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    Windows 7 How to get rid of User button

    Every time I temporarily install Anydesk, it installs a sshd server. This also creates a new user account. After I un-install Anydesk, my W7 starts requiring me to click on a single User button to finish booting. How do you stop this? I am the only user on my machine. Before installing...
  2. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17711

    Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17711 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17711 Microsoft Edge Improvements Learning tools get richer: Under learning tools available...
  3. Windows 10 Windows 10 Startup Loop

    when starting up windows it goes into batch operation then prints out error code 400d, ERR_READ_DISK_UUID and I'm stuck in this loop, tried bootrec /fixmbr, fixboot, rebuildbcd tried recovery essentials pro win 10 and hirens boot cd and windows 10 repair all failed I have access now only to...
  4. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14986 for PC

    Hello Windows Insiders! It smells like snow up in Redmond-town and you know what that means? A big ole pile o’ features to keep us company during SNOWpocalyse! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14986 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in...
  5. Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14965 for Mobile and PC

    Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14965 for Mobile and PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Language Packs for PC have been slightly delayed for this build. For those of you with Language Packs installed, we recommend holding off...
  6. Windows 8 Windows Store and VWAHost.exe running at startup background, how do I disable it?!

    I have Windows 8.1 Pro installed upgraded recently from Windows 7. Unfortunately I have a problem with the Store app constantly running at startup and it does not go away unless I manually Terminate it from the Task Manager. It seems to be ingrained with my Microsoft Account. Because even...
  7. Windows 7 [Outlook 2007] import settings.reg fails.

    Hello, I saved my Outlook 2007 settings in my previous Win 7 Ultimate version and now have Win 7 Pro (as shown in http://praxistipps.chip.de/outlook-2007-konten-exportieren_13068 ). I wanted to import them, but now I get the message: Can not import: Error acces to regestry The saves reg seems...
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    Windows 7 Need expert help with file association changes via registry

    For some unknown reason, my image file associations in Windows Explorer keep getting undone, such that they show up in Explorer without an associated application (or occasionally with a wrong association). For example, when I examine the properties of any .jpg file, the "Open With:" property...
  9. Windows 7 Regedit won't run. Stuck with this for a couple of days now. Please Help.

    Just to be clear, it's not one of those usual things. I got Win 7 Home Premium. CMD, Task Manager, all exe files and GPEdit works fine. Everything works fine actually - exept regedit just does not respond. I have Nod32 and my PC is virus / malware free. All I want is just access to registry...
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    Windows 7 Windows message says cant remove Homegroup

    I am trying to remove 'Homegroup' as it is not needed and my Internet and Outlook wont open until that icon appears on my desktop and that takes a couple of extra minutes after everything else is ready. I followed the instructions below. But when I click on 'Leave the Homegroup' I get a...
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    Windows 8 Reset Default Program For .bat

    Ok, to cut to the chase I accidentally changed the default program to open .bat files to note pad. How would I change it back so it would execute the command? I googled it, nothing that helped was found. I tried deleting the User Choice and .bat in the registry. Still didn't work. Any .bat files...
  12. Windows 10 Windows Update setting

    Since Build 9841, I had to use registry editor to change Auto update to Manual. Today, while visiting another forum, one person reported that..... "Just discovered that the new version allows me to set do W-10 updates manually." I assume he meant that he can now change update settings the old...
  13. Windows XP XP Registry

    How do I remove something in the registry that says "Cannot be deleted?" This is NOT any files that belong to the XP OS!
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    Windows 7 Editing Registry Keys

    I'm trying to use TinyUmbrella, but it won't start. From surfing the net, I found a solution which I don't know how to apply. Here is what he, who wrote this long ago (so I can't ask him about it now), wrote: Set the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\sema...
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    Windows 7 www.22find.com virus

    Whenever I go onto Internet Explorer, I get a warning from my anti-virus saying it was a high risk site. It directs me to 22find.com even though Google is set as the home page. I've restarted several times, changed the home page, reset IE, downgraded IE from 10 to 9, none of which worked. I...
  16. Windows 7 Windows Time service fails to start

    I've done a lot of searching on this issue, found several articles, tried some solutions: Nothing works. The Windows Time service just fails to start at boot. It doesn't produce an error in the event logs; it just fails to start. But I can manually start it from Services. Or I can manually...
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    Windows 8 Strange characters in file Properties instead of time stamp

    Hello. I am using a Dell laptop with Windows 8 Home. The file Properties show strange symbol-type characters where there should be numbers etc. See Screenshot... This character problem has existed for a while, more than 6 months I guess. 1) Antivirus scans are clean. 2) All Region and...
  18. Windows 7 AlwaysShowExt For Specific Extensions

    Not long ago I was experiencing an annoying problem: the file extension for ICO files were always displayed while known filetypes' extensions were set to be hidden. My primary icon editor/handler was (and still is) IconLover, and at one point I my registry explorations, I found the offending...
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    Windows 7 problem with changing windows 7 log on screen background

    Guys, I tried to change the log on screen.First I located to the computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background and added a new DWORD value from0 to 1.Then I navigated to the C:\Windows\System32\Oobe folder and made a new folder renamed...
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    Windows 7 Corrupt Registry

    Asus windows 7 x64 So I got the corrupt registry (Yay me!:razz:) error and can't get into anything like normal, safe mode, etc. I can get into the command prompt. I can't run system restore as there are no restore points and startup repair doesn't fix it. I also replaced the the registry...