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    Oh Hec Windows 8 problem

    Well I have had windows 8 on my laptop for little over a week now and it has been running superb but this morning it has taken ages for the laptop to get to the sign in screen that I have had to reboot twice and it seems to be struggling to get into the log in screen, it just goes into a grey screen and when it finally went in I had to shut down the laptop and unplug power, remove the battery and replace, then it took ages to get to the log in screen, so I went to system restore and it was not there, I think I am missing some tools in windows 8, does everyone else have system restore, I installed windows 8 from the internet so I am wondering if something has gone wrong in the process.

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    Re: Oh Hec Windows 8 problem

    Did you download and burn to ISO so you have a copy of the Win 8?

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    Re: Oh Hec Windows 8 problem

    yep got the iso, and been reading loads of stuff today at work so I will do a Refresh when I get home, I have uninstalled a program that I last installed, just a few things to sort.

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    Re: Oh Hec Windows 8 problem

    OK sorted the problem without having to do a refresh, I removed a program that I put on my laptop and it was causing a problem when starting up, I have re installed the said program in compatibility mode and seems to be working fine after a few tweaks to stop it trying to start up as soon as windows has started and the Laptop is now as fast as it was.

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