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I have a slow win 8/64 system (not 8.1) with one 500gb GPT hdd. When I went to optimise it, no drive was listed, further when I tried the cmd prompt (as admin) defrag c: /a /u /v - it just said optimise and went straight to the basic c:\ prompt, ie didn't do anything. I am using defrag now...

i have an 18 month old Asus desktop with Win 8/64. Blank screen on booting, was able to do a F9 repair so the system boots. However chkdsk shows 4 bad sectors. Also sytem is not stable (eg upgrade to 8.1 failed) So decided to replace the hdd with an identical model. Note the Asus...

Lenovo z580 I5 6gb ram, 1tb GFT hdd win 8/64 - 18 months old. System is excruciatingly slow, all works but not in a manner that is usable. I have exhausted my knowledge as to what the issue is. What I have tried: Usual safe boot, remove AV, Java, combofix, rootkit checks, chkdsk, sfc...

Hi, I am one of many experiencing very slow speeds on booting, opening programs (word) etc. Boot time can take 15 minutes. I have a standard Lenovo z580 (i5, 6gb ram, partitioned gpd 1tb hdd). No odd programs just standard AVast, office 2007, internet via ie11, all updates upto date What we...

I have an asus t100ta transformer with win 8.1 bog standard, all updates current, no device manager errors, using windows firewall. I have tried changing the registry fix (6.3 to 6.2). Bluetooth Support Service set to automatic. I have also tried updating the drivers, but it says current...

I have tried exporting the contacts in WLM in win XP using CSV format and importing into WLM in win 8. The result was a real mess, missing data, sometimes 3 entries made for the same contact, it was horrendous. There should be a better way to transfer from one DBstore to another, in the same...

I fail to understand why on a laptop (which has no touchscreen) why you would want to have the swipe gestures? Surely most folks don't look at the touchpad in use, so it is often that one starts off to the right (especially when the pad is off centre), and it is natural to move to the left to...

Trying to find out before I start whether the printer above is supported in Win8/64 - All Epson says where there is no specific driver update, that it "might" be supported out of the box. It really would be more helpful if MS (or printer manufacturers) actually listed what printers/scanners are...

Due to problems elsewhere on Windows Updates, it was suggested that I do a CHKDSK. I have a brand new win8/64 HP laptop with I5 3 series cpu, 6gb ram & 1tb hdd Excuse me for a minute while I have a winge. Why on earth has M$ changed the reporting? Reminds me of the Defrag issue on Vista. In...

Brand new Lenovo z580 with I5 3 series 6gb ram etc Win8/64 HP plus Avast AV. Initial windows updates download and install, then on rebooting it gets to approx 10% install, and then reverts updates and reboots again. I can see from update history rhat 13 updates have succeeded of which 7 are...

Windows 8 Pro with Skype 6.3.0.107 - device manager shows no errors (webcam driver version 1.0.3.37), Skype can see the spc900nc integral mic but cannot see the webcam. Strange? PS: For the record the win 7 compatibility report says the webcam is compatible....................

You cannot activate Windows 8 if you do a clean install from the win 8 upgrade disk. You receive the following message when you attempt to activate: So if my hdd went awol and needed to re-install on a clean/new hdd. Under these circumstances you wouldn't be allowed to reinstall with the...

I have an upgrade copy of win 8 pro. I have also a wd200gb hdd (model wd2000js) on sata 0 (master) which is shown in bios; it has been reformatted and is known to be clean. No other hdd's attached. Win 8 custom install starts fine, I enter my COA code and is accepted, however it subsequently...