Windows 8.1 disappeared completely from system after Win 10 install
9 years ago
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoLook in "Settings" > "Update and Security" > "Recovery" .
It should look similar to this except yours will hopefully say "Go back to Windows 8.1"
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By the way, going to "Control Panel" > "System and Security", I too see "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" even on this machine, which was not an upgrade, but a clean install. Definitely no Windows 7 to go back to on this one.
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setting defaults in Win8.1??
Comments (15)I use the mail tile on the "start" page. I have it set up with my email account thru the service provider, ie. @cox.net. I can go to my email account thru the browser, just like the 2 gmail accounts I have. I guess that would mean the settings in Control Panel need to be set to use my provider account. Ok, that gives me a place to set my feet to find out what I need to do. I recall that I set both my hubby's email accounts up thru the tile on start menu, as I did my own. I guess that is the default I need to set. The provider. I'll have to go look it over again, thanks so much for your help. I'm still learning the Win8 and it's way different from Xp and Vista. Will post back when I find what I need to do. Let you nice folks trying to help me know what I did or found out. Thanks so much for your time and thoughtfulness....See MoreWindows 10 update icon gone from bottom right corner
Comments (3)Thanks Zep. Yes, I have noticed that Win10 has begun downloading weeks ago. I don't mind that as it will be less tedious later to download all at once. I just won't install it yet. Yes, I also had a concern as to whether I "need" to reserve my copy of 10. I see when I go to Control Panel - check to Win updates, it gives me a big old blue box saying Win10 is coming soon...reserve today. I suppose it will stay like that until I reserve....See Moreadvice, tips? Removing Win10
Comments (19)Just a question... (1) Are your and your husband's account on the same computer, or separate computers? (2) If so, the computer is back to 8.1 now? (3) Your husbands mail opens and works fine? (4) You have the mail shortcut to click, but clicking it results in the app not coming up? ------------------------------------------------------------ Just thoughts, I'm not a tech... Maybe instead of doing get-appxpackage -AllUsers *microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage and possibly removing your husband's working mail, you could do get-appxpackage *microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage to remove only your own? (notice the lack of the AllUsers switch) Don't take my word on that, I may be wrong, wait for someone else, I don't run Windows enough to know my way around. ------------------------------------------------------------- My thought on removing your account, rebooting and adding it again... Might work but I'd probably not be in a hurry to delete my account. Instead, I'd add a second account, switch to it and see if I could get mail working in it. Then I'd make a decision whether to delete the first account or not. That's just me though, and remember, I'm really a Windows user. Just giving you something to consider until someone more qualified comes along. :)...See MoreWin 8.1 and 10 compatibility mode?
Comments (5)I called Wordperfect and they are refunding my purchase. Wordperfect Legal can easily do legal documents, that's why...plus, mail merges in Wordperfect are a snap! Plus I don't like Microsoft Office's subscription model, and I already have several copies of Microsoft Office on other devices. I spent about 3 1/2 hours on the phone with Microsoft trying to figure out the font problem without success. They took over the laptop remotely and couldn't figure out the problem either. They rolled me back to Win 8.1 and removed the annoying upgrade reminder. mikie_gw - I tried that but nothing happened. Also, I went online and found instructions for compatibility mode, but the instructions didn't match what I was seeing on my computer. The Microsoft lady had to install a program then do a search to find it. Overall, it seems when the upgrade was installed something wasn't installed or installed right. I checked Open Office but read it hasn't been updated since about 2003. I might try LibreOffice. I read it's an Open Office variant that has current support. I think I have LibreOffice on my phone...Installing LibreOffice will be my next adventure... Thanks for the help. Per Microsoft, Win10 won't play well with Wordperfect......See More
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