control panel

I have problems to set an eMail client (e.g. Thunderbird) on my 64bit Win 7 system for handling all "mailto" links. It is often recommended to go to Control Panel --> Set Default programs or Control Panel ---> "Associate a file type or protocol with a program" and assign the (new) email...

Have a GTX 560TI gpu, running W10 and for display a Samsung S23C650 monitor normally set to 1970 x 1080 Today a driver update program was run (Drive Booster 4) to check for driver update, and now I have only 1024 x 768 as max resolution - assume the driver update program did this...

I've got Windows 10 Pro 64bit installed on my system and the hard drive is showing me over 60GB of used space. When I open the C drive and unhide all folders and do a Properties, it shows just over 20GB of used space on my system drive. I'm trying to figure out where 40GB of files are hiding...

Hi, How do I remove RealPlayer Cloud, since it doesn't appear on the program list in the Control Panel? If I try to delete the folders <Real> and <RealNetworks>, it displays the message "Folder or file in it open by another program". Thx, Boss

As I found out the Windows firewall service is always running even when I do not use the WF (=is disabled). Is this correct? Second question: When I go to: Control Panel--->System and Security--->Windows Firewall then currently the section "Home or work (private) networks" is labelled as...

System.. Windows 7 pro sp1. Lenovo lap top, last update registers as 08/05/16 Problem.. When I use the check for updates from the control panel it tells me the last check date is 08.08.16 last updated 08/05/16. When I try to go to windows updater and check for up dates the green bar just...

At my age I'm not keen on climbing stairs, so I'm experimenting with transferring files from the PC laptop in the kitchen to/from the PC desktop upstairs. TeamViewer is working fine, and both machines are now in the same home group, for whatever that buys me. Both machines are Win7 SP1. Today I...

Hi One thing that's been consistent for a long time is that Nvidia Control Panel, (how I set my color settings for Windows) has always been available from the drop down menu on the desktop. Now it's not only not there, I can't find any link to it in All Apps or anyplace else. I haven't found...

I have a Lenovo T430 laptop that came with MS 7 64. The only thing I changed out was the hard drive to an SSD and the single channel 4 gig RAM to 8 gig dual channel. Both were done over a year ago and I had no issues with these upgrades at all. Now I don't use my laptop for anything else than...

i want to upgrade to windows 10. i got updates in windows 8.1, i downloaded them. after that it says that i have to restart my pc to install the update. if i restart it, it just restarts and doesnt update anything. when i go to control panel, it asks me to restart again. i did 10 tmes but still...

Hi. I've been wanting to use my Ethernet cable -it has plug-ins on both ends- and tried to connect my laptop to a modem or router, but I look at my Control Panel saying it's not plugged in. I don't believe the plug to be broken because it was rolled up and twist-tied when it was found. I tried...

Is there any way to better resize text, apps, and other items all at once? When I go to Display Settings, I can only choose 100%, 125%, and 150%. I need to resize them to around 115%. I just know I'm overlooking something. I'm not interested in resizing just icons & folders just so you know. I...

I have a Dell Inspiron N5050 that has been upgraded to windows 10. I doesnt work properly. (It suffers from the black screen on boot issue where you have to close and open the lid to get the display to show, plus the desktop continuous flicker/refreshing issue, plus the start menu will not show...

Exactly what I ask in the title, I try uninstalling in control panel but that does not work, I feel it may be causing an issue related to other things so I want to uninstall it.

Hi people, I have a problem, sometimes all my keyboard are acting like shortcuts, it usually happens when I minimize some game with alt + tab (I dont know if I press something else by accident) but them I have to restart the computer because if (for example) I press "S" it minimize everything...

Assume I installed previously some printer (drivers) for physical and PDF printers. They work. I can access the preferences of e.g. printer X by: START--->Control Panel--->Devices and Printers--->Right click on Printer X---->printing preferences from context menu But: Is there a way to...

I am currently working on kiosk and was doing good on locking it down until I discovered that if end user clicks on a broken link they get "This page can't be displayed". The issue is when they get this page there is a "Fix connection problems" button on the page. A user is able to click it...

I have a number or problems with Windows 10. I just did the upgrade from Windows 7. 1. The login screen freezing up. I got this to work by luck. You have 5 to 10 seconds to going into msconfig to put into safe mode. In safe mode I run my anti rook kit software and found 1 root kit virus...

I’m trying to setup a Homegroup connection between my desktop and laptop computers. Both are Windows 10. The desktop is connected to my router via Ethernet and the laptop uses wireless. The Homegroup on the laptop seems to be working ok. When I click Homegroup in Windows Explorer, it shows the...

I was bored and decided to look at the GodMode shortcut. For those of you that don't know what that is I'll explain. It's basically a folder shortcut with a special CLSID extension. CLSID is short for Class ID. The godmode shortcut will display a lot of settings available in the Control...