Recent content by DJ67

It is ok as an operating system, although it does take up alot of memory and is a drag on performance. Is is, of course, far better than Vista. Like all offerings from Microsoft, it has extras I can live without but cannot remove or change. I expect Windows 8 will be alot more of the same.

Thanks Saltgrass, I mean when I start from "cold", having previously turned off. I watched the screen carefully on Saturday when I started up, and saw a little pop-up message in the corner saying "Dell battery saver is active". I checked into this and found that it over-rides any other power...

I have a new Dell XPS L501 i5 with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Each time I open the laptop, and start up, if I do not touch the keypad the screen goes to sleep after 3 minutes. Each day I alter the Power Saver option in Control Panel re "screen sleep after" to 30 minutes, and of course save...

Zvit, thanks for your kind offer. After several hours spent trying to set up the Airport Extreme, I finally succeeded! I checked many requests and responses in Windows7Forums regarding the issue, as well as references in Apple Support. The Airport managed to find a connection when wired to my...

I have bought a new Dell XPS laptop with Windows 7. My son was using an Airport Extreme with his Macbook Pro, but he is now in Canada and has left the Airport here for me. I am going to try to hook it up tonight. Wish me luck!

Randy, Thanks for your prompt response. I found the boxes were already unchecked in my pc and my co-worker's, and we are the only ones with access to this printer. Although the office has a server, each of our pc's prints "locally", so the printer is not controlled by the server. It's not a...

We have Windows7 in the office. When I print an email (Outlook 2007) a print dialog box appears, telling me the doc has been sent to the printer, and the print progress ("Now printing page 1 of 3"). I cannot find a way to suppress this box. Is there a way? I have tried several Google...