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Microsoft recently made the Windows 10 upgrade a recommended one meaning if your settings in Windows updates is set to automatically install then you will automatically upgrade to Windows 10. Here's a few tips from Winbeta.com on how to avoid an unwanted upgrade: Reference

I have never had different accounts on my computer nor a password: I switch on and go. Somehow my little daughter has managed to change something so she appears as Admin and we cannot get in without a password. She says she does not know what she has done (but at least she managed to guess...

How do I get rid of custom mouse schemes with system scheme behind it's name? Example: Saving it as: chosen name for custom scheme: dice What I've put behind the name of the custom scheme: (system scheme) dice (system scheme) Note: Pressing delete does not help with this situation.

This has just started happening in the last week. Never had it occur before. Can anyone help solve this? After doing a Google search and bringing up a page of website options - I then try to click on the website link I want to look at. BUT as I click on the website I want to go to - the page...

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I have downloaded Windows 10 but still get notifications to download it. How do I stop the notifications?

I am running Windows 10 Pro on an i7 Dual Core 3.5mb with 16gb memory on an Aesus Box. I have Adobe Acrobat 10 installed on my system. Adobe Reader XI is also installed (by some program) on my system, and is the default programs for .pdf files. I have accessed the Set Associations File through...

I've been experiencing "double and triple click" issues with my mouse and am trying to replace it with another mouse. When I click on "Add Hardware" in the control panel I get an error message that the wizard is already in use installing a new hardware item and two items cannot be installed at...

So, this morning Windows decided I wasn't having enough fun in my life, and decided to fuck with me. Yesterday, it had updated but I had not yet restarted. I hadn't scheduled it - in fact the schedule window was open so I could dictate when I wanted the thing to update. When I woke up, I saw...

Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron N4110 on W7 64 bit which recently received a reinstall of W7 after the installation of an SSD. In the new install the desktop files have the back and forward buttons but they are disabled somehow---'blued out'--- and I can't seem to figure out where in...

I did RCL on the speaker icon, however the following were the options. open volume mixer playback devices sounds volume control options None of these were audio settings, or at least not the one that would allow me to enter MP3 as the player Lotec

I need to restrict the action to not admin users in the tablet model: venue 10 pro. I updated win 8.1 to win 10 pro. I install the Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 downloaded from the link below. Link Removed Most of restrictions I was able to activate but: windows settings...

Today's project isn't a Visual Studio Extension, isn't a language or service. But it's something that will help what ever Dev has to do one time or another, editing environment variables. We've had environment for forever, but the UI to edit them has not really advanced. You have to remember...

I performed the Windows 7 backup doing this: Control Panel >System and Security>Backup and Restore, but I did not select specific files to backup (such as those on my hard drive). Will those files be included as well? The computer where all the files were has now been restored so if I did...

November 2015 update I had an automatic Vista security update downloaded 11/12/15 . My PC now shuts down every time during startup process, with error message re BlueScreen. I have tried ( in SAFE mode ) going to control panel to uninstall the recent updates, but get a message that uninstall...

Hello, Something strange happening : I run Windows 7 entreprise_x64, when i install Office standard 2010 or 2016, when i check for updates, MicrosoftUpdate provide me some updates( for example after installing the 2010version, i 've got 52 updates, when the insatalltions is finished, i check...

this machine just has 1 user - me. in user settings, i'm listed as administrator of course. yet i'm still always bombarded with "administrator privilege" prompts, and currently............ i'm trying to untick "fast startup" under power settings. it's greyed out, as if i don't have...

I've had weekly backups set up in Windows 7 for quite a while now. Every Sunday evening. And often as the time nears, I will open the control panel so I can monitor its progress. Tonight when I did so, my backup settings were all gone. It was just "Windows Backup has not been set up". And...

Hi My friend, wants to set his password to not expire in Windows 10. I tried to lead him through it via the "netplwiz" to advanced settings, Users, User Name, Properties, to checking the box that says password never expires. But when he gets to this page he says that the page has a big "Not...

Hi All, I am using windows 7. I have a laptop connected to two monitors. Earlier, I use to close the laptop lid so I choose the option from the control panel ->power option to have the laptop sleep when the lid is closed, but now, I opened the laptop lid and I want the laptop to be on, but...