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Hi, If I put a .rar folder inside of a .rar folder that is inside of another .rar folder, would I have to extract each .rar folder one by one, or is there a way/tool to be able to extract a .rar file AND the .rar files inside of it quickly? If anyone can help me figure it out, I would...

My computer system is windows8. When I try to download something or just run some programs, a warning would show up and said that I have low disk space. How can I clear my disk space? Also, I wonder a simple disk defragmentation could be enough. Many thanks.

My ISP promises speeds of 10 to100 Mb/s which to me is comparable to my local grocer promising 1 fl oz to 1 quart when I buy a quart carton of milk. I'll find out when I get home and the deal is done. Yeah, right - the grocer would never get away with that, but ISP's do. There is reliable...

My notebook has a Win 8 OEM key in UEFI. After wiping my hard disc I want to install Win 8 retail instead of OEM version. Because this is not possible with stored OEM Win 8 key I want to boot with a Win 7 BootCD and patch the UEFI with a Win 8 retail serial key. For that I need a Program...

hey guys i am literally in confuse i want to dual boot i have two windows dvd one with genuine key and the other one with windows activator. so i want to make a bootable windows 7 dvd but i cant do it in windows 8. although i was able to create the same dvd on my windows 7. i want to create...

hi all! If you're like me, sometimes corrupt files make navigating a folder a huge headache. I'm trying to organize thousands of files, and amalgamate all files onto one hard drive. What I would like, is some app, or method, that tracks down potential problem files, and deletes them or...

Utility tools is important on Windows but I can't find on Windows?

General computer knowledge: Beginner Level of security risk: Low Operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 OS architecture: 64 bit Non-admin account: No Real-time protection: ESET Smart Security 6RC {Maximum Settings} Firewall Mode: Interactive Mode HIPS Mode: Automatic Mode On-demand scanners...

Assume I have opened a couple of windows for some applications on my Win 7 desktop. Can I somehow store the current window positions and sizes (and restore them later (even after a reboot))? As far as I remember there is a tool which ofers this feature but I don't remember the name. Peter

Mark Russinovich joins Andrew Richards and Larry Larsen on this episode of Defrag Tools to talk about the history of Sysinternals, his involvement with the Windows Internals book series and advice on Cybersecurity. Learn about new tools, retired tools and tools that never got completed. Get...

BSOD most likely caused by faulty hardware or drivers, not quite sure which and how to proceed So I've been getting BSODs now and again. It usually happens when I'm playing a game, or sometimes right after. I assume it is a hardware or driver error due to "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". I've...

I have a BUNCH of mp3 files from ripping my CD collection. But many songs were on multiple CDs. Is there something out there that will help me find duplicates? I'm thinking that if I could get a playlist of these duplicates, I'd just play the entire playlist to see if they are the same (there...

According to Trusteer Rapport I have a keylogger on my machine. Scans with Eset, Ad-Aware and Mbam (Safe Mode) have turned up one Trojan (installmon.exe???) When PC was started up Saturday my pictures, music, bookmarks had all disappeared and my Recycle bin had been renamed sh*te bin. We...

Is there any software out there that monitors which processes access which IP addresses and how much data they transfer, and keeps a log of it? For the second time since I got my wireless internet package I have lost about 1200MB of bandwidth to some phantom process that BitDefender and...

Going back to my days on XP, I lost count of the number of times I went to rename a file only for it to disappear because I'd clicked Delete in the Context Menu instead. This set me on a mission to find out how to change the order of the context menu entries, eventually stumbling across the...

DriverBoost Pro, a driver update tool created by MaxPro Software Inc., automatically updates Windows 7 drivers helping users avoid hardware failure, system crashes and other device malfunctions. The finely-tuned algorithms of the award-winning DriverBoost Pro are so effective that it is quickly...

I remember back when Windows 7 first came out and I got to try out the beta running into my first and much more important driver problem - my (rather ancient C-media) soundcard just would not work and I couldn't get drivers for it for Windows 7 at that time. Somewhere along the way I came...

Sysinternals AutoRuns allows you to manage every autorun process and application on your Windows 7 system from a single, user-friendly window. Link Removed

I bought a smallish but low priced 64GB SSD on SATA II. I have already changed over to AHCI successfully and initiated the TRIM command. I have a 640GB HDD. I have brought used space to below 59 GB(actual capacity of SSD). However when using Driveclone I cannot copy because it does not have...

Windows 7 has been a homerun for Microsoft -- becoming the fastest selling operating system of all time. But, there are still many organizations that can't seem to make the switch from Windows XP due to reliance on legacy applications that aren't compatible with Windows 7. Microsoft has a tool...