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    Windows 10 Very strange behavior

    Usually my system (windows 10 desktop) is extremely reliable and fast. Every once in a while I mis-type something (probably involving a special key such as control or alt) And things go crazy. Certain keys stop working (e.g. backspace). after a little frustration and banging of keys a voice...
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    Windows 7 Words Being Automatically Deleted

    Greetings! I've got an issue I'm baffled by - I can type words fine, but when I use the cursor to go back to previous words I've already typed, the words I've just typed in front of it are being deleted one-by-one automatically, all the way back to where the cursor is. I've turned off Overtype...
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    Windows 10 Hdd rescan every time my computer

    Why does my win 10 system rescan my hdds every time i hit my computer or go back one level when in explorer?
  4. northangrywolf

    Windows 10 How to close the auto-update?

    I didnt close it and yusterday it reminded me that it would restart at 20:00, and I was busy and was editing something . So I searched the solution and closed the updata. But at 20:00 it still RESTART and UPDATE!! After that I checked the setting again, it did close! What happened ? ?
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    Windows 10 Help, my persissions seem to change

    Hey everyone, I am at my wits end. I have a Win 10 64 pro machine that if I run the machine for a while, and then go to install a program and try to delete the folder in Program Files so I can get a fresh install, the OS tells me that I don't have permission. However, if I reboot the machine...
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    Windows 8 Thumbnails

    Have thumbnails on all video and photos except vob files. Always had thumbnails on vob files in windows 7? Is this normal for windows 10?
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    Windows 7 Windows restarts ok but will not boot after shut down until cold

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, computer works fine if booted up when cold. It will also restart (soft boot) without a problem but if I shut it down, it will not boot until I leave it off for a long time - overnight always works. I have replaced the power supply with a brand new one and replaced...
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    Windows 7 "Open with" program NOT remembered although checkbox ticked?

    When I double click in WinExplorer on an *.mp4 video file a popup appears asking me if I want to play the video with a certain program (here with well known VLC video player). As you can see in the attached snapshot I checked the checkbox to ALWAYS use VLC for opening the video. BUT: When I...
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    Windows 10 Windows sort order messed up??

    in File Explorer in a separate folder: create 22 folders and 23 txt files name each txt file with a single valid non-alphanumeric ascii character !#$%&(),.'-;@[]^_`{}~+= name each folder with a single valid non-alphanumeric ascii character '-!#$%&(),;@[]^_`{}~+= . is not valid for folders I...
  10. inoknowme

    Windows 10 File Explorer constantly refreshing

    When I have file explorer open it refreshes every five seconds or so. If I'm scrolling through pictures, it's constantly jumping back to the top of the file....it's infuriating!!! I can't even rename files or create file names unless I am lightning quick. I am at a loss as to what to do...and...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 having trouble with downloading

    I noticed this a few weeks ago. When I start Photoshop, the computer loads for a few moments but the program itself would not load. I decided to uninstall then reinstall Photoshop. When I tried to install it again, everything seemed to work fine until the computer asks me if I would like to let...
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    Windows 7 Windows magic - I have no idea what else call this

    I am logged in as Bill (an admin user). I tried to create a new txt doc in an install folder far down under Program Files (x86). My only rt clk option is new folder. I opened another txt file in that folder with Ultraedit (my default editor) and saved it as NOTES.txt in that folder. Now I can...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 Login Requests Password for Wrong User Account

    Over the week-end something strange happened to one of our Windows 7 systems. It worked fine on Friday, was shut down for the week-end. When turned on this morning everything appeared normal. There are six user accounts set up on the system. No matter which one you choose to log in to, it...
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    Windows XP xp always want to login as guest - help!

    Hi, I am really perplexed by this problem i am having with my XP system. After a reboot the system always presents a Guest logon dialog box even after I login as another user. I got really pissed and disabled guest account. Now I get this stupid behavior shown in the attached pic. The system...
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    Windows 7 folder will not show me content

    Recent my Window7 Prosesional 64 bit has lately behaving strange After some hours when I have used several programs, and try to open an folder( like computers) they are empty !!!! no content !!! If I lock off and then lock in again everything is OK. I am running 24/7, using Link Removed ...
  16. Gaby Martin

    Windows 7 Defender. Where's it At?

    Hey. I have been having significant issues with Windows. With the assistance from a couple of individuals very involved in the Forum and extremely knowledgeable, slowly some things are coming together. I just uninsalled Norton and was provided with a link to acquire MSE. So, now I have MSE...
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    Windows 7 Win7 SP1 not returning to sleep after scheduled tasks

    Within the past month or so I've noticed that my Win7 SP1 desktop has stopped returning to sleep after the task scheduler runs any one of the 3 scheduled tasks for which "wake the computer..." is set as a condition. I put the system to sleep each night with "defrag", "restore" and "backup" set...
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    A Windows 7-based mobile PC does not wake from sleep for scheduled tasks

    Describes an issue in which the Task Scheduler does not wake a mobile PC to run scheduled tasks in Windows 7. This behavior is by design. More...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Behaving as if Alt Key is Stuck

    I have a Lenovo G570, running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I first discovered this problem a few weeks ago whilst playing Heroes Of Newerth, it was behaving like ALT was being held down, I couldn't type and it was unplayable, it happened many times and it seemed to only happen during or...
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    Pressing space bar does not pause resume from hibernate on Windows 7

    Consider the following the scenario: You have a Windows 7 UEFI machine, when you press the space bar during boot, the system does not pause resume from hibernate. What happens instead is that resume continues and the system will boot to Windows 7. Note... Link Removed
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