HP Officetjet 6500 E709N, Scan option does not work [Solved by using webscan option]

When you use the the printer scan buttons, the printer's LCD display will show: "select computer" and an arrow pointing to the right, and when you press the right rocker switch to "select the computer", nothing happens.
I tried uninstall and reinstall of thee full software package which is over 300MB and includes a lot of things I did not find useful and the result on the printer's display was the same.

The best thing is , in order to get your scanning working again you don't need additional software.
You only need to enable the webscan option:
(source): Follow the steps below to enable Webscan in the EWS.docx ‏409 KB

Check your IP address of the printer, in my case it was 192.168.1.22 and you add that into your browser and you will be presented a webpage that shows on the left side the option to use Webscan:

 

[Solved] 2 issues during upgrade of preinstalled win8 64 bit to 8.1 (Dell Inspiron)

I ordered a Dell pc (Feb 2014) which came preinstalled with win8_64 and after getting all the updates I was offered the upgrade to win8.1. When I clicked on the upgrade in the Microsoft store I was confronted with the following screen which told me I have to retry with administrator account. I checked my fresh created account and I was administrator. Luckily I found the answer here:

• Navigate to Control Panel > Uninstall a program > View installed updates (located on the left pane) > Uninstall the Microsoft Update KB2871389

After doing this you can go back to Microsoft Store and your download will start ..

Next I ran into the issue that The installation stalled at 63-64%, to get it moving again just disconnect from the internet as was mentioned here. You can go back to your upgrade to Win8.1 tile and your installation will continue and soon be progressing beyond 63%

Remove Avast clean note from your email

I'm verry happy with Avast but don't like to have it advertised in my outgoing mail.

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Luckily ther is an option to remove it:
From the avastUI > Settings > Active Protection > Mail Shield > Settings (the cog wheel) > Behavior  - General section and uncheck the options you don't want.

Remove Homegroup Icon from Desktop

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I tried to remove the Homegroup icon which suddenly appeared on my desktop.
I found this tip:
Right click desktop. Select View, Show desktop icons. untick box. repeat process, but retick box. Homegroup icon should no longer appear.

Unknown \\SMBSHARE in network overview [Solved]

It was bothering me some time that I noticed an entry within my win8.1 network overview called \\SMBSHARE
I never created it and therefore I wanted to get rid of it.
It turned out it  samba was enabled on my KPN Modem by default.

Just untick the "Enable Samba Server" and you're done

[Solved] Cakewalk UA-1G and windows 8.1 64bit

http://www.roland.com/support/article/?q=downloads&p=UA-1G
provides version 1.0.1 which also states win 8.1
I just successfully installed UA-1G with the 1.0.1 driver which worked flawlessly. I left the "Advanced Driver"in the on position and that worked. I also can access UA-1G driver settings without getting the below popup.
Thanks Roland/Cakewalk for the updated Driver!!

++++ Obsolete info below since Roland provided 1.0.1 driver +++++++
I upgraded my audio pc to 8.1 and the first thing I noticed it did not recognize my UA-1G.
I tried with the latest driver to no avail.
Nevertheless I managed to get it recognized in 8.1.
I followed the process of first uninstall and reinstall. During the install process it will ask you to plug in the UA-1G. Make sure you turn off "Advanced Driver" (small switch on the side of the UA-1G) before you plug it in. The installation will now complete without issues.

At least I can play my music again although if I try to access UA-1G Driver Settings it pops up the following:

So not all is well with the current driver. I hope we will soon see an updated version for win 8.1.