application behavior

Hi Everybody, I wonder if someone might suggest a fix and perhaps even a reason why this happens: File Explorer will start without a noticeable promt. Often when I click on an app from the taskbar, the file explorer will first start. Then the program selected will load. Several times, when I...

Never saw this happen before. I downloaded an app from iolo (PC cleaner free) and following the installation a shortcut appeared on my desktop, which seemed normal. Clicking on the shortcut ran the app OK, but I noticed the app doesn't show up in the program files, or anywhere else on my...

I have a hovering text on my screen that is coming from another window ( another opened Chrome window ) Why does it happen, and how can i get rid of it without rebooting ?

New to Windows 7, but so far I'd say it does have some nice enhancements over XP. Having said that, it does this incredibly annoying thing, when I'm working on an open app, such as Microsoft Word. If i happen to move the mouse to the right, Windows opens up the desktop, covering up the work I'm...

Windows ( in the case Vista home Premium a system i am restoring on a VAIO for a friend). Setting it up with an Admin account and a standard user account. a Few questions: When is the best time to add the standard user account for everyday use? Here is why i ask, i notice that sometimes certain...

1. Keys do not work in Any of the Internet Browsers. Even the on-screen keyboard does not help. 2. Every time I double click a file, A pop-up "Do you want xyz to make changes to the computer ?" is welcoming me! 3, I click on any of the icons in the task-bar and a new window is opening. For...

Unlike everybody else here, I have a different problem with COM Surrogate. I noticed something wasn't right when I got random freeze-ups playing audiosurf which is sensitive to CPU usage. I opened task manager and saw about every 15 seconds, there is a spike in the CPU usage. I checked the...

How to disable automatic ALT button clicks in every application ? Lets say if i have opened the MS word application - When kept idle or composing any matter automatically the control goes to "ALT" button which displays the File menu details. This happens on any application for example while...

I lost my windows opening maximized. Now it only opens minimaized and I have to enlarge it. What did I change to cause this? I read post from a few years back and still can get the window to open maximized. Thanks

CCleaner usually behaves itself, but often (today) it will not scan beyond 33%, System, Temporary Files. The programme stops responding at that point. I tried to uninstall it with Revo, but it wasn't listed there. Took it out via Control Panel. Re-downloaded it, but the installation stopped...

Consider the following scenario: You have a computer running Windows 7. Two or more PCI-e graphics adapters are installed and are in a Linked Display Adapter (LDA) configuration. You utilize a third party application to change the configuration or... Link Removed

Trigger started services are services in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 that can register to be started or stopped when a trigger event occurs. This eliminates the need for services to start when the system starts, or for services to poll or actively wait for an event; a service can start...

Greetings, I do a lot of web design and I'm running into a lot of problems with color on Windows 7. I just can't seem to get things under control. My specs: Windows 7 Professional 64bit Core i7 X980 3.33GHz 24BG of RAM Duel NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Dell 2407WFP Dell U2410...

We have a requirement to change key board properties (Repeat delay, Repeat rate and Cursor blink rate) and Default Input language programmatically. Our application is run under user context which is different from the user who is currently logged-on to the machine. For ex: If User1 is...

I have a problem that seems to only effect the 32 bit version of my IE. When I run it, it automatically creates a file on the desktop. This file is unknown to windows and is differently named each time. Currently the example I have for you now is IÛt. The names that it creates are usually close...

I did a search and read through a few posts of peoples problems with the taskbar, but none of them really helped with what I am having trouble with. The programs that I am seeing this happen with is Windows Live Messenger and AIM (AOL Instant Messenger). On my XP machine, and on Vista, when...

I installed win 7 recently, and have used both gadgets and rocketdock. I have set all 3 of my gadgets, and rocketdock to stay on top. However, they don't always stay on top. After a restart, and every-so-often, other stuff takes over (eg firefox). If I click on them, they then stay on top...

Hello, I just recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my PC and I have couple of questions regarding it: 1. Next problem is about putting one file below or up the other one in Windows Explorer, for example: File1.txt File2.txt When I try to drag and drop File1.txt below File2.txt...

Am I alone in hating the way Windows 7 handles windows focus? I guess in a way it's good that a dialogue doesn't pop up in the middle of typing or clicking, resulting in an unintended answer to the dialogue, but too often I find myself missing new windows. Say for example a website has a...

Hi, I installed 7RC from MS, all went fine, I've not done anything unusual in the setup, all updates are installed, graphics ok etc. I created the initial account admin account, then from that a second admin. Changed to that admin account, set it up etc, and created 3 other Standard accounts...