Sounds like you have a virus.
If you can't open the Control Panel how do you know you can't uninstall any programs?
Try going into safe mode and running system restore.
If that fails...
Your probably reformatting.
Windows 8 is "both" an upgrade and new install. I depends on the version you bought. Every version of Windows ever released has been an upgrade.
If you bought the upgrade, and have a supported OS already installed on your PC, there will be an option to retain your data and programs.
If you...
Well... I have installed this version (Pro) several days ago. Java is coming up incompatible as well as several other add on's. Downloads are disappearing mysteriously and must be re downloaded 3 or 4 times before they take. I gotta say something is up with this. I'm about to roll back to...
Ok I'm stumped. I've installed 8.1 pro with the PK found at the beginning of this thread. I need to activate. I have a retail Win 8 pro PK. How do I use it to activate 8.1?
Any detailed help would be most appreciated.
I purchased office 2013 home and student. I received a card with a product key and instructions to download and install.
When I follow the instructions the webpage stops and refuses to proceed.
Is there some where I can DL the setup and install from my PC with my product key.
I have not...
I haven't seen an ISO image of any windows OS that had both x86 and x64 bundled together. I have every windows OS ever released and they have always been in separate disk or in separate ISO files. Unless you have some kind of disk that offers both upon booting you probably have either one or the...