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Hi, I have a weird problem with Windows7 under "Local Network Properties". I can't change IP adress because when I choose TCP/IPV4 the "Properties" button is unaccessible. I tried disabling IPV6 and reboot but nothing changed. Windows Version is : Version 6.1.7600 Numéro 7600 The PC is...

I have recently installed the Windows 7 RTM x64 and everything's great minus one small issue. I cannot get my volume control to show up in the taskbar. I right click and go to properties of the taskbar, and it brings me to a menu that says "Turn system icons on or off." However, the menu for...

How do I turn on the 48-bit color on desktop ? Earlier versions allowed to choose color in desktop screen properties, and how can I do it in 7 ? Thank you.

When I look at my C drive in properties windows is telling me i have used 168 GB of my 200 GB hard drive. This is impossible as i did a clean install and only transfered about 38 GB of data back to the computer. Does anyone know what is going on or how to fix it?

Hi all, Upgraded from Vista 32 bit Ultimate to Win 7 32 bit same. Everything else works great except Win 7 wont keep the TCPIC /DHCP settings on boot. Whenever I boot up I have to go into Network adapter propperties and dump some whatever ip address into 'protocol Version 4' and hit the...

I have instaled Windows 7, and i am wery happy, the only issue I've run into is that ATI Catalyst control centre wont show the display properities (resolution and whatnot) like in vista. Not sure if I have to do some fiddling or it is not included yet for various reasons. I am using Catalyst 9.6...

ive been playing a game on pc and a friend got me windows 7 about a week ago. any ways i need to add something to the target area in the propetys f the game icon on the desktop and it is slightly faded and i cant click it. any idea on how i can add something to it in the target area sorry the...

Folks, Been poking around for a few days now and haven't found a solution. I am trying to get into my network properties for an adapter so I can share the Internet connection on that adapter... but when I right click on the Network and select properties it starts about 25+ wermgr.exe tasks and...

I recently (1 week) moved from Vista to the RC with a clean install that was supposed to format my laptops hard drive. Now when I view my C: drive's properties it says 168gb used and 33gb free space. I have a couple word docs and maybe 1gb of music that I've actually put on since I installed...

Hi does anyone know how to change the folder background in win7. I have tried all the apps for vista but they dont work. I get the custom background tab under folder properties but when I click apply nothing happens. please help but I'm no expert though I could do with an app!

I have a Win& box running fine and installed a CODEC I need from Pegasus. This is a commercial product and needs activation. Before one went to Device Manager and to Audio devices and then (mysteriously) you could find Audio and Video codec's that are installed. Accessing their "Properties"...

How is this version. Link Removed a improvement over this? This Vista/7 version seems very cluttered and easily able to be lost in while, the Xp and down version is all there and easily switchable between tabs. And is there any way to change back to the Xp styled one in Windows 7?

My desktop icons are not displaying correctly. I get the usual icon image but it is covered up with a folder icon and I cannot remove it. When I go into the properties of the icon the display is correct but I cannot get it to display correctly on the desktop. When I initially loaded 7 everything...

On Win XP, when you right click on My Computer > Properties > Appearance Tab > Advanced, you can change many things such as Message Box, Select and Normal, Icon spacing and size, Text size for Icons, font and font size, bold or not, etc. :rolleyes: Where on Win 7 can I find these properties so...

I setup my win 7 machine and during the network setup I accidently added a character on the end of the name of my network. It now will only show the network by this name so I am unable to see or access my home server or the other 4 Vista machines. I can access the internet but not the other...

Here is a glitch that i just experienced today. The desktop shows as just a black screen, after going to Show desktop, the desktop appears again. Then if you click on properties of any icon on the desktop the desktop goes back again and you have to show desktop again to make it appear again...

In Vista, it was possible to change the location of My Documents, My Music etc. by adjusting the properties of those special folders, and pointing them to an alternate location. I could change the location of My Music by selecting the Location tab under Properties, and define a new folder. In...

How do you edit Windows Explorer properties? I was reading Tim Sneath's article and would like to edit Explorer's properties to start from My Computer as opposed to My Libraries.

How do you edit Windows Explorer properties? I was reading Tim Sneath's article and would like to edit Explorer's properties to start from My Computer as opposed to My Libraries.

I can't find the classic appearance properties and therefore can't get to the effects menu to turn on clear type. I know it used to be there but is now gone. Please help :)