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Remembering the Classics: 5 Windows Programs We Wish Were Still Around Windows has come a long way—from the era of clunky interfaces and hidden gems to today’s sleek, streamlined experience. Yet, while innovation is key, there remains a wistful charm in those older programs that captured our...

Sticking to the Essentials: 7 Programs That Keep My PC Workflow Rock-Solid Change is often hailed as the only constant, yet when it comes to my daily PC routine, I find comfort in the familiar. Despite the tempting allure of the latest productivity apps and flashy alternatives, I continue to...

I keep getting messages from MSoft saying upgrade to WIN 11. How can I know if my current software progs will still function? eg I am still using MSOffice 13/MSMoney/ACT2000 among many others.

Using a search engine I have tried to find how to backup and restore Outlook Calendar data, but failed so far. I see "export" but it is not apparent to me yet. I have done a search on the letters "pst" on my hard drives, but did not get a hit on a file with that suffix. It must be simple, but...

Unable to apply the backup of a program on a new computer. I backed up the settings of a program on one PC and when I try to restore the settings on another PC it does not allow because the SID changed. How can I get it to work even though that is the issue.

Hi. I'm a retired computer/electronics engineer with 45 years of experience supporting Windows, Unix, Oracle, and networks of hand-held computers. I write straight C/C++, mostly using the WinAPI, but also MFC. I dabble with Visual Studio writing Windows programs, and I would like to share them...

Greetings and happy belated Christmas. I need experts on Hyper-V technology. Here is the problem I am having. I have a customer that works connecting his laptops to cars so they can be enhanced in the way the owner wants. Someone tried to install a software in his laptop and for some reason...

On my windows 11 machine, after it is running for a couple of minutes I briefly see 2 cmd windows popup briefl. They're gone way too fast to see what command is executed or to have any clue where they originate from. How would I go about finding out what program is executing them ?

A friendly hello to anybody, I have got a program that lööks into some configuration files when it starts. The program and the configuration files are located on a network server. If I use the explorer, I can open the files. This program is used cince a long time. It worked well. After an...

When I re-execute the program Progressbarsoflife.exe the icon apper in the tray of the system. I need the program maximize in the desktop. How can I do that. The program itself if not configurable with right click icon the option Restore Form is available With a batch, or perhaps with scheduler...

Any way to do that? For example, some programs like to hijack your browser and switch your current tab to their homepage when you install/uninstall/update them. Would like to completely stop that (for all apps ever at once, not individually).

I tried to install a couple of new programs on my Windows 11 laptop. They go through the install procedure well but there's no installed program. They don't show up in task manager processes. One of them shows up in installed apps.

I would like to get the default win10 behaviour, where the taskbar buttons are all to the left, and open windows show up separately to the right. Right now, when a window associated with a button is open, the button changes to a large window button, and other program icons move to the right. I...

Good morning all, I use a folder lock program which allows me to hide / unhide personal folders. I start the software, enter my code and the folders are then displayed. The software sits as a small icon down by the clock while the PC is on. In order to relock the folder, i then have to...

Hi! my friend talked to me about a problem with his laptop, the problem is when he opens chrome (for example) then he googles anything... then he presses on any link, it forces him to return to the main page, this problem happens on every single program, even the file explorer when he tries to...

What commands will get a batch file to stop trying to start a program on windows startup? The following code below is what I had used to execute said program as a batch file: C:\Users\drumm\Desktop>start "" "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" -pc MY-PC -launch

Hi what different between creating restore point and creating system img? I see both go back and bring back files - programs - settings any explain?

Simple question. If I install Windows 11 will I need to reinstall all my current programs such as Office, Photoshop, ftp program, html editor etc etc

I've heard that organising the Start menu in 11 is not possible. (It became pretty convoluted in 10). Is this true? I like ( or even need) to organise programme links, grouped according to purpose ( graphics, Office, internet, etc,) because I have lots of useful little programmes, many of which...

Hi everyone. While Windows 11 has solved several problems that I've had, like not being able to sign in to Widows Terminal as Admin, there is one thing that I think is kind of weird. One is that it will sometimes open multiple copied of programs that it wouldn't do before. I discover that if I...