...."Do not turn off your computer. I went to re-boot my VAIO and this message pops at boot time. I suspect I may have fat-fingered an "Install Updates"...

I tried this in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, but no luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------- On my Win 7 laptop, I...

Looking at all the new PCs (not just laptops) coming out with touch screens, I have to wonder if retrofits are going to be possible for Windows 7 and/or XP...

Coming form a P4 running XP, I'm pleasantly surprised at how snappy the Intel 7 running Windows 7 is. Was hoping for maybe 25% increase in speed, but a...

I currently have four IP cams on my local network. Just noticed that one of them is visible under Network | Other Devices. DoubleClicking it brings up the...

Just came away from the long social.technet.microsoft.com thread at http://tinyurl.com/kow2ff8 thinking that this will never be fixed by MS. OTOH, that thread...

I tried this on alt.backup-software, but no nibbles, so I am re-posting here. ============================================================== Just blew fifty...

I'm taking an image of somebody's laptop as I write this - using 7's built-in imaging utility. The Question: If/when the worst happens, how flexible is the...

The utility is called "Hard Disk Sentinel". I don't know if the syntax is peculiar to that utility or is in general use... but it sounds ominous to me. There...

Is there registry setting or something that will let me specify the width of Windows Explorer's Navigation pane? Right now, I always have to manually widen it...

I just scheduled a task to run daily and the process prompted me for my Password - which I change every month or so. The Question: Can I forget about this...

I can get the gateway or PC's IP addr. e.g. 10.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.123 or 192.168.0.33. I want to truncate the last chars of the IP address. e.g. 10.0.0.123 =...

This is really an outgrowth of "Utility To Open Browser (Chrome) in Exactly-Sized Window?", but the subject is so different that I figure a separate...

Went to bed one night, Internet Access working. Woke up the next morning, no Internet Access. Thunderstorms overnight.... lights on the ONT said "A-OK", but...

Under XP I had to periodically clean out the backup folders generated by each system update or, eventually, the System drive would run out of space. Is there...

I have applications where it helps a lot to have several windows aligned and sized "Just So".... That operation is quite tedious using the mouse. A utility...

Bit ol' oak tree went down just over the hill, took out the power and (I am assuming) Verizon's FIOS. Switched over to backup gennies. Network...

Long term paid ShadowProtect user for System images. Also a paid Macrium 6 user for daily Data backups. Seem to have run out of luck with ShadowProtect's...

When I run CHKDSK E: on a command line, I get: ====================================================== Microsoft Windows Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft...

When I do a Remote Desktop Connection, F-Keys are not getting passed from my local computer to the remote computer. (Right-Click .rdp) | Edit | Local...