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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...

Hey guys! I'm new to this forum, this is my first post but I'm in desperate need of some help! I need to update my windows but when i click "check for updates" in windows updates, I get a message that reads... "Windows update can not currently check for updates because updates on this...

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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Issue: After completing the Windows 7 64 bit install, the screen goes black with a white blinking cursor. After rebooting the screen freezes at the ‘Starting Windows’ screen which should proceed with the configuration of the Windows 7 install (select computer & user name, etc.) Before the...

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

Hello all, I was hoping someone here could help me with the default settings on a new Window 7 install. For some reason the default region is set to the UK instead of the US. This is causing problems with the keyboard setup and date format. Is there a way to change the default region for all...

I have 2 questions, I am migrating an XP workgroup to 7. I have two new 7 machines, one sees all of the other computers on the network, the other one only see 1/2 of them. On the machine that only sees 1/2 of them, if i search with a Link Removed i can see them. Does anyone know why one...

OK I somehow choice my power2go program as the default program for all my programs. All my icons turned to power2go icon, I have done this before and in the past I would delete the program causing this (power2go) and the problem would be solved. I did this and nothing happened, the program was...

Hi!!! A friend of mine running windows 7 (i dont know what edition) has a problem with her google chrome. The command line that is usually used by google search machine now it is used by quest browser and it was not her choice. In google chrome properties google is still the default search...