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  1. Windows 7 Drag and Drop in Windows 7 does not function...

    Hi everyone.. Thank you for having a look at this question... I have a Dell Studio laptop which has 4GB ram and a core 2 duo processor with a Windows 7 OS.. The problem with this laptop is that, I am not able to drag and drop icons on the desktop nor in the folders... Drag and Drop never...
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    Windows 7 Disapearing Desktop Icons

    Everytime I install Windows 7 I have my optical Drives & removable Media Icons on the desktop, after about a week they disapear if there is no media present in them & then keep disapearing constantly afterwards, has anyone come across this problem or know of a solution, it seems like theres a...
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    Windows 7 Screen faded and washed out

    Hi, Heres hoping someone can help me with a problem i am having with a new pc operating windows 7. Some of the webpages i vist eg itunes skype, this one, the pages appear to be faded and washed out. I am unable to see text boxes and all the colours are pale. The monitor is a new benq with...
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    Windows 7 Missing Folders Windows 7 Home Premium

    I have been asked to look at PC desktop computer belonging to a colleague. Basically he said he has lost a lot of icons from the desktop and some of his short cuts to certain programmes. I have checked and the programmes are still installed so that’s not a problem in recreating some of the short...
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    Windows 7 Custom Game Folder Icons...

    Hi everyone, I've been searching around for a way to customize these, but I still haven't found it :( I'm setting up win 7 for my 4yo, and his game icons really suck :( I did stumble upon how to change the startup screen which is nice :teeth: Does anyone know how the game folder icons can be...
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    Windows 7 Malware has beaten me :( Need your help, it cant beat all of us!!

    Hi, OK so I booted up my PC today and was met with a malware program called 'Windows Recovery' stating that I had lots of faults with various aspects of my PC. I could not view any files in my programs folder on the C: drive or in the 'My Documents' folder. The program was also bringing up...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 going downhill

    Hi I posted this an hour ago but it didn't appear. This is my first post to this group >>> Hi Windows 7 is driving me crazy. I lost all my desktop icons. A search for a cure brought me to your group. I tried to upgrade to the latest IE. When I launched it I got a white content area but if I...
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    Windows 7 Shortcuts (.lnk) stopped working

    It began when my company's network suddenly wouldn't recognize my user/password to access the folders on the server. My network admin tried to reset my password and even created a new user for me. Inexplicably a new problem arose. Clicking icons on the desktop or the start menu stopped working...
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    Windows 7 Desktop Icon appears for optical drive and usb drives

    I have been unable to find an answer to this and I don't believe it is typical behavior of Windows 7. I am a new user to windows 7 and have noticed that when I insert a cd/dvd or a usb thumb drive, an icon for it appears on the desktop and then dissapears once it is removed. I feel this is...
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    Windows 7 64/32bit-issue or broken account?

    Hello, I'm new here and I'm sorry to have such a big first post. I have a bunch of questions and this might become a bit of a complicated story, but I'll try to be as direct as possible if you don't mind helping me out: I just installed Windows 7 (64bit) a couple of days ago. Everything...
  11. Resize Windows 7 Desktop Icons With Your Scroll Wheel

    Windows: If you’ve put off tweaking the size of your desktop icons because you assumed it would be a pain, it’s time to enjoy some hassle-free resizing without digging in menus or replacing icon packs. (more…) Link Removed
  12. Resize Windows 7 Desktop Icons with Your Scroll Wheel [Windows Tip]

    # windowstip Windows: If you've put off tweaking the size of your desktop icons because you assumed it would be a pain, it's time to enjoy some hassle-free resizing without digging in menus or replacing icon packs. More » More...
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    Windows 7 Exactly 45s delay on pinning to taskbar, startmenu

    Hi, we are testing now computer running on Windows 7 with roaming profiles. I have problem which I couldn't find anywhere (possible bad keywords). It's not only one computer - at least 5 new installed computers have this issue. Problem is that whenever I want pin some shortcut from start menu...
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    Windows 7 Icons on desktop that dont offer a delete on right click

    I have two icons on my desktop that don't just seem to be just Icons. Not sure how they got there!! I must have done something! One is Libraries and the other is Homegroup. I don't want a Libraries icon on desktop and I don't want to set up a Homegroup at all. Neither of these offer a 'delete'...
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    Windows 7 Resizing Desktop Icons

    Windows 7 lets you change desktop icons size the usual way from the 3 predefined sizes (Small, Medium, Large) Medium is the default size. 1. Right click on an free area of the desktop 2. Select View on the context menu 3. Select Small Icons (if you want them smaller than the default size) If...
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    Windows 7 How to Migrate Files to a New User Profile After MSI Error 2203

    I keep getting the 2203 Error regardring MSI and tried several fixes including MS Utility Cleaner. Unfortuatlety it won't allow me to install it even as admin. So, I read someone's post in another forum to create a new profile, bring over all my stuff then just delete the old profile. It seems...
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    Windows 7 System Restore on Windows 7 goes very bad

    Earlier today, I tried to uninstall Office 2007 Trial (which had expired) from my Gateway PC. I have already installed Office 2010 Trial, so both programs are on the PC right now. I could not get the program to uninstall in the Control Panel, so I decided to leave the Office 2007 program on the...
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    Windows 7 Installing ATI driver, can't see desktop icon

    Hi I have problem installing ATI 5990 driver to the Windows 7 OEM. After I install it and doing restart, I can't see anymore desktop icon, nothing, only Desktop Backround. If I do CTRL+Alt+delete, screen goes black, then hitting ESC I can see the mouse, if I move little bit. I can do...
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    Windows 7 i need help please!! weird thing happend

    alright so i just bought a new computer from futureshop, it is gateway. It came with windows 7. i downloaded some programs and played counter strike 1.6 when i quit the game all my open windows and programs running were off my desktop when i pressed the little icon at the bottom left corner it...
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    Windows 7 Microsoft cleanup FUBARED MS office, is there a fix?

    I was having a problem upgrading from Adobe CS3 to CS4 so I downloaded and ran MS cleanup as suggested. The first thing I noticed was that half my desktop Icons were missing, the programs are there and work but all the icons that were in the \**\install\* dir were gone. The second thing I...