Hi All, Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 I got a weird one. This customers chkdsk in her backup routine (I wrote this part) will occasionally take forever to complete....

Using Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, when I check using Windows Update, there is nothing besides Defender updates--is that what others are experiencing? -- croy

Hi All, I got a call from a customer that whenever her boss sends out and eMail with an attachment from Outlook (version unknown), that the eMail will send...

When a Microsoft "recommended" security update "failed", what are we supposed to do about it? http://i.cubeupload.com/jHKVNr.jpg

Hi All, I had a customer yesterday with a crashed Windows Nein, oops Windows Ten update. I did my magic and got him back to norm. The last thing that did to...

Win XP and onward. I am sick and tired of Windows / File Explorer and its stupid interface ! I was hoping that Win 10 would fix that bad behavior but NOT...

It says in the TC guide that TC works with Win 7. Evidently, my new 8 core computer with Windows 7 Ultimate is too new for the old TC, which works fine on my...

I have a bluetooth speaker, that works fine (it even worked with my XP machine before that died). I was going to get a dongle for this W7 machine (Toshiba...

Well it is now February 6 th. Should I install KB4056894. What is everyone doing other than waiting. If I hide the update will it be presented again or...

I have an external HD plugged permanently into this machine. For some time now whenever I did a reboot it would produce the autoplay GUI. But now it's started...

When I added Win7 to my XP install a year or so ago, I installed Eudora7 on it. It’s pretty old and doesn’t work great but I still like it and have ton of...

I've been saved by System Restore more times than I care to remember. One case where M$ had a very great idea. Worth it's weight in Gold.

This is probably a newbie question, but: Some of the shortcut icons on my desktop have the usual arrows, but some have a yellow or gold padlock where I'd...

Win7-32-Pro I have been making backups with Macrium, which seems to work fine. I decided to look at Windows Backup. Control -Backup and Restore displays...

Fired up this W7 machine after a year's inactivity. AVG seemed to have difficulty updating (the tray icon has a yellow /!\ on it), so I went and got a new...

On my old XP machine, I had a _weird_ keyboard fault - it would sometimes enter a mode for which the nearest description I can give was as if some keys were...

This is not a big deal but I decided to put a 750 gig drive from a dead laptop and put it in an external USB enclosure to use as a backup drive. I connected...

I am looking at one of my download directories (D:\201x\2018-2\5), in explorer. In the right pane, I can see the six .zip files that are there. In the left...

Today I received an e-mail "from Google" that a security check of my Google account has been updated to improve security. I am advised to check the security...

In article , (Paul) wrote: (Only for older Internet Explorer versions, as IE11 gets Flash updates...