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[chykensa]

Sept 17, 2014 20:39:50 GMT Chrissie said:

New laptop arrived today - Windows 8 is going to take some getting used to, but the lappy itself is fab

Is that offer still on? I'm dithering here with my job up in the air, do I commit to (actually not) a lot of money for a new laptop now, or wait until things are a bit more stable, bearing in mind that the machine I am typing this on is a) crap and b) going back - if they remember and really want such a duff computer back under council ownership; I suspect that if I don't say anything, nothing will be said!

[Phoenix .]

Sept 13, 2014 11:44:28 GMT ronaldo said:

I never really liked win 7 myself
win 8 works with apps so everything is where you would expect it to be and it boots up really fast and if it only has win 8 on it update it straight away it is free to 8.1 then you can use it so it looks like a XP machine that is how I use it it is so easy

Crisis here!
Playing happily with my new laptop and Windows 8+1,then shut down at teatime.
Now Microsoft has blocked me because it says my password/e mail addy don't match,I know they do I carefully made notes of everything I was doing,it really isn't my memory because I was very very careful about choosing a new password and made note of it as I did it.

I do love Windows 8+1 though.

[Chrissie]

Sept 19, 2014 16:30:39 GMT chykensa said:

Sept 17, 2014 20:39:50 GMT Chrissie said:

New laptop arrived today - Windows 8 is going to take some getting used to, but the lappy itself is fab

Is that offer still on? I'm dithering here with my job up in the air, do I commit to (actually not) a lot of money for a new laptop now, or wait until things are a bit more stable, bearing in mind that the machine I am typing this on is a) crap and b) going back - if they remember and really want such a duff computer back under council ownership; I suspect that if I don't say anything, nothing will be said!

The offer certainly is still on Andy

Sept 19, 2014 19:20:58 GMT Phoenix . said:

Sept 13, 2014 11:44:28 GMT ronaldo said:

I never really liked win 7 myself
win 8 works with apps so everything is where you would expect it to be and it boots up really fast and if it only has win 8 on it update it straight away it is free to 8.1 then you can use it so it looks like a XP machine that is how I use it it is so easy

Crisis here!
Playing happily with my new laptop and Windows 8+1,then shut down at teatime.
Now Microsoft has blocked me because it says my password/e mail addy don't match,I know they do I carefully made notes of everything I was doing,it really isn't my memory because I was very very careful about choosing a new password and made note of it as I did it.

I do love Windows 8+1 though.

Phoenix . make sure you are using capitals where needed in your password.

[ronaldo]

as chrissie said sometimes on startup caps lock will be on/off check that first

[Phoenix .]

Sept 19, 2014 21:00:39 GMT ronaldo said:

as chrissie said sometimes on startup caps lock will be on/off check that first

I typed it exactly right.
The thing is ms would not accept my current e mail address saying it was already in use? so I canput an old bt address,of course I cannot remember the password so I put in one that I wanted,whether this has anything to do with it I don't know?
I am in the process of going through the password reset system.

[Phoenix .]

Sept 19, 2014 20:42:58 GMT Chrissie said:

Sept 19, 2014 16:30:39 GMT chykensa said:

Is that offer still on? I'm dithering here with my job up in the air, do I commit to (actually not) a lot of money for a new laptop now, or wait until things are a bit more stable, bearing in mind that the machine I am typing this on is a) crap and b) going back - if they remember and really want such a duff computer back under council ownership; I suspect that if I don't say anything, nothing will be said!

The offer certainly is still on Andy

Sept 19, 2014 19:20:58 GMT Phoenix . said:

Crisis here!
Playing happily with my new laptop and Windows 8+1,then shut down at teatime.
Now Microsoft has blocked me because it says my password/e mail addy don't match,I know they do I carefully made notes of everything I was doing,it really isn't my memory because I was very very careful about choosing a new password and made note of it as I did it.

I do love Windows 8+1 though.

Phoenix . make sure you are using capitals where needed in your password.

Thanks Chrissie,didn't want to bother you with this problem ,you have enough to do.

[Phoenix .]

Password sorted thank goodness,can now get back to finding out how it works,not used to IE. May change it when I find out how to do it,it appears that my facebook page for scramble access requires a msn password,is their no end to this swapping about?

