task management

When I open Task Scheduler, I get the following error message: an error has occurred for task realupgradelogontasks-1-5-21-2172834406-3963835389-1001. error message:the specified account name is not valid. What does it mean and how do I get rid of the error message?

Is there a personal organiser included in Windows 7, or can someone recomend one for me please, I keep forgetting to do things and need some sort of reminder program. Thanks

Hello and thank you for any help that anyone can give me. anyways, the problem is that when i go to microsoft word or powerpoint or excel, i press the "open" button and nothing happens. absolutely nothing as in no window will pop up that has the c: drive similar to when you run windows...

Back in August I built a new machine using all "Windows 7 approved" hardware. The NIC worked fine up until a 2 weeks ago when the computer began getting a BSOD upon boot. I noticed when booting that it would only Blue screen when booting to an option that included network support (so even Safe...

Most everyone who's had some experience with free open source software has learned about the OpenOffice.org suite of productivity programs: a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, database, and drawing tool that provide a good deal of the functionality of their commercial counterparts. For...

I have the following setup: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit AMD Quad Core 2.2 Ghz 8 GB Ram The issue is that when running more than just a few applications it will get to a point where I am unable to open any new applications. When trying to open non Microsoft programs, nothing happens. When...

The list: Computer Task Database and Spyware Directory.

Did anyone ever find it useful to change a process priority? I never did. When I encode full HD video in Encore, it takes a lot of CPU power and even if I watch an HD movie on KMplayer, it has a little stutter. I tried lowering the Encore process priority and I also tried raising the...

Hello, I created a scheduled Task a while back that was supposed to start up Mozilla Thunderbird at 12pm, however I must have entered it as 12am because Thunderbird starts up every night and 12am without fail. I wish to go to the task and change it to 12pm, however I can never find in the task...

If I change something in WE nothing happens until I hit F5. Or maybe wait 2-3 minutes. I installed a program and clkd to open - nothing happened so I assumed it didn't work in W7 and removed it. A few min after that it opened as many times as I had previously clkd it. The same thing happens when...

Hi, I bought windows 7 pro a few months ago and it is going sooooooooo slow its driving me nuts. I came here a while ago and some helpful members helped me get a few drivers and gave me some advice but nothing has seemed to improve. It isnt just internet explorer. Everything is crawling. If I...

NTWind Software provides small and powerful utilities for Microsoft Windows operating systems. TaskSwitchXP TaskSwitchXP is an advanced task management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves off. It provides the same functionality, and adds visual styles to...

I am really hating Win7 right about now... Here's a regular daily duty for me. I put a camera CF card into a USB reader and put it into the USB slot. I then create folders on a hard drive for each day of photos that was on the CF card, and I drag all the Monday stuff from the CF into a Monday...

When I click the start button theres a list of the most recent programs I've used. where exaclty is this information stored? in the registry? I looked and couldn't find anything.

Hello everyone, Recently i face the following problems, i am one step before re-formating my pc and install Windows XP SP3, maybe someone here can help me out. I have Windows 7 Installed on my Pc (Quad Core with 6GB ram) and recently my pc started to behave strange. From time to time, my pc...

Needless to say XP is a very popular and remarkable operating system. One thing XP has definitely left to be desired is its looks. I think there is nothing wrong if we try to make it look more like 7. So, there are two ways: 1). Automatic by using the 7 Transformation Pack (Link Removed -...

Is there any way to prevent the computer from sleeping if high network or CPU utilization is occurring? In example, if a long download is occurring or if the computer is processing a video? thanks

Well, darn. I did a search of this forum first before addressing my question. Got 11 pages of hits, but I still couldn't find an answer nor the actual question asked LOL. Question. I like the Run command but with Win 7, it isn't part of the Start menu. I would like to "pin" it to Start. I can...

I have Windows 7 Ultimate built from scratch, (although this same issue happened before the rebuild, from an upgrade to Windows 7 Pro from Windows Vista); Windows 7 is build 7600. I have a multiple monitor setup and Outlook runs on the r/h screen. When I use Outlook 2007, I click new mail, and...

I installed win 7 recently, and have used both gadgets and rocketdock. I have set all 3 of my gadgets, and rocketdock to stay on top. However, they don't always stay on top. After a restart, and every-so-often, other stuff takes over (eg firefox). If I click on them, they then stay on top...