Thanks Magister. indeed the Mini came with Win 7; since there is no solution, I have rolled back to Win 7, and the Mini is now working alright, the multi tasking is back as well

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TQ Berton.
The mini came with genuine Win 8. The added RAM also came with the laptop and carries a hp sticker "replace with hp spare 580016 001" . the mini works well b4 UPDATE to Win 10. Have...

I have a HP mini 311 1002TU with 1+1GB RAMs, it works fine, but after WIN 10 upgrade, it wont boot unless the IGB add on RAM is removed, leaving only the built-in 1GB. What could be wrong? The RAM...