user preferences

I do not play games online, but it appears more games seem to require you log on before you can play. Since I really do not want this requirement, is there something that identifies such games I can see before I purchase them? For instance, I got Batman and the box said Windows Live. So when...

I know Im not losing my mind, but I have to continually reset my screen saver every time I reboot my laptop. When I reboot the screen saver dose'nt come on, and when I check the settings none is selected when I know I selected a screen saver and pressed apply but windows does not remember the...

Since I've bought this computer, WMP keeps opening when I start it up. It's annoying because it slows down the start-up process and I don't even use WMP outside of watching the occasional video. I looked all through the settings and preferences and can't find an option to turn this off, so how...

I want to know which operating system do you find better; Win7 or Win XP and why.

Not sure If I wrote the title of this discussion correctly. Let me try some other ways "What should my OS do for me?" "What do I expect from an OS?" "How involved with my everyday is my OS?" "My OS is trying to rule me" My basic argument (which may or may not be an argument) is that...

OH LORD just SHOOT ME NOW with the tooltips. I don't want to see them! Only... sometimes I do. RARELY. If I could delay them out to about 4-5 seconds, I would be happiest, but I haven't found any context menus anywhere that will allow me to do that. If someone finds this thread by asking...

I am new to Windows 7. I am using Windows Live Mail for my email. How do I make the email program check to see if there are any "new" emails. I have set my preferences to automatically check every 3 minutes, but if I am expecting an email and want to see if it has been received how do I force...

How do users operate when they visit this forum (or any other) I have never posed a question, so regard myself as being in a "help" category. To merely select "New Posts", unless you are a very prolific poster, with time on your hands, can reveal a mass of material, a lot of which, if one is...

I have just done a fresh install and after getting a few programs installed my DVD drives stopped working. They are in the bios and I have tried to update drivers ( claims I have latest ) looked in the registry and I do not have any numbers to edit as has been discribed else ware. I have changed...

hej vil høre om det er muligt at indstallere flere sprog, som man kunne i XP og Vista? Savner muligheden for at kunne skifte fra dansk til thai.

Hello, Programs like MSN Live and AIM create icons on the task bar for simply running, even if they are not actively being used. I just switched from XP where programs like AIM and MSN Live would just stay in the system tray in the bottom right corner of the screen. I highly prefer this. If i...

I have a Dell Studio XPS which came with Vista Home Prem 64 Bit, since I purchased it in June I was able to get the Windows 7 free upgrade... I installed Windows 7 as an upgrade not a clean install, but I prefer the screen savers on Vista better than the Windows 7, I have 1000's of pics and like...

So I just got a new laptop (Acer Aspire 5534) and there is an issue when using the built in microphone, and I think the issue has to do with the driver (Realtek HD Audio). Under the preferences for the mic, there is an area called "enhancments". Now if the "disable all sound effects" box is not...

Is there some way to set up default folder options (which items appear on the menu bar including file name, date modified, file type, etc) so that each new folder will be the same? I find it annoying that if windows senses that the folder contains music files it instead defaults to items like...

How can I lock the page size so it remembers my current setting without having to use the "page zoom " each time i start it . win 7 pro on new h/p laptop

saving NTUSER.DAT is easy, but how to restore it into current user account without restarting computer and having to create another account, login into that another account as administrator and copy file to that other account i am trying to restore NTUSER.DAT for ? There must be easier way to...

Cannot "CTRL+V paste" into selected window if nothing is selected in that window. But i have more This is now i thought Windows 7 would be like. Wonder if we could post a request to MS to get it this way or somewhat give us more working space and remove some of the annoying features...

Link Removed due to 404 Error As you can see in that screen shot, my mp3 icons are acting weird. I couldn't recall anything that i have done with my PC to cause that problem. A night before it was fixed, i.e. the icons are still in their proper icons (as I've set in the preferences section of...

I've unchecked "Allow this device to wake the computer" for the Ethernet device. My bluetooth mouse and keyboard have both been checked to "Allow this device to wake the computer" which is right, yes? I do want to be able to wake my computer via mouse or keyboard. I'm running Avira Antivir...

I want to be able to see the size of a folder or file when I hover the mouse over it, but it doesn't seem to work. I have the option 'display folder size information in folder tips' selected... Is there something I'm missing? Ideally I'd like to display folder size in the column like you can...