Recent content by Jon Krol

OK.....right clicked on the desktop and brought up the graphics sub menu. Left clicked on "Rotate". The selections were 0, 90, 180 and 270 degrees. I selected 0 because the screen was oriented 90 degrees from normal. That cured the problem. How it got there I do not know. I'm guessing since W8...

Figured it out. No need to reply.

My laptop's desktop is vertical, in other words looking at my screen normally the desktop is oriented horizontally as well. In order to view the screen normally I need to orient the laptop so it is like a book. Did something get put into a different mode? Is there a way to get the desktop back...

Sweet. Thanks.

I have to log back on with a password every time my laptop goes to sleep. Can I disable the password requirement so it boots straight to the tiles or desktop? It really is annoying to have to enter the password every time.

Thanks all. I've gotten it corrected. Was just having trouble getting to the MS accounts page to change the info. Not hard once there, just laborious with all the verification steps. I think I'll stay with W7 myself. I'm a member of your sister W7 forums and have been for a while. Thanks again...

This is an older laptop. Even though it is new, I bought it yesterday, factory sealed on clearance. It is probably about a year or so old.

I hate to say it but none of the pages shown above match visuals of my version of W8. I'm not familiar with 8 so bear with me. I wonder if the panels shown above are in W8.1? My version is 8.0. In control panel I have a "User account and family safety" listing. The only two items I have under...

The laptop is essentially set up and working. No issues at all other than while originally configuring the computer I mistakenly entered an incorrect email address for setting up her Microsoft account. Add to that I forgot her new password as well so what I really need to do is establish a new...

While configuring my wife's new laptop I entered an incorrect email and password for her Microsoft account. How do I change, delete or otherwise install the correct email address for her Microsoft account. I suppose I can just reformat the laptop HD to pre configure state since the laptop is a...