[WIN10] Windows 10 to launch this summer in 190 countries
quote:Microsoft is planning to release its Windows 10 operating system in the summer. While the software maker isnt naming an exact date, Windows chief Terry Myerson is committing the company to a...
View Article[WIN8] Wifi limited or no connectivity
Wife bought a new Asus Q551LN with Win 8.1. Tried connecting to home and work wifi routers. Only able to connect to one. The rest get a "limited" showing on the Charms(?) bar after connecting for about...
View Article[Excel] excel conditional formatting help
I have a excel file I uploaded and I don't know how to do something. If you look at it under Attendance Legend I have a section that says Regular Days Off and under that is a drop down list that I can...
View Article[WIN7] Genuine install
After three years with this install, Microsoft says it's invalid. No hardware changes! BTW this is a genuine install. Any ideas?
View Article[Info] Out-of-Band Windows Update
Out-of-Band Windows Update - KB3035034 Related: Yet Another Emergency Flash Player Patch http://krebsonsecurity.com/?p=29643 Flash Patch Targets Zero-Day Exploit...
View Article[Vista] Weather gadget not updating.
Hi , the weather gadget doesn't update anymore , i tried deleting the file in the %localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live\Services\Cache\weather and in the %localappdata%\microsoft\Windows Sidebar folder...
View ArticleHow many virtual windows 8 installs on 8gb of ram?
I'm looking at buying a used laptop that supports a maximum of 8gb of ram, and has a Core i5-520M 2.4ghz processor. Think it could run 3 virtual installs, 2 of windows 8.1 pro, 1 of server 2012 r2? I...
View Article[Info] Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) v2
siteshot://2296825 quote:support.microsoft.com Sneak peek at the new features available in OffCAT v2 (not yet released) ... Summary Note The Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) v2 is...
View Article[WIN7] After the most recent windows update, InvProv error in event log.
A provider, InvProv, has been registered in the Windows Management Instrumentation namespace Root\cimv2 to use the LocalSystem account. This account is privileged and the provider may cause a security...
View Article[WIN7] Is there someway to get updates without using Windows Update?
I have a friend who has a Toshiba Satellite A205-S5880 laptop running 32 bit WIN7. He brought it to me because he noticed that it hasn't installed any updates in quite some time. So I ran Windows...
View Article[WIN7] Fix for the Weather Gadget that Works
Around mid-January this year, the weather gadgets stopped updating on all of the PCs in our building. First symptom was that the temperature became a 'forecasted' range. Then a week later, 'unable to...
View Article[Outlook] Outlook 2007 (Content loading slower than usual)
I noticed a bit of an issue with Outlook 2007 in the past few days. My Outlook is set to receive Gmail IMAP messages which is not a problem. The problem is, that whenever I launch Outlook, there seems...
View Article[Excel] VB help - "Save as" from hyperlinks?
I have a list with two columns - column A is plain text, Column B is hyperlinks which link to pdf docs on the web. Is there a way to write some VB code that will work it's way down column B, and save...
View Article[WIN7] What does \??\ mean?
\??\C:\Windows\System32\drivers\ \??\C:\Program Files Is there any reason programs would use \??\ instead of just \SystemRoot\system32\drivers
View Article[Info] OffCAT - Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool Updated
said by uid://777093 :Thanks for the update! :) This thread is getting a little long in the tooth with new version releases... perhaps a new thread should be started for each version release? Great...
View Article[WIN10] This is what I was hoping for in WIN10
Is LESS reboots. Which does not look like that it will happen... I really hoped that MS would of designed Windows 10 or ALL future Windows OSs were users will not have to reboot their PCs every time...
View ArticleWindows 10 to Reqiure UEFI, no longer an option like with windows 8
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-10-system-requirements,28798.html Great so my desktop running Windows 7 can't use it unless I buy new CPU, motherboard and ram. Thank you Microsoft and after...
View ArticlePreparing for Windows 10
Intend to upgrade to Windows 10 from W8.1 on a Intel NUC. The NUC has 2 memory slots. Presently I have a 8GB stick installed in one slot. The NUC will handle a total 16 GB and I have one memory slot...
View Article[WIN10] Technical Preview Build 10049 now available - March 30, 2015
quote:blogs.windows.com Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10049 now available March 30, 2015 by Brandon LeBlanc ... Since the release of build 10041 for PCs weve continued to make steady progress,...
View Article[Tip] Windows 10 TP Upgrade - Disk Cleanup
[Tip] Windows 10 TP Upgrade - Disk Cleanup See this post @ DSLR: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29169073-Tip-Windows-8.1-Update-1-Disk-Cleanup -- non nova, sed nove primum non nocere
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