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  1. Windows 7 Using Junctions (symlinks or Symbolic Links) to protect your save files

    Have you ever lost ALL of your saved game data because something terrible happened? Well, recently, we have seen advancements solving this problem with the likes of Steam Cloud. Steam Cloud allows gamers, who are increasingly using Steam Powered games, to automatically store their saves online...
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    Windows 7 Microsoft.net framework unhandled exception....Alienware M18 r2

    Hey guys, I would please like some help...i am starting to get a little worried. The other night when i went to startup my laptop, i get a pop up that says.... Microsoft.net framework unhandled exception has occured in your app. If you click continue the app will ignore this error and attempt...
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    Windows 7 Some Things Keep Resetting

    Someone installed Windows 7 on one of the office computers (the main one). I installed Windows 7 on another one. On the main one, some things keeps resettings, like, one printer profile, I keep delating, it keeps coming back. The printer settings, keeps going back to colors, and everytime...
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    Windows 7 My Documents folder messed up, it's a hidden shortcut

    So I was working with moving my My Documents folder from syncing with Dropbox to Box and I messed up a bit. Well, at least I've found it and have access to it. Now I'm working on restoring a previous version. Problem A: It's hidden and I can't figure out how to undo that because: Problem B: It's...
  5. Windows 7 Some services not starting!

    Hello everyone, Today, my computer just finished installing updates, and was waiting for me at the user selection/log in screen when I checked on it. I powered it off by holding the power button down to change some BIOS settings. (In the end, I did not save any changes to the BIOS, so I can...
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    Windows 7 is double encryption on a Win7 file a bad idea?

    I am running Windows 7 Professional x64 on a personal, not work, laptop. I have encrypted a file using Explorer's encrypt attribute from the properties dialog. Before I put this file to a cloud storage system like Dropbox, I wanted to also use something like TrueCrypt on the file. Would it be...
  7. Windows 7 0x000000F4 BSOD's on Windows 7 (64 bit)

    Been getting random BSOD's usually when I start the PC for the first time. Normally only happens once every other day. The PC will freeze and play sound in an infinite loop, then crashes. PC Intel Core i5 3570k Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB AMD 6870 OCZ 600watt PSU. It...
  8. Windows 8 Need help diagnosing upload problems?

    Hi guys. For the last few days I've been running into problems uploading files. This is on Photobucket, Image Shack, to the Adobe Forums, and to a drop box service with a Indesign file of about 5 mb zipped. A few of the files go through but most fail. Some of the files that I haven't...
  9. Cloud Storage Just Became Cheap Overnight

    This week, the horse left the proverbial barn, ladies and gentlemen, and now Microsoft, Google, Apple, Dropbox, Box.net, and a large number of other companies are competing in an arena that will help you backup and synchronize your files, forever, if you so desire, online, and at the lowest...
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    Windows 7 Error 0x80070091

    So my story is this, since some time one time per month more or less with a normal use of the computer my Windows decides it's time to corrupt a folder/file, whatever, pretty sad indeed, what it also does is somehow disable my autochk.exe and my chkdsk.exe so that I can't fix this problem, but...
  11. Windows 7 Game Save Manager Tool

    Even been annoyed when you reinstall your OS or older games and realise you've lost game saves as they were stored in hidden folders or needed to be linked to Steam/GFWL etc? well this nifty tool does all the hard work for you, it backs up and restores on demand all game saves it finds to zipped...
  12. Microsoft relaunches, revises SkyDrive, its Dropbox competitor

    As officials have been hinting in recent weeks, Microsoft has relaunched and updated its Windows Live SkyDrive cloud storage service. Is there any service that Microsoft can keep their greedy hands of of it and not compete with them. All I see is $ signs for Microsoft. Read Full Story...
  13. Windows 7 Dropbox left login door open for 4 hours

    Dropbox has admitted that an erroneous code update on Sunday 19 June allowed logins without authentication and allowed users to access files held by other users of the file synchronisation service. Someone out there must have had a field day. Read Full Story: Dropbox left login door open for 4...
  14. Apple's three biggest weaknesses

    Apple and CEO Steve Jobs have celebrated a string of huge hits over the past several years, including the iPhone, the iPad and the MacBook Air. Reviews have been mostly glowing, sales have been strong and investors have cheered, sending the stock up 40% over the past 12 months. Apple, which...
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    Windows 7 Frequent crashes on hibernate/during hibernation

    Hi everyone Last week my computer started crashing every time I closed the lid/went to hibernate. No idea what I did for this to suddenly start happening. After searching for a while on Google, I thought it may be to do with Dropbox so I installed the latest version. This has helped a bit...
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    Windows 7 Crashing on hibernate

    Hi everyone Last week my computer started crashing every time I closed the lid/went to hibernate. No idea what I did for this to suddenly start happening. After searching for a while on Google, I thought it may be to do with Dropbox so I installed the latest version. This has helped a...
  17. Use Windows 7 Libraries For Easy Dropbox Access

    One of the few complaints you’ll hear about Dropbox is its use of a default folder (My Dropbox) which isn’t necessarily where you want to keep things. Reader Simon got around that problem by using the Windows 7 Libraries feature. (more…) More...
  18. Windows 7 Win7 Instal: selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems Win7 can only be installed to

    Hi, I'm trying to do a clean install on Windows 7 64-bit on my laptop. I currently have 32-bit Vista running. I initially created a new partition, copies all my data there, then started to do the custom install. I got the message: Some Googling around found the following suggestion...
  19. VIDEO Windows Files: Search, Indexing and Online Backup

    Windows Files: Search, Indexing and Online Backup Windows Libraries and the Windows Search Index In this video, I will discuss with you: The power of the Library feature in Windows 7. The configuration of Indexing Options. And the ability to backup your files at any time, on the the Amazon...
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    Windows 7 Show you the way----Comparison of different online or local backup Tools

    Since I noticed a lot of people have post threads to ask for suggestions about backup tools. It's time-consuming and boring to answer each of them. Hence I make a comparison about 3 best online backup tools and 3 best local backup tools to show the way to novices. (Don't forget to reply if you...