[WIN7] Win7 is installing updates even though I explictly set it not to!
I'm in the process of resurrecting a Win7 laptop that wasn't used for a couple of years, and Win7 home premium is installing updates upon shutdown even though I explicitly set it to only check for...
View Article[Other] Wyse TErminal
Good dya, I may be not at the right place.. but worst case i'll be moved :) Actually im running pcs (at work) for our office stuff.. (Office 2010, Remote Apps, and some other basic windows apps) Will a...
View Article[WIN10] Windows 10 Mail App
I set up a couple of accounts in the Mail app to test it. I can receive e-mails fine, but when I try to send one from either account, I get the message: "Send error: e-mail subject We weren't able to...
View Article[WIN10] Windows 10 anti-spy program
This program looks better than the last one--it's from a reputable source (a Microsoft partner), doesn't appear to have any spyware and has a very simple interface. License is freeware. See:...
View ArticleRepair reboot hell
Last night, Windows 10 suggested that I restart my computer to fix a corrupted driver. Like an idiot, without doing any investigation, I rebooted and went to bed. This morning I woke up to a blue...
View ArticleCreating and hiding partitions
I have an HP Pavilion g4-1117dx running under Win 7 Home Premium. Since I have (I presume) an intact and fully functional recovery partition, I'm thinking about doing a clean install from scratch....
View Article[IE] How do I get rid of this Adobe Flash Player message???
How do I get rid of this Adobe Flash Player message??? I'm blocking videos auto start from sites that have it configured on there sites to auto start.
View ArticleHow to stop WIndows10 update after rollback
Neighbor asked me to rollback their PC to Windows7, but I cannot stop it from trying to upgrade to Windows 10 after a successful rollback. Even removed the Windows10 reserve and unchecked the option in...
View ArticleMicrosoft Outlook -- OST to PST ?
Steps 1. Delete users OLD mailbox from server since their name changed 2. Find local OLD OST on users PC 3. Want to restore OST file as PST to recover old emails into new mailbox 4. Download ost2.com...
View Article[WIN10] Silverlight won`t install on IE 11
Hey guys really need some help here; I have a new Windows 10 box and I am stumbling all over the place finding the setting(old PC was Visita). My problem is my company requires IE with Silverlight...
View Article[WIN7] No .Net 3.5.x installed but WUP pushes sec updates for it...
Only .Net installation showing in Installed Progs is v.4.5.2. Anyone able to say why MS would be pushing me v.3.5 updates?
View Article[WIN7] Re-sizing partitions. Does it work?
Hey all, Friend of mine has a Dell lappy with a 300GB HDD. For some unknown reason, the C drive is a 60GB partition, and then it has a 230GB D drive, plus a 10GB recovery partition. Needless to say,...
View Article[News] Microsoft tests US warrant powers
The technology industry is rallying behind Microsoft, as the company fights a government warrant demanding it turn over a users email account stored at a data center in Dublin, Ireland. The federal...
View ArticleQuick, free and easy hard drive monitoring
So I run a Windows 2k8 server to store movies, music and other assorted files. I run this box 24/7 and it has two 4-terabyte drives in a spanned volume setup with zero fault tolerance. I chose this...
View Article[WIN10] DVD Player App to "Replace" MCE
Uhm... However, back in May, instead of letting whatever small number of users Media Center had hung in limbo, Microsoft promised that theyll offer some sort of alternative that users can employ. That...
View Article[WIN10] Windows Media Center
Apparently Windows Media Center is not included with Windows 10. Previously I enjoyed watch cable tv on my Windows 7 Home Premium computer via a Diamond (ATI) HD750 tuner card. It was simple to install...
View Article[WIN10] I have two updates downloaded but cannot install because...
...it is waiting for the third to download. This is on my laptop so I do not know how long the wait has been. Two days anyway. the third is for "Conexant driver update for Conexant SmartAudio HD" What...
View ArticleWin7 Latest Updates no Spy
Recently loaded a whole bunch of Win7 update. Mostly security, but a few "ease of updates" ones too etc. Now I see Windows Diagnostic trying to "phone home" and a Windows Telemetry also trying to do...
View Article[WIN7] Weird Network Share Error
Basically, I have a shared network drive on my LAN set-up as my server. Let's call it drive "e:". It contains movies, music and such and I like to copy files from my other wireless computers to...
View ArticleVisual Basic and Excel question
Maybe this forum isn't the proper one for this so forgive me. I have a simple program I wrote in VB. It works like a simple check in/check out program. It deals with 2 strings currently. One is the...
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