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    Windows "Photos" is changing my photos!

    Hi. I'm an amateur photographer and all my pictures are taken in RAW so they're quite large. I often have hundreds of pictures to browse through but it's a painfully slow process with Windows Photos. This is due to the fact that it changes them; It only seems to do it when I load RAW images...
  2. Windows 10 Long address it just too long?

    Hi I clicked on a link on my comcast home page about Tankless Water Heaters, but it wouldn't open, I've had that quite a bit lately. Ok I took the Http off the front and now it shows... This seems kind of excessive, like I said it wouldn't open on my computer but it is to someplace at Lowes...
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    Windows 7 Website takes long time downloading

    What causes Scripting? Why does it take forever for a Website page to finish downloading so that you can scroll down the page? One thing I did was replace my HDD 500G with a SSD 240G. Could this be a contributor to this problem? The SSD is great for fast boot up.
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    Windows 7 accessing IE 10 sites

    My wife's Windows 7 home premium on a HP desktop computer with IE 10 is unable to properly access web pages. The computer boots properly and quickly. All installed programs also work properly including Windows Live Mail. However, when launching IE 10, any page will take several minutes to load...
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    Windows 7 Slow loading of some applications in Windows 7

    Hi, I have a laptop (HP Probook 4430s), with Windows 7 as the OS. The problem I face now is lagging in some programs when I use them. For example : a) When I use the putty(already sshed into the server), and then type commands the words get stuck/hang for a while before it continues to...
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    Windows 8 Trouble with getting web pages to load across multiple browsers

    I have an old Dell PC running Windows 7. I just bought a new Samsung PC with Windows 8 loaded. Both have Charter Security Suite loaded. Both access the internet via my WAN connection. I have three browsers loaded: IE, FF, & Chrome. On all three browsers, my old W7 PC loads pages faster. On the...
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    Windows 7 Brand new laptop will not load main twitter page, all other web trafic works normally

    Last week I bought a new Toshiba Protege R835 laptop, with Windows 7, 64 bit. I installed Firefox and started to set up my preferences, install software, etc. I quickly discovered, however, that when I tried to load Twitter the site would time out each time. I would get the standard "Problem...
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    Windows 7 Custom themes stopped working

    i, All my custom themes just stopped working! I had a problem with very slow loading of video thumbnails, so I found this solution: * open windows start menu * type cmd and wait for cmd.exe to appear listed under the title Programs: * right click on cmd.exe and choose "Run as...
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    Windows 7 Image thumbnail cache not working

    I have read the 20 or so issues from all over the internet about Windows 7 image thumbnail cache problems, this is different from all of them. Whenever I open the pictures, videos, or any other folder, Windows takes a while to load all of the thumbnails each time. I have only 650 pictures in...
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    Windows 7 Why is this happening with Win Explorer?

    When using WE, if I click on a folder in the left pane, it takes a lllooonnnnggg time for the right pane to populate. Sometimes I can speed it up by clicking another folder then back. The progress bar on top moves slowly left to right like it is indexing the files or searching or something. Is...
  11. Windows 7 Slow loading Desktp/Icons/Start Menu Icons

    Hi. I've just finished doing a repair install for my windows 7. Since then, I encounter these issues: Slow loading Desktp/Icons/Start Menu Icons Can anyone help me fix it? Thanks in advance Gil.
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    Windows 7 Quick launch slow to populate

    Hi, I recently purchased a new Dell Studio desktop with an Intel Q8300 and 6GB RAM. I missed the quick launch from WinXP so I enabled it but have a very annoying issue; it takes 8 seconds for the programs to populate the quick launch bar. Any ideas how I can speed this up? Also, on a...
  13. Windows 7 12 hours in - IE8 not working correctly

    Purchased Win 7 to install on my laptop and then the motherboard went Kablooey (had been on the decline anyway), so I went out and purchased a new HP G6--535DX Notebook with Win 7 Premium 64 bit already installed. I got the computer home, booted her up, everything worked just fine. Internet...
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    Windows 7 Slow building of menu >> all programs

    Hi, I am currently running windows 7 version 6.1 (build 7600). when I click on the windows logo and then ALL PROGRAMS ... it lasts forever to build the menu with all the icons. When the menu is done loading and I click on let's say system accesoires then I need to wait again for the submenu to...
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    Windows 7 How do I roll back fancy stuff I don't want?

    Hi I am running Windows 7 on an average machine, and it runs great. The only time it gets slow is when it's loading the login screen. Is there a more basic login screen like XP had where you type the username in instead?
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    Windows 7 Optical drive problem

    Hey, I have installed 32bit Windows7 RC built 7100, and i have problems with my Samsung DVD R/RW Drive model TS-H552u. So the drive works but extremely slow, when i load let say COD4 DVD it takes 10-15 min before i can see it in My Computer. And after that installation of COD4 took about 2.5 h...
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    Windows 7 "All Programs" List from Start Menu Loads Slow First Time

    After I restart, or turn off-turn on my pc and go start -> all programs, win7 seems to hang for 7-10 seconds sometimes, then the list appears. After that first "load" of the programs list, it opens normally. I have indexed the start menu, as well as the rest of my drive. Any ideas about what...
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    Windows Vista Expert help needed with big internet problem on vista.

    I am having problems regarding access to various internet sites and my browser is really slow loading. Most sites are fine , such as you tube, however google will not search and facebook just simply loads forever ! My firewall,security etc are all set as they should be and modem/connection...
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    Windows Vista slow loading

    Not sure which optional update I installed is problematic. My notebook now takes longer to load files 1- Which update caused the problem 2- Can the the be solved by uninstalling the problematic update Thanks, will