[Outlook] Outlook dying with 'Outlook has stopped working' message
Windows 7, Office/Outlook 2003, for the past couple of years with no problem. This seems to be the same as posted 1/17/2011 by JVMorris. Start up Outlook, after 10 seconds it dies with the 'Microsoft...
View ArticleDVD/RW drive is recognized by Windows but doesn't work after removin
In the beginning of March I removed HP Printer drivers. A day or two later I noticed that my dvd drive wasn't working. I think if I had used System Restore to that point this problem would not exist....
View Articlewindows 9 for free (legally), what features are free & cost money
Does anyone know and care to share what features in Windows 9 will be free and what features cost extra? Thank you
View ArticleRecovery CD - How often
How often should a Recovery CD/DVD be performed? Once when computer is purchased - Once a year
View Articlehow to install Windows 7 oem
I Windows 7 OEM and I would like to install it. How is that done? Just to be clear it is not a OEM from HP or anything along those lines - It is an OEM like what HP would install onto their computer....
View Article[WIN8] Won't Shut Down
Novice here...Running Win 8. Laptop was working perfectly since purchase 4-5 months ago. Nearly instant startup & pretty quick shutdown. As of Friday,when i shutdown my laptop - the screen, after a...
View ArticlePossible to format USB drive to Install Windows 7 but not on Windows
I saw http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/a/install-windows-7-usb.htm but there is an issue. What if my computers do not use Windows - What if they use MAC OSX OR a distro of Unix/Linux? Is it...
View Article[WIN8] Lenovo or MS screw up, but I have to pay, questions
I got a Lenovo G580 laptop about 15 months ago, and I was never able to make the restore "disks" that Lenovo's procedure explains. It used to be that factory systems let you make one set of restore...
View Article[WIN7] GUID to Product ID in Registry?
This is perhaps a dumb question, however I have not been able to find an answer so I'm going to ask it anway. So I'm looking at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products" in the registry....
View Article[WIN7] 64 bit - Devices & Printers will not show - nothing works...
Ever since I've had my Lenovo W520 (2 years), I've lost the ability to view Devices & Printers. I could live without it, except I've installed a Zebra GC420d postage printer recently and there is...
View ArticleJune Desktops
Anyone want to share what their Windows Desktop - in June looks like? Thanks
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Update 2 May Have No New Start Menu
quote:Microsoft won't be delivering a new Start Menu for Windows 8 with its coming Windows 8.1 Update 2, after all. That recent change in plans comes courtesy of a couple of my sources who've had good...
View ArticleServer Rights
Good day, I have a Win2k8 R2 server that is running an application that is used by many user by remote desktop. Sometime, their session get stuck, and I need to "kill" the session, by using TaskManager...
View ArticleInstall Location
After installing Windows 8.1 from DVD I attempted to change some Windows components. After I copied the installation DVD to a data partition, Windows would not let me browse to or specify the new...
View ArticleNeed Guru Help with unusual problem: Office 2013 and firefox
Have brand new HW and W7 Paranoia in place about new system and www: behind router, Firewall on, NIS, Malware Bytes and Webroot installed before connecting Firefox installed with standalone offline...
View ArticleProblem with Favorites shortcut
I keep getting: "Problem with Shortcut The target of this Internet Shortcut is not valid" (Win7/IE11) I manually go to the site in question and add to favorites again and then a different shortcut is...
View ArticleVPN and user cache
I'm having an issue I need to prevent in the future. A remote user changed their password, It got changed locally, but not on the DC. I then reset it on the DC, but that didn't change it on the laptop....
View Articledomain client upgrade from 8 to 8.1
I have several windows 8 machines on a domain that I'm thinking of upgrading to 8.1. Is there any issues I need to be aware of, or pitfalls that I may encounter? -- I'm with the Central Government. I'm...
View ArticleWindows Backup not working
I'm trying to backup my user files and C:\ along with a system image of the C drive on to a 2TB external drive. Everything goes well right and when it completes I get an error message saying that...
View Article[WIN7] Removing Adware / Malware / Spyware
I really need someones advice. I work for a company where all I do all day is remove Spyware from Add/Remove Programs. This can take up to 2 hrs. Does anyone have a quicker solution to remove these...
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