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  1. badrobot

    Windows 7 ...and speaking of backup...

    I haven't tried this yet so I don't know if it will work or not. I have a separate partition for my automatic backup setup using Windows' native utility called Backup and Restore. The question is, is it okay to hide a partition even though it is in use as a destination storage for my backup...
  2. G

    Windows 7 Windows Update very slow - unusable

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit SP 1 ASUS laptop K52F Windows update is extremely slow. Windows Update IS downloading updates but the download speed is so very slow - about 10 kbps - that Windows Update is unusable. I tested my download speed against other sites, for example updating...
  3. Drew

    Windows 7 Keeping Your Cool

    Electronics and certainly PCs do not like heat. It is important that these devices stay cool @ all times and throughout their lifetime. That said, here is one of those "Best Practice" things that I suggest all too often does not even occur to people and that they do not think about or do on...
  4. News

    Task Scheduler task fails if running at the same time as the DiskPart command

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  5. D

    Windows 8 Is there a photo viewing app ...

    Is there a photo viewing app that automatically rotates a picture, so if the picture is landscape then it is landscape on the screen but if it is a portrait then it is portrait on the screen, to maximize the size of the picture on the small screen? Many Android apps do this but I have not found...
  6. P

    Windows 7 New Disk Cleanup tool KB 2852386 does a bad job: Only 12.5GB-->11GB

    I installed and used today the recently introduced (with KB 2852386) new Disk Cleanup Utility. After having performed the cleanup with multiple reboots I rechecked the size of the C:\Windows\winsxs\ folder. The size shrinks from approx 12.5 GB to 11GB Wow! :-( Is there something wrong...
  7. R

    Windows 7 IObit Uninstaller, comparable to Revo Uninstaller?

    IObit Uninstaller is a freeware; Revo Uninstaller has paid and free versions. Would it be possible that a freeware can compete with a paid app?
  8. badrobot

    Windows 8 Win 8.1 Backup image creation fails...

    I never had a problem with image backup creation before with Win 8 using the utility Windows 7 File Recovery. I am aware that this utility is gone in Win 8.1 and the same utility is now under File History. I've tried using this new utility last night to create a backup image of Win 8.1 and it...
  9. P

    Windows 7 How to cleanup old Uninstall patches/hotfixes in Win7?

    Whenever I get and install hotfixes/patches for Windows 7 a copy of them is stored somewhere on the system partition for backup/uninstall purposes. Where (in which directory) are they put in detail? How can I uninstall them? MS has just releases a patch to cleanup them through DIsk Cleanup...
  10. V

    Windows 7 Software removal

    Hi, I have been trying for at least 2,3 months not to remove Epson Easy Photo Print from my system. I am using windows 7 64bit & i had a registry hiccup where a virus sorta messed things up a little, however after fixing all problems it's caused 1 problem remains. Epson's Easy photo print...
  11. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 8 Ok, you can make a system image in Windows 8.

    Hi I have our friends computer all set up and ready to go. One of the things that came about during this process is, I learned that you can make a real disk image in Windows 8 without using a third party software program. Something I didn't think was possible, and you don't have to jump...
  12. Mike

    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 RTM Now Available for Download

    Microsoft has relinquished its previous statements that it would not provide Windows 8.1 RTM to developers on MSDN or Technet and has since published the following versions on both services. The final RTM version, a major update which includes numerous bug fixes and improvements to genuine...
  13. News

    What happened to the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility (MSICUU2.EXE)

    Link Removed
  14. P

    Windows 7 How to turn off WITH ONE CLICK audio sound?

    Assume I am playing a video or an mp3. Yes, I know how to turn off audio inside audio speaker controls. But I don't want to fiddle around with menus and dialogs. Instead I want to handle it as easy as possible with ONE (DOUBLE)CLICK. I can imagine that there is a utility whose shortcut...
  15. C

    Windows XP clone Win XP internal drive and upgrade to Win 7

    Maybe there are threads and posts that explain this exactly but I haven't found them yet. Here is what I need to do as simply as possible. Have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop - I'd like to clone the internal drive with a Windows XP Pro installation. I'd like to clone it to an external USB hard...
  16. K

    Windows 7 Positioning Microsoft's On-Screen Keyboard

    I am using the on-screen keyboard in Win7 64 Pro. I have a Cintiq monitor and am looking for a way to place the keyboard in a specific position. I have it set to "float", which when I call it up puts the keyboard at the top of the screen, centered. In the one particular app where I need the...
  17. Jimbo22

    Rufus

    bassfisher6522 submitted a new resource: Rufus - Create bootable USB Read more about this resource...
  18. Jimbo22

    Magic Jelly Bean

    bassfisher6522 submitted a new resource: Magic Jelly Bean - Product Key finder....if you lose, misplace your key this litte jewel will find it for you Read more about this resource...
  19. Auslogics BoostSpeed 5: Fix and Repair Windows 7

    Auslogics BoostSpeed 5: Fix and Repair Windows 7

    Download: https://secure.avangate.com/affiliate.php?ACCOUNT=AUSLOGIC&AFFILIATE=29345&PATH=http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/boost-speed/ Repair, resolve, and fix Windows 7 problems and issues with ease using advanced technology from Auslogics with their premier product BoostSpeed 5. This...
  20. Saltgrass

    Windows 8 Powerfcg /sleepstudy added in 8.1-has anyone tried it?

    I was looking at the switches for the powercfg utility and noticed there seemed to be a new one in 8.1, /sleepstudy. When I try it, the message says it will not run on my system. Has anyone tried it yet?
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