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Routine maintenance recommendations.
The amount of time you spend on your computer and the amount of testing and experimenting with new software you do would determine how often you should do maintenance. If you do not have these programs you can Google them. They are all free. If you do not have these set to run as scheduled...- tblount
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- autorun backup cleanup command prompt defender defrag error maintenance optimization performance registry routine security sfc software tools true image update windows
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 Sporadic DVD Recognition
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate through the House Party program. Everything installed fine, but neither optical drive is recognized in Explorer or through inserting a DVD and waiting for the autorun to take over. I do see the drives in Device Manager and with Disk Management. When I insert the...- brirun
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- autorun device manager disk management dvd installation disk optical drive party recognition troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows Vista What does Windows 7 do when you install it? Heck, how do you intall it?
I'm currently downloading an ISO file of Windows 7 Professional, and to be quite honest, I don't know what to do once I make the DVD. Does it Auto-Run? If not, what steps do I need to take to install it? Will it delete my files and folders since I'm changing the OS? I'm not an idiot with...- A Tripolation
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- autorun data loss dvd help installation iso professional reformat tips windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows Vista Weird problem with .exe on discs (such as games) on Vista 64bit...
Hi everyone, I wasn't sure where else to put this, if it's in the wrong section please if there's any mod out there you can change it to where it might belong to. Anyway, the issue I'm having is one of the strangest I've seen on an OS. I all of a sudden had a problem with a certain game and a...- Moonfrost
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- antivirus autorun backup black screen data discs dvd executable explorer freezing games hard drive installation mod installation software system performance troubleshooting virus scan windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 What Spyware Software Do You use?
Just a non-scientific poll on what people are using . Any specific reasons (like when Webroot delisted 180solutions) would be helpful. This does not include HJT, Autoruns, or CWShredder since they should be used by all anyway- kevin from Chi-town
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- 180solutions autorun community cwshredder discussion hjt malware poll privacy recommendations security software spyware tools webroot
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Software and Hardware Issues
I notice a lot of posts concerning installs and hardware issues. We all must remember on Windows 7 certain hardware and software require that one be in administrator to install or you will have conflicts and errors. Specially if one is using the compatibility mode for installation. All...- greenarrow1
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- administrator autorun compatibility conflict error hardware installation security software windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Changing icons for harddrives, dvdroms, removable storages etc
Hi. I wish to change the icons for my drives on Windows 7. This can be done on harddrives by simply putting an autorun.inf file with a link to my designated icon, but this is not possible on removable storages, dvdroms and so on. I know on previous versions of Windows this could be done in the...- zeth
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- autorun cd-rom customization file system hard drive icons registry removable storage user interface windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Upgrading from 7000 to 7057
I recently tried upgrading to the most recent build but ran into an issue. I've downloaded the ISO and verified it burnt properly a few times but it still doesn't seem to work. What happens is that if I boot from the DVD and choose the upgrade option it tells me I need to be in Windows to do...- XAlliedYouthX
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- autorun build 7057 burning error installation iso setup troubleshooting upgrade windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 FAT32 Flash Drive
I have a flash drive that has been sitting around for awhile, I finally decided to do somehting with it, and low and behold, its FAT32. Obviously, Vista had some serious issues with FAT32 flash drives, but I had high hopes for 7. It worked the first time I inserted it, and then when I tried to...- senofa
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- autorun dos explorer fat32 flash drive formatting non-responsive ntfs storage technical issues usb windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Autoruns for Windows
Autoruns 9.30 MS has released AutoRuns 9.30, updating this free startup software identification utility. This version adds support for additional shell extension points, better handles malformed paths, and fixes a bug in Vista.- kemical
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- autorun bug fixes software startup sysinternals update utility version windows windows vista
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- Forum: Software Updates
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Windows 7 Express Installer Virtual CD Problems
I am installing Vista Ultimate on to my Intel Desktop Motherboard DG965WH with the intel Core 2 Duo, and im trying to install the drivers from the DVD, everytime i try to launch the autorun it pops up with an error saying..."This Program cannot display the webpage"..... the autorun file is an...- Punisher788
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- autorun core 2 duo drivers error express installer installation intel motherboard virtual cd windows vista
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- Forum: Virtualization