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Windows Boot PreSessionInit time up to 140sec Struggling to find reason
Windows Boot PreSessionInit time up to 140sec. Struggling to find reason.
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
OS Version: 6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600
Processor(s): ...
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Can I use a Vista installation disk to repair a Windows 8.1 system?
Someone I know is having a problem with booting their Windows 8/8.1 system. I'm assuming the boot /fixboot (and maybe boot /fixmbr) command will be able to solve the problem, but I don't have a ...
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How can I make a windows 8 recovery drive - CD - using Linux Fedora?
My HP 250G3 Windows 8(.1?) computer one day didn't boot - "Boot Device Not Found (...)"
The hard disk drive tests passed.
When I press F11 during startup, nothing happens. Now I have only a old Linux ...
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How to boot to USB using grub
My computer currently boots to grub2 at the moment.
I have an Ubuntu iso installation on my USB.
How can I make grub boot to my USB?
The way I'm used to doing it is like so: When on Windows 8.1 ...
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Cloning system nightmare with Windows 8.1
I am running Windows 8.1 that was initially a Windows 8 OEM from an ASUS Q501L laptop.
I first used Macrium Reflect and then Acronis True Image to fully clone my current hard drive onto an SSD. Both ...
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Windows 8.1 INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error preventing startup
Background
My Fujitsu Lifebook laptop (running Windows 8.1) has gradually been getting slower over the last few months, so I recently took steps to speed it up. These included:
Making use of the ...
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April 2015 Windows 8.1 Update: winload.efi error 0xc000000f
I have an Acer V3-772g: Intel i7 4712MQ, NVIDIA 750m 4 GB
I installed the newest Windows 8.1 updates a couple days ago; however, the update failed. I left the computer to update and then went to work,...
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Can't disable autostart via the windows 8 taskmanager
I have the following problem:
I have a user with is not a administrator and see the following:
then I start the taskmanager as a administrator via the command line and see the following:
What I ...
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Enable safe mode with an external USB installer?
Is it possible to enable safe mode with a USB Windows Installer or Recovery Drive?
For Windows 8.1.
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PC with Windows 8.1 boots from any key pressed
so I recently acquired and installed Windows 8.1 on my PC and yesterday I noticed that, while my PC is supposedly turned off, I can turn it on by pressing any key on the keyboard. I assume this is ...
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How to repair damaged system files? [duplicate]
Recently my computer completely froze while playing a game. After a minute or so I did a hard-reset. However, when the pc powered up again, I got a message saying "Reboot and select proper boot device ...
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Windows 8.1 black screen with mouse, cant acces task manager or safe mode
I am using Windows 8.1 (as an upgrade from 8). Yesterday I had to boot in safe mode through msconfig, but when my PC restarted, the Windows logo screen went black with only the cursor on the screen. I ...
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how to start up items only when laptop plugged in
I'm running windows 8.1 (but that shouldn't matter) on a laptop and was wondering if it would be possible to modify the startup process in a way that:
Certain programs ONLY start when you're plugged ...
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Boot the PC directlly into WindowsRecovery environment?
I know the way to restart the PC to boot directlly into "Safe Mode" using bcdedit command like this:
bcdedit.exe /set {current} safeboot minimal
But there is a way (using bcdedit or don't) to ...
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Automatic Repair fails to repair my PC
I ran into an issue on Windows 8.1 that can be fixed (according to articles I've read online) by running automatic repair, so that's what I tried to do.
Each time I run it, automatic repair fails and ...
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