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I accidentally deleted the Windows media App icon on Windows 8. How do I restore it?
location: microsoft.com - date: January 13, 2013
I accidentally deleted my Windows media player app.  now i have nothing. How do i restore it?
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Bought laptop with Windows 8--How do I backup the system in case it crashes?
location: microsoft.com - date: June 14, 2013
I just need to back up the system files, so if it were to crash, the laptop can go back to its previous state when I restore it. How can I do this?
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Windows 7 turned into Windows 8, how did it do it?
location: 7forums.com - date: February 18, 2014
I have Windows 7 on my computer. I took some Windows updates the other day, and I always look at them first, and I did not see anything saying "Windows 8", and they all looked like normal updates, so I let them happen. I don't have a time frame but it seems like the next time I started my computer I saw the boot screen coming up looking like Windows 8 (blue square instead of colored squares). At first I thought this was weird, as my computer then booted into Windows 7. Then I noticed my desktop icons (google chromes) had lost their color and were now plain white. I managed to search online to find out how to make them colored again, however next boot they were plain white again. Then I tried rebooting and attempted hitting F
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I hate windows 8, how do i downgrade to windows 7?
location: microsoft.com - date: December 29, 2013
I have just purchased a laptop with windows 8, and it is the worst operating system I have EVER used.  I don't think I had this much difficulty on my very first computer. I have an iPad also, but really this operating system is so dis- jointed, nothing flows, there's no back button, it is so labourious I really hate it.   I bought a new laptop because my ipad doesn't do certain things, but it is so long winded and frustrating, that I honestly don't think I shall use this \useless laptop.   how can I install windows 7, is it possible, as it was installed with windows 8.    
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bought a new computer windows 8 how can i get windows 7
location: microsoft.com - date: June 15, 2013
Just got new computer with windows 8 installed on it.. I would prefer windows 7. I do not like apps driven system
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In Windows 8 how do I convert a oxps file to a pdf file?
location: microsoft.com - date: May 7, 2013
I'm trying to send a file that I have in oxps format to a semi PC literate person running Windows 7 or older.  They cannot handle doing a conversion of the oxps file.  How do I convert the file into pdf before I send it to them?
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Windows 8 - How do I remove the password from a Local User?
location: winsecrets.com - date: January 26, 2014
I accidently put in a password when installing WIN8. I have no need for the security as I am using my computer in my home and I am the only one that uses it.
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Suggestion Windows 8.1 - Make default option for Apps to automatically be added to start screen (like it was in 8.0 but without desktop app installs)
location: microsoft.com - date: October 31, 2013
One of the biggest drawbacks for 8.1 is initial learning curve.  You've enhanced coverage on this with 8.1 but it is still lacking. I have turned numerous haters into lovers with 10 minutes of sit down time and showing them how it actually works (And several of these people are engineers).  One of the mistakes I believe you made in 8.1 was a good idea but implemented incorrectly. With 8.0, everything installed was added to the start menu (This included desktop apps which sometimes include several items (desktop app itself, uninstaller, readme, etc). This could make it cluttered and unusable quickly. With 8.1 you made it so nothing automatically is added to the start menu.  This is the extreme the other way, and if
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I hate windows 8, how can I get rid of it and go back to 7 or xp without having to purchase software
location: microsoft.com - date: June 13, 2013
I had to buy new computer, it came with 8, it appears windows decided to market to children who like lots of colors and shapes.
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BSOD iver_irql_not_less_or_equal igdkmd64.sys on Windows 8. How do I fix this?
location: microsoft.com - date: October 31, 2013
My computer will randomly just turn off and give me the error message "iver_irql_not_less_or_equal (igdkmd64.sys)" with no warning. Here is my skydrive with the minidump info
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