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I'm just about finished setting up a new laptop. The laptop was correctly set up to boot and sign in to my Hotmail account. The store where it was purchased did some of the initial setup and they assigned a compute name of "user". I wanted to change this to something more meaningful so I...

I have a weird problem. I recently bought a cheap USB Hub off eBay. I plugged it in and connected my devices and it always works. However, about 75% of the time when Win 8 boots, I get about a dozen "USB connect/disconnect" sounds and a window that says "USB Device not recognized". (sometimes...

I've waited a while to update from Win 8 to Win 8.1 but I'm ready now. I have a faint memory of reading a number of posts about the difficulty of updating. I think one of them said that the update wouldn't work if the "My Documents" folder had been moved from it's default location. (in my case...

I have a new laptop and have been unable to join my HomeGroup. My network: Desktop running Win 8 Pro (wired net connection) Desktop running Win XP Home (wired net connection) second Desktop running Win XP Home (wifi network connection) I have just added a Win 8 basic laptop (wifi network...

I think that I know the answer to this question but I'll ask anyway...... It's a long story and I won't bore you but I'm still using MS Office 97. I have also bought a new computer that has Win 8 Pro. I installed Office 97 and everything works except Outlook. I've searched but can't find a way...

I have a petty little question. Is there any way to make File Explorer open in the same position and the same size as when it was last closed. Currently, it always opens in the same position and size and I almost always want to resize it.

I'm trying to get networking up and running between a new Win 8 computer and an existing XP computer. I previously had 2 XP computers with networking working perfectly. I replaced one of the XP computers with the Win 8 system and now I have this situation: -From the XP computer, I can access...

I am in the midst of the final steps in setting my my new Win 8 system. I have a Win XP and Win 8 computer on my home network. I believe that I have set up file and printer sharing correctly. I can access the files and printer on the XP system from the Win 8 system. However, when I attempt to...

I'm looking for a way to make Windows 8 more usable. I'm used to the traditional Windows desktop (actually the Win 98 classic view in Win XP - maybe I'm a Luddite) where the Start menu items are nested (or a tree structure). e.g. MS Office installs one start menu item called MS Office. Sub...

I'm having the most time consuming and frustrating experience of my computer life! Hopefully some kind soul can help. My system: Brand new Asus CM6870 desktop 2 TB HD 16 GB RAM Win 8 Core (originally installed by Asus) Motherboard; Asus P8H77-M Pro (AMI BIOS 0606) Asus did not supply and will...

I've been working on this and reading MANY posts over the past week and I've reached a roadblock. Can someone help? I have a brand new system with an OEM version of Windows 8 installed (Core not Pro) ASUS CM 6870 2 TB HD 16 TB RAM ASUS P8H77-M Pro Motherboard The new system works well but I...