I was surprised today when I started Windows that it decided it needed to perform a chkdsk on my C: drive. It found a number of errors and claimed to have...

Hi All, Virus total had one scanner tag this as a trojan. http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/ Is this software legit and do you like the way...

Ok, been running PC systems for years and a basic tracphone for emergencies, but to date never had an interest in "smart" phones nor anything else in that...

This patch is listed under Important. After reading the details at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3021917, however, I wonder for whom is it really...

For 6 months or so, I've had Weather info working happily on my Desktop. It gives my local weather f/c and 4 towns worldwide. I now get "Cannot connect to...

Appears I do not have any "Java" installed on my Win7 system. Should I?

As a follow up to the previous thread, this is the one that is really causing...

I ran the Windows Update today and 13 of 14 updates were selected for update. One update - KB3021917 - was not selected and was not updated. Anyone know...

I want to change the default icon for a particular extension file-type) and delete two of its three actions. Other extensions in my registry allow this, but...

On the Peoples Court, a woman was told by her computer repairman that because winXP is not supported anymore, she needed a newer computer. He said that he...

On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 20:13:14 -0800, Lucia Gallo wrote: 1. Normal procedure (works most but not all of the time): a. Uninstall Flash player in Windows...

I have been using Acronis to clone my drives for several years and was happy with it. Looking at the latest products it seems that every offering by...

Recently (yesterday) a peculiar directory has appeared, viz: C:\90e779dbae23653ae6dir Volume in drive C has no label. Directory of...

I have Win.7 64 bit and IE 11 running on 32 bit. I have just downloaded Java 8 update 31 -Oracle Corporation. I have disabled its add-ons because of what I...

In XP, I could get a thumbnail of the first page of a PDF file (See it as a picture). Is this possible in Win 7. There is no "Thumbnails" in the View menu. ...

Hi All, Good news. M$ has been threatening to stop selling W7 oem for a while now. I was just able to purchase a copy for a customer from my favorite...

If on Win 7 Pro what happens with a USB drive when used on Win XP Pro, Win 8 Win 10 if I compress the drive on Win 7? if I encrypt the drive on Win 7? What is...

Anyone else's weather gadget seem to not be updating? Doesn't seem able to connect to server, all else internet wise is fine.

I saw a thread on this topic in an XP news group and that reminded me I had a few questions about that capability in Win 7. I noticed that Win 7 only enables...

I don't know exactly where to go with this. Since my problem occurs on three different computers and three browsers (Seamonkey Suite, Internet Explorer and...