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Does Balanced in the power settings mean that the system automatically uses power saving when operating on battery and maximum performance on external power? Or does Balanced mean moderate power consumption, no matter whether plugged or not?

i want to download something but its marked as a virus by chrome and windows defender so when i went to trun it off nothing happens when i click it and it just load i will include a video if i can also i have tried starting it though the program files method but it wont work youtube link for video

Everything was wider and bigger on the screen. I thought the resolution somehow changed but I changed that back to what I thought was the original 1366 x 738 and everything is not wide any more but everything is still large. The setting for "Change the size of text, apps..." is at 100% but...

Hello, I would know if it is possible decide if a service can start automatically as the last. Thanks Federico

I'll keep this brief because Windows has wasted a fair portion of my life for various reasons. Is there no utility that cuts through the stupidity of not being able to TURN OFF "Read-only" folders and files contained within MY file system FORCING them to STAY write-able? I ask about a utility...

I need to simulate an application using 8.3 format, as shown in the attached image How do I enable it? (The print is from another Windows 7) I did not find it

My pc: 8700K stock 2x8GB DDR4 GSKILL 3000mhz ( XMP Corsair 750 i Asus Z370 Pro Gaming. I have 2 disks. SSD Crucial 525 GB MX 300 and Toshiba 500GB. I have an question about system Windows 10. I installed from Pendrive USB Windows 10 from here: Link Removed On a fresh formatted ssd i...

Honestly whoever came up with this idea needs to go rethink life choices. These automatic updates are infuriating for people who can't get decent internet in their area. I've tried all I can to turn these bastards off, but it just refuses to stop. I'm on the verge of pulling my hair out if I see...

Whenever I boot up or restart my PC, it'll always start on the next screen (which is bank) instead of the screen with all my icons and links. How do I make this screen the default?

Hi All, Good Day. I have 2 users using Dell 7270 laptop 64 bit Windows 7 keep getting your "computer is on low memory error", and sometime the laptop will just have no display and turn off. They are 8GB in RAM on windows 7 and 10, less then few month of using, got once I have checked the Task...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17017 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Going forward, we plan to release new builds for RS4 from the RS_PRERELEASE branch to Insiders in the Fast ring and those...

Until recently I had in my notebook a battery. I removed it due to defects and don't want to buy a new one. Unfortunately the boot process slows down dramatically. It now takes approx. 5-10 minutes until Windows 7 shows the Login screen. I guess its because the hardware related detection parts...

Hi, i have dual booted my laptop with Windows 10 and linux. After that, my Windows time is always off and i am unable to sync with time.windows in the internet time settings. It shows period timeout at first but now it shows that the peer is unreachable. Can anyone help me?

I have read lots of comments about the upcoming Windows 10S and I would like to be certain that it does not install on my system. I currently have Win home Ver. 1607 running on a Hp machine that was originally purchased with Win 8. I have been trying to find the path to turn off auto-updates and...

Trying to open an exe file from Samsung I get the User Account message that the qpp has been blocked by an administrator for security reasons. I have administrator privilegies and the same happens if I run the exe file explicitly as administrator. samsung has recalled the certificate för the...

Is there an application to remove settings (Or stop it from opening) and give all the settings back to Control Panel? Because I always used Control Panel back when I used Windows 7. Now I'm on Windows 10 and trying to make it look like Windows 7 but this 1 problem is kinda stopping me. Also...

Hi, I was maxing out my CPU with prime95 for 30min and the temps was good around 60c Then I did close prime95 and I did open it again to run it and it did only manage to push the CPU to 80% according to task manager and as my fans did not start to run at full speed I guess it was correct that it...

Toshiba laptop, Widows 10 home anniversary. When I first turn on my computer, I need to log into that screen. Then, there's a 2nd screen that I need to log on to. My old laptop, running XP, needed only to log on to the first screen. Is there something I can do to eliminate one of these screens...

I've done my research, with absolutely no results. I've gone page to page, searching for answers, and I've come across nothing. Every solution is already applied to me, but the problem still persists. I seem to have lost association to all .iso's. Every one I have (20+) and any that I download...

Hey, couple of quick questions here. So, I have my Windows installed on C drive, as well as a few other things, and I don't install other things there because it is quite full, only half a gig space left. I was recently using WMM and it gave me messages that C drive was almost out of space, and...