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My Windows 10 PC seems to be working OK but I notice that between the Windows 10 splash screen and the user sign on page there's a period of time when the screen simply goes black. The system does get to the sign on page but black screens freak me out a bit and I was wondering if anyone else...

Hello. I am new to this forum. Have posted this to a Visual C++ forum too. They suggest I try a Windows forum. I have a small app created with Visual C++ running on Windows 7 Pro. It runs fine when executed from within the V++ IDE. It runs fine if I simply double-click on the .exe file. I...

It is natural, that, on forums where users are exchanging info on there progress, that the majority would be seeking help. I am a little surprised. scanning this forum and several others, at the outstanding rate of failures and problems. To date, I have helped my adult children and spouses, five...

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Home Premium. I am experiencing an issue that appears similar to an post several months ago that I see no resolution to. Wondering if anyone else is having an issue like this. The previous user's issue after a new Windows 10 build from March or...

An update for Windows 10, KB3074683, has been pushed to Windows 10 Insiders to remedy the crashing issue that was being experienced after an update this past weekend. read more Continue reading...

One of the most important ways we deliver Windows to the world is through great partnership with leaders across the industry. This has always been our heritage, designed to offer great choice and innovation to our customers. With Windows 10, we’ve been working hand-in-hand with our partners for...

I noticed this a few weeks ago. When I start Photoshop, the computer loads for a few moments but the program itself would not load. I decided to uninstall then reinstall Photoshop. When I tried to install it again, everything seemed to work fine until the computer asks me if I would like to let...

Hello, I would like to install OTRS 3.0.12 application on win 2008 R2 64 bit. Can anyone please help me out ? I have tried activestate and strawberry perl but am unable to install manual packages. Further more, i have to install mysql too. I would highly appreciate if anybody can help. Sent...

Hello, dear members and web travellers! I need some thoughts and tips on an issue with booting from a flash drive. Today I used the application WinToUsb to install a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit on a SanDisk thumbstick which uses a USB 3.0 connection. Now I want to boot from this stick...

Cannot install Windows Live Essentials 2012 Here's the latest in a long series of unsolvable problems where Windows Essentials 2012 can not be installed. I've asked this same question on other forums only to have it insulted, ignored or used to guide me to spam. The repeated error message -...

Hi Guys Right I am not to sure whether this is a windows problem or a GPU problem however please let me know what you guys think. Whenever I am using an application that requires having a window open (e.g. Chrome or control panel) I will be using it for a couple of seconds/minutes and I can...

I was playing Team Fortress 2 and I was trying to play some music off of Youtube through the voice chat. However, the music would always dim to be barely audible when I'd start the voice chat in-game. A member of the Team Fortress 2 community confirmed this was a Windows issue involving open...

I used to be able to connect with a wired connection just fine to my college internet (via an ethernet jack in a box on the wall), but when I try to do so now, I see that the network cable is unplugged according to the network connections list, even though both the connection to my laptop and to...

Hello fellow Microsoft community,i have a Toshiba l355 and recently when i turned on my laptop a screen has popped up saying operating system not found and i would like to know is there anything i can do to fix this,and if so can i kept the stuff or retrieve it. Thanks in advance and sorry if i...

I am an amateur web developer and I would like to introduce you my last creation: Rush^3 It´s available for free and without ads at the Windows 8 store, (web link: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/es-es/app/d5e21bf0-efc7-4609-9f71-561c76664c91) I would like to encourage you to give it a...

The Daily Table is a hybrid grocery store and restaurant, selling prepared foods, fruits and vegetables. Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe's, will only sell food past its sell-by date and will aim the business at lower income Boston consumers. In the United States 40 percent of food is...

Here at Windows7Forums.com, we are committed to recognizing global contributors to communities both online and offline. As we have recently teamed up with Microsoft to recognize the Microsoft Community Contributor program on this website, we will also accept registrations for valid and present...

We are pleased to announce today that we have finalized an agreement with Dell to bring you additional support from Dell Support agents. Dell Support Agents will always appear with their username in blue and their title listed as "Verified Dell Support Agent". The Dell logo will be present on...

It doesn't need or take heaps of "customizing". And maybe people won't react, respond or adopt well, willing or enthusiastically, even, w/ interest or curiosity IF they hear BEFORE they themselves bother w/ it, that it is a "mess". Rather would taint the notion of, even, investigating, for...

I have a lot of empathy & understanding for my colleagues in the Forum. However, I realise as new folks keep coming to the forum, we must persevere. The point of a forum, as we see it, the aim, is to help people, guide, instruct, offer some insight & enlightenment & maybe, even fix...