[Chrissie]

Phoenix . I don't like IE either, so I downloaded Mozilla Firefox straight away. Be careful were you download it from as there is a false download page kicking about. CNET downloads are safe, so download it from there (Click on the green download below the firefox symbol) -

download.cnet.com/mozilla-firefox/

[Phoenix .]

Sept 20, 2014 9:14:51 GMT Chrissie said:

Phoenix . I don't like IE either, so I downloaded Mozilla Firefox straight away. Be careful were you download it from as there is a false download page kicking about. CNET downloads are safe, so download it from there (Click on the green download below the firefox symbol) -

download.cnet.com/mozilla-firefox/

Thanks Chrissie I will try that. I downloaded Microsoft account to try to clear the p/w situation,I didn't really want it,how do I cancel it?

[Bluefish]

Sept 20, 2014 9:14:51 GMT Chrissie said:

Phoenix . I don't like IE either, so I downloaded Mozilla Firefox straight away. Be careful were you download it from as there is a false download page kicking about. CNET downloads are safe, so download it from there (Click on the green download below the firefox symbol) -

download.cnet.com/mozilla-firefox/

8.1 may be a trial from win7, try going from Vista to OSX lol, I'm still figuring it out months later, in fact I downloaded Eve Online this morning, wouldn't work, deleted and trying again, but I'm still discovering cool stuff, just found out I can have the iTunes album pics as a screensaver and when you click on a cover it plays that album

[Chrissie]

Sept 20, 2014 11:45:00 GMT Phoenix . said:

Sept 20, 2014 9:14:51 GMT Chrissie said:

Phoenix . I don't like IE either, so I downloaded Mozilla Firefox straight away. Be careful were you download it from as there is a false download page kicking about. CNET downloads are safe, so download it from there (Click on the green download below the firefox symbol) -

download.cnet.com/mozilla-firefox/

Thanks Chrissie I will try that. I downloaded Microsoft account to try to clear the p/w situation,I didn't really want it,how do I cancel it?

I may be wrong Phoenix ., but it looks to me like you need the Microsoft account for Windows 8 & 8.1

Sept 20, 2014 11:56:31 GMT Bluefish said:

Sept 20, 2014 9:14:51 GMT Chrissie said:

Phoenix . I don't like IE either, so I downloaded Mozilla Firefox straight away. Be careful were you download it from as there is a false download page kicking about. CNET downloads are safe, so download it from there (Click on the green download below the firefox symbol) -

download.cnet.com/mozilla-firefox/

8.1 may be a trial from win7, try going from Vista to OSX lol, I'm still figuring it out months later, in fact I downloaded Eve Online this morning, wouldn't work, deleted and trying again, but I'm still discovering cool stuff, just found out I can have the iTunes album pics as a screensaver and when you click on a cover it plays that album

Andy, it's great when you discover new stuff isn't it I know I've still got a lot to discover with Windows 8.1

[Phoenix .]

I am a wee bit slow at picking things this Windows 8+1, but I am trying, but try as I might I cannot find out how to see the list of web sites I have book marked.
There is no * button to bring up the list? Anyone sussed it out let me know please. ???

[Chrissie]

Phoenix . your bookmarks are connected to your browser, so don't really have anything to do with Windows 8. If you can still use your old PC/laptop, you can export your bookmarks (via a disk or flash drive) & then import them to the bookmarks on your new laptop.

Just a thought, but I think it would help you (& maybe others) more if you started a new thread asking for help with Windows 8.1 - lol it might even help me as it's as new to me as it is to you Got to admit though, that I'm starting to actually like it

[Phoenix .]

I was thinking the same Chrissie,a separate thread for with Windows 8+1.

The problem isn't with saving bookmarks, I have got them all ,I am using google chrome and there used to be a star next to the 'bookmark this site', press that then a list appears of all the saved site's. It isn't there now,so it's a google chrome problem?

Just been reading all the 'how to' pages and it was like OMG,I will never get the hang of it all.

,

[charliehorse]

Phoenix .
Im using chrome at work right now and the star for bookmarking a page is in the address bar at far right hand side





To see all the bookmarks you have already saved click on the 3 bars to the right hand side of the star - a menu will appear - 4th one down from top should be bookmarks


Edited to say see next post as well