Freemium game to be preinstalled in Win 10
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/humanity-weeps-as-candy-crush-saga-comes-pre-installed-with-windows-10/ So now it's not just limited to those oem packages where you need to remove garbage that...
View ArticleDesktop.ini
I have a small question to ask of you here. desktop.ini files. Now, I know what they are for but I've found they are being created by resources other than shell32.dll and imageres.dll on desktops at...
View ArticleMulti booting Win 8.1 and Win 10
What's the best way to multi-boot 8.1 and 10 on a laptop with a single HD? Win 10 and the partition holding it may be nuked quite often, but once installed (presumably in a different partition) Windows...
View Article[Vista] Windows Network Diagnostics no longer works-help
Would someone kindly help me resolve this Windows Network Diagnostics error, please ? It started about a month ago after I had to get a new hard drive. I use it sometimes when my connection drops and...
View ArticleRunning an old program on WIndows 7?
I have Sierra Print Artist 8.0 and Windows 7 64 bit. Odd as it sounds I had it running great up until a few days ago. Then it started losing the CD drive and all sorts of problems so I figured I would...
View Article[WIN8] Notepad problem
I have to use Notepad now for IMs here (all browsers are affected) if longer than a sentence or two. It doesn't have a spell checker nor does Wordpad. I have Open Office but I don't need a big...
View ArticleHow can you protect yourself against the IT Nazis?
I was working on some stuff for most of the morning, some of it saved, some of it don't. Went to lunch, came back, and my Windows box was rebooted and Lync 2013 has been replaced with "Skype for...
View ArticleMedia Center dynamically retune channel
I'm using media center on Windows 8 with a Ceton 6 Eth tuner and CableCard. Aside from the occasional hiccup getting the TA to be recognized (it helps if the USB cable is inserted all the way LOL) it...
View ArticleMedia center choppy audio full screen
On one of my HTPCs I have been noticing that on some channels (it doesn't seem to do it on all of them or it's sporadic but it's often enough) if I have the media center window in full screen mode the...
View Article[Outlook] Copy/Paste Issues with Outlook 2010
This is driving me nuts,.... I had my laptop swapped at work and ever since I have been having a lot of issues copying info and pasting it into the outlook 2010 email search bar. I have to do it five...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V
So I have a router that gets public IP's handed to it using DHCP for any computer I plug into the switch. What I want to know is that if I had Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V loaded with some...
View ArticleOld Malicious Software removals keep re-appearing in WU
About 2 weeks ago, I had the April Malicious Software Removal re-appear in Windows Update. I let it run, but it showed up again the next day. I simply hid it. This Tuesday, I let it run just that...
View ArticleWindows Update information??
MS's latest batch of Win 7 updates caused my machine to reboot and reboot, etc. :mad: When I was searching to find out what to do, I ran across a website where the updates in that batch were deciphered...
View Article[WIN7] Technical issue with GTA V and My Docs location
This is more of a technical question so I decided to put it here instead of the gaming forum. I've been using D:\ as the location of Documents for at least 10 years, changing the location in its folder...
View Article[WIN7] Cloud storage apps syncing >1 folder/drive
I want to sync multiple folders stored on multiple internal drives to the cloud, automatically. I will use this as an off-site backup system but also as traditional cloud storage. Currently I have...
View ArticleMake Windows 10 install media
Are we going to be able to make install media of Windows 10, or will need to download on each PC
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 Article[WIN10] Free eBook: Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals
quote:Were happy to announce the release of our newest free ebook, Introducing Windows 10 for IT Professionals, Preview Edition (ISBN 9780735696969), by Ed Bott....
View Article[Excel] Automate Calculations on Variable length Columns and Rows
Hello, I have a data set that has variable set of columns and rows with a unique time and id. I then applying various simple calculations to the data set. Doing this manually is very time consuming...
View Article[WIN7] MS tech?? Malicious Software removal updates crazy!
Any MS techs on board? I've had May's Malicious Software Removal update show up THREE times, two of which show they've been successfully installed. I hid the update on it's last appearance then April's...
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