I need help!!! I forgot my Windows 7 login password, how to reset?
When I enter the password, it says: password is incorrect, then I tried many times and still incorrect. I think I completely forgot my password. Is there any way that can unlock or reset my Windows 7...
View Article[WIN7] IconCache.db won't stay deleted & rebuild itself - RESOLVED!
I turned my computer on after shutting it (and power strip) down before the first lightning/thunder strike of an electrical storm this morning. Firefox is my default browser and all customized and...
View Article[WIN7] Win 7 updates to avoid, or be careful with
I created a list of Win 7 updates that one may want to avoid, and the 'why' (after = ) if that is not immediately obvious from the official short description. KB2505438 - Slow performance in...
View Article[Word] Help in decoding these Office2010 Errors....
My daughter has Office 2010 Student on her laptop at College. It pretty much doesn't work anymore. I can't even find WINWORD.EXE or EXCEL.EXE on the disk anymore. Every time she tries to open any of...
View Article[WIN10] KB3140768 updates Windows 10 to version 10586.164
KB3140768 updates Windows 10 to version 10586.164. Changelog here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3140768 -- "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." -- Henry David Thoreau
View ArticleHow to download any Windows ISO for free
First, you're going to need a bit of code... Go to http://pastebin.com/EHrJZbsV and press the Raw button and copy all of the Javascript code to your Windows Clipboard. Go to...
View ArticleGWX even with GPO disabiling it
Well this looks bad, at home on my home AD I have a GPO that disables the "upgrade to the latest version of windows" but come this morning and I have the GWX thing for the 1st time ever on this system...
View Article[WIN10] Install Free Windows 10 on new computer or computer running Linux
I have three computers running Windows 7 Home Premium (Family Pack 3 user version) and a fourth running Zorin-os ver 7 (Linux/Samba). I like the idea of storage pools & spaces as I store my photos...
View Article[WIN10] Win10 Updates - Please Help - Fed up
Ok, I am absolutely really fed up now... I exclusively let the Win10 Updates to install updates Automatically. Period. Left at default settings. Now, I had to go into Settings and then Updates and I...
View Article[Vista] KB3140410 failed to install 4x
Installed all the WU yesterday, although above mentioned KB has failed to install 4x (3x yesterday and 1x today). :( Any ideas/help would be appreciated. -- Lonnie
View Article[WIN10] Group Policy settings dont require GPUPDATE /FORCE
Hi, Since I am on Windows 10 Pro now, I set a few things under the Group Policy settings such as turning off Windows Defender and a few Bitlocker settings to set encryption methods. I hit Apply and...
View ArticleWindows Home Server 2011: recent update -> computer monitoring error
I run Windows Home Server 2011 with 5 Windows 7 clients. Somewhere in the last 2 or 3 days, the server has been reporting 'monitoring error' for 4 of the clients. The 1 that is 'healthy' varies...
View Article[Outlook] Office 365 Outlook 2016 not leaving copy on server
I have Outlook set to leave a copy on the server for 14 days. Since the last update it is deleting the copy from the server immediately after it is downloaded. I have 2 POP3 accounts on different...
View ArticleMarch Desktops
Finally bought a second 1080p monitor to pair up with the all-in-one (but it's really for the MacBook Air, shhhhhh). Otherwise, all the usual suspects: ObjectDock (on the far left and far right) and...
View Article[WIN10] Blocked From Graphics Hardware
I was trying to watch a TV show on my usual place and got this pop-out over and over until I did a reboot. Everything seems to be alright now but haven't retried the show yet.
View ArticleUSB Pen Drive problem
I am running windows 10. When I insert any USB pen drive, it shows twice in MyPc 2 drive letters that are the same display.
View Article[WIN10] Turn off hard drives
I want to create a new restore point, but i need to shut off my D:\ drive. I only want a restore point on my C:\ drive. So how can i shut off one of these drives ? ..thanks
View ArticlePushed lock screen images
I've been getting some interesting lock screen images pushed from M$. They have a notice in the upper right hand corner that asks, "Like what you see?" I do and always click yes. Anyone have an idea...
View Article[WIN10] Blu-Ray w/ Digital Copy
Having trouble w/ those BRD titles that include a "digital copy" disc to load into a PC via Media Player. Can't seem to redeem any of these on Windows 10. It can find WMP, but it then states that it's...
View Article[WIN7] File permissions for use with Android ES Explorer
I'm trying to see if I can use ES Explorer for Android to access some shares on my computer. It's Win7 Home Premium. I set up a share on a folder, and set it to EVERYONE read-only. Using ES Explorer, I...
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