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Hi, I'm just new here and just wondering if anyone can answer some of my questions about windows 8 :) i've tried windows 8 consumer preview in my netbook and was running fine question is since its already in RTM which is in my understanding it's the OS that will be given to OEM's to...

I am new to Windows Live Mail and I have questions. This morning it said it was blocked because junk E Mail was being sent out. I had to change the password (for Live Mail) I guess. I know the mail was not sent from my computer. How can I keep the Live Mail Account safe? Also the Live Mail page...

Hello, Running W7, the 64 bit version. Installed a new HD on my three yr. old HP Desktop Pavillion as old one conked out. Used the 3 HP System Restore Disks I made when I first got the PC. All fine after re-install, except that one program will not run now. Messages kept coming up that a...

I own a dell demension 4600 also i have upgraded the ram to 4 gigs, the cpu to 3.02, a nvidia geForce 6200 agp graphics card, i know i will be needing a sound card, what would you recommend. What i am looking to do is install windows 7 home premium. I seem to have all of the necessary...

Hi guys, I just registered to Windows 7 forums because I have a simple question. One week now a file called "END" with no file extension is located inside my System folder where I have my folders there. I didn't make this file at all, and I don't know how this file is there. :confused: Can I...

hello; i'm very confused and i'm hoping things can be cleared up here. i'm looking to buy a netbook, but i've read that windows 7 starter does not support DVD playback. does this mean /only/ that i cannot play movies, but that i can use an external DVD drive? for example, which of the following...

I am using Windows 7, My desk top computers has three hard drives, the "C" with just the programmers and other system files, the other two hard drives (all SATA) are used with my main files (E & F) . Drives E & F are set as "Shared drives " I often update files between my Toshiba laptop (also...

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows In this special edition of the Mailbag, I address a wide range of Windows 8 questions that have come up in the wake of Microsoft's revelations this week. These include a Windows 8 and Windows Mobile 6.5 comparison, Windows 8 Snap with more than two apps...

Hi I haven't been able to do this and just assumed that it wasn't possible until I saw this... Select multiple files or folders This doesn't work on my computer, can other people open Explorer and select more then one folder at a time? I've tried this when I wanted to move multiple...

Hi I installed the latest version of Locate32 in place to the one I was using. I was surprised that it no longer seems to add a link on the right click drop down menu. But my question is about the way some files are showing up when I search. I ran a search for .tiff files in one of my photo...

This is my first visit to the Forum and I find it to be a wealth of information. I have been in the situation the article describes with work files scattered about and knowing I have it, if only I could find it. Libraries sounds as though it will be very useful to me. Thank you for a very...

Installed Win 7 64-bit. Clean install, not upgrade. Downloaded the 7 driver from the Micronet site... but it seems it's for the PCIE card. Before installing the drivers I contacted Micronet to ask if the driver would work with the 64-bit version. Had no joy with the drivers, but a gentleman at...

Sorry for the less but optimal title for this, but I can't describe it any better. The root of the issue is that i am running Pisg. a stats generator for mIRC on my windows 7 machine. At the beginning I ran the program that parses the files manually and uploaded the files manually. But in the...

Look, I've been poking around this site for a bit now- not to mention about the web in general- and, I'm sure that somewhere, there might actually be a straight-forward answer to this (no doubt here-but, again, I couldn't seem to find it)- so, please forgive me for what is probably (yet another)...

Ok guys I'm stumped. I have been lurking around dozens of forums and have read until my head is gonna explode, I can't figure this out. I am sorry in advance that this is such an elaborate thread.... I added 2 identical WD 1/2 TB green drives to my rig, and I want to re install windows on that...

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In this “Ask the expert” video, Evan Lew, product manager for Office Web Apps, addresses some of the burning questions from our users. During this short video, Evan talks about Office Web Apps on mobile devices, co-authoring, the benefits and advantages of using Office Web Apps, and a variety of...

Hi all i have a RECYCLER folder on my "D" drive and it contains 5 folders inside these folders are about 12 GB size (and by the way i've only 2 drives on my hard disc) i've read that each RECYCLER folder when i enter these folder i found them empty so where comes this disc space (12 gb)from? ...

{Mike.. I just found out why I couldn't post (forget my private message) ... per my current needs I changed my email which has all to do with my question..} Hi folks I've found that with MS outlook w/gmail can encrypt you incoming and outgoing email… unfortunatly I've been using...

:confused: I have two pretty basic questions. 1. When I click on an application icon on the taskbar, the application briefly appears on the screen, then disappears. Is this some new feature of Windows 7 and how do I fix it so that the application remains until I tell it to go away? 2. Is there...