Windows 8 has performed well for us, but if you find it won’t boot at some point then you now have to press Shift+F8 during the launch process to access its recovery tools. Access the Troubleshoot menu, then Advanced Options, and you’ll be able to try the Automatic Repair tool, which may fix your problems. […]
Archive for the ‘Microsoft Windows’ Category
Posted in 
Speed up chkdsk (Windows 8)
June 14th, 2013 
Kapuwa If you suspect your Windows 8 system may have a corrupted hard drive, then you might be tempted to use the old chkdsk /f command. This does still work, but it’s horribly slow, and won’t do anything at all until you reboot. What’s more, it may no longer be necessary now. Windows […]
Save bandwidth with windows 8
June 14th, 2013 Kapuwa Set up lots of live tiles on the Start screen and you could find they’re using a lot of network bandwidth, which could perhaps become a problem if you’re running a slow or metered connection. But Windows 8 does offer one option that might help. Click your network connection on the taskbar (or the Start […]
Learn Windows key shortcuts
June 14th, 2013 Kapuwa Win : switch between the Start screen and the last-running Windows 8 app Win + C : displays the Charms: the Settings, Devices, Share and Search options Win + D : launches the desktop Win + E : launches Explorer Win + F : opens the File Search pane Win + H : […]
The IIS Admin Service service terminated with service-specific error 2149648394 (0x8021080A)
June 2nd, 2013 Kapuwa The IIS Admin Service service terminated with service-specific error 2149648394 (0x8021080A). IIS Admin Service goes away after restoring a VHD / VPC Server I recently had the unexpected pleasure of losing my IIS Admin server – altogether!!! Translate – 150% !!! Now, before this – everything was going great – except. During an upgrade of […]
Install stuck at “setup is preparing your computer for first use”…
May 15th, 2013 Kapuwa 1) I clicked SHIFT+F10 to get a command prompt, then typed in devmgmt.msc to get the device manager. It will have the unknown or devices without drivers expanded. I disabled some but I also found that you can install drivers too. If you have all your manufacturer drivers on […]
Physical Memory Limits: Windows 8 and Windows 2012
January 27th, 2013 Kapuwa Physical Memory Limits: Windows 8 The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 8. Version Limit on X86 Limit on X64 Windows 8 Enterprise 4 GB 512 GB Windows 8 Professional 4 GB 512 GB Windows 8 4 GB 128 GB Physical Memory Limits: Windows Server 2012 The following table specifies the limits on […]
How to activate Windows 8 Enterprise
January 17th, 2013 Kapuwa To enter your MAK on Windows 8 Enterprise and successfully activate, you can complete one of the following steps: Command Line option:Hit the Windows+R hotkeys to open the Run box and run the following command:slmgr -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx GUI option:Hit the Windows+R hotkeys to open the Run box and run the following command:slui.exe 3 This command will open the […]
How to troubleshoot Volume Activation error codes in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, and in Windows Vista
December 29th, 2012 Kapuwa Windows 8 : Error 0x800F0906 while enabling Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
November 16th, 2012 Kapuwa [UPDATED ON 2019 JAN 25] Make sure the Windows 8 disk is in the drive (if your drive is not the d:\ drive, change the source drive letter to match your drive) dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:d:\sources\sxs The install will take […]
