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Many things have changed since I first began this post. I'm in it for the trial and error education. I love what personal computers have become. Hardware plus software, bang, you have a system. Once you have your system the possibilities are endless. No matter how powerful you think your system...

Reinstall Windows 8.1 OEM personal experience.... Okay, there was some interest here in reinstalling Windows 8.1 OEM after upgrading- installing new hardware. I have recently accomplished this and can offer first hand information on what happens and what to expect. I recently installed new...

I have disc in cardboard sleeve with coa sticker and product key. (Windows 8.1 64 bit OEM version). After reading all above information, can someone tell me what will happen if install all new parts and power on computer? Remember, I have (or had, I should say), a full running system with many...

motherboard pretty is the computer. Was the OEM key on the chip of the motherboard that failed? I purchased windows oem from amazon and installed myself, disc and key. System was running fine. Several months later I installed new psu, ssd, ram and graphics card onto the asrock 970 board. When...

I have new computer I built myself. The mobo failed due to ESD supplied by me. Now I have several new hardware items and an upgraded mobo almost ready to install. I upgraded the mobo from a Asrock 970 to Asrock 990 because the CPU is 8 core Radeon 8320. Now my question is, after spending...

Okay, I uninstalled Setpoint 6.5 using only the native uninstaller through Programs and Features and installed Setpoint 6.32. It upgraded some driver for my W8 Pro 64 bit OS and now my Logitech MX518 mouse is working fine again. The version of Setpoint That works for this is 6.32.7 and the...

I have a Logitech MX518 Gaming mouse I like a lot and it has never failed me until I installed Windows 8. The problem is Logitech will not upgrade the software for this mouse to work in W8. They are playing the buy a new mouse game with their customers. I have a wireless keyboard (Logitech) and...

Windows 8 RP upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39: I was wondering if the upgrade to Windows 8 Professional would work from W8RP. Well here's the definitive answer: Maximum PC | Windows 8 $39.99 Upgrade Offer Will Support the Release Preview Microsoft will break all records with this download offer...

I hope my current computer is eligible for this. It had Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit installed at the factory and I of course, have a product key but I have since uninstalled Windows 7 and now run Windows 8 Release Preview as the sole operating system. So my question is, will I be able to...

I just found a nice little program called "Easy BCD 2.1.2". It enabled me to delete the Windows 7 partition with two clicks. Windows 8 took care of everything else. Issue solved.

Okay, after I installed Windows 8 RP (I had Windows 8 CP previously installed as sole OS), I went and installed Windows 7 Home Premium from a disk into a separate partition. I am no longer interested in Windows 7 at all and I want to remove Windows 7 from my computer completely. I want to delete...

The desktop app.

After installation of Windows 8 RP I was showing the "winlogon.exe-no disk in drive" error when shutting down. I had to manually hold down power button on computer to get it to shut down. If anyone else is showing this problem here is the fix: 1) From the Metro "Start" page type "Shutdown...

If Microsoft kills AeroGlass in the final release, I will be sooo angry! Leave our AeroGlass alone you Microsoft peoples!

Oh thanks for all the help. I figured it all out now and got everything running nicely. I have Windows 8RP booting 1st by default now thanks to Google. Bing couldn't give me a straight answer as usual. Btw, great answer Vertex, I decided to keep Windows 7 for now but I'm keeping your...

Win8RP is just gorgeous. I have Win7 64 bit also installed, I go back and forth and old Win7 is really looking prehistoric now compared to the Win8 series. I really hope Microsoft doesn't drop Aero after RP, some of us like the eye candy, it makes our work a little more pleasant. Personally, I...

Can anyone help me, I installed Win7 and Win8RP in separate partitions but now I only use Win8RP. When I boot- Win7 is on top of the list and boots first by default unless I input with the arrow keys to choose Win8. I really would like to delete the partition that contains Win7 but I don't know...

I'm not listening to anything. Just chillin out in the chill out room.

Grrrrrrrrrrreat! I'll get my copy from Microsoft Download Center tomorrow or Saturday when I have a little more time. Maybe Sunday. Microsoft Download Center

I love Win8. The start screen Metro tiles are weird but it's what's under the hood that counts. Win8 is a hot rod. I've been using W8CP as my sole OS since the day it was released and I've grown to love its' many upgrades from Win7. I do wish they would make a separate version of the start...