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Hi All, Since remote assistance/control programs are not malware, but are used by scammers at times to set up unattended access to victims' computers, does anyone know of a scanner that will look for remote assistance programs? (They don't always show up in Programs and Features). Many...

When opening a file not already associated with a program, or using the "Open with..." menu in the context menu, I cannot select my own programs to open the file, as clicking "More apps" or "Try an app on this pc" does nothing. This extremely annoying as I cannot open even an image or a text...

It's been many years since I had to do this so I'm requesting assistance. My PC has 2 internal drives. I need to reformat one so I want to relocate a couple of programs to the empty HD simply because I don't want to uninstall and then reinstall due to the complications of the add-ons. I would...

Firstly windows media player was crashing when ripping cd's, now office and other programs are crashing. I updates up to date and plenty of free disk space. I have tried the fixes for WMP and also done 3 system restores and still having same problems.

Im hoping someone with lots of experience troubleshooting Windows comes across this. I have a Windows program, that when opened consumes 100% CPU for 5 minutes locking the whole computer up until it finally just goes away like nothing happened. Id like to view a live log of what exactly is...

I try to open a program when I click the start icon it immeditly wants to install printshop 22. when I hit cancel it gives me an error of missing "comdlg.ocx". which is in the windows\system32 folder and in the windows\SysWOW64. I have tried downloading the .ocx file and installing it, but it...

Whenever I click on get started button in windows insider program the it says, "we aren't able to talk to our service right now".

Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.22000.51 (co_release) This appears to be the first Insider Preview version of Windows 11 appearing on the Dev Channel of the Insider Program.

I have an old Acer computer that I would like to run for 5 different things in Windows XP. My biggest interest is shown in the image. It's a telescope mirror analysis program which is called FigureXP. I have an XP install disk on the way. Most of the time the computer will not be on and I can...

so i was unistalling programs to free space and i thought TAP was some random program and then now there is a error when i install it first image second image there is the error's when i tried to install it

When I move my curser past the bottom right corner of my monitor screen all programs go transparent. When this happens (transparent) I can see my desktop and transparent shadow boxes where open programs were. When I move the curser back onto the screen everything goes back to normal. I've...

Hi, I'd like to make a video where I have two separate slideshows in the same video, for example a picture on one side of the screen whether it be video, still image or moving gif assuming they are supported and another set of pictures on the other, much like you see in before and after videos...

My downloads file is growing. Any rules on deleting everything in the file? Does deleting a download also delete the program once it is installed?

Hi, I'm running Win 10pro with Classic shell 4.3.1. I do a lot of diverse research and keep 150+ windows open in Firefox. This makes it difficult to find a particular subject in the taskbar when I have to go back and forth between them (each Firefox window tab is "titled" with the subject of...

Hi All. Could someone please tell me how to get rid of this message. Link Removed

For several weeks I've been trying to uninstall a app (wrongly appearing in apps and features list. I opened the setting page, clicked the app then uninstall, at first a message popped up stating the app was being uninstalled but it was not uninstalled. Still remains listed in Apps and...

An offer from Microsoft Windows popped up a few weeks ago and I downloaded it on the expectation of it being an improvement but instead it has made life more difficult and I’d like to reverse the action. The download changed the background of many items so that the contrast was lessened, and...

This thread is related to my other thread on this forum pasted here below. https://windowsforum.com/threads/run-programs-on-lockscreen-of-win7-8-1.250494/ I am trying to find a way to auto launch a program as soon as the screen is locked. In my other thread, I mention how I found a way from...

Hi, A friend (who has installed win10 onto his win xp PC and is using classic shell but struggling with the new experience of 10) was following my simple steps to download a screenshare exe file and see if it showed malware as I am seeing in Virustotal.com, Firstly he set the download file...

Hey guys! So I finally set up my first dual monitor and was looking for ways to extend the taskbar to the secondary monitor. My understanding is that the feature isn't supported on Windows 7, but that there are programs I can install to make it happen. I'm looking for recommended (preferably...