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    Windows 7 Is there blacklist on every router?

    I want to buy a router which let me move devices to blacklist or release them easily? Someone said this software which is My WIFI Router can manage the connected device. Any idea?
  2. R

    Windows 8 Need to allow one single user control at logon

    In the attached screenshot you can see what pops up every time this new user logs in to our local network domain. The server name is "goodbuddy" on "TRUCKERSREPORT" domain and it seems to be running some kind of setup right at login every time. I don't want to allow this user admin rights for...
  3. News

    Kinect Cursor WPF Control

    Today Friend of the Gallery is back, today with a cool control you can use in your next Kinect for Windows WPF app. Other recent Gallery Posts for Vangos Pterneas; Understanding the Kinect Coordinate Mapping, with a little help from Vangos Pterneas Looking at the Kinect for Windows v2 Color...
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    Windows 8 Applications and Privacy in the age of Surveillance

    Here I am with a new Windows 8.1 'puter perusing the Windows Store for interesting apps to download. I can't help but to notice that each of them includes a warning which implies your computer might be scanned for private data ("this app has permission to use some features of your computer...
  5. IHateWindowsEight

    Windows 8 Windows Update: HUGE SECURITY THREAT

    That's right: It keeps setting all these Microsoft programs to the "allowed" list. I don't use them, I don't need them, and I have half a mind to destroy their respective directories, because windows seems to want to hang on to them for some ungodly reason. Every time I update windows, a...
  6. IHateWindowsEight

    Windows 8 Fk Windows "Automatic Maintenance"

    Let me introduce myself: I'm a programmer, and computer tech. I am anal about everything that goes on, on my computer. I don't like when it does things without my consent, much less without the curtesy of an alert. I spent 3 month beating windows into submission, and now that I've "upgraded"...
  7. X

    Windows 8 [Free App] Kickstarter Browser

    Hello. I'd like to share my latest app with you. It's called Kickstarter browser and is design to help you find kickstarter projects which you find interesting. It has more advanced search options than kickstarter's regular website. The App gives the user a great overview of projects and with...
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    Windows 8 Have admin access to everything

    I am the only user on my computer and I am registered as a Microsoft user, yet I still have to grant admin access to run certain programs and edit certain files. How can I grant myself access to everything?
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    Windows 7 Take Ownership, Permisions,Remove Folder/ File Locks, On All in non system Drive

    I have a 2 TB storage drive that I need to remove all locks on all the folders and files. I have been dealing with this nightmare that I have lost and have had to redo weeks worth of work. I have read and tried so many tutorials, take ownership etc. Nothing penetrates the second layer or folders...
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    Windows 7 user control panel

    How can I change the forum supplied password to another? I cnt find the user control panel!
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    Windows 7 How to set back the administrative access for my log on account

    Hi, I have disabled my Windows 7 log on prompt option, in order to run my "Auto Power on" application to log on automatically and schedule to start my torrent application. I have achieved disabling the Win 7 from asking from log on user name and password by Go to Start and type netplwiz in the...
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    Windows 7 Take Ownership

    There is some little software around to take ownership of files and folders in Windows 7. When I was installing Windows 7 Ultimate, I took ownership of all I could find. Then a few things no more worked and I had to reinstall... Luckily, I had almost only the basic installation done. I and...
  13. S

    Windows 7 Here's an awesome story

    Working on school project all night when windows update pops up. I postpone for four hours. Four hours later I postpone again for four hours. Go to sleep for six hours. Start working on project without ever turning off computer. Work for 3 hours. Windows update shuts down computer without...
  14. News

    Windows 8 Windows 8 lets users decide which IE opens links

    The dual between Metro and desktop editions of IE10 can be tamed, says Microsoft Link Removed
  15. jeff00seattle

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Pro: Parent adminstration control and rebellious pre-teen

    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...
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    Windows 7 Cannot delete files from old hard drive with Windows installation.

    I'm new to the forum. Saw all the great help that has been offered to people (though I haven't found a solution to my problem yet, as it seems to be VERY specific). While looking for solutions I seemed to come very close to finding someone with my exact problem, but not quite. Here goes: I...
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    Windows 7 Windows Login problem

    I currently have only 1 user on my system which is myself & it does not have a password, until recently it booted to desktop without any problems & then out of the blue, which i think after a bunch of windows updates im now presented with the user select screen which i have to click to load into...
  18. News

    Windows 7 Abolade Gbadegesin: Inside Windows Phone "Mango"

    There have been a lot of positive reviews of the upcoming Windows Phone 7 OS release, code named "Mango." This release is a big one. It contains over 500 new features, is full of improvements - from the core OS to the performance of UI scrolling - and "Mango" puts the user in control of almost...
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    Windows 7 How to automatically install ONLY the updates for Definition Update For Microsoft Security Essential

    I have Windows 7 Ultimate and I have my Windows Update settings set to "Download updates but let me choose whether to install them." The reason I use this setting is because even though I usually install the updates (because mostly they improve things), sometimes I'll see an update that I know...
  20. cybercore

    Internet Explorer 9 Doubles Web Privacy Control

    Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) supports two separate technologies for restricting access to information related to a user's online activity. One of the privacy features was recently prompted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Both technologies involve the way...
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