One of my computers has been suffering from a slow or long shutdown time, around 4 to 5 minutes. That happened when I upgraded its operating system from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. Well, at first it shuts down and restarts properly. But later it took forever for the system to shutdown fully. I recently … continue reading
Did your Windows Volume control just suddenly appear right in the middle of your screen? It’s annoying right? It’s supposed to appear on the lower right corner of your screen, right beside the date and time. Later I found out that this is no virus, or a program error or Windows error. Clue – this … continue reading
There are some programs or applications that require the old (dot Net) .Net Framework 3.5. Some requires the later 4.0 and 4.5. By default, .Net Framework 4.5 is already integrated in Windows 8 and 8.1. However that is not the same with Framework 3.5. You can activate 3.5 by going to Programs and Features, then … continue reading
Storage space is very important specially if you are using a Solid State Drive. That’s why we need to remove unnecessary files as much as possible just to make room for more active files. If you have recently updated to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8, you will notice a Windows.old folder in your drive, right … continue reading
In previous versions of Windows, such as Windows 7 and Windows 8, by default we can use our local account or offline account. But this is not the same with Windows 8.1. If you have installed a fresh copy of Windows 8.1, or upgraded from Windows 8, you will be asked to login to your … continue reading
Finally I was able to update my Asus VivoBook S550CM to Windows 8.1. One of the errors that I encountered before upgrading was the Error code: 0×80240031. You can read my article here about Windows 8.1 Update Error code: 0×80240031 – How to Fix It. I tried the first method but was not successful. I … continue reading
Windows 8.1 was recently rolled out a couple of days ago, and you can now update from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 for free. But just after a few hours/days of the release of the update, there are probably thousands of people (or even hundreds of thousands) who have the same question as I am … continue reading
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