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I have read the 20 or so issues from all over the internet about Windows 7 image thumbnail cache problems, this is different from all of them. Whenever I open the pictures, videos, or any other folder, Windows takes a while to load all of the thumbnails each time. I have only 650 pictures in...

Hi folks, I often remote control my Windows 7 machine using TeamViewer. Often, the connection is slow, and I get this message: Link Removed - Invalid URL I typically choose the top option. However, today I mistakenly chose the bottom one. But, I often need to change the color scheme for...

On my new Windows 7 - 64 bit computer, occasionally the system would ask me if I wanted the Admin Privileges needed to perform some task I was trying, I'd say Yes, & life was good. But today I wanted to create a new folder in c/program files (x86)/turbotax, & the system said i could only create...

Hi there, This morning, automatic updates basically reset my computer. I am using Windows 7 Starter on a relatively old computer. The last time I accepted automatic updates my computer crashed, so I typically refrain from accepting them. When I turned on my computer today and saw what...

I have a problem with hibernate/sleep in windows 7. when i set pc to hibernate or sleep, the power turn off, but it does not resume. I press any key on keyboard, power does not come back on, then i push power button, power on and display not windows unexpected shutdown screen, choose safe...

Wifes Dell with XP blew up mother board and corrupted boot files. Placed drive as slave in my machine. Drive works fine, can access all needed stuff, can't boot it. I can access Favorites, Address book files from Outlook express, photos. I copied all the important things also to a seperate...

Hi, Each time I launch Windows Explorer, my "Computer" folder is active as default, and the "Desktop" folder is initially expanded. The "Favorites" folder is actually on the top and it's hidden until you scroll the left pane to the top. It's quite inconvenient. "Favorites" means favorites...

I have a sleep and power button on my PC but Windows 7 doesn't let me change what the sleep button does. It isn't even an option - it doesn't think I have a sleep button. When I press it the PC restars, but not properly. The safe mode screen comes up. This is what the options look like...

I have Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit (x86) , trying to install on x64 architecture (dual core atom proc). I am trying to boot from the DVD, with the Autounattend.xml file on a USB drive (Mushkin 8GB, light blinks when accessed, so I know it is being read from). I have also tried using the file...

I've been trying to modify the "folder picture" for a large number of folders, and to that end am going to write a script to modify the desktop.ini in each folder. The thing is, changing the desktop.ini doesn't seem to have any visible effect. If I manually change the picture (folder...

Hi, Can someone show me how I can get rid of this warning (screenshot below) It even comes up for my startup programs speedfan etc. I have about 4 or 5 waiting for me on login! I have tried the IE options but have had no luck or did it wrong. I have looked on lots of forums but they all...

Win7 Pro 32 bit For some reason I am unable to get my Autoplay to function on my LG SATA Super Multi DVD drive. I have tried various setting but feel that maybe I have missed something. I have attached a screen shot of my Autoplay settings. I have also tried specifying what must open for each...

I am/have tried to create a new user account, specifically to take the place of a suspected corrupt user account (per MS Moderator posts re Excel not responding repeatedly when copying). I have looked around the web, MS support sites, and read posts all over a couple of forums and am trying to...

I just got OUTLOOK 2010, I am keeping my Office 2007 and only updating OUTLOOK. I am wondering if you can enlarge the fonts in OUTLOOK 2010 for my eye sight.

Troubleshooting Internet Explorer Issues You might have issues with Internet Explorer like not opening or crashing often not loading pages etc. Here are few troubleshooting steps that you can do to fix certain issue. 1. The first step which always you could try is to disable the...

I installed windows 7 Pro X64 Bit version without a single problem at all but 1 thing has stopping or I may be doing it wrong so I thought I would ask here. When I have a window open and it is a small window I used to be able to shake it and the wondow would get bigger. Well when I first...

I tried to execute a mailmerge in windows 7, using Microsoft Outlook 2007 (which was also set as the default program for whatever it is capable of, including MAPI, using the \default programs\ dialoge in the configuration.) and MS Word 2007. Although both windows/winword and outlook do not...

Hi everyone, This is my first post here so I'm hoping that I'll do everything right! I've checked the forum (and google...) and this question doesn't seem to have been asked/answered. If it has, sorry for this. So, basically, I would like to have my language bar showing 2 languages FR/EN US...

I know you can turn off the subscriptions to a thread. I have... See, I want to be able to subscribe to a thread on my own, not automatically that's why I cut it off. But I still get emails saying "reply from blank thread" I do not want those either. Can someone tell me how?

Hello All, i am hoping someone can help? Basically we are trying to add a desktop theme in W7 through a GPO through User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel\Display\Desktop Themes If i leave the box blank it installs the default W7 profile fine but we would...