen through the touch screen. Awesome - thanks

Hi, I'm new to Windows 8.1 and just discovered the Windows Store. What are the advantages or disadvantages of using the Windows Store? it doesn't contain many of the apps I've needed so far, and for like VLC there is a store offering but you can download VLC from the VideoLAN website - when...

Hi, I'd like another video player as the default only plays in full screen mode and doesn't allow you to run other applications at the same time. 1) Does VLC play video's in a non-full screen window? I see there is a VLC player in the Windows store however it says it's 'an experimental port...

Thanks for all the replies, especially Brink for answering all my questions (and the link). Much appreciated. :)

Hi, I have a new Windows 8.1 machine and I wish to encrypt the drive using Bitlocker. It gives me 4 options to save a recovery key 1. Save to your Microsoft account 2. Save to a USB flash drive 3. Save to a file 4. Print the recovery key Option 1 isn't available as I'm logged on using a local...