Recent content by Perrorist

I uninstalled OneDrive a while back, but some programs flash up a warning that it can't be found when saving new files. Looking at the registry, I find numerous references to One Drive (and its predecessor, SkyDrive), so it seems to be embedded in Windows, even though I thought it was removed...

I haven't had the problem with Word or Excel. I need the Office suite, so I'm unable to remove it. Also, I don't use Metro apps -- I'm strictly a desktop user -- but it's interesting you have the same problem, and I agree about the overheating concern.

I don't know if this an 8.1 or an Office problem, as my previous version of Outlook ran under 7. However, that version didn't need to hog 12-13% CPU all the time, whereas this one does. Anyone finding the same thing happening to them?

I've had that happen, too. I've been reinstalling a swag of software on my new machine and most go through quickly, it's just the odd one or two that don't. Run as administrator worked for one product. I shall try that again if the problem recurs.

The answer might be that I needed to run the install as administrator.

Windows 8.1 x64 There are some programs that when I install them appear to hang when they're most of the way through the install. A current example is Hotspot Shield. I've unregistered and reregistered MSIexec, to no effect. I've run sfg/scannow and the system integrity is 100%. When I check...

[Deleted] Black screen after installation of 8.1 Too rapid a display of the "Press any key..." message prevented me from booting from the installation disk. Now reset the PC. EDIT: By a process of elimination I discovered that the Asus video accelerator driver was the culprit.