I bought a Dell XPS 11 a while back for its super-slim form and excellent display. So far, it’s been a pleasure to use. However, I recently ran into a problem where the volume buttons started triggering Microsoft Narrator. I…
Windows 8 and Word 2013 are much better adapted to touch controls than Windows 7 and previous Windows operating systems. However, Word 2013 and all the other Office 2013 programs have a very annoying habit of popping up the touch…
The Acer W500 is a great little tablet PC. Accessing the BIOS under the default Windows 7 can be difficult due to the speed of the system. Accessing the BIOS under Windows 8’s Hybrid Boot can also be extremely difficult.…
Does the Windows 8 installation stall at the disk formatting screen? Do you get this error: “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files”? There are a couple of…
Why don’t HomeGroups work with PrivateFirewall? Here’s how to fix it. Update (4/21/2013): This post has been updated to fix some more issues. The quick summary is this: Open all TCP and UDP ports for SVCHost and System (System…