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Hey guys, I have a Acer Aspire X1700 that came with Windows Vista installed. I upgraded to Windows 7 and now my dvd drive doesn't recognize dvds (ie movies, dvd games 'Starcraft 2'). I can play CD just fine. My desktop came with Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S SCSI. I've tried uninstalling the...

Hi, Can someone show me how I can get rid of this warning (screenshot below) It even comes up for my startup programs speedfan etc. I have about 4 or 5 waiting for me on login! I have tried the IE options but have had no luck or did it wrong. I have looked on lots of forums but they all...

I have a SanDisc flash memory that has suddenly become write protected. The SandDisc saite suggested editing the Write Protect registry entry (for Windows Xp) at:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > StorageDevicePolicies. But when I looked, the entry isn't there on...

I want to know how to change my registry in order to do the following: #1 Force all actions that would create/use/edit/modify/(any other verb) any file in the libraries folder to instead preform that action in the My Documents folder instead. #2 Git rid of the Libraries icon. In...

I have a rather annoying problem in that I installed my network printer, a HP C5180. Once I had finished the installation I noticed that the drive monitor Gadget had dissapeared from my sidebar and in it's place a HP printer monitor one had appeared. I removed the printer gadget and tried to...

Hi, I checked many web site about this question. I seemed that an Aero theme doesn't allow me to change the default white background color in Windows Explorer. There is a way for a classical theme, though (personalization->windows color->Advanced appearance settings->window). I don't mind...

Hello! I added a printer to my network (hp c5180) via ethernet cable. But problem accords when I try to map a network location (card reader 5in1 or sth like that, is used to read SD, xD, ms cards used in cameras) from which I d like to copy images, files in explorer without extra software from...

Hello everyone and thank you for taking a few minutes to read my problem. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my notebook (fresh/clean install). I hoped to get rid of the "limited connectivity" issue which I had with the BETA version. Well, I didn't. After a few minutes, my connection is limited...

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...

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...