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    Any idea on what is causing slowdowns?

    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...
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    Solved Is there a way to reset a Microsoft account?

    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...
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    Randomly slow/locking up - can't seem to track down the is

    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...
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    BSOD: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE help please

    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...
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    Solved W8 picking up old 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...
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    Sony Vaio Pro 13 BSOD (I think)

    Hi all, I have just recently got myself a Sony Vaio Pro 13 and I think I am having issues in regards to a BSOD. The symptoms seem to be related to power/standby but could be wrong. Yesterday, I shut the lid and went away. Got back from lunch and realised the fan was on full-speed while the...
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