My neighbor has a lean clean computin' machine once again. Can we now close the other thread? :-) Thanks for all the helpful comments.

Buy from Ebay. (I'm not pushing Ebay here, this is just amusing to me.) Looking to buy Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 because I'm getting tired of messing with...

For some strange reason, Microsoft took the File - Save dialog out of its performance monitor. How to make system monitor work, save MSC files... "run mmc...

When I installed Windows 8 on my Asus X58 with an i950 i forgot to set ahci , I have 2 SSD drives, One is C win 8, the Other Is Win7, Works Great. in dual...

I have a Lenovo Twist for one week. I would like to disable autorotation PERMANENTLY. Any suggestions? The tweeks here do not disable autorotation...

Earlier today, with no fanfare I've seen, Microsoft released the RTM versions of Windows 8.1 to Technet and MSDN subscribers. The downloads are datestamped...

To view progress, hit Win + R (Windows Key + R) to bring up the run button and type inms-windows-stoinstallprogress Detailed steps ? See the...

This is just a quick note, about one of the differences between a "full" installer DVD, and what you get for an electronic download ($39.95). I did the...

I have a couple of networks set up, one a workgroup of several computers, another for guest wi fi, etc. Up until Win8.x, computers could only "see" the network...

From the Windows 95 install CD. Taking a look at YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqL1BLzn3qc Almost every comment refers to the Windows 95 CD.

Recently read something about adding an Explorer shortcut to some folder. Now, I'm finally getting around to startup programs instead of having to click on...

Seems it would be hardcoded, but it's totally in the way. Whenever I try to move a file or folder in Windows Explorer, a very obtrusive icon pops up and...

Just bought this as a tablet/"netbook" Friday, after BB dropped the price $100. For a machine built in October, the number of updates is totally out of...

Thanks to Paul, Hank, R.C. and VanguardLH for their inputs. I went to Stardock.com again and downloaded what turned out to be version 2.12.0 of Fences, later...

On 12/26/2013 10:47 PM, PDFrank wrote: Is "Windows Classic" theme available in Win8? If you install the free utility "Classic Shell"

I received this small popup windows that is labeled, 'Manage Media Licenses' and have know idea why I am seeing this. Has anyone else got this or know what...

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:35:27 +0000, John wrote: On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:21:04 +0100, "s|b" wrote: On Tue, 04 Feb...

There are 12 different freaking volume controls showing... A system sound volume control would be more useful if every

If anyone has mucked around with Windows 8.1 Update 1, what are the installation prerequisites? 8.0 or 8.1? In other words, I have a few 8.0 boxes that were...

I remember there was a person who wanted to open a windows 8 metro app like a normal windows 7 app. Well if that person is on here now you can with modernmix...