I installed Windows 7 on three machines. And I promised myself I would use them for a year. Two machines I had dualbooting XP/7. Well after the year I still...

Anybody know how to kill Avast's 6 Widget? As it keeps coming back after a reboot. I don't even know what good it is, as it tells you your system is secure...

Anybody ever heard about this GodMode under Vista/Windows 7. The story is to create a new folder on the desktop (other places might work too) and rename the...

I normally don't leave this laptop in the dock when hibernating and I don't often have a battery installed (it actually holds two). So there is no way when I...

I suppose Microsoft calls this a feature. But yes, if I raise the lid of my laptop when docked, the external monitor goes blank and the internal one lights...

On 1/12/2012 9:21 AM, DanS wrote: wrote in : On 1/12/2012 7:28 AM, DanS wrote: ...

Anybody using these? I have tried them in the past, but all of my previous SSD are on Asus EeePC and they don't work on them. Although I have been playing...

Another group of hotkeys I use all of the time under Windows 7 and 8 is the Windows key plus the arrow keys. On a focused application you can move the...

"Ken Springer" wrote in message ... On 2/5/14 2:47 PM, BillW50 wrote: "VanguardLH"...

Having so many computers, I have different versions of Avast (free), mainly 7, 8, and 9. I used to always update to the latest program version (not to be...

On 3/10/2014 3:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote: On 3/09/2014, BillW50 posted: Say many of your posts are stamped 12+ hours or more in the past. Are you...

In , Ian Jackson typed on Sun, 13 Jul 2014 08:01:01 +0100: Forward from: alt.windows-xp In message...

Two problems 1) how do I find and replace the windows startup / shutdown noise so that I do not wake up my household every time I start the laptop in the...

What is going on with MS SE ? It started asking me to send .EXE files that have been installed on my PC for ages to MS for analysis ? I declined since I...

I'm looking for some help. I have 2 PCs networked at home. Main PC is running Win7 64bit second is Running XP MCE 32bit. The problem is if I want to...

Hi All, I was getting the message telling me that my display had been set to Windows 7 Basic or something and I clicked the option not to redisplay the...

In Vista and before an icon appeared in the notification area (bottom RHS) when there were updates to install. Where does that now appear in Windows...

I have a Windows 7 HP (32 bit) desktop with a Brother HL-1430 printer connected by USB. I previously had a Vista HP (32 bit) laptop wirelessly networked and...

First complete backup (and an incremental) since updating to Windows 7 HP and received 3 problems - Backup completed but some files were skipped. Backup...

My hardware supports USB 2.0, I recently added a card with 4 ports but I am getting messages telling me that my devices should be plugged into faster...