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Windows 8 PRO RDP not working

Hello everybody.I am experiencing a hard problem with Windows 8 RDP server and that's why I'm asking here, the problem is beyond my knowledge. Please try to be patient, this is my first post here.I...

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Windows 8 Blue Screen DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION Only when computer is left idle

Hello guys,I'm getting this blue screen only if I leave the computer idle! I play very tough and demanding games and watch Full-HD movies and listen to songs and do everything and the computer works...

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Windows 8 - explorer.exe reads and thrashes disks and eats up RAM

Hi,I'm using Win 8 x64 Pro (from MSDN). I did lots of searching on this and I'm out of ideas. Hopefully a kind soul with some experience can help. Note that I tried lots of standard fixes already ......

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windows tiles popping up problem. in windows 8

Hello...Recently i found a problem with my laptop.....i am a user of windows 8......so as you know when we press the windows 8 button...the windows tiles open up right???yesterday i changed some...

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Dwm.exe starts consuming lots of CPU when machine is idle

Since doing a fresh install of Windows 8 Pro RTM x64 English on my Sony Vaio Z21 laptop, I've been bothered by a sudden increase in fan noise whenever I leave the machine idle for a while and the...

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Troubleshooting: A driver has failed to complete a power IRP within a...

I have found a problem similar to mine using search, but have been unable to locate the exact problem and solution.This started just last night, there was a windows update that installed this morning,...

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Windows 8 search not working & cant access control panel

I recently upgraded to windows 8 on my work laptop and all of a sudden the search does not work. Every time I type something into the windows home screen it kicks me out and returns to the home screen....

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No sound from windows 8

There are no sound coming out from my speaker after I installed nero 10 or Microsoft Framework (Not sure about the version, may be 3.5). The driver version is the latest. Help please. Thanks

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Service Host(Local Restricted & Local System & No Network) high usage

Hello, On a Windows 8 - I have been experiencing high usage from network host.  I want to narrow down what program is causing this.   Sometimes, memory usage is so high that it alerts my securityAny...

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Is Search Indexer hopelessly unscalable?

Dell Notebook with Windows 8 ProI have (only) 1.3 million html/jpg documents in a folder (and its sub-folders).  I am adding about 500 new documents daily.  So, 99.961% of the documents are...

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Windows image viewer problem

As soon as i click on the image it show the image viewer logo and directly goes to the start menu and it shows the image menu where facebook images, image library are there, i am unable to change the...

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Service Host (svchost.exe) Using 99% CPU

Hey guys-I know this question has been asked for other Windows OS's, but none of their fixes apply on Windows 8.When I log in, everything is fine, everything is very smooth and even faster than when I...

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tiworker.exe drinking my system resources.

So, greetings, I'm pretty new to windows 8, I've been using a legit MSDNA copy since early november. I found out windows 8 are pretty slicky and decent, had no problems overall. But, I can assure you I...

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How to fix BAD_POOL_CALLER error with blue screen?

Everytime i try to run a torrent or I dont know exactly why this blue screen comes up suddenly and restarts.. all my work will be lost if i dont save anything. I've tried to search other questions with...

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Multiple BSOD stops referencing ntoskrnl.exe

I have been encountering numerous BSOD stops.   The Bug Check String is different almost every time: UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP MEMORY_MANAGEMENT SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL...

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SINGLE DPC TIMEOUT EXCEEDED

Several months ago, I ran into a constant issue for roughly three months, until doing a reset to fix it. However, after four months, it's returned and my frustrations came rushing back. I'd love some...

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windows store app and majority of other apps won't open.

Ever since Microsoft was so gracious as to upgrade my computer to Outlook.com on 7/18 my windows store app and other metro apps will not work. I have tried everything that has been suggested on all the...

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help

my laptop OS is window 8 and the laptop is just buy for few months but when i right click on any file there will be a huge delay for me (10s) to see the context menu at the first time,but at the second...

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Process "System" has a memory leak symptom

Hi,  Today, I ran into something that is most likely a OS' process memory leak. So, i've been using my pc as I would normally and then Windows says that I am low on memory. That shoudn't be the case...

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Memory use is at 89% when nothing is open! Please help

http://imgur.com/57Z5NQHDo I have a virus or what?Thanks in advance :)

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