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OH LORD just SHOOT ME NOW with the tooltips. I don't want to see them! Only... sometimes I do. RARELY. If I could delay them out to about 4-5 seconds, I would be happiest, but I haven't found any context menus anywhere that will allow me to do that. If someone finds this thread by asking...

I am new to Windows 7. I am using Windows Live Mail for my email. How do I make the email program check to see if there are any "new" emails. I have set my preferences to automatically check every 3 minutes, but if I am expecting an email and want to see if it has been received how do I force...

I have just done a fresh install and after getting a few programs installed my DVD drives stopped working. They are in the bios and I have tried to update drivers ( claims I have latest ) looked in the registry and I do not have any numbers to edit as has been discribed else ware. I have changed...

I have a Dell Studio XPS which came with Vista Home Prem 64 Bit, since I purchased it in June I was able to get the Windows 7 free upgrade... I installed Windows 7 as an upgrade not a clean install, but I prefer the screen savers on Vista better than the Windows 7, I have 1000's of pics and like...

So I just got a new laptop (Acer Aspire 5534) and there is an issue when using the built in microphone, and I think the issue has to do with the driver (Realtek HD Audio). Under the preferences for the mic, there is an area called "enhancments". Now if the "disable all sound effects" box is not...

How can I lock the page size so it remembers my current setting without having to use the "page zoom " each time i start it . win 7 pro on new h/p laptop

saving NTUSER.DAT is easy, but how to restore it into current user account without restarting computer and having to create another account, login into that another account as administrator and copy file to that other account i am trying to restore NTUSER.DAT for ? There must be easier way to...

Link Removed due to 404 Error As you can see in that screen shot, my mp3 icons are acting weird. I couldn't recall anything that i have done with my PC to cause that problem. A night before it was fixed, i.e. the icons are still in their proper icons (as I've set in the preferences section of...

Hi, I am searching for a shortcut for WMP12. When I am browsing my libary and I have found a song that I want to add to my CURRENT playlist, I get a problem: When I double-clicks it, it plays the song from a NEW playlist instead of adding it to my current. Is there a shortcut for adding to...

Hi all, I notice on my new installed Windows 7 Pro 64 bits that some programs do not save their preferences (options), as when I close and run them again the new preferences are still the old ones instead of the changed. --------------------------- EDIT 20091122: I correct myself, only the...

So I just installed 2 nites ago. Last night I sit down to setup everything, I download FF, and xbmc, but during the download I get a bsod. I dont think anything of it, but as soon as I get back in and install those two programs, it happens again. I found the minidump file and copied it...

I cant seem to be able to open PDF files in Firefox or IE. Whenever I click a link, it just comes up with a dialog box with a question mark (see attached screenshot). I tried unticking the box "display PDF in browser" in adobe preferences, but this did not work. Does anyone know how to fix...

When I "sleep" my machine in S-3 mode; upon waking, WDM quits and reverts to Basic mode, losing my prefered window color setting. Only a full re-start wil fix it! When I set the BIOS to use S-1 suspend type, sleep/wake-up does not cause the problem - my window color setting is retained - however...

I prefer to only use it to keep track of running programs. My monitor is pretty small (17 inch 1024x768). If I use it to launch programs there won't be room for that plus any miscellaneous programs that I might use. I set it up to do Quick Launch instead and Now I like it. Windows 7 really is...

Label does not appear in Adobe Acrobat. Unable to print shipping label. Frustrating. Not an entirely new problem. The system crashed during Christmas season, and problems with Vista were reported. Click-n-ship can be a little flaky sometimes. EDIT: So I found the (two-part) solution: 1...

I cant seem to work out which way I like my taskbar set... How do you have it? Large or small icons? Single or double height? Combine or never combine?

Which Start menu do you like the best, The Classic Windows 95- 2000 or the Vista/7 Start Menu?

Ok, I'm using COWON jetAudio as my media player in Windows 7 (I've been using this all in one media player for years now, and I love it.) And I'm trying to associate all of the file types to jetAudio. When I go into the jetAudio preferences, and check all file types, it doesn't work properly...

Windows 7 offers no problem whatsoever to install hardware, but... (there's always a "but"). I've installed my HP PSC 1610 All-inOne, that works great at my notebook with Windows 7 6801. I tried the same with desktop running 7000 - the printer installed ok, but there's no way to customize...

So, I prefer to go to a year date, as they used to and office does.