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    Wiping a data drive

    OK thanks, will check that out. Still curious about what deleting a volume does in terms of ensuring data is truly wiped out or not.
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    Wiping a data drive

    I had a brand new 2TB WD drive (bought 6 months back as a spare), which I put to use yesterday to replace a 1TB data drive. All went well, but just when I was all done, I broke the data connector when I was securing it to the case!!! I contacted WD to see if was covered by warranty, but its...
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    Apps Screen - groupings

    Thanks. I am reading through some of the tutorials to try to clean up the Apps page - not so simple. Apps page is a pain sometime as you dont know when to veer left vs right, given there are two alphabetic groupings ; I end up having to search and type in the name the app - quite ironic for...
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    Apps Screen - groupings

    On a typical Apps screen, when sorted by Name there are TWO groupings -a grouping the far left, grouped alphabetically, ( ie a grouping for each of A, B, C etc), -a grouping on the right side, by program name, displayed alphabetically. And clicking on any letter or any program group, (or...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    OK figured it out.....finally It was two issues: 1) Something is off with my charms bar.... but when I did a Windows C with the Gmail account I was able see the proper setting for email accounts, and thus able to delete Gmail Account 2) the Outlook email account was listed, even though Mail...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    Clearly there is something off. I too do not understand why I am having issues here. When I go to the charm bars and select Setting and Accounts, I see the login accounts to my computer ; I do not not see any email accounts. How do I get to the "Mail" settings? The one that allows me to add...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    Question - On page 2 of the start menu, where I launch the mail icon . I can right click and uninstall . Suppose i do that. From where would I re-install the Mail app? UPDATE Found a thread that confined you need to search for the app in the Windows store to reinstall it. I searched and it did...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    Ya, I tried to remove the account using those intructions, but no joy ... it says "Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Settings." ... I get nothing when I do that in Mail. And I cannot find any other way to get to Mail Settings. Like a click or a right click or a menu...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    Some of those links actually look familiar, I guess I was down this road before. If I go to Mail, where I only see the add more accounts screen, I tried to add the outlolok account form there, but it said it was already added/..same issue as before...so as a test I added one of my gmail...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    Using the default mail app for Windows is precisely what I am trying to do. But, I am in a Microsoft madness circle. When I go to Accounts, it already displays the outlook address ( ie its already added) And if I try go add other email account, and explicitly add that outlook address, it of...
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    Solved Opening Outlook.com mail from the Windows 8 desktop

    I rarely use my name@outlook.com email account for email, but once in a while I need to as Microsoft sends and email there. I can get to it no problem via a web browser, going to hotmail.com or outlook.com Other than a shortcut, is there no way to open email from Windows 8 desktop, like is...
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    Win 8.1 People and Calendar - Sync to Outlook

    Some questions about Windows 8 People (contacts) and Calendar: 1) For Start/People, the contacts appear to be seamlessly synced with Outlook.com, which is fine, but is there a direct way to link it to my Outlook 2010 desktop contacts? Currently I configred Win 8 People to access my Gmail...
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    File sharing an accessible computer on different router.

    Doesn't sound like an unblock-us issue. First thing I would do is try to isolate the issue a bit by removing unblock-us from the equation as a test. With the unlock-us DNS settings removed, the one router, and the multiple pcs: -do you have any issues accessing all pcs using TeamViewer? -can...
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    Clean installs to new SSD's., and getting from 8.0 to 8.1

    Exactly correct and the lesson learned if attempting to rensitall with 8.1 media - gotta really make sure you know your embedded OEM 8.0 key! I thought I did , but now amd glad I ran three different tools (on the first install) so I had at least two keys to choose from. Belarc is my new friend ...
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    Clean installs to new SSD's., and getting from 8.0 to 8.1

    Not quite in my case. I used the key that I had on paper record ; the one Showkey and Speecy reported a few week back when I was up and running after installed with the Dell USB key for which I did not even enter a key to activate. At that time I also an Belarc so I had that on paper as well...
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    Clean installs to new SSD's., and getting from 8.0 to 8.1

    UPDATE 1: Well, I landed up in Windows 8 hell again. Decided to go for fresh Win 8 install, Managed to install Win 8.1 no problem with the retail 8.1 PRO DVD and generic CORE 8.1 ...but it will NOT LET ME ACTIVATE WITH THE DELL OEM KEY. I even tried the registry hacks and slmgr command line...
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    Clean installs to new SSD's., and getting from 8.0 to 8.1

    Yes, many work fine, but some do not.
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    Clean installs to new SSD's., and getting from 8.0 to 8.1

    Ya, RT was just a speculation by them which I didn't believe anyway. So looks like a fresh reinstall is the next step. Deep breath.
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    Clean installs to new SSD's., and getting from 8.0 to 8.1

    On my last PC (the one with the above resolved issues), I now have a new problem. CONTEXT - Dell desktop, fresh install to new SSD, using Dell OEM USB 8.0 followed by 8.1 upgrade via the store. ISSUE - all "appeared" to work perfectly, and I have been everything running nicely for a while...
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    Turning off the jumping windows feature

    Thank you again. Although I have long lost any remaining patience, I do find it insane that this one setting has its own tutorial, and registry hacks, and this many steps, and is buried deep in the OS . How would a normal user even think to know to search for "mouse" or go to Ease of Access (...
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