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Looking for a way to save/capture downloaded installation files from online set up programs such as .exe,.msi excetera rather than install them or at the very least to save the installation files for future use rather than having to go back online to download them again from their setup files...

Hi Everyone! I started this post when I realized (after reading a post from someone who wanted to know how to find the Windows registration number) that I couldn't remember the name of the application I was about to type in another post. That's one of the joys of being 81 years old. LOL...

Here is a little utility I put together to quickly access any shell location on your system. Download "Shell Launcher.zip" below Unzip Launch "Shell Launcher.exe" Select the shell location you wish to open Click the folder icon

My eyes aren't good, so, I increased the icon size in advanced display settings under display settings- Advanced sizing of text and other items. While that did increase the font size to make it easier for me to see, it also crowded the lines substantially seemingly overlapping the individual...

Hi How to restore Disk Cleanup utility registry settings to default? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches

I am searching a tool which let me define - a certain time of inactivity (e.g. 30 minutes) with no keypress or mouse movements and - another program (or batch script) (with parameters) which is automatically executed after this time of inactivity. Can soemone give me a recommendation for such...

I have a 5.1 audio system, is there any utility (hopefully freeware) that can visualise the channel level in output? Basically I would like to see the audio bar going up and down (reporting audio playback) for each of the channels while playing of course a 5.1 audio source. Thanks

Mike submitted a new resource: FAT32 Format - Quickly convert exFAT or NTFS back to FAT32 Read more about this resource...

My hard drive is getting full. Is there a way to see all at once which folders are the largest? I know I can open the properties for each one, but I remember years ago before Windows there was a utility called "Keep Track" that showed all the folders and their sizes all at once. That would be...

Ok, strange question. Is there an online word processor that when i type, it looks like random code, but if i hit convert, it will display what i was actually typing? I know it sounds strange but might come in handy Sent from my SM-S920L using Tapatalk

I'll keep this brief because Windows has wasted a fair portion of my life for various reasons. Is there no utility that cuts through the stupidity of not being able to TURN OFF "Read-only" folders and files contained within MY file system FORCING them to STAY write-able? I ask about a utility...

I'm looking to buy a solid DVD ISO ripper program. Any recommendations?

I am sure I have used a facility at some time to allow me to highlight a small part of the screen and make a screen shot of it but I can't remember how to do it? If I put print screen in to the search on the task bar it shows a program called 'print screen' but if I click on it I get a dos box...

Hey everyone! I have an issue. I used to have a USB drive for Windows 10 by MSi and got destroyed (corrupted). I need your help here. Issue: to create a NEW USB installer of Windows 10 using MSi's 5 ISO files on my D:\ drive and create one installation USB drive Files in question: recovery_dvd...

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My cousin's computer is a Dell Inspiron i5559 Signature Edition. It came with no software except Windows. The problem is, even though I installed Dell Quickset on it we can't adjust the keyboard backlight timeout. In the Quickset program directory it has BacklitKB.exe. On mine I can use that to...

How to take a screenshot of a selected portion of your screen in windows Don't tell me snipping tool I want something similar to mac (command+control+shift+4) which is very fast to copy and paste a selective portion of a screen

Assume I boot Win10 from an USB flash drive on various computers. The max possible resolution differs from computer to computer. I could always manually fiddle through the menus and set the current max.possible resolution manually. But this is uncomfortable. Is there a utility or cmdline...

I downloaded an ISO file of Office 2016 and have the ISO file in my downloads folder. Windows 7 had an option to burn the ISO file without the need of a third-party solution. Supposedly Windows 10 does also, but when I right-click on the file I don't see the option to burn it to a DVD. A blank...

Is it possible to block temporarily all (outgoing) Internet traffic WITHOUT using the build-in Windows firewall? I guess there is a simple utility which offers a "traffic OFF" button which obviously cuts all traffic until the user re-pushes him. Is there such a tool or another simple way for...