[WIN8] Issue with Bluetooth headphones and sleep mode on PC
Tried to search to find the answer to this question but no dice so I'm throwing this out there: I have a Win 8.1Pro 64 bit system to which I added a BT USB receiver dongle in order to pair it with a...
View ArticleWindows XP updates??
I just reinstalled windows XP and I would like to try and get the latest updates. I currently have XP Home with SP2. Any idea how I can update it to the latest since MS no longer supports it?
View Article[Access] I'm going to kill Access!! Combo box creation help needed
Ok, At work and trying to add a combo box to a column in Access 2010. I have the table to add, but when I go back to the database to look at my nice drop down list, all I see is 1, 2, 3, 4, ... That's...
View ArticleFile replication from FTP to multiple SAMBA shares
I am looking for a software that can replicate files delivered over our corporate FTP server to multiple destinations simultaneously. Here is a following scenario. Source - FTP server over port 21...
View ArticleWindows 7 64 - change node type
How do you change the node type in Windows 7? I need to set a NIC to H-Node and right now it's set to mixed. Can this be done via registry? Thanks.
View Article[News] OneDrive Storage Increase: 15 GB free for everyone...
[If you're anti-cloud, please feel free to skip along without comment ;) ] 1. OneDrive will come with 15 GB for free (up from 7 GB) [...] we believe providing 15 GB for free right out of the gate –...
View ArticleWhich MS OS's or OE's UI do you dislike most?
This should be very self explanatory. [poll] , Microsoft Basic (ROM) , MS-DOS (1 .. 3.x) , MS-DOS 4.x , MS-DOS 5.x , MS-DOS 6.x , Windows 1.x , Windows 2.x (incl. Win/286 & Win/386) , Win 3.x , Win...
View ArticleWhich MS OS's or OE's UI do you like most?
This poll is about the UI (User Interface) of the OS, not the OS itself. For example, 98SE had more bugs than a Texas mudhole, crashing left and right all the time, but I think the UI was pretty...
View Article[WIN8] Automatic Maintenance questions
Everyone, As I continue to look at the errors that are generated every night, it appears that they are all taking place during the time that Automatic Maintenance is running on my system. If you want...
View Article[News] Chinese Government has banned Win 8 from use on Government PC's
The Chinese Government infamously announced recently that they have banned the use of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 on Government PC's due to the cloud/Modern UI integration. While it may not sound like a...
View Article[News] Microsoft cuts 18,000 jobs
Thank Windows 8 Microsoft is also cutting 5,500 other jobs at the company. As part of the company's new strategy, which Nadella outlined in a separate memo to employees last week, Microsoft will focus...
View ArticleWin8 losing marketshare in June
If it wasn't bad enough for for Windows 8.x already... :p quote: Net Applications' June numbers put the combined user share of Windows 8 and 8.1 at 12.5% of the world's desktop and notebook systems, a...
View ArticleXbox 360 MC Extender issue
So I was given an Xbox 360 S 4GB model. I have replaced the computer in my bedroom with the Xbox and am attempting to use it as an extender to the HTPC in the living room (Windows 7 Ultimate). It syncs...
View Article[WIN7] HDD Space issue?
I recently performed a clean fresh install of Win7 on a Dell E6440 notebook with a total HDD space of 300GB. I don't need more actually. However, what really gets me is this, used space is 28GB. But...
View Article[WIN7] Full Re-install questions?
I have been using the same laptop for about 3 years now and I am thinking its about time to so a full re-install of WIN7. I originally set this up with the registry changed to install programs on a...
View Articlescript /task run minimized explorer
im trying to run a task that will open some directories (to establish connection on them mapped drives) its working as is, but it would be nicer if i can have it run minimized/hidden or have them close...
View Article[XPPro] Pulling files from a Mac hard drive...
Ive been tasked with pulling some files off of an external drive that was used as storage on a Mac. I pulled the drive out of the enclosure and connected it via USB. Ive tried Paragon HFS+ and Mac...
View Article[IE] IE 10 on Win7 x64?
I'm confused here. I want to install IE 10 but I do not know which version to install since now I'm running Win7 64 bit. Will be ok if I install IE 10 32 bit on a Win7 64 bit??
View ArticleHOW to install IE 11 64bit
running Win7 Pro will not install 64bit says newer version of IE already installed. Is there anyway to install this without uninstalling the 32bit version?
View ArticleWidows 8.1 Update 2 Release Date
quote:Metro could soon be retro; Windows 8.1's final patch Windows 8 and 8.1, non-update 1 version, are already essentially EoL with only limited support offered those rare businesses which deployed...
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