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Hi all, I've been away from Windows since my retirement 2 years ago; running Fedora Linux on my PCs. I'm wondering if I'm really missing anything running Linux. What applications do you run every day in Windows? Terry

Microsoft has launched a new site which features beautiful HTML5 content showing in detail the number of users, apps, etc behind their many services. I think the most amazing is 18 billion hours of Xbox Live played in 2012 or 2 billion Skype minutes are used daily...

Hi, I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit - there are a few of Windows features that I am trying to turn off in ‘Control Panel/Programs and Features/TurnWindows Features on or off.’ I keep getting the message: "An error hasoccurred, Not all of the features were successfully changed." I would...

Hi How can I share the apps in Windows 8 among all users of a computer? Thanks Bye

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Award-winning application developer, CooTek , today announced the Windows 8 version of its free intelligent keyboard, TouchPal Keyboard. It features the same capabilities as CooTek's existing Android and ... Link Removed

It would seem that before the Blue update Microsft intends to update the core apps that were supplied with the os on shipping. Mary Jo Foley has more: Microsoft to update its core Windows 8 apps well before 'Blue' | ZDNet

I have installed MOST of Active Directory but do not have the Windows 7 Active Directory Users & Computers MMC Snap-in. I cannot find it nor download it from the Microsoft download site. I cannot use the function at the present time. 1. Does it exist as a separate module? 2. Can anyone help...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (January 8, 2013): Corrected download links for Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems and for Microsoft XML Core Services 6.0 when installed on Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for...

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I have a Gateway ZX6971 All-In-One computer I got at Best Buy for the main reason of being able to upgrade to Windows 8. I ran the Windows 8 release preview on my laptop, and really liked the upgrade from Windows 7. Anyways, I've upgraded this Gateway AIO to Windows 8 and immediately had...

First, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!! Second, Link Removed to Windows 7 Forums. I am hosting this Give-Away courtesy of Aomei Partition Software/Aomei Technology and of course Mike @ Windows 7 Forums. Windows Partition Manager for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, 32 & 64 bit -...

Hi If the following is possible.. how do I do it ? On PC1 I have two users A (Admin) and B (Standard User) and Folder X On PC2 I have one user C (admin) PC1 and PC2 are on the same LAN I want Folder X to be accessible to A and C but not B... ????

In one admin account I clicked another admin's folder in c:\Users, and accidentally Continued "Click Continue to permanently get access to this folder." Yes I know it said 'permanently'... :) but can I revert this change? I'd though I could go to the root folder of that user's profile and...

Hi I have Windows 7 SP1 64-bit and I configured an Administrators account. Now, having to create 5 Users accounts,I would like to create them using the same settings (of the desktop, the Internet Options, the power saving options, the WMP options, ...) of the account already configured. How...

Updates for the Skydrive desktop.. Reference: Update to the SkyDrive desktop app for Windows

Users of the music streaming and scrobbling service last.fm should be prepared to change their password in the wake of this announcement, that seemingly, has gone under the radar: "We strongly recommend that you change your password now, while we investigate a security problem. Find out more."...

I read this article today and just wondered what others thought? Do you agree with the sentiments given in the article or no? Personally I feel that this guy sat down and used Windows 8 for around a minute and a half. Anyone who has explored the new interface knows that it can easily be...

Today, I upgraded my Firefox 11.0 to 12.0 on Windows 2000, & got a warning. That there will be no more support or updates for FF 12 on the OS. Users who wants updates must stick with FF 11 or lower. And that users should upgrade to Windows 7. Or if these users wants to keep a modern browser...

W8 may run well for several days, but occasionally hangs for 30' to minutes. Mouse is usable and some window switching is possible, but during the freeze it's essentially dead. Occurs randomly while in browser, other programs, file manager, etc. Sometimes, but not always, a window reports...