Worth Upgrading To 8.1 ?
I am hearing mixed reviews, I am wondering should I upgrade to 8.1 or wait a bit? I don't want to run into issues and problems and making things worse, I do a lot of gaming and work on it. Is there...
View Article[WIN7] BSOD - I wonder what caused this
Hi I had a BSOD today (REGISTRY ERROR) while online, and a black screen the other day - I had to use the tower button to shut down. I used the BlueScreenView and have a ss of that. I also noticed that...
View Article[WIN8] Questions about Windows 8.1
Everyone, I did not want to add this to the Windows 8.1 thread, as I have specific questions that I have not seen answers to yet, or have not been able to find a way to change things like I did in...
View ArticleWhat is this?
I have Windows 8 evaluation version running under VMWare Player in my Windows 7 system. It expired already and I tried to hack it to continue working but the hack didn't work so it shuts down after 1...
View ArticleWindows XP Pro SP3 fresh install won't update
I've recently tried reinstalling windows XP on a system that crashed. When I go to Windows Update, I don't get prompted to install an Active X component for Windows Update (I think there is one), and...
View Articleaccessing shared folder on Win8 from 98SE
I have a home network (workgroup) with a mixture of machines -- 3 shown above. From Cpq2-98 (98SE) I can click on Gx280-mt (XP) and see the shared folders. From Gx280-mt I can run "\\Gx755" and see the...
View Article[WIN8] Win 8.1 Quirks and Glitches
Here's a quirk I've been noticing in 8.1 - my mouse pointers have been occasionally changing to the Windows Default (system scheme) after starting up or coming out of sleep. I prefer them to be the...
View Article[News] Nokia shareholders approve Microsoft dea
HELSINKI (AP) — Nokia shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the sale of the ailing cellphone division and a portfolio of patents and services to Microsoft Corp. for 5.4 billion euros ($7.2...
View Article[WIN7] BitLocker / Creating ADD and Remove PIN exe file?
i am on a standalone win7 machine running Bitlocker already enabled. But I do have a rather complez question. I have everything set via Group Policy and my drive is fully encrypted with TPM only...
View ArticleAfter installing IE11 on Windows 7 64 bit
the kids can no longer play games on Kizi. Can I go back to IE10, and if so how, or is their something else I can do? Thanks for any help in advance.
View Article[WIN8] Flipboard (App)
One of my favorite iOS apps has finally arrived on Windows 8: Flipboard (https://flipboard.com/). It's what got me reading the web again after nearly two years of grad school a number of years back....
View ArticleDNS request timed out.timeout was 2 seconds, server 2008
Hello, I am having an issue, whenever we do an NSLOOKUP (for public google.com)we get DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. and works on the 3rd try. I try it on the server and it is the same...
View Article[Excel] Dropdown Selection Question
Ok, so I have a load template that I have created to load data into an Access database. The problem is that some of the columns are supposed to have a number in them, not the text description...
View Article[WIN7] Folder & File Duplication
I've rapidly run out of space on my SSD so ran 'Folder Size 2.9'. What I've found is that my user folder appears in two locations and therefore using twice the space? It appears in the usual C:\User\Me...
View Article[WIN7] Printer IP wrong, how to change?
Ok, Win7 x64, Verizon FIOS modem, Brother HL-2270DW printer. When I go to print something, it says the printer is on 192.168.1.2, but when I look in both the modem and printer settings they both say...
View ArticleWindows 7 - IE
I believe we have the beta version of IE running, for some reason, only a few webpages are loading, I loaded some tests, and, it's fine. I used my desktop to load the pages, they load just fine. Popped...
View Article[News] Office 2013 Service Pack 1 coming early next year
Office Blog - November 20, 2013 .... Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the 2013 set of products including Office, SharePoint and Exchange. SP1 will deliver performance enhancements, feature updates and improve...
View Article[WIN8] Filling A Win8/8.1 Void
Since MS doesn't automatically show you the size of folders when you open up a window in File Explorer (Windows Explorer) there is a neat little freeware utility called "Folder Size" that will pop-up a...
View Article[WIN7] Up Arrow in Explorer
The one thing that I continue to miss is the 'up arrow' in Explorer to go up one level of the directory tree. Is there any way to get this back?
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