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Windows 11 continues to refine the user experience with subtle visual upgrades and smarter alerts, but one classic feature persists: the notorious “Low Disk Space” warning. For some, this pop-up is vital, flagging critical storage issues that could affect stability and performance. For others...

With the release of Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft has ushered in a subtle yet significant change that directly affects how millions of users protect themselves from system mishaps: system restore point retention is now limited to 60 days by default. While this might sound like a minor tweak on the...

Windows Server 2022 DPI Scaling Issues via RDP & Horizon Windows Server 2022 users have recently encountered a perplexing issue: display scaling anomalies occur whether you’re connecting via RDP or through VMware Horizon (now Omnissa). The anomaly—where visual elements appear either oversized or...

Hello, Apps I've set to turn on on startup actually reset by themselves. I can't tell what instigates it. If I change the app's settings and restart my computer, the app doesn't reset. But, when my computer is off for the night, the setting is reset to not turn on on startup. If someone could...

When it comes to the Byzantine world of Office security settings, no feature brings sysadmins and IT pros to their knees quite like the saga of ActiveX controls. If you’ve ever had the “pleasure” of untangling why two employees, with identical systems, wind up on opposite ends of the ActiveX...

In recent developments, Microsoft has acknowledged a significant issue where certain Windows devices are being offered Windows 11 upgrades, despite existing Intune policies designed to block such updates. This problem, identified as a "latent code issue," has been affecting Windows desktop...

Microsoft's emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates have jumped into the spotlight, addressing a technical snag that affected Active Directory Group Policy reporting on Windows devices. Though it appears to be a “cosmetic” misreporting issue—since the audit logon events are functioning as...

I have two connected laptops standing side by side. One is running Windows 10, the other Windows XP. I need XP for some applications, and I am unable to convert them to Windows 10. Until recently I shared the disks of both machines using a LAN connection, allowing me to access the Windows 10...

Is there a Microsoft Account associated with my Windows 10 computer and if so how to I change the address to something else? Microsoft has a bad habit of claiming my account is being used by others and blocks me from the account. For example this message keeps appearing: You need to fix your...

Guys, this is ridiculous. I'm 100% positive this is NOT a hardware issue but at this point, it almost seems like getting a new computer entirely would fix this retarded issue. Before I explain my history on this, I'll post my system. Intel Core i5 4690k @3.50Ghz Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB)...

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...

hi intro: few days back i have formatted my hdd and installed win7ultimate i'm only user on this pc. no password. not messing with accounts, rights. what i want to do: make new folder in Program Files folder and download to this folder by program TortoiseSVN other app from github. problem...

Hello, I want to build my Windows 7 a terminal server in order to make it support remote app publishing. Can someone tell me how it can be done. I know a few registry settings are needed and some exes like rdpinit.exe, rdpshell.exe need to be copied from Server 2008. Anything else in...

Hello, I was watching a video on a news website yesterday when I suddenly got a blue screen. After restarting, I checked the Event Viewer and found the following BugCheck error: "The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000003b (0x00000000c0000005, 0xfffff80002cb027e...

Hi, just joined the forum to ask for help with a laptop I'm working on. I've researched the problem in a load of forums but nothing seems to work on it, so I'm hoping someone here knows of a solution I've missed. The laptop is an Acer Aspire 5732Z, the specs are: cpu - T4400 ram - 3.00 GB OS -...

Have a customer who has a XPS system that will no loger read some of his DVD games and all DVD movies. The DVD's in question work before on the system and still works on other computers. After discussing with him if anything change on his system around the time this started he did mention a...

Howdy, all So. Running XP.2 (can't run XP.3; it kills Adobe's CS2 apps, which I need). Had a spare partition. Before putting Ubuntu back on it, I figured I'd install the Win7 Ultimate that'd come (unused) with another computer. (The install was smooth enough. The updates were slower'n snail...

digital photos ordenen vroeger in XP kon je de foto's en afbeeldingen verplaatsen, slepen. bv> foto 3 kon je verslepen naar de eerste plaats. in windows7 kan dit nu niet meer. is er daar een oplossing voor? je kan ze wel hernoemen bv> B.v. IMG001.jpg, IMG002.jpg, enz. Als je dan b.v. foto 12...

Hi guys, I have a problem with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 setup and it's quite frustrating. Before I explain what is happening let me give you my system specifications CPU: Intel Core i7 870 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 rev 2.0 Ram: Excelram 2x2GB Red Culvert 1600 mhz Disk: Seagate Barracuda...

In Windows Explorer in WinXP, if you selected some files, then changed the sort order, the files would remain selected. In Win7, the files are deselected when you change the sort order. Is there a way to ensure the files stay selected when changing the sort order? A registry setting or an option...