Steam – Unable to launch the game + missing DLL

So I was installing Hyperdimension Neptunia from steam and encountered this DirectX Setup error when trying to start up the application:

The application immediately shut off for me. The following 4 simple steps will fix the issue on launching the game, but just note the error will still be there.

Windows 8 – Limited Access over Wifi

I was having an issue connecting internet with Wi-Fi. It was working over Ethernet and could detect wrong password when trying to establish a connection over Wi-Fi. The error that I received was The network connection is limited and here’s how it was fixed for me:

(Note: reset to factory default does not work! I tried. Don’t do that 😥 )

Clear Install Windows under Dual Boot System

I haven’t been using Windows for too long that I really couldn’t retreive the admin password back to the brain. Since I have a dual boot system (Lubuntu & Win7 Ultimate), I thought I had to wipe everything and redo the whole setup again, but fortunately Linux system can actually be preserved. We only need to redo the Windows setup and reset Linux grub.

Reinstall Windows

1. Insert Windows Installtion disk
2. Format the partition that is labelled Primary
3. Install Windows on the Primary partition

After clean installing Windows, grub is gone from the startup and jump straight into Win7 system. To restore the option for choosing OS, we need to get the grub back.

Recover grub (Lubuntu 14.04)

1. Insert Linux disk / usb and select the option “Try without installing Lubuntu”
2. Alt + Shift + T to open terminal
3. Run sudo fdisk -l to display a list of partitions on the hard drive
4. Run sudo mount /dev/sdaX /mnt where X is the number labeled with Linux
5. Run sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda to install grub
6. Run sudo update-grub
7. Reboot

*Note: if you get an error that say “Can’t find /dev/sdaX in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab” from Step 4, you should double check to make sure that there are no whitespaces missing from the command.

 

 

 

Win 7 Graphic Properties

To resolve the annoying pop up message from windows that says something like “windows detected your performance is slow” and then request a graphic quality change, you can try the following and customize the graphic properties.

1. Open Control Panel and type in “view advanced system settings”
2. In the Advance Tab under Performance section, click Settings
3. Click on Adjust for best performance to clear all the selection, then customize the way you want!

Sony Windows 8 Fn keys not working

Okay, after I installed Windows 8 on my Sony model VPCEH27FD laptop, my FN keys don’t function. I’ve consult Sony expertise, and they provided me some half-ty answer that doesn’t work at all! (madness)! Fortunately, there are smart Sony “user” on the internet that posted a solution in the community. Basically, what you’ll want to do is the following:

1. Find your Sony model at their website: Here
2. Go to Driver & Software tab, Select Windows 8 64-bit in the drop down box, and click Open File List
3. Download the following drivers and install them IN ORDER:
   a) Sony® Shared Library
   b) VAIO® Control Center Software
   c) VAIO® Control Center Update

The FN keys should work after your computer is rebooted!