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it is a 7 year old computer that has Win 8.1 and drivers up to date it has been in daily use with my home Wi-Fi, but it has not been out of the house for awhile. We are on the road an we both are accessing our on road residence at the moment Wi-Fi with our surface 2 (Win 8 RT) and Surface 2 Pro...

I signed into Windows 10 calendar with my Google account instead of my Microsoft account. I cannot find a way to cancel the Google account and use my Microsoft account. Can't cancel (or delete) the Google account in Calendar settings.Account. Any way to fix this?

Hey All, Glad these forums exist. I'm sure Windows 10 is going great for everyone and positive there are solutions to any problems I'm having. Right now I'm having an issue with right clicking in the Taskbar. Normally in Windows 7 and 8.1, I could right click on an icon and get a list of...

When I press right click on a program on the taskbar to exit, pin, open...etc, there is a little delay around 2 seconds then it opens. Anyone else has this problem or has a fix?

Can some kind person tell me how to stop the Homegroup Icon coming up on my desktop,sometimes it is not there for a couple of weeks then it suddenly reappears i do not have a Homegroup has I only have the one laptop,I have got fed up with it popping up in the middle of my icons.running Windows...

Unable to use Skype can't send calls out won't get to ring a landline number, tried to delete programme file so I could start a new one, but shows error 2503 and it stops me from deleting the Skype programme. Any suggestions?

I recently set up an HP Stream 2-in-1 computer running Windows 8.1. Somehow, while setting the alarms, I managed to set an alarm that goes off at 3:19 pm (I did not intentionally set it; this thing seems to have an extraordinarily-sensitive trackpad that is sometimes activated by the heat from...

I have no idea how i did this, but while I was trying to change my downloads folder location, I managed to make my desktop the downloads folder. then when I tried to move it back, I somehow linked two folders... Here's a screenshot of my directory folder: If someone knows how to fix this...

I need to have two copies of Windows Explorer open, so I can move stuff around efficiently. This has always worked for me. Today, I can't open a second copy. When I right-click the start button and select "Open Windows Explorer" (after opening one copy of Explorer), it just changes the shading...

For some months now I have been running Windows 7 and since the start I have noticed a little flag of warning in the lower right corner. At the start it announced 2 problems, which was altered to 1 after I had done a back up. If I look at the one remaining problem this seems to be that I have...

Hello, I own an MSI GE60 running Windows 7 SP1. I have had it for a few months now with no issues, but as of late (past 2 weeks) its been crashing repeatedly. The first two happened back to back 2 weeks ago, and the most recent 3 happened back to back just last night. I really need help fixing...

I installed Windows 7 two days ago and got everything working (I think) except I want to modify the way the date and time are displayed in the taskbar. I followed the instructions for accomplishing this, but nothing happened. Has anyone else had a problem with changing the date and time...

hello ppl, i have an iso image of windows 7 all in one i put it on a pen drive using windows 7 usb/dvd tool rebooted the system installation came but i am not able to install 64 bits windows 7 ..it tells me to do custom installation and a compatibility report comes when i choose upgrade...

Sinds ik windows 8.1 heb geinstalleerd kan ik alleen nog opslaan of openen vanuit de online opslag, graag wil ik opslaan op mijn schijven, maar kan in het opslagscherm niet naar de schijven en mappen. Groeten Jan van der Veeken

My wife has a very strange problem with her Windows 7 desktop: the screen will switch itself off after a while, which is expected and wanted, but it the immediately switches itself on again. Can this be caused by a program she has installed? And is there a way to easily figure out which one?

Hello, We have a very irritating problem. One of our users has IE10 installed on her Windows 7 laptop. When she tries to download any installer program e.g. WinRAR, Firefox etc., she receives the dropdown bar in IE. She right-clicks the bar and selects download this file and saves it to her...

Hello all. Sorry in advance if this is posted elsewhere but I cannot find a solution. My outlook mail is now no longer allowing me to click and open links attached to the mail. I used to be able to open and view links previously, but lately no show. It says the System settings need to be...

Using windows 7 on a desktop. All of a sudden for no reason that I know of, I cannot make a "new" folder in windows explorer. I do get the NEW option in the menu, but, I only get the BRIEFCASE option to pick from. I use this command quite often and I really need help in getting it back. Thank...

Hello..............Can anyone help? I am using windows 7, only today, when I click on a shortcut on my screen it only opens very small in the left hand top corner, this happens for all shortcuts from desktop. I am sure there is a solution but I can't remember Thanks in advance Bob

I have a user who is running Office 2010 on a Windows 7 desktop. No matter what Office application he has running, when he hits F1 to see help suggestions, he gets the following message: Link Removed He is also getting this on his laptop with the same Office and Windows 7 version. I've tried...