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I am multibooting 3 drives (1 Win10 and 2 Win11) the boot manager on one win11 drive is selected in bios. It works but in addition to the named drives it also lists the three efi partitions which are unbootable -of course. I am not sure why they are there and they are a nuisance. How can I...

I have a rather old computer which I bought shortly after Vista was introduced. I upgraded to Windows 8 a couple of years ago then took advantage of the free upgrade to Windows 8.1. Unfortunately I later encountered problems and needed to repair the computer. I had a repair disk for Windows 8...

I need to set Wing 101 as the default program for .py files. I use the traditional method where one goes to right click on the file>open with>choose default program>browse. After locating it in the Program Files, I select the application, but my selection does not save when the directory closes...

Hi I just installed SuperAntiSpyware in Windows 10. I've used it off and on for years and I found this folder .trash.999 which I've never seen before. I found references for it as related to Ubuntu, and as Malware of some sort. I deleted it but this prompted me to download and install...

I am a traditionalist and so run permanently in "desktop" mode because I don't like the look and feel of the new Windows 8. Ever since I installed Windows 8.1 a blank green Microsoft "Store" window pops up from time to time on my desktop. When I click on it, the green is replaced by a normal...

Normally Recent Docs list is showing. Suddenly nothing. I went to Tools, It was still set to show 10 docs but I reset it. OK. Turned off computer. Then computer on, opened a few docs to test. Computer on and off again. Nothing. Office Word 2007 Any ideas how to fix this? Its a real nuisance.

PLEASE tell me how to get rid of "only secure content is displayed". I have no need of more security. Windows help was futile. Set security to minimum. Still not rid of this nuisance. Please help. :frown::frown::frown:

Recently, (and no, rolling back is NOT an option on this computer...) some apps as well as windows 7 itself, have starting doing odd things. One real pain is that my fonts like to vanish. Especially upon a crash or if I have to hold the power button to shut off the computer, when I start up...

For several months I have lost my Internet connection whenever I restart my Windows 7 Home Premium computer. Fortunately I use the sleep function at night and only restart two or three times a week. I have found a way to connect to the Internet following a restart that works almost every time...

I have been having an on-going issue for some time with my external WD My Book. There are times when it is not being recognized by Windows 7(pro). It has three interface options (fire wire, esata, and USB). I have tried all three at one time or another, finally settling on the eSATA interface...

running win 7 on dell laptop evrytime I try to reply to an craigslist email ad i get ths Windows host process (Rundll32) appears every time I open my IEHere is the basic message: Internet Explorer Security ---pops up every time I open IE! A Website wants to open web content using this...

I don't use Windows Live and I keep getting a Sign In page and it is a nuisance. How can this be stopped?

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...

Bird lover Eva Hueber could be forced to pay compensation for 'irresponsible feeding' and might even face prison for the mess the birds caused in the Austrian city of Villach. The property management company on the estate where Ms Hueber lives is taking action for 'many years of irresponsible...

I have never seen reference to this problem and am completely stymied. I did a system restore 4 days ago. My system is back to the state it was before, but ever since I restored it, I keep getting the "SYSTEM RESTORED on XXXX date" coming up every time I start my computer. Apparently everything...

Hey, I've been having these problems with my computer for a while whenever utilising any p2p programs my computer freezes completely and the only way to get it to wok again is the reset button. This is quite a nuisance for me as I use p2p very frequently in the forms of uTorrent, Spotify and...

I have just started receiving an error message which I had not previously encountered on boot up. It says, 'There is already an instance of Pidgin running'. Pidgin is my IM program and I have placed it into my Startup folder. I also run WinPatrol which shows that there are two instances of...

Hi, my video graphics driver is up-to-date and W7 compliant, but the newest driver I could find for my monitor was Windows XP. Everything actually works just fine except that whenever I logon my desktop immediately reconfigures itself (just like when you manually change the screen resolution)...

Link Removed due to 404 Error false positive is another way of saying ‘mistake’. As applied to the field of anti-virus programs, a false positive occurs when the program mistakenly flags an innocent file as being infected. This may seem harmless enough, but false positives can be a real...

Minor Nuisance (Devices and Printers icons) Hi all. Nice to be in the forum. Hopefully you can help me with my issue. It’s extremely minor but I’m curious to see how this part of Windows 7 works (seems quirky to say the least). I’ve installed Windows 7 a few times now on...