application settings

I have Win7 64bit and it works very well. However, I installed ITunes recently and now Quicktime thinks it is the default application for my picture viewing. In WinXP I could set the file associations for each application. I have searched the forums, and looked all thru Win7 and can't seem to...

Hello i want to manage system restore points, but in windows 7 you can only delete all restore points or leave them. and i cant delete specific restore points i had create. in win xp i could set the life time of last restore points : Link Removed in windows 7 i didnt find any value like...

I can't figure out how to clear or disable the recent history list for specific programs. I understand how to handle the "Recent Items" list, but many applications (excel, image viewers, etc) also show a list of recent documents they've opened. How can I either disable or clear these lists? Thanks.

Hey guys, I was wondering if you guys could possibly help me out: I expected to be told how adjust global settings as well as program specific settings. If I click to open a program and I'm prompted and you give me the option to change when this notification appears then I want to change...

I understand the need for a security warning asking for confirmation when running an app downloaded from the internet. But do I really need a warning every time after the first time for any given app? Is it possible to disable the warnings after I have opened the app at least once?

I'm trying to find a way to allow the white/blank areas of any program to be aero or glass themed like in this screenshot: Link Removed due to 404 Error I already have firefox glassed as well as glass notepad and glass cmd all as separate programs though. I want to be able to just extend aero...

Hi all, I notice on my new installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bits that some programs do not save their preferences (options), as when I close and run them again the new preferences are still the old ones instead of the changed. --------------------------- EDIT 20091122: I correct myself, only the...

I have been having trouble with my new laptop it is a Dell Inspiron 1318. It has a Intel Graphics card (My problem). I was able to play These games on it in Win7's Beta but now that I have the full version I am having trouble.ALL of my games don't work. They don't even display an error. I have...

For some reason after switching from vista to 7, one of my files no longer opens with the proper program. I tried to change it the normal way (right clicking it and going to open with, clicking on browse and choosing the correct program) but whenever I do that it simply goes back to the original...

SOLVED: problem changing a particular file association Hello! I have a problem trying to change the program associated with a particular file extension. I was trying out different programs to find out how they could handle that particular file type, setting them as the default program and...

I have a headset (Sennheiser PC-350, plugged in my front panel) and 5.1 speaker (logitech z-5500, plugged on the back of my computer) on win7 RTM. I want the sound of my games (all sounds in fact) to come out of both my audio devices (speaker + headphone), on Windows vista I didn't have to...

As the topic says, the "show what i'm listening to" option doesn't work properly.I have msn messenger v.14.0.8089.726 running on windows 7. When i change the track, msn doesn't refresh to show the current track that plays. Both windows media player 12 and msn have the options checked. The...

I have a program (DXBase 2007) that always stored it's INI file dxb2007.ini) in the Windows folder. Since installing Windows 7 RC1 and installing this program, I can NOT find the .INI file anywhere on my computer. I have the windows folder view settings set to show ALL files and folders...

The sound lags when I for example scroll in Internet Explorer, it seems like the computer is giving priority to other processes than the sound process, I say this because the lag only occur the first time I scroll on a newly opened web page, the next time the information is cached. In programs...

I love the idea that in Linux, I can simply reinstall my operating system without having to back up my files, because of a seperate /home partition. Is there something like this in 7? Where I can specify where I want to put my \Users at? If not, I realize I can just plop all of my files on...

Want to: reformat old drive do clean install use Windows Easy Transfer using portable hd PROBLEM: "paranoid" to do it wrong-- read to darn much on line NEED: step by step of the first few steps just to get me started. ALSO are there check boxes to save previous (Program...

Hi guys, I'm using windows VIsta Home Premium. I installed my application on this Vista system with administrative privleges(i.e right click on setup.exe & select run as asministrator). After the application is installed i've set the properties of the application as run as administrator(i.e...