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HI. Just in case it helps anyone else. I have all my PC's & Laptop set to Auto update, and I take all patches. Normally I have no problems at all. This last Patch Tuesday I did my main computer (AMD 64bit) and it failed so I had to use the Windows 8 repair facility it then worked fine. I...

Hi. On Windows 8 since the upgrade from 7 and continuing after the recent Patch Tuesday. I have a situation after I log into Windows 8. After the Metro window arrives and a short while, I get a message "how would you like to open this file something like C:/programe.txt . So I choose...

:cry: Hi. This may be a simple problem. I have referred it to Microsoft support who looked at it for a few days then gave up came back and told me to try here. I am ENGLISH, I live in FRANCE. My account settings and PROFILES all say prefered language ENGLISH confirmed by Support. I get...

Hi. Kit, 22" main monitor 17" second monitor, Windows 8, Google Chrome. Here is an interesting one. On start-up, I have no problem with the monitor. I have s full 'screen with multiple tabs on the Google chrome window. I tend to move things between the two monitors depending on what I am...

Hi This is for information only. I took the offer for the free upgrade to the media centre It would not work. I could not key the key...! I got in touch with the MS Support (Who were very good) the first tech ended up giving me a product key for the pack then tried to do the upgrade. it...

I am a fan of Norton. They greatly improved their customer service a few years ago and I trust them. One of their applications Norton utilities ran every night on WIN 7. it found a number of things to fix. I asked them why the same problems occurred regularly, they said they were working with...

I have a 2 tb Network store on a 1 gig Ethernet, which worked fine on Windows 7. I ran the upgrade advisor this facility and software was not identified as a potential problem. However it does NOT WORK. It just says it is incompatible on Windows 8. The Novostore website is not helpful...

:cry: I am not a happy user! I had seen the preview and tried it it seemed ok, this version is no doubt better. However, there are SIGNIFICANT problems with MAIL. I did not like the Mail and tried to download and use Windows live mail which I like. That worked for a while then stopped...

Hi I upgraded from 7 to 8, all seemed to go well. I did not like the look of Mail so I downloaded windows live mail. It worked fine. Windows 8 had some updates. Live mail started to Freeze, it said mail was there but did not show any. Left it for ages, tried re-syncing, still freezes...