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Windows 8 has an awfully alot of services that run at startup. Does anyone know which ones should be turned off. Thanks

Guyz, Need a info on WIN8.. pls help me.. "Does Licensed version of win8 allows pirated software to install in our system?" n i heard it automatically deletes contents of a pendrive which has virus wen plugged in? "IS THESE ARE TRUE?????" If so temme the steps to shut dese off n to hve...

I was going to upgrade today, but before it go going it (install program :tickled_pink:) asked me to change the name of the "User" folder or file name. I'm assuming this is because I set up Win 7 so that the "User" folder was located on my "D: drive". I would like to keep my system in this...

Hi all, I am not new to Windows 7 at all, and I know quite a bit but I have never came across the problem that I am faced with. My old computers motherboard failed and quit on me, causing the computer not to boot or even turn on. So I got a new one. My question: What and how is the easiest...

Hi i have a PC with intel DH61WW Motherboard and windows 7 Ultimate installed on i and i have a USB Modem Connected to this PC, whenever the Modem is connected to this PC windows won't shutdown it stucks on shutting down windows and i turn it off by pressing the power button for 10 seconds but...

For those (of us) that want to stay on the old familiar Desktop when using Win-8, having the charms bar pop up when we touch the right corners of the screen, is just not acceptable. Here's a fix that removes that activity. 1. Open Registry Editor (press Win+R, type regedit.exe in Run dialog...

When Folder Redirection is used in combination with the option "Move Content to new location" loss of data may happen if the storage where the redirected Folder are stored does not change. Link Removed

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This is a newer issue for me. I am not sure if there is some setting that may have changed. I can't say for certain how long ago the problem started but I've only noticed it in the past couple of days. I haven't changed any system settings (some updates were installed). I always wondered how to...

Fixes an issue in which some power management features are disabled after you install a version of the NDIS filter driver that is earlier than NDIS 6.20. This issue occurs on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...

Fixes an issue in which the Autologon feature tries to log on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer every two minutes. This issue occurs after your change the password of the user on another computer. More...

The enhancements made to Windows 7 for managing power settings for network adapters greatly reduces the number of spurious wakes, allowing computers to sleep for longer periods of time when idle. Furthermore, you can configure the power management... More...

Resolve issues where you open a file on a Windows based computer, and the file starts a different program. More...

Tutorial on customizing (Navigating) your Win 8 installation: When you open Win 8 for the first time you will be very startled. You will be presented with what is called the Metro Start Menu. This replaces the well know Windows Start Menu. Do not panic! Note: This tutorial is generally for...

Hello, Please help me to solve my BSOD. I have it for a few months. I upgraded from Win XP to 7, changed the antivirus/firewall system to Comodo, updated drivers and did other things. After changing 1 module of RAM 512 MB, some crashes disappeared, only bsod at boot time remained. I deleted...

I changed a new CPU yesterday and reset bios settings. now I notice I cannot wake windows 7 from hibernate by keyboard stroke, must hit power button.how to solve this issue?

My pc takes about 4 excruciating minutes to boot and be ready for use. I have the following progs running at startup and no malware: Yes HKLM:Run NUSB3MON "C:\Program Files (x86)\NEC Electronics\USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver\Application\nusb3mon.exe" Yes HKLM:Run itype...

Hi guys, I had non-system HDD which was F:. After reinstaling the system I want to assign the "F" letter to this drive, but in diskmgmt.msc it offers me all the other letters except that F:, which i used before reinstaling. The HDD works, data are OK, there are no other F: in the system, but...

So I've known for a while that the problems I had with my computer were from Daemon Tools and when I was looking for a replacement I got bluescreens again so I uninstalled everything but I'm still having a problem now and I think it's because of the virtual devices or whatever it's called left...

I believe Prefetch was created for Win XP and Superfetch was an improvement for Vista. In my Win 7 registry I have Prefetcher and Superfetch. Notice the different spellings for each? One is followed by “er” but not the other. Is Prefetcher the same or different than Prefetch...