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Hello everyone, Surfing through the site I had noticed there is no sub-forum for XP for Tips/Tweaks/Guides/Customizations, etc: I know there is a lot of people, including myself, that still use XP often enough to make occasional changes. I have quite a few tips and customization tips to...

I am happy to announce that the GFX Team now has a Advisor (alfred01) who has a good knowledge of what looks good and what does not, I value alfredo1's judgement and have asked him (what do you think) many times knowing I will receive a honest answer and sound suggestions. Ciara

A friendly shout out to all members, visitors and staff! It's been some time since I've brought you an update, I've been "out and about" with personal issues for months on end. I'm pleased to announce the following changes made to the site this month: [*=1]A new WYSIWYG editor has been...

Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at: Link Removed - Xbox LIVE Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Please leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks! Link...

Hi, I have a USB modem for wireless internet. It is listed in "Computer" and in "Devices and printers", but not showing on the Safely Remove Hardware list. It was showing in Vista. I have a 7 Ultimate x86 newly installed with not too many programs (some AV, etc.). Someone in another forum...

When I try to upload something to a site that I frequently send uploads to without a problem I get the message:"Error Number 10053 - Connection is aborted due to timeout or other failure. Probably temporary fault and should try again later. " I've tried many times since yesterday morning...

Greetings, I'd like to ask you for a help. Recently, I decided to customize my desktop look, but ran into a problem, kind of. I'll try to describe it below. My goal was to replace some of the icons, which couldn't be displayed as 'Large Icons'. well, they displayed, but the image was...

I can no longer enable my alps pointing device (touch pad) on my Satellite laptop. The Fn butting does not adjust my screen brightness, or reactivate my mousepad. it does however work for the calc etc. Any suggestions? thanks ahead of time, Dani

Do you want to be able to sketch or draw better? ShadowDraw is an interactive assistant for freehand drawing. It automatically recognizes want you’re trying to draw and suggests new pen strokes for you to trace. As you draw new strokes, ShadowDraw refines its models in real time and provides new...

Any time I boot Windows 7 Professional on my laptop it does not start the first time. I get only a blinking cursor on black screen. I need to switch it off and re-boot it then it starts perfectly. It does that all the times. :frown: Any suggestion? Thank you

Hey, so there has been this weird shadow bar on the bottom right hand side of my screen. It will always be on top of windows and cannot be clicked on. It also displaces desktop icons. I have no idea what it is or how to get rid of it! I have taken a screen shot of it on a white background so you...

I didn't post in the XP section because it's pretty dead. A guy on WD forum is having a problem with his XP being deactivated when he plugs in his external HD. He's been getting the run around looking for help. Anybody got any suggestions? I sent him the thing about the wpa file to see if that...

Hi all I am new to this but I have spent the past day trying to find a reliable headset to use with speech recognition and before I plunge on an expensive set .... has anyone here got any suggestions on what to choose? I would prefer to have suggestions from people who use speech recognition...

Hi guys, I've made a small application that arranges your desktop icons into different shapes like hearts, stars, circles, different polygons and so on(about 27 shapes) for those who have more than 15 icons on desktop. Together with a beautiful wallpaper and a good theme, your desktop will...

Hot Apps will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this episode Laura takes a look at: Gaming Photo Animation News Productivity Fun! Please leave suggestions for hot apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks! Link Removed Link Removed

This isn't really a big problem, but I just wanted to ask... Every time I boot up my computer or wake it from sleep mode, my DVD drive makes a clunking sound as if it's checking for a disc. I was wondering whether it's possible to make it so that it won't make the clunking sound. Does it have...

Hello people,I have a new problem with my icons on desktop.This morning when i opening my lappy i see all program on my desktop are displaying some error.It seems like a corrupt icons but the program works normally.See the screenshot i have uploaded below.Any help,advice or suggestions would be...

This is a new show that will feature 5 of the hottest apps each week for the Windows Phone 7. In this first episode Laura takes a look at: Photos Productivity Movies Music FREE FUN! Please leave suggestions for cool apps that should be featured in the comments section, thanks! Link...

How many here in this group have installed the Windows 7 RC SP1 package? :| Have you had any issues with it? :eek: Did you have any trouble uninstalling it later? :-?? I'm very curious to view others experiences with the RC of 7 SP1. :confused: Thanks, Nibiru2012

We've been cooking a few great features lately, amongst them is a convenient feature that allows users to tag others in a thread. This could be useful when you want to point something out to another user, such as new a game, a troubleshooting process or just for Ease of Access. When you're...