Recent content by JeffL

Yesterday I was asked to help a friend who suddenly couldn't get into the internet. This was the first time I'd seen this computer, so I didn't know its history. All I can say is that it was an HP notebook running Windows 8.1. There was a red X over the network icon in the systray, and no...

Quit looking everyone! With a little help from the Microsoft forum, I fixed it. I still have no idea how OneDrive for Business got installed on my desktop, but when I checked Programs and Features in the control panel of my tablet, I saw that "Microsoft OneDrive" was not there. I deleted it...

After booting this morning, I had an error window saying "We can't sycn your personal files anymore..". I eventually found that this message came from Onedrive For Business which somehow got installed first thing yesterday morning. I didn't install it, and it is suppose to be part of Office...

XweAponX - Geesssh! I didn't have to do any of that. I just logged out of my account, and logged back in again, and all was well. My one and only account is an administration account. I've wondered if rebooting would have fixed it as well, but there's no going back to find out. p.s. I sent...

I did an Update and Shutdown last night. This morning after booting up, everything was different. A different wall paper, most items from my desktop and systray missing, only a few items on the start screen, and a couple of apps asking for passwords on the desktop. Before panicking, I logged...

This is the picture that should have been in my message above.

I have two Smart Samsung TV's. The firmware and internet functionality is updated via my wi-fi, but I can't recall ever having and connection between the TVs and my Desktop or Windows Tablet. The capture below shows that 40" set grayed out (it is currently turned off), and the 46" set is...

I had tried Windows Disk Clean Up (I even checked Clean Up System Files), but it still left thousands of grayed out Generic Volume Shadow Copies. Ghostbuster did the trick for me. It now takes about a minute, instead of 3 minutes, to load Devices and Printers, but that's because I still have...

Be careful using Ghostbuster. There are some grayed out drivers that should not be removed. Also, any device not currently connected will appears as grayed out and you may not want to remove those. What I did was right click on one of the Generic Volume Shadow Copy lines, clicked on Add...

Quit looking. I found it... Ghostbuster... https://ghostbuster.codeplex.com/

Is there a fast way to delete the grayed out Generic Volume Shadow Copy drivers? I have a couple of thousand of them which I believe is the cause of Devices and Printers taking 2 to 3 minutes to load. I've started uninstalling the grayed out ones manually, but that is going to take forever.

QUITE LOOKING! I FOUND IT! And man is it convoluted! I found a solution here: http://www.eightforums.com/browsers-mail/30337-windows-8-mail-app-how-delete-autofill-email-address.html which points to this YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq0-fZd0xpI&feature=youtu.be It seems...

You would think this would be simple, but... :cry: (Note, I rarely use the Windows Mail App for sending email). When I write a new message and start to type the email address, a list of matching addresses pops up. The problem is one of those addresses is invalid, I want to delete it, but I...

My Windows 8 Desktop and Tablet are always getting optional updates for errors regarding Windows Server 2012 R2. I have no idea what that is, and if I should install them. I'm not running a server, so I'm guessing that I can just hide them. Am I right?

For the last update installed date, I'm looking at Control Panel, All Control Panel Items, Windows Update. For last update shown, I'm looking at Control Panel, All Control Panel Items, Programs and Features, Installed Updates. The only theory I can come up with is, the other day, I attempted to...