[WIN8] SSDs - using Intel Toolbox or W8's drive Optimizer?
I first ran Windows 8 SSD drive optimizer and "tuned it" within that program. That was supposed to turn off prefetch and superfetch, iirc. Later I downloaded and ran Intel's SSD Toolbox version 3.1.2...
View Article[WIN8] W8 won't copy and paste files to C: drive
The W8 permission/priveledge mess is driving me crazy. I'm running W8 on a two drive system that also has occasional multiple different flash drives attached. I'm an admin on the system and have full...
View Article[WIN8] F8-reboot in safe mode, won't work. Hate win8 now
I've been having unending difficulties (to put it mildly) with a 450GTS and Win8. Ever since changing to Win8, the system, an EOL build, just won't work with the card. It's been replaced. There are...
View ArticleExcel Spreadsheet
Hi, I trying to make a spreadsheet for ip addresses where the cell will increment by +1 for each cell across the row. I have found this formula elsewhere and it seems to work for me:...
View ArticleMS AutoRuns..Ver.11.50..Mar.28/13
Change log... A utility for managing autostarting applications and components, now reports the image timestamp of executables and the last-modified timestamp of other file types and autostart locations...
View Article[WIN7] Crash dump
Its been quite awhile since I've done a crash dump analysis could someone point me at the program for it?
View Article[WIN7] cacls.exe unable to start...
"the Application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close Application." Fx would not open. Outlook was OK. So I did a restart but it froze partway through and I did a five second...
View Article[Vista] Vista Reinstall
I have a 4 year old Dell desktop that was running slow so I reinstalled Vista from the D: drive. Everything went fine and I was able to download all of the updates except Service Pack 1. It keeps...
View Article[WIN7] [Windows Updates] "Shutdown and install updates"
My computer is set to ONLY notify me of updates; it does not automatically download them OR install them. I haven't installed an update in a long time. However, my windows' shutdown buttons all say...
View Article[WIN7] IE10?
Any good or bad experience with IE10?? It's on my list for Win7 updates but I have not installed it yet... I mostly use Mozilla Firefox... Should I do the update or just leave it alone? -- Go Mark Martin!
View Article[WIN7] Very interesting USB3 problem...
I have two USB3 drives, 32 GB Corsair Survivor and 32GB Corsair Flash Voyager. I also have four computers running Windows 7. two desktops and two laptops. My USB flash drives won't work in one of the...
View Article[IE10] Hidden Color Picker, Ruler and other tools...
siteshot://2296369 siteshot://2296370 Activate the hidden Color Picker Tool & Ruler in Internet Explorer 10 ... Read more @ http://www.thewindowsclub.com/color-picker-ruler-internet-explorer-10 --...
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[WIN7] How do you edit the boot.ini file in Windows 7?
Not sure boot.ini is the correct file name. That was the file name in XP. I'd like to edit it to display different OS names in the boot menu so as to be able to be able to tell two W7 OS options apart....
View ArticleSurface
[poll]Do you think the Windows RT and Surface tablet will succeed?,No,Yes.[/poll]
View Article[XPPro] Need Hardware & Driver Help
I am currently working on 3 computers, that I reformatted and installed Windows XP Professional on. Two of them are desktops, and one of them is a laptop. Few situations here.... 1. One of the desktops...
View Article[Excel] Custom Colors Don't Match
I have a .xls file hat was created in a previous version of Excel. There are cells that have the color: RGB: 255, 204, 153. Which I believe was the common "tan" color. Now in Excel 2010, I formatted...
View Article[WIN8] Move the Start flag?
Ever since Win95, I've moved my taskbar to the top. Even when I ran shell replacers, I'd have the taskbar equivalent on top. I've gotten used to accessing the start menu via the upper left corner. In...
View Article[IE] Browaing history in IE10?
I have been spoiled by Firefox,s history drop-down menu. Is there anyway to get at the browsing history in IE10?
View Article[WIN7] Is an AV required for a VM?
I have a virtual machine installed on win 7 and it keeps telling my I need an AV program. Is this true? I have MSE installed under win7 and wonder if I really need an anti virus on the VM? Edit: A...
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