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Thanks TarikuOkami, Well last night I scanned a 30 page document which was done in segments (per page) of around 100kb each. On trying to move them one folder to another, it was PAINFUL to say the least. The first 10 moved instantly, then it got stuck at 49% and took almost 2 minutes before it...

Slight update - I ran the optimize and also uninstalled Avast Premier... "seems" ok so far but time till tell over the next few days Also disabled hardware acceleration in Chrome which has sped that up Still does not feel as slick as the spec should be especially when comparing to a much lesser...

Thanks both Cliff S: Interesting point - I keep thinking it is indeed the SSDs causing the issue because if CPU was being maxed out, I'd see it hopefully in task manager but more to the point, the fans would be going nuts. This is not the case - nor is memory and even to touch, memory is fairly...

Nope no changes made there Anything in particular you're thinking that could be a cause? Should note, I am on the latest set of updates and on 8.1 Pro

Hi all, I have a bit of a strange one in terms of performance. The system in question is a Dell Precision M3800 with 16GB ram and 2x SSDs (Crucial CT480M500) and Liteon LCS412M65) - The timeline is as follows: 1. Start machine from cold boot and it's into windows very quickly and runs as...

Check under the indexing options (control panel) and then advanced settings that the xls file type has not been unchecked under file types Also if I'm not mistaken, the indexing by default does not index the entire C:\ or whatever so you may need to specify more areas if you do not leave your...

Sorry all, I didn't get any notifications (I don't think) so didn't check the thread. For whatever reason, the system seems to have stabilised. I still want to do one more format/reinstall as I've had to do a few "dirty" shutdowns when it locked up In terms of Ztrucker's response: Memory...

Thanks MasterChief I did toy with the idea that it could be Avast but I guess my issue with that is that why is it sometimes ok and other times not? I also distinctively remember this issue happening before Avast was installed. I didn't realise MSE is now at the level of Avast/Kaspersky etc...

Excellent thanks Brink I did have a quick search but I guess my terms were wrong. Also I def selected setup as a new PC but I wonder once you're in and signed in, it then syncs back to the account? Hopefully if anyone has any ideas in regards to the performance issue (another thread), I'll do...

Hi all, Is there a way to reset a microsoft account? Several times I have formatted and reinstalled and each time when it asks whether I want to use the settings already assigned to my profile or not...and selecting No...it still seems to be bring things over like the wallpaper etc. So to be...

Hi all, I seem to have a really annoying issue and I just can't seem to get it tracked down. I've done about 5-6 clean reinstalls none if which have sorted the issue. Laptop is a Sony vaio pro 13 and is on W8.1 Pro. Not much installed, office 2013, vmware 10, Chrome and Avast Premium. So, it...

I too have had issue with Adobe in 8.1 but just tried today and installed fine

Just an update - VMWare 10 is fine on 8.1

Will give the the BSOD link a read at the gym tonight - best bit of cardio material I've seen in a while :- ) In terms of before/after reports, the only issue there is I rebuilt the laptop from scratch without VirtualBox so unsure whether you would get anything from the report tool ? Obviously...

Thanks usasma Apologies for the bump earlier - it was a mixture of a lot of frustration and annoyance I did finally get to the bottom of it minutes before your reply - It was not actually Windows 8.1 or the drivers causing it but Virtualbox causing the issue. I decided to start again, this time...

Sorry to push this but I'm sure there is more damage going on with it not shutting down each time than good so would appreciate if someone can help out with the logs. I may just bite the bullet and format tomorrow again but this time test @ each driver installation providing it lets it get that far

Hi all, Driving me up the wall this ! As new Sony Vaio Pro 13 laptop which originally came with W8 - I then clean installed W8 Pro as I had a licence already and now have upgraded to 8.1 Pro (MSDN) Problem is, while everything was fine in W8 Pro, in 8.1 I can't sleep (lid closed) or shutdown...

Fixed looks like it does indeed pick up the serial from somewhere Creating a notepad txt file called pid.txt and putting into the /sources folder on the usb stick with W8 media will override it. The contents of the file is [PID] Value=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX Where xxxxx is the serial...

Hi all, Really confused on this one - Bought a Sony Vaio Pro 13 and as per usual with all my new laptops, a fresh install is done. So on i went armed with my USB with Windows 8 created from an iso file from the microsoft site (i have msdn access). The iso is a "multiple version" iso which has...

Thanks for the response. I don't think it is fast start causing it as the laptop is not in a shutdown state but sleep state. Having said that, I disabled it anyway to test it but 2-3am, same issue. On top of this, having then turned it off using the switch/hold down for a few seconds as I did...