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Do you get this when trying to access a Homegroup shared computer? The dialog box is asking for Network Credentials: The fix was simple. I changed the Homegroup password on one of my machines and updated the password on my other machines. A lot of head-scratching over this one...

Folks, I built a Haswell computer with a ASUS Z87 mobo. I took my SSD from my ASUS Z77 mobo computer and stuffed it into the new computer. Win8.1 just did a couple of readying devices and booted right up. No need to reinstall Win8. VERY nice surprise.

Every 15 minutes or so, the Windows Store APP pops up on my Win 8.1 Pro RTM desktop! I have ModernMix installed and will uninstall it just in case but really!

If Windows 8 is trying and failing to update a program marked important, you can forget about sleep working properly. There will be a process running called Windows update and it will both prevent sleep from occurring AND wake the damn machine up. You can kill the process but it will just start...

NewEgg is sending me the EVGA superclocked GTX780 in the next couple of days ($662 total with shipping). There cannot be many folks to be able to buy the card as it went out of stock just after I got in my order! It is replacing a EVGA superclocked GTX680 which will go to another deserving...

Poor Leo, He has lost two complete drives now due to corruption after booting from one drive, restarting, then using the BIOS to boot from another drive (both win8). He keeps getting "ERRORS, attempting to repair" on all of his drives. After chugging along for awhile, they usually boot but...

When booting from his new SSD boot drive, Leo will end up with "errors" on the hard drives that need to be "fixed" IF he accesses any libraries that he set up on his old hard drive still is the computer. My friend Leo, installed and boots from an SSD I gave him. He loves it. He also like that...

My friend's Win8 upgrade ( no, really! It was MY FRIEND'S machine, I swear!) halted on an error with an Intel driver issue. The solution was simple, he just needed to update his drivers from the mobo website BEFORE trying to upgrade to Win8. Untold hours of misery trying to track down the error...

According to the Tutorial, I SHOULD have been able to install Win8 Pro x64 retail onto a Seagate 3TB hard drive. The ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe mobo has UEFI BIOS on it and recognizes the drive as being 3TB in size. When I went to install onto the 3TB partition tho, Win8 barfed ans said that it could...

Read more at: Microsoft Nukes 30-Day Grace Period with Windows 8 I was wondering about this. When installing my TechNet version of Win8 Pro, the install would not proceed until I entered the product key which was different than Win7. Also I saw that as soon as I had a connection to the...

I am sure it is somewhere between the Win7 and Win8 forum but search did not help so here goes: Using Directory Opus 10, THE BEST TOOL for Windows ever, the Sync command always gets hung up on the empty My Pictures, My Music, and My Videos folders when running Sync. I fixed the issue by just...

Something just cropped up today with Win8 retail. When I go to copy or move a file or to delete a file, the whole process can basically freeze, taking minutes to move or delete a few megs. Happens about 50% of the time. I have Directory Opus and same issue so not a file explorer problem. I...

As a bunch of us just got the retail Win8 Pro version off of TechNet, good time to start a discussion of what actually is there vs. what was rumored. 1. Aero IS gone. 2. Gadgets ARE gone. 3. Windows store has a lot more stuff. I don't see anything that smacks of payment yet. 4. As rumored...

I just downloaded the Technet version of Win8 Pro. When trying to UPGRADE the RP version, I keep getting a message to "remove install media, boot windows normally, and then add the install media afterwards". Of course, nothing happens when I reboot, heh. It LOOKS like I will have to do a clean...

I put this shortcut to the attached file onto my desktop so I could change the Wallpaper photo without bothering to do the old Right click, Next Background loop. Donno where I got this from, here maybe? Meantime, I will take credit for it!

Read more at: Microsoft: “Metro” out, “Windows 8-style UI” in, amid rumors of a trademark dispute | Ars Technica

I have three P8Z77-V Deluxe mobos. I went to check the software and firmware and found a NEW dropdown for Win8 64 bit today. There was also a new UEFI BIOS out at the same time with no description of what changed. Check to see if your mobo manufacturer is putting out new stuff...

It seems like I have to "prime" the desktop background by manually changing the image before it will start to cycle through my extensive wallpaper folder. Otherwise, it just sits in the same picture after waking it from sleep. I am not sure about how it works after rebooting as I don't reboot...

Anyone have a smaller Metro screen?

Win8 adaption really low at this point in the beta cycle 0.18%. Windows 8 Lags Windows 7 in Previews | PCWorld PC World pulled out this stat which shows how few people are presently using Win8 of some flavor (0.19%). Win7 Beta was much higher at this point in its launch, nearly 4 times the...