Hi. I recently decided to do a Reset of Windows 8. I did this after constantly getting numerous errors with event ID's in the 7020+ range that read something like this - "the [fill in the name] service terminated unexpectedly..." The services varied from LiveUpdate to DCOM to Crypto(something) and many others. I was also having issues with slow processing and crashing. I first did a refresh but that didn't help. I then did a basic reset (the simplest one). I still got the errors (of not more) AND I noticed several files on the windows drive were still left over from before (and they we're suppose to be deleted). So I did the full blown Reset overnight. This is suppose to securely wipe the drive. HOWEVER when I first logged in I went and looked and sure enough I noticed two things: (1) all my IE Favorites were still there and (2) all my saved web sites and the passwords were still there (under Web Credentials I believe). So obviously the reset didn't reformat the drive. And I read someplace that the errors could be a virus so this was suppose to clean that. Any ideas why a reset would fail? On the plus side I'm currently not getting the termination errors yet.
Problems with Windows Reset
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Darkbreeze
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Not necessarily true. I've had this happen when using a Microsoft account during installation. Microsoft caches this shit and then when you reinstall and log in it restores the files that were cached. Microsoft "syncs" a good amount of your data if you use a Microsoft account login. This might not be YOUR issue, but there is a very good chance. The first time I re-installed windows 8, and I did a clean install even deleting the partition, to my surprise when I first opened IE my favorites were there. I didn't need to import them from backup. If you want to make certain nothing old is left behind you'll need to delete the partition and do a clean install, which is recommended anyway, if you have installation media. Even so, windows is likely to "sync" your installation so long as you use a Microsoft account login to activate initially. There may be options to disable this sync feature but you'll have to check into that. Actually, here is all you need to know about it. http://www.liveside.net/2013/05/25/how-to-delete-your-windows-8-synced-personal-settings-from-skydrive/
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