[WIN8] Updating from 8.0 to 8.1
My wife has an HP laptop that came with 8.0. She has been putting off going to 8.1 because she heard of folks losing their configuration settings when doing the upgrade. I really haven't been keeping...
View Article[XPPro] Talk about over dramatizing things
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2140840/windows-xp-chronicle-of-a-death-foretold.html I haven't installed any patches in over a year. :) quote:Microsoft hasnt minced words painting doomsday scenarios...
View ArticleAfter 4 months and harddrive replaced, another BSOD
I really thought the bsods were done, but I got another one this morning. Here's a dump file, etc. Should I bother to try to fix this or just call the manufacturer? They said if another bsod it would...
View Article[WIN8] Updates for Win8.1
Does the update for Win8.1 automatically install, or does it need to be manually installed? Thanks!
View Article[WIN7] Display blinks when shutting down WIN 7
I just noticed this the past few days... When shutting down windows the display will blink, or flash a couple of times before showing the shutdown (logging off) screen... Computer then shuts down...
View Article[WIN7] IE11 proper shutdown gives wrong error message
Hello, In view of the current MS Security Advisory #2963983, I just switched IE11's security setting from Medium-High to High, and un-registered VGX.DLL. I also configured EMET 5.0 TP to protect IE11's...
View Articlehard drive partition names
installed Win 7 on wife's desktop, the machine had one hard drive partitioned into a C and D drive. I resized the two partitions but inadvertently renamed them. Initially used GParted on a Ubuntu Live...
View ArticleCleaning up a bit.......
Hello everyone good morning :) Going thru my CLSID keys I have 4 that have NO VALUE AT ALL (No value set) and I looked them up on google to see if it had info and it looks like they are OFFICE keys...
View Article[IE] Security update for Internet Explorer: May 1, 2014
quote:s u p p o r t . m i c r o s o f t . c o m MS14-021: Description of the security update for Internet Explorer for systems that have security update 2929437 installed: May 1, 2014 ... Microsoft...
View ArticleServer Certificate Insanity - Chromium & XPPro
Aloha All! Just about 2 weeks ago, none of my XP systems can access the startpage\ixquick.com search sites due to an invalid server certificate... but get this, it only happens with those two sites (so...
View Article[WIN7] New Install Unable to Create New Accounts
I installed a fresh windows 7 prof x64 with SP1. I created one account and gave it admin rights etc. Whenever I try to create another account or use the guest account I get the dreaded The User Profile...
View Article[Info] Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT)
quote:w w w . m i c r o s o f t . c o m Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool 1.0 ... Overview The Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) is a program that provides a detailed...
View ArticleWindows Sysinternals Utilities updates May 2, 20144
Updates: AccessChk v5.2; PsExec v2.11; Sigcheck v2.1; VMMap v3.12 AccessChk v5.2: This release of AccessChk, a security command-line utility that reports the effective access and permissions of files,...
View Article[Info] OffCAT - Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool Updated
said by uid://777093 :Thanks for the update! :) This thread is getting a little long in the tooth with new version releases... perhaps a new thread should be started for each version release? Great...
View Article[WIN8] Safely Remove Hardware (thumb drive) won't allow on two computers
Both my desktop and my laptop, running Win 8.1, Safely Remove Hardware in system tray keeps bringing up something is still using the drive and it can't be removed. I only use the thumb drive (Corsair...
View ArticleIE11's top toolbar is a mess
First of all i do not use IE. The only time i am using IE is to check if the website has a compatibly issue with FF. Anyways in my point of view IE11's top toolbar or borderline is ugly as f***. What...
View Article[WIN7] minimum services required to enable networking?
does anyone know which minimum services are required in order to boot a windows 7 system in "diagnostic" mode and still enable networking? why do i want to do this? because i'd like to see if i can get...
View Article[WIN7] No boot filename received
I have been using Win 7 for a few years with no problems. 2 days ago I received a message from AVG antivirus that I needed to do an upgrade. I did and it said it worked, but at the end said I needed to...
View Article[WIN7] Can't select a user at login screen.
Win7 Home Premium. Prior to 5/1/14 laptop had been running normally. On 5/1/14 KB2952644 & KB915597 were automatically installed. On the next bootup both my Admin & Limited usernames were...
View Article[WIN7] Win 7 swwap memory info desired
System Explorer tells me that I Am using 51% of my swap memory. How can I tell how much swap memory I have in a Win7 -64 -HP computer with 8 GB of ram?
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