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    Windows 8.1 won't boot after 1 week shutdown.

    I recently returned home after a 10 day trip and when I turned my computer back on it would not boot/open at all.I have a dual-boot setup running Win8.1 and Win7 Pro. The default OS is Win8.1, and -- as a matter of fact -- I probably haven't even opened Win7 for almost a year. Before I left all...
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    Solved System Image Recovery can't find Image on USB Drive

    I've been dual-booting Windows 8 Pro and Windows 7 Ultimate, but a while back my Windows 8 kind of went "South" and wouldn't boot at all (I got an error message that a device was "not attached"). I have a recent system image on an external USB hard drive, but when I boot to "system recovery"...
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    Windows 8 and Apple iphones

    OK, occasionally Microsoft and Apple have been known to have their, um..."differences?..." but Windows 7 did manage to communicate with my iPhone 4S quite well. I am now trying a pretty simple task in Windows 8, copying a jpeg from the "camera roll" on my iPhone to a W8 desktop folder. All...
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    Solved Attempting my first backup...

    Hi all. I am now dual booting Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 Professional. I have two internal hard drives in my computer, and each OS is on its own disk. Windows 7 is on disk "0" in the below image and Windows 8 is on disk "1" as you can see, I have disk 1 split into three partitions, the...
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    Windows Defender — where are the Scan Results?

    I've been using a clean install of W8 Pro for a couple of weeks now and while I have installed some of my usual programs I have not yet installed any standalone AV, firewall, or other "Security" programs. Late last night I decided to try a full scan for the first time, left it running and went...
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    Solved Lock screen picture

    Does anyone know where that "default" lock screen picture in the windows eight consumers preview actually is on the disc? (The picture of the road winding across the plains into the far away snow-covered mountains...) I would like to use it as my lock screen image in my new install of Windows 8...
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    I've been trying Windows 8 for some months now...

    So what will happen with my: Windows 8 Release Preview Evaluation Copy. Build 8400 Is there a way to turn it from a preview into Windows 8 Pro? Can I install over it? (and keep everything the way it is: programs, settings, etc.) Can I continue to use it as a preview or will my computer...
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