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    Windows 8 Gateway ZX6971 AIO TouchScreen

    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...
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    Windows 7 Aomei Partition Assistant Pro Edition (Give-Away)

    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 -...
  3. Windows 7 Folder permission problem

    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... ????
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    Windows 7 Reverting "permanently get access to this folder"

    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...
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    Windows 7 Account and profiles management

    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...
  6. Windows 8 Desktop Skydrive Updated

    Updates for the Skydrive desktop.. Reference: Update to the SkyDrive desktop app for Windows
  7. Windows 7 Last.fm Users: Change Your Password

    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."...
  8. Windows 8 Windows 8: Good or Bad?

    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...
  9. Mozilla decides to drop support for Win 2K with Firefox 12

    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...
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    Windows 8 Hang/Freeze update CPV

    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...
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    Windows 7 Vista Business cannot connect into win 7

    Hi, Setup is other PC use a username and password to access user C:\Users\Public\Folder. I have no issues when win 7 PC connect. I can see the win 7 machine in workgroup network and am able to ping the win 7. However Vista PC throws out the basic Access denied. Thanks in advance for your...
  12. No OS Is an Island

    Mac Users Now Also Susceptible to Targeted Attacks | Malware Blog | Trend Micro
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    Windows 7 RE USERS and SECURITY

    it is purported that creating a separate admin account then setting your admin acct to a std user helps with warding of malware. In order to do any admin tasks u must enter a PW. The purpose of UAC is to help ward off malware. If set at default, in order to perform admin functions u must...
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    Windows 7 Items in Favorites on WE sidebar disappeared

    all the items that were under Favorites in the sidebar of Windows Explorer have disappeared. The link to the Download folder was there - the actual folder is still under users. what happened?
  15. O2 network mobile phone numbers privacy breach

    Report in today's Guardian: People using O2's network to browse websites on mobiles face privacy breach | Technology | guardian.co.uk
  16. Invalid redirected printers may be available in a Remote Desktop Services session that connects to a

    Fixes a registry entry leak issue in which invalid redirected printers may be available in a Remote Desktop Services session if some users log off their Remote Desktop Services session. This issue occurs when multiple users establish Remote Desktop... More...
  17. Windows 7 Windows 7 Security Settings/Permissions Issues?

    Hello, I recently got a new laptop and was eager to setup a wireless network to transfer files from my laptop to my desktop. My laptop is running Win 7 while my desktop is using XP. After I configured the network, file sharing seemed to work perfectly except that on my desktop, I can access...
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    Windows 7 application virtualization

    hello all, i have win7 deployed for my users. I am looking to virtualize few applications like adobe reader, cisco communicator, ms communicator etc. Can you please let me know what options i have to achieve this and how will this work? bws
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    Windows 7 Is Win7 caching the applications?

    I have a mystery I need to solve. I updated an Access application on a Network share. Users have a shortcut on their desktops pointing to the application as follows: Target: \\Chtg02\Public\General\Reports and stats\WTGReports\WTG_General.accdb All WinXP users see the updated application when...
  20. Windows Vista Microsoft drops patch support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1

    Microsoft dropped support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 this week, and recommended that Vista users buy Windows 7 or upgrade to the most recent version of Vista. read more Link Removed