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If you’ve recently made the switch to a spiffy Windows on ARM device and found yourself staring at a blank print queue while your printer remains as mute as a mime on vacation, you’re definitely not alone. Microsoft has officially acknowledged that many users are having a whale of a time—or...

Upgrading to Windows 11 offers a host of new features and improvements, but like any major system update, it can sometimes encounter issues. One such problem users may face is the error code 0x80042444 – 0x4002F during the installation process. This error typically stems from a dynamic disk...

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It's a familiar refrain echoing through the halls of Windows Forum: yet another day, another bug in the latest Windows 11 update. The recent 24H2 rollout has triggered a series of frustrating issues, including crashes culminating in the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), particularly impacting...

As Windows 11 24H2 takes its place on digital devices across the world, it appears that not everything is peachy in the land of operating systems. A storm has brewed around NVIDIA's Digital Vibrance, where countless users have reported that this colorful feature has a nasty habit of resetting...

As technology continues to evolve, many users find themselves in a position where they need to utilize more than one operating system on their devices. For Mac users who need to run Windows applications due to work or personal projects, the task can often seem daunting. However, with...

Working at an office probably wasn’t something you expected to miss in 2020. I know I didn’t. But if you’re reading this from home due to the global health crisis, it’s understandable that you might miss impromptu hallway conversations over the news ticker running through your head while working...

At first I connect a SmartPhone through USB cable to my WinDesktop computer and open a directory on this SmartPhone in my local Windows Explorer. The default view is (presumably) "Media View". Right side of WinExplorer shows columns like Artist, Track number, Type" although I am browsing a pure...

In our company, we have some huge very valuable database. Some hours ago, we've started to transfer it from one machine to another. Now we've almost done. But one of the databases on new machine has started to show up a message The header for the file WorkingD.mdf' is not a valid database file...

Hi guys I've a Win 7 PC and am looking to help out an elderly friend who has a Win 10 PC using remote software - while she only lives 2 mins away, I'm finding myself often having to go out for the sake of a 2-min fix - she struggles to explain the problem to me when she runs into error msgs and...

OneNote makes your paper notebooks, index cards, and sticky notes obsolete, taming the “paper jungle” and raising your note taking to a whole new level. Microsoft OneNote 2016 makes taking notes a paperless activity, helping you become more organized, more productive, and more persuasive with...

I have a legal version of windows 7 but I don't get it installed from scratch until the last updates on a HP Presario V6000. When an update of windows update is installed, the remainder of the updates fails due to the fact that windows update hangs. I tried several solutions from the internet...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

I have Malwarebytes and Windows Defender as my protectors. I am trying to remove Trovi.com. I keep getting this annoying website with more tabs. I have tried to eliminate it several times, without luck. Every time I think it's gone, it comes back. When I Google info on uninstalling it I get...

Hello everyone, First if I am posting this in the wrong section feel free to move it. My win 7 ultimate after a fresh clean install would start up in 1 min 15 sec. After a few months the start up time increased to 3 mins.30sec! After trying all the obvious solutions, Malware check, spyware...

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Hi I am a dad who wants to give his rebellious pre-teen daughter some control on her laptop, like update iTunes or install games, but she cannot do such as a Standard User. I initially setup her laptop with both of us (dad and daughter) as admin users. I wanted to be an admin user to help...

[SOLVED] Apple wired keyboard with USB Hub on Windows 7 issue. 1st- the Apple keyboard (model # MB110LL/A) isn't listed as compatible with Windows 7. But I like it very much & had an extra one & decided to make use if it on my Windows 7 PC. The only issue I have using it on my PC is that the...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. Starting this week we have an email address setup that you can also contact us with, it is [email protected]. We will still be checking comments...

I have two problems with Offline Files in Windows 7 that maybe you can shed some light on. I have narrowed these problems down specifically to Offline Files in Windows 7 and have manufactured some workaround solutions, but they are not great. This is a really long forum post, I apologize...