It may happens some applications cannot run on Windows 8 or have compatibility issues as they were written for previous versions of the operating system and were not yet updated. In such case, a savvy user must run the program in compatibility mode. To setup the application compatibility in Windows […]
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Wireless printer not working in Windows 8
In the last years, wireless printers became more and more popular. Though not a bad combination, Windows 8 and wireless printer could actually lead to some compatibility problems. This is because when the wireless driver for the printer gets installed, the current network IP address is locked for the printer. […]
Windows 8: What to do if drive letter of the USB backup disk has changed
Backing up Windows is a task that usually folks are performing without encountering any problem. But such a problem could appear when you intend to use an external disk for backups. The next time you try to do the backup, you might have the “surprise” software not finding the backup […]
Windows 8: What to do if texts and desktop icons are too small
It happens sometime to find difficult reading items on the computer’s desktop. What could be done in such situation? Well, Windows offers a cool feature to rescale the icons and texts on the desktop to a more reasonable dimension according to your requirements. Doing this task in Windows 8 is […]
How solve the Sleep issue in Windows 8
As soon as the latest release of Windows 8 was on market, folks started to experience various problems with the OS raging from going to sleep and not coming out to WiFi reconnection issues. Anyway, there are some things you can do to work around the sleep issue. If Windows […]
What to do when Windows 8 shuts down very slowly
Sometimes Windows users may encounter a very nasty situation: the computer simply doesn’t want to shut down or the process is extremely slow taking up to 2 minutes. In the past I also had a similar issue and was a bit worried thinking about viruses or other possible threats when […]
What to do when Windows 8 Starts Up Very Slowly
Like its predecessors, Windows 8 is sometimes starting up very slowly. What can be done in such case? Well, the very first thing is identifying why Windows is booting slowly; this is often caused by one or more processes running in the background. Unlike its predecessors, Windows 8 features more […]
How to disable Windows 8 Lock Screen in five easy steps
Windows 8 is the latest version of Microsoft's user friendly OS and though a lot of people have started using it, and though it is pretty user friendly incorporating simple to understand language, some users may be embarrassed to admit they can't get a handle on it. Admittedly it does […]
What to do if you can't see the WI-Fi Network in Windows 8?
When you connect to the WI-FI ruter for the first time or if it was previously configured to work with another computer, there is a chance your actual computer won’t see it. Such issue is merely caused by the Windows firewall blocking the connections. To work around this problem you […]
Windows 8: Solving the “No Permission to Write Files on Disk” issue
When you upgrade a previous version of Windows to Windows 8 with the format+clean install option, you might have a “nice” surprise of being unable to access the files you previously saved on another partition of your hard drive. By default, Windows OS locks the permissions to the previous owner […]
How to change File Associations in Windows 8
As in previous versions of Windows, what application opens which file type is a problem that many folks are still concerned. Although Windows 8 has built-in applications for opening videos, music files, PDFs, images, etc…, one’s desires could be different form what the OS creators intended. In such situation, changing […]
How to turn off Defender in Windows 8
Inheriting the firewall utility from previous versions, Windows 8 features the basic protection method against malware and spyware but many folks would need Windows Defender deactivated in case a more advanced internet security suite is installed. Having multiple firewalls on a same machine is a no-no in terms of possible […]