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    Anybody else tired of hearing these lame Win 8 complaints?

    The only time I use Metro is when I'm playing solitaire.
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    Solved Notebook cant boot

    Joan that's incredible! Asus turn around time is less than one week in the UK? I wonder if they just exchange those books and send off the defects to the bin to get recycled.
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    Movie Maker

    It's probably because everything is geared towards mobile devices these days. When you go into the save movie tab there's a plethora of devices to export the file to. They could have easily added the burn to disc switch to that menu but like the start button it's just gone.
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    Movie Maker

    Tested this with my Windows phone 8 1080p video. Imported to MM save movie for HD Display to DVD after it was done it will prompt you to either play it or exit.
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    How to access "MSN for Windows 8" homepage on Dell Inspiro

    You really don't need CC for this, as mentioned just clear your cookies and you should be good to go. My Inspiron was doing this also in FF browser.
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    Need imaging software

    I was a long time user of Acronis but it's bloatware now days. It also leaves drivers you have to manually eradicate along with reg files. Macrium is the best solution imo lite GUI works on the desktop and can recover from 7 to 8 on another drive I'm using the free version and it's actually...
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    System image restore & system repair disc problems

    I also found out the built in tool is not very reliable sometimes it will get stuck during the imaging process. I'm a long time user of Acronis but since W8 I decided not to upgrade it for the first time. Acronis is becoming bloatware imo. After testing the built in tool I decided it wasn't...
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    Please help!!

    In your mouse property's is there a switch called Touch Guard or similar to that. My Dell has it and it works pretty good but I don't use the touch pad. I bought this little bluetooth gem for the Inspiron and love it.
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    System image restore & system repair disc problems

    Are you able to see the saved image in the list like in the second shot? That list is the key to recovery and it should list your saved image. If you renamed the saved image folder W8 won't see it make sure it says "WindowsImageBackup"
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    System image restore & system repair disc problems

    Something isn't right I took some snaps of the procedure maybe this will help you navigate to a safer harbor.
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    New Win8 laptop arriving, wish to Dual Boot with Seven

    Not an issue you just need to brush up on your partition structures for your type of setup. Check your hardware bios to see what your board supports and partition it accordingly.:thumb: Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). Uses the Master Boot Record (MBR) partition structure...
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    System image restore & system repair disc problems

    Hi, I just did a system image restore the other day, and I didn't have to use a recovery disc or go through any of those steps you mentioned. After it scans your system for other images I presume it see's the one you made on the other external hdd. If so make sure to tick select a system image...
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    Start 8 Does Not Always Open to Desktop

    It's a known bug since 1.0 Not booting to desktop mode » Forum Post by vgr103
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    My PC does not shut down

    I can understand anybody's hesitation on this type of maneuver, I've repaired a ton of PC's and it's really nothing to worry about you just have to have the right tools and be very careful when working inside a tower. The safest way is to bench the mobo and start testing it outside the...
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    My PC does not shut down

    Ok a couple of things to try would be to blow out the dust. Make sure behind the mobo is clean no dead bugs dust balls and such. Disconnect everything from the pc and just have your mouse and keyboard plugged in. Another thing to check and this may sound really stupid but double check the power...
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    Solved Windows 8 Randomly freezes for 1-10 seconds

    It could be the Avast program update feature and failing to update a certain app try turning that off also.
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    Solved Accidental deletion of a Metro app

    What I have found is if you set another browser to be default, the Metro app just disappears completely. Try disabling always check to see if browser is default on start up.
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    My PC does not shut down

    Maybe try resetting optimized defaults and disable turbo mode.
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    Weird Icon Appearing on Disk Drives

    I think they started that in XP if I recall, and your most welcome glad I could clear the air.
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    Transferring Win 8 system drive from laptop to desktop

    He mentioned P4, I doubt it came with W8 so I think he's good to go since there is no UEFI and Secure Boot support on a P4.
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