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Haali Media Splitter runs at boot and you can't turn it off. I didn’t install it, and I haven’t found a way to delete it. It isn’t listed in Programs and Features. I have tried to delete it with 2 startup managers (Advanced System Care 6 and CCleaner). There is no way to close the program...

In Windows 7 there was a function that would allow me to "fill in" order forms with name, address, phone, Credit number and such. Is there a way to do this with Windows 8?

Hey guys, I would like to ask, which is better virtual cd or magic iso. I have tried both of them but I have not noticed any difference, currently im using magic iso, but I kind of miss the VCD interface as well as some of the features. Could someone please include the differences between...

Even been annoyed when you reinstall your OS or older games and realise you've lost game saves as they were stored in hidden folders or needed to be linked to Steam/GFWL etc? well this nifty tool does all the hard work for you, it backs up and restores on demand all game saves it finds to zipped...

I havent figured out why this happens since I reinstalled Windows 7. This only happens when I am going through the control panel. Here is what happens: If I have to uninstall a program, I will go to programs and features and click programs and features and explorer will just freeze then if I...

Filename: 6.2.7989.0.amd64fre.winmain.110421-1825.iso Filesize: 3.54 GB (3,811,213,312 bytes) MD5 Checksum: 5cb7a32fb7a83972081792ec27ba8ccc SHA-1: 5C7828407F6C8CD8EE655E821AEA85F3544BCB84 CRC32: 17B61527 Build: 6.2.7989.0.amd64fre.winmain.110421-1825 Verified: Authentic In this video...

There is more to Microsoft Windows 8 than just a new touch interface. Debra Littlejohn Shinder digs deeper into the inner workings of the new operating system. Link Removed

Running Win7 Pro 64-bit In trying to install SP!, I find that KB2482017 .mum and .cat are corrupted. KB2482017 is a "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer." I've tried to use the "Programs and Features" to remove it, that fails. I've found a "FixIt" associated with the issue and...

'Immersive browsing' and a Microsoft PDF reader called 'Modern Reader' are two key features of Windows 8, according to two Windows experts. Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott are posting about the secrets of Windows 8 on the Within Windows blog. Link Removed

Dell Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E7500 Computer Inspirion 545s 00 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 6GB Memory 750GB Hard Drive Today, my computer showed .NET Framework version 4.0 in Windows Updates. I tried to get it and it would not do. It gave me error 0x80040705. I tried to get help at...

Hello, We recently upgraded our home computer, a Dell Latitude E6500, from Windows XP to Windows 7. Everything is working fine except for the installation of our printer, an HP Officejet 6310. I downloaded the full feature software and drivers and successfully installed them, even printed a...

In Disk Management it show my hard drive disk 0 as No Name (OEM Partition), Recovery, and OS (C:), so my question is how do I format my hard drive, so that I do not have the recovery partion since I have the recovery disk, so I can get more disk space and reinstall windows? The reason I want to...

Hello, first post here. Done my clean install of Win 7 Professional from Win XP Pro and some things working extremely well. Problem is revealed in Control Panel/Programs and Features. 11 MS items and 6 others software – only. There are a lot more to come, and how do I get them into...

This has been a very busy week for dotTech's free talking about free Movie Editor Pro 15 Silver, and many other software. So, lets continue the trend and talk about another awesome freebie: TuneUp Utilities 2009! Seeing as we have already discussed how to get TuneUp Utilities 2007and TuneUp...

Hello, I have been using Windows 7 for the past few months, and I am very happy with it. I have worked in the IT/MIS field and for years all you would get out of me when it came to windows would be gripes about this or that.. Many of my overall problems with Windows as an OS (Security Issues...

I'm running the evaluation copy of Windows 7 Ultimate version 7000. I've received, as have some of you folks, an invitation to prepurchase the new Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate OS as an upgrade that will be available in October. My question is this; Will the new systems...

I have just installed W7 RC and have encountered the following problem with (or feature of) Windows Live Mail. Sorry for the long post that I need to explain this. My production setup is XP using Outlook Express as an IMAP client. With OE, I can drag email .EML files to Explorer folders...

Note to Microsoft Developers Why on Earth do you have to make such a dogs dinner of essentially a decent application. I'm talking about the Windows Media Center. Most TV tuner cards sold these days have a Composite Video input as well as Antenna / cable input. However when you set up the...

Hi guys One of the things I really MISS from XP is the lack of a Virtual Desktop manager -- if you have a load of applications running concurrently (on a 4/8/16GB system no reason not to have a load of concurrent applications) it's very difficult to keep track of them and the normal desktop...

I have build 6801 installed now and if I am missing it, Windows Photo gallery is not the same. I liked that in Vista you could edit the photos in Photo Gallery. I do not see that option in Windows 7. am I missing anything and/or is it in build 7000? Thanks.