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Did you realize, for example, that Microsoft knows how many times its users click on the Start menu? How often they use certain Aero features? How many programs get pinned to the taskbar? Link Removed

Anybody recognize the roblem, is it the same problem over and over, I hope,,,, I ran the windows memory tester and it says the meory is OK. Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 1e BCP1...

I've been here before but last time around I was able to copy all my files across from one partition to Win 7 without difficulty - this time it flatly refuses despite all my efforts. I basically have essential Roboform data files which I backed up manually (just copied from Win 7 to another...

hello I have an application with the user data in a set subfolder. After entering and saving the data file, windows 7 writes it to some sub sub sub ....folder that has nothing to with the one where my files are stored and the original files are not modified. When searching, this files are...

Because I have a few problems (one of which is described in the forum), or you can reinstall Windows 7 without losing any existing data, and simply replacing the current system files? I do not want to lose my music, installed programs and games. I do not want to move it to a pendrive or CD.

I got a friend who apparently downloaded a Virus on his computer, and now his computer wont load past th BIOS /POST (power on system test) screen….. I was thinking… just get a Live Linux/Ubuntu CD, using that and retrieve whatever important he has saved on his HDD… and then re-install WIN_Vista...

For some time now, we've been successfully using Roaming Profiles in a Windows XP environment but i now want to ensure that this will work once we migrate to Windows 7 x64. Using the Microsoft Guide 'Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide', I've been able to successfully redirect the...

Chrome operating system (OS) will be able to run applications from other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows. The procedure is a relatively simple technical solution, though one which has practical limitations. The Chrome operating system, which has been released in a form developers...

A spyware application that surreptitiously scans chat logs and hard drives of unsuspecting Mac users has found its way onto three of the more popular download sites, security researchers said Tuesday. Dubbed OSX/OpinionSpy, the spyware is distributed through software available on sites...

Computer went automatically to sleep, and never came back. Had to shutdown... profile got corrupted and logged as "temporary profile". So I created 2 new accounts, logged to one of them, copied all my old things to the other new account and logged to that account. The problem is that all my...

Hi I need some help with a slight problem. I have just got a new Win7 64bit desktop system which has the OS and some applications installed onto a 40GB Sold State Drive which is the C: drive. Naturally, there is now not a lot of room on it but have a 1TB drive (E:) which so far only has a...

Hi, I tried backing up last night. Took 3 hours but I digress. When it finished it stated it didn\t complete properly. BUT there are two files on my external drive. One named after my computer but says it is empty (treated as a folder). The other file says MediaID.bin 0 kb. When I check...

I am just got a new system from Maingear. Windows7 is installed on an 80G SSD. I have a 2nd 1TB drive that I want all program and user files stored on, but keep the OS on the SSD. Any idea how I do this? Thanks

1. if i put my page file swap file temp folder on its own partition, is it best to use fat32? if i remember right fat 32 is fastest just isnt the best for space usage. 2. does reinstalling windows after time (1-2 years) create better performance? im not sure what it is but windows xp and...

Hi I don't know if this is the right place to post but having looked around seemed best to me. My mothers computer recently failed. She had Vista installed on a striped raid array, unfortunately one of the disks failed, and she never thought to backup any of her data. However on the disk that...

I did a clean install to Windows 7 32-bit on a Lenovo 3000 C200. Everything has been going fine (save some expected slowness). I had Adobe Air installed and running fine, was using it to run TweetDeck. I went to open Tweetdeck today and got an error message on my applications bar. Installer...

Hi guys you see i have a error in windows 7. i have windows 7 64 bit Here are my PC specs 4gb ram intel e2200 2.2ghz dual core Intel G35 IGP 640 HDD and my problem is that i randomly get a blue screen i get this in vista and windows 7. Here is the problem i get Problem signature...

Hi I just installed Windows 7. Now I encountered one problem... Before installing, I made back up of all files and that included My documents. I just drag it to the 'Back up" folder and the copy was made. After the install, I organzied everything that includes moving my documents to the...

On the two systems I've set up with Win7 Pro (x64) thus far, I've noticed that some applications store their settings in a "Roaming" directory and others store their settings in a "Local" directory under my C:\Users\username\AppData\ directory. There's also a "LocalLow" directory containing...

Overview Agood solution for XP users. This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a computer running the 32-bit version of Windows XP so you can copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to a computer running Windows 7. If your computer is running another version of...