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The Windows Club has quite a collection of freeware utilities: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/list-freeware-releases-from-the-windows-club This one, in particular, might be a good general purpose tool for solving a variety of problems...

Okay so here is the scoop inb my latest computing adventure: I have a friend from work who needed me to get his internet working, okay fine i got it working easy enough, just using standard windows 7 stuff no issues. However his main family computer is another story. My friends father got a...

Don't trust TrueCrypt anymore. Take a look at a few of the options available to you. Link Removed

Asus G75VW laptop. Windows 7 fully updated. Avast, Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware, and Spybot SD show 0 infections/PUPs/etc. I disable the webcam on the laptop in the device manager and when I reboot it is re-enabled. I did my best to use the tools in Spybot to look through the registry and...

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I have tried reinstall in context, but I have problems with windows installer after it. Can I try again ? I would like not clean reinstall. How can I recover my system ? Best Regards P.D. What's the best tool for recover ?

I need (widthXheight) 5x8 or 10x16 BITMAP fonts can i get them ready made if not is there way to automatically generate them from existing fonts? I have tried few software to manually create the fonts but thats a tedious and long process for the whole ASCII set. thanks

What features have you found in Excel that would be useful to the management team? how would you use them?

Came across this link at Microsoft that people may find useful in troubleshooting crashes in Outlook 2007: Link Removed The link also includes several automated tools to diagnose product instability and configuration issues. The Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) actually deals with...

when i open fire fox it opens to my home page,when i click a new tab it opens to AVG secure search page. i have tryd to remove it using uninstall programs,but it's not listed ,also not in f.f.addons,i am running avast, not AVG.i ran awd cleaner didn't find any thing.maybe malware or adware...

Though it may seem rather off-topic for this board...and maybe it is, I have a question that still pertains to computing. I want to mount my IBM ThinkCentre on the bottom of my work table, and that will require using some kind of straps to hold it there. The first thing that came to mind was...

Identify Your System Resources: I review the basics of System Information, AIDA, Reliability Monitor, Resource Manager, and Event Logs. I identify the various tools which can be used to identify system properties, information, and hardware errors. These tools are valuable for sharing information...

There's also an open source tool for scanning sites for compatibility issues.         Link Removed

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I find there are lots of driver updater tools available now, but how to select the best one? Yesterday, IObit Driver Booster was released, it said the easiest, one click "update" all outdated drivers. It's free version, but I don't know whether this free software are better. thanks for your advice.

Application Builder for Windows Embedded Compact 2013 provides the tools you need to develop apps that target Windows Embedded Compact 2013. Source: Link Removed

Hi I was going to add this to a post from someone who didn't have any COA sticker on their computer telling them what their Windows 8 registration number was, but I thought that other people might be interested too. I know that most of the people here are familiar with Belarc Advisor but this...

Does anyone know of any gadget or widget's for Ebay? Getting fed up of having to open browser to check my bids/offers when I work mostly on my desktop so having a sidebar i can clearly see my info & instant notifications of being out bid & so forth would be great. Only found one designed for...

Normally Recent Docs list is showing. Suddenly nothing. I went to Tools, It was still set to show 10 docs but I reset it. OK. Turned off computer. Then computer on, opened a few docs to test. Computer on and off again. Nothing. Office Word 2007 Any ideas how to fix this? Its a real nuisance.

Hi, I've been trying to fix a windows 7 laptop for a couple of days now but nothing I do seems to make a difference. It's taking an average of 80 seconds to boot up (acording to event viewer). So far I've removed 2 toolbars, unticked most of the startup items in msconfig, disabled search...