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    Windows 10 recovery partition full after windows 10 upgrade

    Hello,, My uncle asked me to help him with his HP Pavilion laptop that was upgraded to Windows 10 (presuming he had Windows 7 before but don't really know). Although Windows 10 is working just fine and he has 80 -90% of his hard drive space still free, he is now getting disk space full...
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    Windows 10 Indicator looking thing - Can't get rid of

    On the top right of my first monitor, there is a strange rectangle that takes over my screen, it acts non-existent. I cannot click on it or anything of that nature. I've tried everything, simply rebooting my computer, changing monitor settings, even resetting monitor settings, I've even tried...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Mobile Start Screen

    I have created a group of apps on my start screen. I want to give it a name. How do I give it a name that I choose? I have a Lumia 1520 with production build of W 10 M.
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  5. How to Share Your Location on Skype

    In a bid to boost Skype's utility as a social communications platform, Microsoft's added the ability to share your location with other people. read more Continue reading...
  6. Windows 10 How to Add or Remove Duplicate Drives in Navigation Pane

    Hi here's a link if your drives are showing up twice in File Explorer. Not a big deal, but it does aggravate me. If I have posted this before, please delete this thread.;):( This link is provided by Shawn Brink! Drives in Navigation Pane - Add or Remove in Windows 10
  7. Windows 10 Troubleshooting program crashes

    *Updated Link to Update 3 of the Debug tool* - 10/29/2020 This is a guide to on how to capture information that will allow us to better help you solve your "Application Crash" problems. In order to get the needed information for analysis you will need to download the Debug Diagnostic...
  8. New To Outlook 2010

    I just got Microsoft Office 2010 a couple of months ago and I have no idea how to set up Microsoft Outlook 2010. What does it mean by typing the password your Internet service has given me? I forgot the password that my Internet service provider has given me.
  9. Windows 10 How to Use the PSR tool!!

    Hi Thought I'd try to make a tutorial! Here's a windows tool that you can use to find another windows tool that no one uses and I don't know why. I's called PSR and I used it to find the reliability monitor that no one uses either. PSR creates a Zip file that will show you step by step how to...
  10. Windows 7 Removing or resetting windows log password when don't know password

    Hi I purchased 2 all in one msi pcs from big w late 2014. My sons was used straight away in box no issues. My daughter was too young at the time and I stored at risk of not testing. It was the display. Since setting up had no power cord, company said too bad. I brought one. However it has a...
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    Windows 7 Windows cannot check for updates automatically

    Windows action center on my computer has a message that won't go away: "Windows could not check for updates automatically." Other than this message, everything in Windows Update seems fine, especially the fact that it's updating automatically without a problem. Also, whenever I click the...
  12. Windows 10 Why Should You Create a System Image!

    Hi If you aren't creating back up images of your OS, you should read this that I copied from a web page. I like sharing these things, but I never know where to post them. If this is a appropriate thread and needs to be moved, please do so! This is so important for users to know about! Thank you...
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    Windows 10 Changing Windows 10 user accounts

    I have a new Acer Aspire E5-574 laptop that cam with Windows 10 pre-installed. I now have a single admin user account using MS Live. I now wish to change this account to a local account but I find that this is impossible. I have found on the internet simple instructions as how this can be...
  14. GWX Control Panel

    If your tired of the constant nags to update to Windows 10 then this tool may help: Ultimate Outsider: Using GWX Control Panel to Permanently Remove the 'Get Windows 10' Icon
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    Windows 8 How to remove question mark icon from Systray?

    Have a look at the attached snapshot. As you can see there is a question mark icon in Systray. How do I remove it? Peter
  16. Windows 10 mail sounds

    i have w10 home.. how do I turn on mail sounds when I receive mail in outlook ex mail rkf
  17. Windows 10 I can't get DirectX 9, 10 or 11 to work.

    I've tried everything I could find. I've tried disabling antivirus, I've tried downloading the SDK, ect. None of it works. Every time I get the same message, "An internal error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to determine the problem". Here is what...
  18. Windows 10 Restoring from win 10 to 7

    I just installed window 10 on my PC and now I don't like it. I remember I left my former window 7 in the window old file. Is there anyway I can restore my PC to my former window 7 using the window old? I don't want to loose my files.
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    Error on one of four drives, cannot format or read

    I'm having weird problems with a small SSD drive, F: (120GB). C:\Users\Administrator>chkdsk f: The type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives. Server management shows F: drive as healthy status, yet I was unable to create a text file in that drive in...
  20. Windows 10 cant back uo to ex HHd

    cant backup to external hd win 10 64bit goes to 60% then i get error ox80070002 is there a Microsoft fix it fot win10 updates I cant seem to find it or how can I fix this