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Since I am travelling I want to re enable startup (when booting to windows) password login. I already have password required when wake up but when booting my laptop does not require a password. Any ideas?

I have Windows 8.1 x 64 on my HP Compaq CQ58. Whenever I press the right click to bring up the copy, cut etc. menu; it takes forever to do so! All I see is the busy blue doughnut cursor. I have used the sf scannow and DISM commands but they found nothing wrong! I used Avast and Malwarebytes to...

I am having great difficulty searching within Windows Explorer. The windows explorer search is basically useless as it almost never finds the files I am looking for and will not accept wild card! Also I do not like the search charm as it just shows the files without the details like folder...

I have this problem since windows 8 (I now have 8.1). Whenever I right click on anything; it takes about half a minute to bring up the menu. This is frustrating to say the least. Anyone experiencing the same problem?

Is it only me or do others experience a drastic slowdown of their PC after updating to 8.1? ever since I updated to 8.1 my laptop is slow and misbehaves in many and various ways. It seems that the new update soon to be released is aimed at the metro users and if this is true then it is nothing...

I thought that Windows 7 search was bad until I started trying to search for my many videos in my win 8 laptop. I even used KIND:= VIDEOS but the search came up empty???? This frustration never used to happen with win XP. I tried all manner of searches and although I have hundreds of videos...

Every time I boot win 8 says my password is incorrect and I have to manually type it in order to continue booting. I Am using Classic Shell. I dont want my laptop to ask for a password. With Classic Shell installed I got rid of charms bar and now I don't know how to make my laptop stop asking...

I live in Africa and the best I get is 30 - 60 Kbs. How on Earth does MS expect me to download over 3 gigs in order to update to 8.1? ISPs charge high rates here for internet access. I am going back to windows 7 if this issue is not resolved! We don't all have the high speeds the rest of the...

Why oh why have MS made search so damn difficult? I am trying to find all videos in my computer and I simply cannot. It only finds the videos in the generic my videos folder. Damn I am so frustrated I want to throw my brand new laptop out the window :mad: Will someone please help me! By the way...

I have installed Classic Shell and although it takes me straight into desktop on boot I still have Metro appearing whenever my cursor moves towards the right of the screen. I hate metro and do not want it intruding on my desktop. PLEASE someone help me solve this problem. I just want a pure...

I want to totally bypass all password logins. I deactivated the password requirement after sleep but this does not solve the bootup problem. Whenever I boot into win 8 it requires a password to login. I don't want it. I want to switch on my laptop and go straight into windows. Please help.

I just bought a HP Compaq CQ58 laptop and it came with windows 8 preinstalled. I Tried to get it with windows 7 but this is no longer an option offered by the shops. I installed Classic Shell and now am trying to get the colours on the screen to be darker. I used the windows 8 calibration but to...