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The hints tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about in-app guidance and user interface prompts in Windows software. Topics include Microsoft Solitaire's level difficulty hints and whether certain game setups are always solvable, as well as how to disable touchscreen hints on a desktop that lacks touch input. Additional threads explore Windows 7 Magnifier tool tips for better usability, early hints about Windows 8 features from a leaked welcome screen, and a community game where users post screenshots and give hints for others to guess the game. These conversations focus on practical tips, interface customization, and understanding how hints work in various Windows contexts.
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    Microsoft solitaire question

    Both Klondike and Freecell now have choices of levels to play at, such as Master and Random. It specifically notes that some Random choices will be impossible to solve. Does this imply that other categories' games are always solvable? I've had some really bad setups in Klondike which appear...
    • PaulSp
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    • categories community discussion freecell gameplay games hints impossibility klondike level master microsoft puzzle questions random setup solitaire strategy tips variation
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    • Forum: Windows Software
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    Windows 8 Switch between apps window

    AppWin by InfoCentral posted Apr 17, 2015 at 10:02 PMI have recently been getting this SWITCH BETWEEN APPS window which has a big orange arrow and tells me to swipe in from the edge etc. The problem is that it lays on top of everything and I can't figure out how to close it or to stop in from...
  3. carsten888

    Windows 8 how to get rid of tounchscreen hints? (on a desktop)

    I'm on a desktop, so I don't want to get any of those hints of what wonderfull things I could do if this was on a touchscreen. why would it show these things on a non-touchscreen anyway?! o_O I can not click this away! help! drives me mad. can't work like this.:furious: Is there some...
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    Windows 7 Trouble signing onto my laptop; forgot password

    I haven't signed on to my laptop that I bought from former co-worker of mine (really savvy with computers) in a few months and I've forgotten the password to log-in. There was no animosity between us after the purchase - he ended up quitting and getting a job elsewhere. I have a Dell Inspiron...
    • doomspider
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    • co-worker dell error help hints microsoft newegg password password tool recovery reset software tech support troubleshooting upgrade usb windows 7 windows vista
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. News

    Get More from Windows 7's Magnifier Tool [Windows Tip]

    # windowstip For many of us, the Windows Magnifier tool is something we've occasionally activated by accident. There's a lot more to Magnifier in Windows 7 then just a big box that shows pixellated mouse movement, however. It makes for a great laptop-in-bed helper, for example. More » More...
    • News
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    • accessibility enhancements features hints laptop magnifier tips tools user guide windows 7
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    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  6. News

    Windows 8: Take a Peek

    Analysis: A leaked welcome screen offers some early hints of where Microsoft is heading with the next version of its operating environment. Link Removed
    • News
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    • analysis hints leaked microsoft operating system technology user interface welcome screen windows 8
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    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  7. cybercore

    IMAGES Guess the Game from the Screenshot

    Post a picture from a random game with clues as you see appropriate and see if people can guess which game it's from. The one with the right guess posts his screenshot next. A few rules : * if no luck after a while, give another hint or bump this thread and post a new screenshot, or give the...
    • cybercore
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    • clues community forum games guess hints post rules screenshots turn
    • Replies: 533
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
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