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I did RCL on the speaker icon, however the following were the options. open volume mixer playback devices sounds volume control options None of these were audio settings, or at least not the one that would allow me to enter MP3 as the player Lotec

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Since upgrading to Windows 10 Version 1511, 10586 when I log online I keep getting the following message Microsoft Office Outlook Either there is no default mail client or the current cannot fulfil the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and set it as the default mail client. I...

It seems like MS is determined to force Windows 10 on a lot of unsuspecting people again http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/29/9639414/microsoft-windows-10-automatic-update-recommended Is there any way to permanently block these attacks for people that don't want it and don't want to do a search of...

I have windows 8.1 and am quite happy with it. Don't want to upgrade to the "free" Windows 10. But getting a bit po'd about the GWXUX cropping up on every re-start. (no hurry to get win10). Don't give me some crazy amount of steps to get rid of it. Is their a REG to just kill it...??? (or...

Hi, today i put my computer on sleepmode and then left home. When i came back some hours later, the computer was running and the monitor showed me the loggin-window. It looks like something woke my computer up. As I foudn out, windows 7 regular uses usb-devices like mouse and keyboard to wake...

I tried Windows 10. I found it very trying. I reloaded Win 7 but that backup had the flying window on the task bar asking me to reserve my free win10. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it? I am NOT going there again.

When i pressed both of the mouse buttons at the same time in windows 8.1 it would open a new tab in chrome. when i do this in windows 10 it will sometimes open a new tab, but most of the time it launches the start menu. how do i get it to stop launching the menu?

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As you know some file may be opened by multiple installed programs. Assume I have 3 picture viewers installed for viewing *.jpg files. Currently the default program for opening these *.jpg is "aaa.exe" In the future I want to let the *.jpg open (by double clicking in Windows Explorer) by a...

Hello I just discovered that Windows 8.1 on a small Intel NUC and a touchscreen would make a nice device for the kitchen (o; It also has a nice countdown timer built in where several timers can be started in parallel... Oddly though....you can choose a limited set of alarm sounds for the...

Okay, since there are many questions on this topic, none exactly the same as mine, I'd like to make myself perfectly clear. I know about Default Programs, and I know about Autoplay settings in the Control Panel. What I want to achieve is use Media Player Classic (comes with the K-Lite codec...

This isnt a problem so much as a question. I have my volume set to 80, but I only want a few programs to actually be at that volume; mainly voice chat programs. I have everything else set to 30. I was wondering if there is a way to set the default volume for new programs to be 30, even though my...

Hi On my wife's computer in Windows 8.1 she uses Thunderbird as her mail client. But when she clicks on a mail link in on line in Chrome or IE it opens the Mail app instead of Thunderbird, and want's her to log into her Microsoft account. The mail app doesn't work with Comcast mail even if...

Hi all, Just recently my IE11 browser will not allow me to open multiple pages. When I try the following error splashes up and will not go away no matter how many times I click close or search the web for a solution. Here is the error report: Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name...

Hi This morning when I booted my computer I got a message, "Your computer did not boot correctly, starting repair". It then went to a window that said "Repairing" after a minute or so it rebooted and started the whole thing over again. After messing with it for a while I decided to just...

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This tutorial teaches you how to enable Chinese handwriting input in Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro's onscreen Touch Keyboard by download and installing Chinese Language Pack via Control panel language preferences.

Hi Today for the first time in years, (accept for when my cooler failed and my computer overheated) I had a real blue screen crash. I was loading Age of Conan to play with my friend Paul and suddenly, the smiley blue face and black screen. A few seconds later my computer started rebooting on...