registry edit

Somehow I've ended up with a "phantom" local disk Q showing in Computer. It shows as 0 bytes used and 0 free; it cannot be accessed. It does NOT show in either disk management or device manager. It is not my card reader which is removable drive F. I do not have an external drive connected of any...

How to make Vista's taskbar look and act like Win 7's. This does not include or add "Pin To Taskbar Function" which is not really needed due to the "Quick Launch Feature" This is a regedit, so do so at your own risk and please back it up. 1. Open "Regedit" and navigate to...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Microsoft is providing the necessary resources to help lock users with standard privileges accounts from accessing Link Removed - Invalid URL while the operating system is in Safe Mode. According to the Redmond company, all that system administrators need do is...

Hi. I work for Acer tech support. Lately we have gotten a lot of calls about CD/DVD and Blu-Ray devices not showing up after windows 7 upgrade. We usally recommend BIOS and chipset driver updates first, then a clean install if drivers doesnt take care of the problem. But now the custumers that...

I was going to hex edit an *.exe-file and I accidentally associated all *.exes to open up in the hex-editor. Now I can't start any applications in that user profile. I know I could do a system restore or just backup the files and delete the account to solve the problem but that would cause some...

If you even download software that changes your home page no matter how many times you try to change it in Internet options, it still reverts back to that page. I downloaded and installed this piece of crap................Extra DVD to Audio MP3 Ripper Here's how to get rid of it for good...

SOLVED: problem changing a particular file association Hello! I have a problem trying to change the program associated with a particular file extension. I was trying out different programs to find out how they could handle that particular file type, setting them as the default program and...

To test out another problem I was facing, I created a new user account. Now I have no use for that account, so I deleted it, but just to be on the safe side I chose to keep all files from the account. So, Windows created a folder on my desktop with the old account's name, and in it were the...

In XP with a single click on a folder's name expands the folder and shows it's sontent in the right pane. How to make this work in 7? 1. "Single-click" option in "Folder Options" just works for right pane but not for left. 2. "Automatically expand to current folder" doesn't work, there's no...

ok so I'm not sure if I'm missing a step here but basically what I want to know how to do if its possible with windows 7 is make it so when you click the start button and the start menu pops up, I want it to display my default browser and email client, like it did with XP and Vista so at the...

Hi all, I have looked all over the net and in windows and have not been able to find a way to remap the side mouse button (to do double click instead of back) on the cordless mouseman optical (does not use setpoint). Also, some of the multi-function keys on the keyboard of this combo do not...

In XP and Vista it was possible to change the sorting order for numbers in file and folder names, by defining NoStrCmpLogical=1 in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer (ref Link Removed) When I do this in Windows 7 RC (64 bits) nothing happens. Do you...

Different type of network printer problem (SOLVED!! 0x000003e3 cannot connect) I am on a domain. I'll call it system1. It has a print server called sys1-prn. On the domain there are probably around 50 to 60 printers. All HP laserjet 4100 series. They are compatible, and I can connect to all of...

Hi, I've seen other similar threads which have been resolved but my problem differs slightly. The problem started when I was trying to share files with an XP machine, however I'm not sure what the exact cause was. What changed before the problem: I played around in HomeGroup and advanced...

Hi, I installed 7RC from MS, all went fine, I've not done anything unusual in the setup, all updates are installed, graphics ok etc. I created the initial account admin account, then from that a second admin. Changed to that admin account, set it up etc, and created 3 other Standard accounts...

Not sure which forums to start posting this at so I will start here and move my way around. So here goes: I seem to be unable to stop Windows 7 RC1 7100 from auto Throttling my CPU. CPUID reports that the multiplier is fluctuation anywhere from x21 down to 8x dropping my corespeed from 3519 down...

I've made a hidden account using the steps below, Therefore, you cannot see the hidden account from the welcome menu. Now, in the Windows XP, all you had to do was press: Ctrl+Alt+Delete+Delete; however, windows vista does not have this option, so i was wondering if there is any way to enable...

Although I've tried the registry edit in disabled sessions, whenever i try to open a media file in any folder, it says "windows explorer has stopped working" and restarts after the media file starts playing. Also, I can't turn off sounds even though i have "no sounds" applied. Those are my only...

Hello, This is my first time posting, so please be patient with me. The issue: I partitioned my drive and installed Windows 7. I've been growing increasingly confident of W7 and decided to start fazing out Windows XP. Using GParted Live I successfully shrunk the XP partition and increased the...

Missing optical drives OK so you have lost your DVD/CD drive after installing Windows 7 Beta. Heres how to fix it: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11*CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Apparently it seems that this is an age old fix for even XP systems. If you...