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I have 2 files with different extensions, they must reference each-other with the same name but windows 7 renames the files because they are the same. How to disable this setting? Thanks.

When I go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons dialog then there are a lot of programs which are already uninstalled. How can I cleanup/delete all these useless entries? How can I delete ONE single entry manually? Second question: Assume I want to hide icons and...

( Now Solved ) I've set up Outlook 2007 to compose new mails in HTML which works fine when using the New Mail button but when I try to send a file by right-clicking it and choosing Send to Mail Recipient it defaults to plain text and I have to manually select HTML in the Options tab on the...

Okay so i tried everything to get my .php open in notepad again. the thing i have done Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations and. Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Default Programs NotePad isn't in the Second one

I have a shortcut in my start menu to a file Putty.exe that is in the directory K:\Putty\, where K is a server. Every single time I click on this link I get a warning that says "The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?" and every single time I click "Run."...

Firstly, hello to all here.. very useful forum with plenty of extremely useful information.. I recently rescued a SSD that had seemingly failed, unfortunately i lost all data & my OS (which had to be re-installed) on my one remaining HDD until i did some research & repaired the problem. Would...

I'm currently running windows 7 home premium, 64 bit. A few days ago, I hopped into my cmd prompt to find that instead of the usual "Microsoft windows 7 [version 6.1 etc etc]" copyright notice, it just says "you lose". I'm guessing this is a prank one of my mates pulled, but I can't figure out...

Hi, I have been on the edge of chucking my computer out the window for hours, and the only support I get from colleagues in my masters program is "Get a mac!" Anyway, yesterday I was working on something in CodeBlocks and when I went to build my project, I got stuck in a loop of "this project...

Hi Until recently my computer would open image files with Adobe Photoshop and Preview them using Windows Photo Viewer. This is the way it has worked in Windows 7 as long as I have been using it. This worked great because Photo Viewer open almost instantly and Photoshop takes forever! About a...

I am using Windows 7 and Office 2010. I would like to know how I can set up a default folder when opening up my Excel Files Your assistance in this regard will be most appreciated

I am the sole user of my computer and log on as the Preferred User. Whenever I want to open My Documents, My Pictures, etc., I have to first select Desktop, then Preferred User (I am the ONLY user and I have already logged in as the PREFERRED USER), then have to select I My Documents, etc. Is...

I have a computer with three partitions, the first with 100GB exclusively to Windows 7 (already installed), a partition for applications and another partition for personal files (photos, text, music, movies, etc.). I wonder how to configure the location of "My Documents", so that all users...

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Hi All, I am not able to open the task using windows schedular when run with admin privelage in schedular.Please let me know what might be the issue I need to run the task with following options set on schedular Run With user Logged on or not Run with highest privelages...

New to the forum & new to w7.....sorry if the topic has been covered, but I could not find any commentary on it. 1st, updates are set to notify & not auto install.....if I don't want to install an update, how do I remove it from the list & is there a way to permanently reject that & similar...

Im hoping I missed something. Setting up printer in Win 7 on a network and setting a printer as a defualt doesnt stick for all users like it used to in XP. A bunch of posts conveying some suprisingly complex answers using Rundll32 and printui.dll for this. How to add printers with no user...

As sure as the sun rises in the East, every few months you're going to see some new laptops from leading PC maker HP. That time is here again, and the latest additions include new versions of the high-end Envy, the Netbook-size Mini, and even a few professional-level ProBooks and Elitebooks...

I am looking to PERMANENTLY disable the "group by" functionality of Windows 7 (64bit) in Program Open and Save dialogs. I have already disabled it in explorer. Any help on removing this "feature" and perhaps a way to make open/save dialogs remember their last view and sort options would be...

I HATE the various icon views. I'd like Win7 to ONLY use details view. It's annoying when Win7 reverts to icon view when I'm saving a file, or when I'm inserting an image in Word. Where can I tell Win7 to use only details view at all times and in all situations? Thanks

Hi Where do we specify time after which PC gets locked autotomatically