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Hi Folks, Cybermoron posted a thread on creating a nifty shutdown button on the Win 7 desktop to make shutdown\restart easier. I posted that I use a similar method to shutdown\restart my Ubuntu installs using a simple python script. He suggested I share that here in the Linux section so here...

An elementary school principal's potty-mouthed e-mail has ignited an uproar among some Coconut Grove parents who now want her replaced. Parents at Coconut Grove Elementary School are calling for the ouster of Principal Eva N. Ravelo this week after she told a parent in an e-mail to ``eat...

Hey guys Basically I'm not a pro with computers,But my Windows 7 is doing something really strange and VERY annoying What its doing is if i Alt tab out of something i can't just click the icon to get back into it,I recently found a way to get back in and that was by pressing...

Hi, I run windows 7 x64 ultimate and I like to have my taskbar on the left side of the desktop. I widen it just enough to have two icons in the system tray wide. Now any time aero stops working (for any number of reasons), the taskbar resizes back to being just one icon wide (the minimum). I...

i was in the local library with my 2 young kids today as i was sitting watching them i noticed this middle aged guy sitting with his back turned to me at 1 of the public pc's looking at small pictures of women in bikinis thought nothing of it at first but i i turned to look a second time i saw a...

Hello, This has been discussed before I'm sure (here and other forums) but I have continually been having trouble with the cursor jumping around erratically while typing (usually in a document or email - I use Office & Outlook 2007). While I noticed this problem with Vista, it seems to be more...

I have windows explorer pinned to my task bar. Within WE I have several folders pinned to it. I am noticing that the server drives do not remained pinned as I have defined them. For example, I have one drive mapped to L: which is pinned. However, if I navigate to a sub-folder withing L: the...

Hello all! I am seeing this strange behavior on a couple of our computers. All of the installs are with Windows 7 Enterprise and they have been "clean" installed. I can try to open up a link via a new tab using the middle mouse button, or the right-click menu, but tabs just sits at...

Hello, I am having this very annoying problem where the screensaver won't turn on, the screen doesn't turn off after a predetermined amount of time because I think there is something wrong with the cursor or mouse. I know this because whenever I click "preview" for the screensaver it would...

when I drag an application window near the edge of the screen, the window automatically switches to full screen. Is there a way to turn this behavior off? It's driving me nuts!

Hi Everyone, I've just installed Windows 7, and after configuring the fonts with the wizard I still have a very odd issue. Attached is an image which contains two partial screen shots. Notice that the one of Skype has something funny with its fonts, while the one of Google Chrome does not...

[SOLVED] Possible to customize Flip3D / Windows Switcher ? Hi people ! I have been using a Firefox plugin called Foxtab for quiet some time, now. I am really accustomed to it and I would like to know if it was possible to customize the Aero Flip3D command so that it can have the same...

So whenever I move the start menu to the top it does this weird crap. I think the msn stuff in the shots should explain my frustration. If I move the line there down, the blur follows it but doesn't follow it back up! Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error The only way to...

Hi, I upgraded to win7 RC 64bit from Vista ulti 64bit. No problems except this ... (and start menu - I fixed that though) (see image) - I don't have any tray icon icons ... they're all gone except sound (which doesnt open anything when i click it), xfire and pidgin (msn). If I end explorer.exe...

Hi again, I run Office 2007 on W7. If I open a Word doc by clicking on it directly, Word opens as expected, but when I close Word (using any method) a blank Word window stays open even though the doc has closed. In XP and Vista closing a single document by using the red X will close Word...

One more "how weird can he be question", is there a way to force all windows to open maximized? I know MS has a reason to default all windows opening half-size (they call it normal), but I wish they would provide a place for us to choose how we want it. Please disregard if I have played...

hey im not sure if this is the right section im just wanting to know if there is a way to make it so when someone starts a new conversation with you it pops up on ur screen like the way it used to in vista. at the moment i have a little messenger icon on the taskbar and everything thats...

I did a clean install win 7 7057 64bit and now the icons bar IE, Windows Explorer and Windows Media have a new behavior. With older version every time I clicked on Windows Explorer Icon i had a new Windows now only maximize/minimize the window, for a new window i had to right-click and window...

HI. whenever i open a file like a video,a picture etc. in windows 7 it opens in background unlike in previous window version where it used to open in foreground.how is it possible to change the behaviour.? thanx