[Tip] Make mouse visible for older users of Windows
If you want to make the mouse pointer more visible and easier to track, go to Control panel and make change as shown in this attached screen grab. It makes keeping track of the mouse pointer much...
View ArticleMicrosoft office 2013 will not allow me to open files
Hi Microsoft 2013 will not allow me to open files that I have created in office 2013 and opened many times before, just gives me three small squares on the top left hand side of my screen, has any one...
View Article[WIN8] Question about Local and Microsoft Accounts
I'm set up on my computer as a local account and I want to remain that way. But I've gotten comfortable enough with Win 8.1 that I want to go over to the Metro side and see what's on offer over there....
View ArticleWin 8.1: Finding new ways to annoy users (Switch between apps)
I'm thinking there may be a contest there at MS about who can come up with the most annoying feature. :p Win 8 was bad enough, but this in itself is almost worse than anything 8 had to offer,...
View ArticleIE7 add-ons?
A couple of days ago IE7 began giving "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" for all sites. Today I followed steps at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196 down to the "Disable add-ons" step...
View Article[Other] NT-PPC version of Win NT 3x or 4 on an old PPC Mac
Has anyone tried running an old PPC copy of NT on an old Macintosh? I know NT did support PPC chips up until SP4 and an the pre-Intel Mac's where all PowerPC chips. Basically I see the only big...
View Article[WIN8] Hypervethernet connection instead of ethernet?
I just checked my network connection and it says I have no internet connectivity but claims I am on a HyperV ethernet connection instead. Huh? It says I am on this virtual connection for 4 days now. I...
View ArticleIs Hotmail not working?
I haven't been able to get to the sign in page for the last two days. Not in Palemoon (Firefox) 24.x. And not in Internet Explorer either. Running both from Windows 7.
View Article[Outlook] Description of the Outlook 2013 update 2850061: December 13, 2013
Description of the Outlook 2013 update 2850061: December 13, 2013 Introduction This article describes update 2850061 for Microsoft Outlook 2013 that was released on December 13, 2013. The download...
View Article[MCE] External Drive Root in Pictures Folder List
Added an external USB attached drive strictly for TV recording but it also shows up in the pictures and videos folders lists as M:\ But it is not listed in the library management so can not remove it....
View Article[Outlook] What is this error?
"BN1AFFO11FD044.mail.protection.outlook.com rejected your message to the following email addresses: CS@xxx.com BN1Axxxxx4.mail.protection.outlook.com gave this error: Hop count exceeded - possible mail...
View ArticleWin 7 . Show icon and notifications
I show icon and notifications and it works, but when i exit the program the Icon doesnt stay. I have to do the setup again. I just want it to be on all the time when its on. After customizing i need to...
View ArticleWindows XP - Always telephone activation now? [also, Slow updates]
Hey all, I just signed up to ask if anybody else is finding that they have to consistently go through telephone activation recently when activating Windows XP [specifically, Pro.]? I'm using a clean...
View ArticleKeep being told I need admin privileges when I don't
Windows 7 64-bit machine. Every now and then when installing software I get error messages telling me I need to have system administrator privileges when I already have them. I don't know what the deal...
View ArticleSysinternals Suite/Utilities updates 12/19/2013
Windows Sysinternals Suite By Mark Russinovich Updated: December 19, 2013 Coreinfo v3.21: CoreInfo is a command-line tool for reporting processor topology, NUMA performance, and processor features. The...
View Article[Tip] USB Drive disappears
Running Windows 7 64 with a 3TB USB3 HD. Sometimes the USB drive seems to turn off and disappear as a drive in My Computer. I can unplug and replug it, to get it back but is there a way to keep this...
View Article[WIN7] Explorer randomly crashes for no apparent reason
Here are the dumps - please HELP!
View Article[WIN7] Options to select 32/64bit missing during CLEAN installation?
Just noticed this, since i had to reinstall win7, how come I dont get this option to select either 32bit or the 64bit version of Win7 during installation?...
View Article[WIN7] Installing Windows 7 on Toshiba C50-A-0DV
I'm having a bit of a problem trying to install W7 on the mentioned Toshiba C50, which came with W8 preinstalled. I found all of the drivers, but I can't start the installation... When I insert a W7...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Video playback issues
hi All been trying to solve this for 4 weeks now Updated Avast, reported to Avast support, removed Avast, etc, etc, etc (They say now it's video driver related) but did a clean install of video drivers...
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