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Hello there, After quite some (google) searches i could still not find if the following existed; I have several machines in the house that keep being nagged by the fact that Windows Optimization/Maintenance keeps getting started in the middle of the night (the machine will wake up but won't go...

Hi all, Recently after installing a few new Windows 8.1 machines i have noticed that the possibility to change the background and accent color of the new start screen (and accent colors in other screens) seems to dissapear after you set Windows to boot to desktop (and skip the start screen). As...

Hi there, I just bought a new Intel NUC which i installed a clean and fully updated Windows 8.1 Pro on. I want to create a networkshare on this machine, which everyone can just access (read permissions) to view the content of a folder or drive. I am trying to access the drive on another (my...

Hello there, Yes; i am using ClassicShell, BUT i use the default Windows 8.1 Start button (cause i like the way it looks). Thing is, when i change my taskbar icons to small, the size of the Start button is also scaled down. This looks out of place / ugly on the taskbar imo. Does anyone here...

Ever since my migration to Windows 8.1 I have a problem that got me mind boggling and i just can not seem to solve. I have already asked this question on the Winamp forums but before we could analyze better there, the forums went down (due to their company merger) . :( I did a clean...

Hey guys, As many of you may have noticed that compared to Windows 8, Microsoft has removed the 'Windows 7 File recovery' software in Windows 8.1 and renamed it to 'System Image Backup'. The major letdown for this tool is (imo), that its no longer possible to easily schedule your backup tasks...

Hey guys, Most of you might have heard about the mouse 'lag' that was introduced with Microsoft's new OS. According to some analysts the lag is described as 'negative acceleration'. This weird and unpredictable acceleration curve of the mouse, makes it pretty much impossible to work with with...

Hey there, Started using my freshly installed Windows 8.1 Pro this week... After a few days I started noticing something odd and have no idea why this started happening. When i go to a file (any filetype...i tried like 10..) and click "choose default program..." in the context menu, the...

Hello there, I was recently installing and checking out Window 8.1. Everything is going just fine and with stuff like Start8 and Modernmix i personally feel i can maintain my old and preferred workflow (so, for the rest i can enjoy any new features that are now available!). Anyway, as i was...