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Hi Anyone, After installing/uninstalling Win 10, with much help from Kemical, I finally got Win 7 reworking and un-corrupted (ish). So, I upgraded to Win 10 again and it's good! However, I can't seem to make File History work properly. When I go to 'More Options' in Settings, Backup, I ask it...

I'm hoping some registry experts here can help. I have lost my Cortana settings. When I click the settings icon (3rd from the top on the left), nothing happens. I may have become a bit overzealous in my attempts to disable Cortana, but now I have lost the options to turn it on and off. How do I...

Hello I am trying to find the least costly, most private way of receiving TV, PC, and phone. I cuerrently have a Comcast gateway for my digital phone, my own router which works with the Comcast gateway for internet and Comcast cable for TV. I could get another phone company and just use a modem...

Battery for a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 has two options for a battery; 6 cell, 11.1 volt, 4400mah, lithium-ion and a 6 cell, 11.1 volt, 5200mah, lithium-ion. Is the latter just a little more capacity or too much power? Thanks

Apparently, I have yet another problem with Windows 10. I noticed today on my laptop that that when I right click on an application from the start menu there are options such as Pin to Start, Pin to Taskbar, Uninstall, Run as Administrator and Open File Location. However, when I right click on...

Has anyone else experienced this? I was unable to update from Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10 Pro via Windows update as the download/ install kept failing. I then downloaded the 64-bit Win 10 installer from the MS website and ran it. Everything went fine until I was presented with three options...

If you are not seeing all of your apps that can use the Lock Screen status area then this PowerShell command will address that and make the full range of apps available as options for the Lock Screen status area. read more Continue reading...

Hey All, Glad these forums exist. I'm sure Windows 10 is going great for everyone and positive there are solutions to any problems I'm having. Right now I'm having an issue with right clicking in the Taskbar. Normally in Windows 7 and 8.1, I could right click on an icon and get a list of...

Change of plan - while playing with various Backup options, I learnt how to select a whole lot of folders and to Copy/Paste them onto my external hard drive. As all my save-worthy Folders are only about 60GB, it's easy to backup the whole lot without bothering about Incremental or Differential...

Ok guys this is not a direct head to head pro and cons question. I want the best solution for my needs. I have a pretty basic hardware Core 2 Duo E4700, 4 Gigs DDR2 Ram, Nvidia En 8400Gs..Running with Windows 8.1 And i want run Visual Studio in a virtual machine to code(As it installs a crap...

I need to be able to boot from my usb stick. It wasn't working so I was messing around with the UEFI boot order and I accidentally totally deleted the boot from usb option. What do I type to make a new filepath for it?

I want to start a thread on bugs which members are finding in Windows 10. This is not affiliated with the Insider program, but of interest to us nerds who ar following the progress of the builds. Write whatever yo have found. To get us started: The Start menu could be more versatile. The...

I put a wireless adapter in my computer and installed whatever drivers I could find but my computer simply doesnt have any wireless options, any idea why?

New here and don't see anyplace to ask this but Yahoo has placed itself on my home page and no amount of reasonable twiddling will get rid of it. I know how to go to tools and options and reset the home page but this doesn't work at all? Why are these large companies so controlling!!! Also...

Hey, Does someone now how to fix this problem.I wanted to make a back-up of my pc but I couldn't because there were no options or stuff like that. The image below is the back-up 'panel' from the configuration panel

The intent of this post is NOT to open a debate on whether MS should or should not make Windows Update Automatic in Windows 10 TP. The sole purpose is for users who still prefer to have the option of Manual update. Go to regedit > expand (click the pointer in front of ) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

this is related to my last thread windowsforum.com/threads/file-explorer-keeps-crashing-on-certain-folders.196557/ I copied one of the files so I could see what was on it and well it couldn't be emptied from the recycle bin however I copied another file, deleted that one and emptied the recycle...

Hello, When i tick an option, e.g 'power saver' in the battery meter, it is not retained after a restart and he two radio button return to unticked. I could not get help from Asus: They want to reset the machine to factory(!) though I know it was so since the first day Any Idea? Many thanks...

Something I had never paid attention to before saved me from replacing my computer. The computer had progressively more symptoms of problems and I was convinced the motherboard was bad. The POST beep had expanded into a musical diddy that the AMI specs said indicated a motherboard problem. In...

How to Change Themes in Google Chrome Google Chrome themes can be used to modify the look and feel of your browser, altering the appearance of everything from your scrollbar to the background color of your tabs. The browser provides a very simple interface to locate and install new themes. This...