You probably heard about the Xbox One disc drive problem that many users reported in the past few days, where inserting a game into the Blu-ray drive will start a grinding sound, making impossible to play any disc-based game. According to Microsoft only a small number of customers received a faulty console and the company […]
Since Microsoft rolled out the latest update for its operating system, I’ve got a lot of emails from readers asking me the same question: “How can I uninstall Windows 8.1?”. This is fair but difficult question to answer, because Windows 8.1 makes Windows 8 better and it shouldn’t be a reason to uninstall. However, it’s […]
Although, Microsoft brought back the System Image Backup tool in Windows 8.1, many users are finding out that a critical option has been removed, that is the ability schedule daily, weekly, or any other specific time to run an automated full backup of Windows 8.1. What now? Well you shouldn’t worry, it’s still possible to […]
When I wrote the workaround to download the Windows 8.1 ISO from Microsoft was just half of the battle, many users were reporting that they couldn’t get past the first screen because the Windows 8.1 setup wouldn’t take the Windows 8 product key during a clean install. Short after this issue started popping up, I published […]
Recently I published a guide to enable users to download the Windows 8.1 ISO from Microsoft simply by using a valid Windows 8 retail key, nothing too complicated. However the problem may come when you try to install and activate the operating system using this workaround, as many users are reporting that the Windows 8.1 setup […]
As you probably already know, Microsoft has removed temporarily the Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store due an undisclosed issue that is affecting a limited number of users. Basically this is the reason many users are not able to find the update in the Store. Now the software giant hasn’t officially stated which was […]
Using the Windows Store to upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 won’t allow you to create a USB/DVD installation media. Moreover, Microsoft has said that it won’t be making available Windows 8.1 in an ISO file format to the general public, only to new customers, TechNet and MSDN subscribers, everyone who previously upgraded to Windows […]