[WIN10] Taskbar keeps disappearing
I'm on the latest fast ring build and the taskbar just vanishes, usually when I'm browsing in chrome, and I have no way to get it back apart from rebooting. Anyone else experiencing something similar?
View ArticleFUD: Old News Resurrected: MS Downloading Windows 10 Upgrade Bits...
quote: Old News Resurrected: Microsoft Downloading Windows 10 Upgrade Bits to Computers ... In essence, IT folks were finding the upgrade bits were also showing up on Pro and Enterprise computers that...
View Article[Outlook] Dump folder contents
Outlook 2007, non-Exchange IMAP server based. I need a way to dump the contents of a specific folder into readable files (txt or html). Everything I've found on Google is about exporting into a PST...
View ArticleTrying to revert back to Windows 7
Trying to revert to windows 7 before the one month is over cause I want to upgrade my entire PC. I can see the Windows.Old folder on the C drive but the Recovery says its not available (paraphrasing)....
View Article[WIN7] Diskeeper 11 vs Windows Defrag also Boot Time Defrag
I've been using Diskeeper 11 Pro and it keeps reporting my C: drive is heavily, critically fragmented no matter how many times I defrag the drive. When I run defrag C: /A (analyze) from the command...
View Article[WIN10] Upgrade fails repeatedly
Had to do a bit of work to even get Windows 10 to download via Windows Update, this basically involved running a repair of the update process. At the end of this I set the AllowOSUpgrade=1 as...
View Article[WIN7] WIndows Updates notifications not showing near Clock anymore
I am running Win7 with Windows Update set to Notify me But Let me Choose when to Download and Install them. Now, I used to get the Windows Updates popup notification on the taskbar near the clock but...
View Article[WIN10] Another Weird Network Issue with Windows
So would anyone have any ideas why when trying to download any test files from this site: http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download.html Work from my office, but not at home. I tried two different...
View ArticleMicrosoft is downloading Windows 10 to your machine 'just in case'
"MICROSOFT HAS CONFIRMED that Windows 10 is being downloaded to computers whether or not users have opted in." :o...
View Article[WIN7] Windows 7 Windows Updates Issue
I downgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 yesterday. Everything is working fine. However, I have a ton of Windows security updates (approximately 162) that I have to install. Is there...
View Article[WIN10] Dell E6400 Laptop; trying to run backup but need to chkdsk says ...
Both Macrium Reflect and MS backup say that I need to Run chkdsk C: /r and I have three times with no problems found but I still get told by both the MS Win10 backup and Reflect that I need to fix the...
View Article[Beta] MS releases Snip - a capture tool with e-ink, voice annotation
Snip Capture Tool Download: https://mix.office.com/Snip Microsoft tests new snipping tool with e-ink, voice annotation...
View ArticleW10, x86 or 64?
Running windows 10 x86 and 64 insider, on two partitions. The laptop is older 64 bit T7600, 2.33 x2. Seems that the 32 bit works better, but would like to utilize the 64. xps m1710. Driver for the...
View Article[WIN7] List of games affected by KB3086255
While reviewing updates (Win7) I came across KB3086255, which led to research that it's about Macrovision SafeDisc which is used by "many games". But what my Googling has not found is a current list of...
View ArticleMigrating a Win10 installation from Intel to AMD.
I have several comps, mainly Intel but have one AMD box. The comps concerned are both desktops, one Intel and the other AMD. The Intel had a 40 GB H/D with Win 10 and the AMD a 500 GB with Win 7. I...
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 ArticleReprogram Keyboard?
New HP Pavilion. Windows 8.1. Where it ought to have an INS key, it has a prt sc key with "ins" in small print above... as if it was a keyboard combo to get to INS -- such as a fn key combo. I like me...
View Article[WIN10] MSN.com
Does anyone know what setting in Windows 10 I can undo to stop the site Msn.com from popping up randomly at any giving time? I would like to know if anyone else have had this to happen to them? I know...
View Article[WIN10] Windows 10 instability?
An interesting article from a central figure in the Windows world: http://www.zdnet.com/article/my-biggest-problem-with-windows-10-stability/#ftag=YHFb1d24ec -- "The mass of men lead lives of quiet...
View ArticleSelecting specific WU copies through/via W7's Disk Cleanup to remove?
Hello. In Windows 7 SP1, its Disk Cleanup can delete old Windows Updates (WUs) copies but that wipes all of them. Is there a way to wipe only updates that are older than a month? Basically, I want to...
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