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    Windows 7 Visualizations in Media Center

    When I initially installed Media Center, the default visualizations worked. Subsequently, I installed some visualizations that all worked in WMP. But now when I try to view a visualization in WMC I just get a black screen. I have checked that the visualizations are enabled in the WMC options...
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    Windows 7 License Key Help

    Hey I recently purchased Windows 7 Ultimate and installed it on my desktop pc and my laptop.. But now it is saying that windows cannot be activated on my laptop. Is it possible that the key was only available for one pc? If so, what are my options? Thanks PS- If I need to buy a...
  3. Windows 7 Lots of options not working

    Hi all, I've installed Windows 7 Professional several weeks ago and it is mostly running just fine. But there are also a lot of options not working. For example, nothing happens when I: click My Computer -> Properties In the windows update screen, when I click the installed updates link...
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    Windows 7 can't open the right click option on desktop or anywhere else Error msg appear ?

    Hi guys few days ago i faced a problem on ma system n i thought it's gna go away by the time but more that week nothing was changed whenever i try to use the Mouse right click options on the desktop or any other folder... this Message appears : Link Removed due to 404 Error Can any...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 64-bit license

    Hi! I have been looking all over for an answer to my question regarding Windows 7, and thought: "Where better to ask than on a Windows 7 forum?" ;) I bought a new laptop in July this year, making me eligible for the "Windows 7 Upgrade Option". The Windows Vista Version installed on my...
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    Windows 7 Why not saving my options in Win 7

    When I change the options in both Explorer and all my Office applications (Eg. font size, the NORMAL template and Macros) when I open up the programmes again none of the options I changed or the Macros have been saved. Can someone make a suggestion or help.:confused: Thanks, Martin
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    Windows 7 Dell DVD drawer

    Did anyone else get stuck with the stupid software operated DVD drawer? I have software where I'm required to swich CDs. When many of the windows are open, they lack a "collapse" option. So I have to close the windows till I get a "collapse" option. Then I can open the drawer to swich CDs...
  8. 10 antivirus programs for Windows 7 (TechRepublic)

    Windows 7 offers some new security features, but a good antivirus program can provide additional protection. Greg Shultz put together a list of 10 solid Windows 7-compatible choices. Link Removed - Invalid URL
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    Windows 7 windows explorer serch has stpped working

    When I used the win explorer search the system has offered me an option to locate an index. I was searching an external disk. After choosing the option to locate the index the search has stopped working no matter what I did: I removed the index, rebuild the existing indexes, returned the...
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    Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade change W/ Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher

    If you own Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade/Family Pack, is it possible to use the Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher by making the ISO image of the disk and opening it to install all version options as an upgrade? I found it on here, disregard please. Thanx
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    Windows 7 Recycle Bin Help? Groups? Letters/Numbers?

    So my recycle bin has been fine for awhile, but recently i was in my bin and i dont remember where but i think i accidentally pressed something that made my files into groups like 0-9 and Q-Z and Other. It's been bugging me like crazy and this forum is my last resort. BEFORE it was just the...
  12. Windows 7 Windows 7 Repiar Disc

    I made A repiar disc just to check out the options well for some reason it will not boot i tried a cd and a dvd is anyone else having this problem i can boot from other discs.
  13. Windows 7 Poll: Windows Explorer Details

    Windows Explorer has a feature under the View menu called Choose Deatils. They include # 35mm focus length Account name Album Album Artist Album ID Anniversay Assistants name Assistant's Phone Attachments AttributesAuthors Auto Summary Bcc Bcc AddressBeats-per-minute Bit depth Bit rate...
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    Windows 7 Manage Network Connections is not an available option

    I have an odd problem. I recently installed W7 Ultimate (RTM 7600) on my computer. This was a clean install on a drive that had Vista on it previously. Now, I had a home wireless network (named MHhome) setup on Vista. I expected I would need to set it up once again in W7. When I went to the...
  15. Windows 7 Internet Explorer 8 - New Tab (Connecting...)

    Hello all! I am seeing this strange behavior on a couple of our computers. All of the installs are with Windows 7 Enterprise and they have been "clean" installed. I can try to open up a link via a new tab using the middle mouse button, or the right-click menu, but tabs just sits at...
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    Windows 7 How to delete formerly shared items???

    I have had a number of folders on my desktop shared. Things needed to be cleaned up. I removed all shares from my desktop. They all still appear on my laptop, but of course not accessable. I want to delete all those shares - as I could on XP. There is no rt clk option to delete - rt pane of...
  17. Windows 7 vlc (video lan client) aliasing problem

    I have windows 7 build 7100 installed and i have problem with vlc (video lan client) in particular with hd streams. In playback there is a problem of aliasing in the images, i try to change options for playback in output video mode but doesn't work, any suggestions or ideas ?
  18. Windows 7 Taskbar Icon Issue

    Hey everyone, My Steam icon (steampowered.com) shows up as a Counter-Strike Source icon and when right clicked on shows options for CSS instead of Steam. Is there a cleaning that needs to happen so that whatever got mixed up can be fixed? Link Removed Thanks.
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    Windows 7 Problem Firefox

    Hallo, I often use Firefox, a great browser, and sometimes go to Tools - Options - Security - saved password to read and erase the passwords for the sites that I visit. Do you know if there is a way to shorten this path, maybe insert something in the toolbar to speed up this task? Thank you...
  20. Windows 7 WMC and TMT3 integration shaky, WMC crashes

    i had several issues installing 7, most came from a driver conflict, and from needing to setup compatibility mode for some apps. one issue was getting hdmi pass-through to show up in options in TMT3, this was not a windows prob at all, it was due to same driver as other probs. i got that fixed...