[WIN7] Cleaning up Winsxs
I found today that my hard disk was almost full and reclaimed about 100 GB of wasted space by deleting unneded system files using the Disk Cleanup utility. While looking a folder sizes across the...
View ArticleWindows 10 antivirus software enough to protect my computer
Is Microsoft Windows defender in Window's 10 enough to protect my computer from virus/malware or do I need to purchase an internet security software?
View ArticleWin 10 laptop wont shut down or reboot
So everything was fine for two days until two hours ago when I tried to shut down the computer. It was taking a long time like ten minutes so i pressed the power button to force shutdown and it seemed...
View Articlewindows 8.1 to 10 upgrade WITH bitlocker/TPM enabled?
my system is dual boot 7 & 8.1, with bitlocker enabled on 8.1, with TPM 1.2 I did the free upgrade to 10 from my un-encrypted windows 7 partition to test it, and I now want to upgrade my main (8.1)...
View Articlewindows 10 is having issues with the pentium g3258
Turns out that the current Windows 10 build does not work with the Intel Pentium G3258 (the Anniversary edition chip) due to a microcode update Intel pushed out to Microsoft. Both upgrades or clean...
View Article[WIN7] Managing disk partitions
I have four partitions on my 80 GB hard disk. Each of them are 20 GB. My Windows XP Professional is installed in C drive. Now I am planning to get a new hard disk of 500GB. I am also planning to...
View Article[WIN10] Doing a fresh install is a headache but Win 10 is not too bad
I previously had Win 7 Pro on my machine. In order to do a fresh install, you first have to do an in-place install, create an image (USB or DVD) and then you can do a fresh, full install. It's a...
View Article[WIN7] Is there anyway to confirm a back up?
I have an external drive enclosure with two 1 Tb drives in a mirror configuration that I use for backup. I have done a complete backup of my system prior to loading win 10, but I'm a little paranoid...
View Article[WIN7] Programs can't see many files in System32
I'm trying to add a file to my firewall but it can't see it, even my AV can't see it. All the folder options are set to show hidden files and system files. What gives? I'm trying to set rules for...
View ArticleWindows 10 privacy
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/29/wind-nos/ Some troubling things from this article. quote:When device encryption is turned on, Windows 10 automatically encrypts the drive its installed on and...
View Article[WIN10] This one wasn't thought through
So upgraded my in-laws to win 10. Their account was tied to a live account and the existing password wasn't being accepted. Says to go to a webpage to reset. Um...how? They only have 1 windows account,...
View ArticleMerge and Dedup
I need to merge two folders of music on my home pc, and then dedup? Does anyone have suggestion on the best way to do this?
View Article[WIN10] Upgrade to Win 10 from Win 8.1....will it keep Office installed?
Upgrade to Win 10 from Win 8.1....will it keep Office installed?
View Article[WIN10] Win10 Upgrade Won't Activate
Just did the upgrade from 8.1 to 10 via WU on my office laptop. It upgraded fine, but it won't activate, and gives me a "blocked key" message. The machine has no key printed on it, it's stored in the...
View Article[WIN10] Question About "Windows.old" Folder After Upgrade To Win10
My question here is now that I have upgraded to win10 and if I decide to keep win10, can I safely delete the "windows.old" folder? It has all of my programs, files, pictures, videos, everything from...
View ArticleWindows 10 preview stuck on 10074
I would have assumed by now that MS would have pushed the final to the PC's running the technical preview? Mine is still at 10074.
View Article[Outlook] Will not accept my dads gmail account
I set up my dad's gmail account in outlook 2013 with the correct info. Outlook established a connection but when it gets to "searching for gmail settings" stage I get this message. "your imap server...
View Articlewindows 10 n drivers n messed up
hey all just did a reinstall from usb no net connection i was setting it up in the system > advanced system setttings >hardware device installation settings by default its settup to get all...
View ArticleWINDOWS 10 Change volume plays a tone
How do you turn off the sound effects on changing volume using the volume career on the taskbar?
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