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If you downloaded an app from the iTunes store, you need to use the app on your Apple device. You cannot run iPhone/iPod/iPad apps on your machine.

if you just run "defrag.exe" you need to specify parameters. defrag.exe is best run in a command line with the proper flags. In this case: defrag C: /u /v will show you the progress and results of defragmenting the C: volume. Like what was suggested, dfrgui.exe is the GUI-based version we're...

What apps in particular?

Then yours is even older than I thought. I only saw this on AMD Dell 370s.

Check "All Apps" by moving your mouse so the downward arrow appears on the start screen. You'll have to find the app there and choose "Pin to Start." If you can't find it in the list, search for it, right click, and choose "Pin to Start." Both should get you the same result...

The only thing I can think of to try would be to go to your Control Panel > System > Advanced Settings. Choose Performance > Settings and under Visual Effects select "Adjust for best performance" and hit Apply.

They're not stored in plain text (usually; they're not supposed to be) so you're generally safe. Accessing via a web browser is no better because it stores your password the same way as the local client.

I saw this coming and knew it would throw some people off the boat but you have think about how many different hardware profiles there are and with the absence of that instruction set, extra code is required. This is also just an issue with AMD systems. If a Dell 370 had an Intel proc, it would...

This is what I see on my system (things I don't know if I can show are removed): I am running the publicly available build of 8.1 Preview.

If you disconnect all the other devices from your router (wired, wireless) does it improve? When you say " the PC that the router is linked to" are you talking about modem - pc - router or modem - router - pc?

There have been updates to Windows Activation that have taken place quietly via Windows Update. Some users are having to re-verify they're legit. It happens.

if something was installed a little while back but the system was never restarted, most of the time it records the inital update date and not the re-configure date (when you actually restarted your system to apply the changes). What is the earliest date listed?

When you open Windows Update, you can view a list of installed updates and the order they were installed in by date.

I know this sounds lame but you might not be pressing the key early enough. With my Asus laptop (UX31A), I use the Escape key (boot menu; F2 will get you to the BIOS) and mash it the moment I press the power button. By default these systems are set to POST with as minimal time required as...

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