If that's the right name. At present, if the battery runs down when I'm not looking, on restarting the machine (by pressing the power button) after...

Firefox has dropped support for the older XUL add-on extensions in favor of the new WebExtensions format, and has removed database access to the older...

In message , Eric Stevens writes: C is a write-only language. :-) Like all...

I just updated to version 12.1 and spent an hour or two going over it. Man, what a huge selections of features you can change, add to or delete in Windows,...

Google has warned Windows 7 users of a serious bug in the operating system!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47494760 Cyber-thieves are...

is there a better way to get to the system event log than using eventvwr.msc at a c prompt?

Running win7, fully updated afaik, on a Dell laptop, model available on request. :-) Thing has been working fine. Hibernate before I left this morning....

On 2/27/19 4:23 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: Yes: when this problem manifests itself, I've found plugging in a USB keyboard makes no difference - or...

I have heard about VPNs, Virtual Private Networks, I think, which might enable me to view a USA website for which I currently don't have "permission", even...

On 2/27/19 5:05 PM, Ant wrote: That sounds awfully messy. Why not clean install/restore from scratch and reinstall everything? Too much intellectual...

Hi All, When Windows 7 support ends, what are you all going to do? Pay for additional support? Or what? Can we still go to Windows 10 free? Also, what's...

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I have Googled but cannot find an answer: Windows 7 Home SP-1 64bit and I see a file named "C:\Windows\System32\NUL)". Since it has a ")" at the end of its...

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Why does Explorer show external/portable disk drives as Hard Disks rather than Removable Storage? Seems to me they should be considered removable storage as...

Hi All, I am staring at a w7-sp1-pro Widows Explorer with no Trash box on the left pane. And, "Folders and Search Options", "show all folders" is...

I have a couple pcs here have a dedicated Esata port on motherboard. I also have a number of Sata hard disks just sitting unsued on a shelf. I'm wondering...

I didn't think they still sold these, I had internal Scuzzy drives on the security computers way back when, and one on my home system, Never gave me any...

there is a system variable %DATE% that i have used in win 7. it does not show up in command SET that i can see. It should be in the parent environment...

I dual boot this HP 6730b Laptop with Win7Pro and Mageia Linux. I can connect to the Internet on Win7Pro using my 3G USB Dongle but cannot via the Dongle...