[WIN7] I think Microsoft is sabotaging Windows 7 with "Security Updates"
Ever since these May updates, ALL my games, including browser based games like siltherio are lagging very badly. Sitherio has become unplayable and other games like GTA V are constantly lagging. I'm...
View Article[WIN10] How to wake up PC?
Does anyone know how to wake up the PC when it goes into screen saver mode or sleep mode/hibernation?
View Article[WIN10] Microsoft Passport PIN?
I would like to use a feature called MS Passport or MS Passport for Work. I did some research on this feature and many articles say that you must sign up for a MS Account in order to do this. Can I...
View Article[Beta] CMake error - Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
Any idea what is going on here? ------------------------- rob@DESKTOP-QG4Q9DB:~/itpp-4.3.1/build$ cmake .. CMake Error: Parse error in cache file /home/rob/itpp-4.3.1/build/CMakeCache.txt. Offending...
View ArticleExpanding a drive question.
I have a windows server 2012 R2 virtual machine running on ESXi 5.5 with vCenter. The server has a C drive set to 250g and is full. It also has an E drive 500g with 100g free. I increased the drive...
View Article[Other] Windows SErver AD
Good day, I need some advices/tip.. On my network (around 250 machines), I have 2 domain controller.. named OdesAD01 with ip 192.168.4.10 and OdesAD02 with 192.168.4.11. They are running on Win2k8...
View ArticleAutomatic Updates on Windows 7 and 8/8.1
We're looking into turning automatic updating on rather than our current setting of download automatically and install manually. We need to know about what will happen with reboots. Doe it force the...
View ArticleWordPad defaults
If anybody found a way to change the default settings for WordPad in Windows 10? I use word for most formal documents but occasionally youth WordPad for a quick note. I want to change the default...
View ArticleWindows 10 Start menu no left click
My Start menu just stopped working the other day. Not only the Start menu, but some of the metro/touch style apps refused to launch as well. There is much discussion on the interwebs about similar...
View ArticleRenew Office 365
My Office 365 subscription expired last week. I ordered a new license from Amazon, which is the same thing I did last year. I can't seem to find anywhere to enter the new key to renew my subscription...
View Article[WIN10] Starting the process to move to Windows 10. Have some questions.....
Everyone, I have a blank 500 GB hard drive that I was not using, so I figured it was time for me to start looking at Windows 10. The beauty of having a desktop is that I can unplug my main OS drive (1...
View Article[WIN7] Laptop is a brick & a great heater
My daughter wants a new laptop because hers freezes & powers itself off all by itself. I need some help figuring out what those "svchost.exe" processes do. For instance, when I try to apply...
View Article[WIN7] A strange Win 7 update occurence. A cause for slow updates???
I have 3 win 7 machines. Two are finally up to date and one about 80 behind. I'm watching https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30764858-WIN7-Windows-7-SP2 for a way to get that working. On a Dell an up to...
View Article[Info] MS Windows ISO Download Tool 1.02...[Free]
Microsoft Windows ISO Download Tool lets you download all versions of Microsoft 7, 8.1 and 10 directly from Microsoft's servers. Anyone who's ever tried to just download one of these ISOs knows it...
View ArticleGo back to Win7
Not knowing exactly how to stop a Win10 upgrade, my wife`s Laptop unexpectedly was force "upgraded" to Win10 from Win7 . She was informed by me that this possibility could/would occur, and not knowing...
View ArticleWindows media center & channels question
While it is nice to see all of the channels that I could get: Is there a way to setup Windows media center so that shows only channels that I receive? Thank you PS. This is on my Windows 7 computer...
View Article[WIN10] Windows 10 Freezes!
I am having problems with Windows 10 freezing. I can't use the mouse or the keyboard to get out of it. I usually have to wait several minutes for it to work. I tried "restart" to see if that would fix...
View ArticlePOLL: Do you use automatic updates?
[poll]Do you use Automatic Updates?,I use Windows 8/8.1 and have automatic updates turned on,I use Windows 8/8.1 and do not use automatic updates,I use Windows 7 and have automatic updates turned on,I...
View Articlehdmi audio and headphones?
Is it possible to get the hdmi audio to play over TV speakers from laptop while the headphones are also attached? Win 10 w/Realtek audio. I did a quick forum search but didn't see anything. Why?...
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