Recent content by Evincar

New motherboard solved all problems. Not a Windows issue, ignore this thread.

I found out more: My laptop also shuts down unannounced when I stall it before it loads Windows (i.e. when I can choose to run Safe Mode). Seems like a hardware issue after all. Dell is coming to fix a new motherboard today or tomorrow, after that I will see if the problems are over. I'll...

I run Vista Home Premium on my Dell XPS M1330 (Alienware) laptop. Since my previous install ran into trouble, I completely formatted and re-installed the laptop. History: I used to run this Vista version, then did an upgrade to Windows 7 Home. Aside from some driver problems, this ran...

That is too bad. I use the one when I just close the lid (and do not want to log in every time) and the other when I turn off the laptop (then I leave it and want it password protected). I hoped that there was some registry value that could do this for me. I'll be able to live with the...

Hello all, I would like my laptop to do something different after stand-by and sleep modes. After the one, I would like it to prompt for a password and after the other I would like it to not. In Windows 7 is only one option, and it affects both stand-by and sleep modes. Is there a way to...

Thanks for the suggestions. To reghakr, I tried that and it did not solve the problem.

Funny how things seem to solve itself when you keep trying solutions. I noticed that the icon for Internet Explorer in my Start menu was also generic. Going to the Properties of that shortcut, I was able to change the icon into something else. That solved the problem, and my task bar now shows...

I already found and tried this solution: http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/35825-icon-problem.html Sadly, it did not solve the problem.

Hello, I just installed Windows 7 a few days back, and I am loving the new features, stability and speed compared to Vista. I upgraded Vista Home Premium to W7 Home Premium, and the process went flawless. Now I have a strange problem. The new taskbar shows a large icon of the running...