I recently received a new computer at work with Windows 7 loaded on it. In the upper right-hand corner of any window, there is a pushpin icon beside the minimize icon. I can use this to pin any open window so that it always stays on top. I didn't realize that this feature is available on Windows...
When I try to copy of program shortcut from my desktop to my Startup folder using TeraCopy, I get the message "target:access is denied". I'm logged in as system administrator. What's going on?
Well, the end of the story for me is that I have no doubt it was the monitor at fault. The flicker even occurred with I completely disconnected the monitor from the computer and just plugged the power cord into a wall socket. The small color bar which appears when the monitor is disconnected...
Thanks for the advice. There are a couple of surplus monitors around the office. I'll try one of those out. Here's one other possible clue to what might have happened. About a month ago, my computer experienced a power surge related to a nearby lightning strike. It fried my motherboard, RAM...
OK, getting back to my original problem, here's some additional information. I've had the monitor for a couple of years. No problems of any kind until this flicker issue came up a couple of weeks ago. This problem "sorta" coincided with the installation of the GTX 460. I think the card was...
I recently purchased an Nvidia gtx 460 graphics card. Works great but when the monitor "wakes up" after a long period of time (typically when the computer has been sitting overnight), but the monitor image strobes repeatedly and will do so until I have opened at least one new program (which...
I would like to change the default keyboard shortcut for opening the Start menu search box from Ctrl+ Esc to something that requires less finger stretching, e.g. Ctrl+Q. How do I do this?