Microsoft Threatened as Smartphones / Tablets Rise, Gartner
quote:Microsoft faces a slide into irrelevance in the next four years unless it can make progress in the smartphone and tablet markets, because the PC market will continue shrinking, warns the...
View Article[WIN8] Windows 'Blue' to be Windows 8.1
The Windows Blue operating system update is likely to be named "Windows 8.1" when it hits later this summer, according to sources. "Microsoft officials supposedly have decided on the final name for...
View Article[Exchange] Outlook2010 disobeying me...
The last time I had this issue, I was using Outlook2007. Now I've just 'inherited' the problem again after many months of successful operation with Outlook2010. Outlook uses some sort of fuzzy logic to...
View Article[IE] IE10 issues with zoom and other such issues and Touchpad
Hey guys, Yet another question for the guys that always know far more then me... I have a Toshiba Laptop with Windows 8 and the laptop has the new large style Touch/Click pad. The issue I am having is...
View Article[WIN8] Windows 8 Metro Screen question....
Hey BBR, Got a simple question... When uninstalling an app (program) from Windows 8, is it normal that the icon, or live tile as I guess they are called now, are not removed from the Metro Screen? It...
View Article[Excel] Need help w/ a formula = where statement?
I need some help, I am drawing a blank on how to achieve this. Column A = Date Column B = ID Column C = Option Y / Option Z I want to basically do a lookup where it gives me a count of Col B WHERE the...
View Article[Excel] Excel on Mobile Office Help
I did this little spreadsheet long ago on Excel 2003. I saved it with Excel 2010 as xlsx to put it on my Win8 phone. It displays OK on the desktop but not on the phone with Mobile Office. It still...
View Article[Excel] What amount to tell the customer to get the amount I wan
I'm hopelessly stuck on this. I need to calculate the amount I need to get from the customer, so that after deducting transport charges, commission on the final sale value and bank charges on the final...
View Article[WIN7] Windows 7 troubleshooting, won't boot to desktop
So a relative called me this morning and said their PC won't get to Windows 7 desktop any more. Apparently, when they tried to boot, there was spinning blue ring and they "tried it a few times", which...
View ArticleSurface Pro Random Reboots
A user has one of these and today he said it randomly rebooted about three times. I don't find anything usefule in the event viewer. There are a lot of errors and warnings similar to this: The previous...
View Article[Outlook] Changing Outlook delete behavior
Is there a way to change what goes in the deleted items folder? I know you can "Shift-Del" in the inbox to permanently nuke something, but I am looking for something a bit different. My wife has three...
View Article[WIN7] event 7003
The McAfee Personal Firewall Service service depends the following service: MfeFire. This service might not be installed. i have uninstalled this mcafee bloatware that came with this oem install...why...
View ArticleMy windows 7 desktop has "snapped" in half
A family member accidentally dragged her mouse beyond the edge of the Windows 7 desktop. The desktop suddenly split into two parts -a top half and a bottom half. The family member then moved the mouse...
View Article[WIN7] Wheres the mail?
Ok I'm new to Windows 7 and although a lot is familiar just laid out differently I'm trying to locate the e-mail client. I know they did away with Outlook Express(at least I think so) but where is the...
View ArticleWindows 8 Blamed for Biggest PC Shipment Plunge Ever
http://blog.laptopmag.com/windows-8-shipments-biggest-drop-ever quote: Global PC shipments fell by 13.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013, and according to analyst firm IDC , Windows 8 could very...
View ArticleWhat the hell is Microsoft thinking lately?
Between the always on/used game blocking durango rumours, windows 8 (Which I like), windows server 2012, which adds the metro ui and windows app store (SERIOUSLY??!)... And then there's the minor...
View Article[WIN8] Surface Pro
Moved from a ipad to a surface pro and got rid of the laptop, all is good so far a week into it. I bought the 128 gig verson and bought a 64 gig sd card to go with it. for anyone out there using it...
View Article[WIN7] Windows 7 and DRTCP
I just installed Windows 7 and was going to use DRTCP to get a better TCP stack configuration. Do I really need it in Windows 7 or does Windows 7 handle it fine without using DRTCP?
View Article[IE] CNN videos choppy and slow to start
I'm having a problem running videos on the CNN website. The advertising at the beginning starts rapidly and runs perfectly but after that it takes a long time (20 -30 seconds) for the actual video to...
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