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Hi everyone, I know for Windows, after XP, when you do an install, Windows creates two separate partitions. One being the System Parition (Housing all of the boot files, boot sector and it's code, and all sorts of decryption coding and the like) and it also creates the Boot Partition (housing...

hi all, I happen to be physically and visually challenged, and interfacing with my computer is difficult, but I got to a point where I manage. This specific thread will be related to the visually challenge side. It may sound overly dramatic, but in order for my eyes not to explode in sharp pain...

Hi I have a job I need to update, so I need to install some of my fonts. I've never updated the Windows 10 fonts beyond the defaults because until now I didn't need them. I went to my font files which are all stored on one of my hard drives and selected several of the fonts I need to install...

Starting this morning, my Windows 7 is opening most applications in Vim (Vim is my editor of choice). The following is an itemized list of this bizarre behavior. From Start menu, most applications display the Vim icon (screen shot below). From Start menu, most applications open in Vim...

So first of all I will apologize for my English since it's not my mother language.Now to the main topic.Today I woke up and when I opened my pc it had trouble with the audio.I thought hmm maybe my headsets are broken or something , so I plugged in x2 new set of headsets but none of them were...

While checking in a flag in my Control Panel-Actions under Security I noticed that the bottom item, "Network Access Protection" is Off. Below that it reads that the Network Access Protection Agent Service is not working. 1. What is this and should it be on? 2. where do I turn it on. I have...

Mike I'm not trying to fix this, I'll see what happens in the next build, (I'm still on 10074) but I just noticed that none of my Windows sounds will play, either my custom sounds or the default Windows sounds. What's weird about this is that unlike a lot of earlier builds all my other sounds...

Please help i factory reset my laptop, and reinstalled windows, but when it was reinstalling it would NOT let me change the language, so i carry on hoping i can change it later on, turns out i cant, i keep reading about that i have to go into control panel but nothing is there, also it wont even...

In the Control Panel Action Center I have Opted out of participating in the CEIP program (don't ever remember opting in). Here's what I see: Task scheduler Customer Experience Improvement Program (3 tasks) Consolidator (%SystemRoot%\System32\wsqmcons.exe) KernelCeipTask (Custom Handler)...

I have 2 versions of Crytainer which is a security program that loads a vault using a password. In the installation it loads its "Name" (ie Cryptainer) in system startup, (not user startup) & in services. I can see it in Control Panel/Admin tools/system config/startup & services Regardless of...

Like this... Link Removed and these are the large icons... Link Removed I've never had control panel look like this. Large icons used to fill the page. Maybe this goes along with my feeling that everything looks smaller then normal. That's why I increased all my type sizes, but these were...

hi, my OS is windows 7 ultimate x32 on PC. I was visiting a paid-to-click website on my PC during which I had a power cut. When I switched on the PC after the power came, the networking and sharing tray icon hqs disappeared. Volume button has a cross mark over it, displaying "The Audio Service...

Windows 8 was the last Microsoft operating system to fully support the un-popular performance monitor so I'd like to show you one of the hidden advantages of staying with eight instead of up-grading to 8.1.1 1. Starting from the desk top press [windows key] + [x] then press [p] to open the...

Hi, I am running Windows Visat on my HP laptop. I have backed up my hard drive to an external hard drive using the Control Panel. But when I tried to use the Restore option in the Control Panel, it instructed me to restart my computer and click on the F8 key. But when I did that I didn't see...

Hey, guys! Well, everything was working good last night, but I tried to open up Chrome today and NOTHING is working. I can't open Chrome. I can't start Task Manager. I can't open Control Panel. I can't even launch apps from my Start screen. Oh, and none of my startup apps are opening. My...

Hi, When I open Cntrol Panel in w8.1 it freezes unusable, & the only way to get rid of its window is to restart. Any help please? ................nick

Hello, first time creating ID and posting in here. I have three problems with my PC. When I restart it, it shows two dialog box; (1) explorer.exe - System Warning "Unknown Hard Error" and (2) BatchRunner - Problem to run or locate the batch file "install.cmd". Then, when i was trying to open...

I am trying to remove 'Homegroup' as it is not needed and my Internet and Outlook wont open until that icon appears on my desktop and that takes a couple of extra minutes after everything else is ready. I followed the instructions below. But when I click on 'Leave the Homegroup' I get a...

Hello everyone, I've been trying to figure out a fix (along with looking around in the forums) for a few hours now, but I'm worried about my computer. I have a Lenovo with 8.1 installed and today I got a notification that my computer was going to restart and update, which it did without any...

If you want to play older games on your new laptop it's a good idea to enable this. 1. Press [windows key]+[x] then press [p] to open the control panel. 2. find/ open "Programs and Features" then press the "Turn windows features on or off"... it's on the left hand side. 3. Put a tick in the...