Recent content by bulldows95

That worked -- many, many thanks!

Hi! Unfortunately this hard reset didn't work for me -- the computer starts right back up into the login screen. Note that I also tried switching from the HP optimized power plan to a standard one but to no avail.

Sounds like a plan lifetec -- thanks -- I'll give that a go!

But the problem is I can't actually seem to turn off my computer properly.

Hi! I got this HP Compaq ProBook laptop running Windows 8.1 which just won't let me reboot it so I can boot up my Windows 10 installation USB. Anybody know what I could do here? I've tried setting `HibernateEnabled` to false and then doing `shutdown /s` via PowerShell, but when I turn the...

Hi! Trying to install Windows 8.1 on my MacBook Pro. Worked fine last time I tried. Now, however, using the same DVD, after `Press any key to boot to CD or DVD...`, I'm taken straight to a black screen with a blinking cursor and nothing is happening. I've seen similar cases, ie. Black screen...

Thanks for your insight Anixx, and for the links in your previous posts. I didn't know one could disable DWM like that. Is that what you're doing? If so how's that going?

Does anybody know why Microsoft had to remove the classic theme in the first place? It reminds me of good typography where one is supposed to NOT notice the page design so one can go about actually reading the content. The classic theme is just so stripped away of all nonsense that I can...

Surprised nobody's mentioned Windows Classic by xXiNightXx: Windows Classic (Windows 8) by xXiNightXx on deviantART