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    Why are there many "Allow" rules at first time WinFirewall usage? How to reset to initial rule set?

    After having used for some years another firewall I considered now to switch to MS built in Windows Firewall (in Win 7 Pro). So I deinstalled the old FW and enabled the MS WF. When I go now to wf.msc e.g into "Inbound rules" section then there are much to my surprise many "Allow" rules for...
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    Windows 7 CHKDSK is frustrating

    Whats up guys, since I wasn't able to copy files off of my external drive anymore, I decided to run chkdsk which hopefully will fix the problem. It has been running since 11 hours now and is still at stage 1 and 0 % which is frustrating especially, after a quick calculation, that it will be...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 32-bit Fails To Boot Up, If Not, Freezes In Use

    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86 GHz x2 4GB RAM My Win7 started to freeze while I'm using the computer about a week ago. It accepts no input (no cursor movement, cannot type etc.). After a while it began to freeze up on boot up, at the same certain point (when 4...
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    Windows 7 DVD Drive not reading

    Hi I have a sony vaio vpcj12L0e computer and I did a clean install a few months ago and now my dvd drive isn't reading dvd's. It is running in Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium.Hope you can help. Thank you.
  5. Windows 7 Coming back to "Scan to Email" Settings

    Hi Forumers, here LUGUY back to the same Topic. After I came back to Win 7 Pro 32 bit, I want to retake "Scan to Email" settings on XEROX WorkCentre 3615 Multifunction Printers on Center Ware Internet Services (CWIS). I'm asking please step by step and details on how to settings to use "Scan to...
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    Windows 7 Difficulty Accessing Private Server After Restarting Windows 7 with Dual Networks

    Hello! i am using windows 7 with two different networks (.100.xxx - private server running windows server 2003) & (.1.xxx - Internet ). My IP settings are listed as follows: -----------------------IP SETTINGS---------------------------- DHCP ENABLED : NO IPv4 ADDRESS : 192.168.1.XXX...
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    Windows 7 No WiFi connection

    Hey there :) Im working with an asus laptop k75VJ with to partitions Linux Mint and Windows 7.. I'm a newbie to this partitioning thing, but worked some years with linux and wanted to try something different. Linux and Windows are working almost perfectly. (After some hours passing) But on...
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    Windows 7 Win7 Pro UEFI - cannot boot from USB

    Hello, I've got a problem installing Win7 Professional x64 on my GPT partition and using UEFI to boot on HP Probook 650 G1. I've got a DVD from HP with Win7 OEM version. 1. Made an ISO image from Win7 DVD I was sent from HP. 2. Using Rufus & my ISO image I created UEFI bootable USB. 3. UEFI...
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    Windows 7 Color management help

    I have a GTX 650. I'm not sure if it's a problem with the GPU or the OS. Every time my monitor or PC turns on or comes out of sleep, the color settings are reset to the windows default (a crappy washed out color scheme). I use the NVIDIA Control Panel to set my settings (adjust desktop color...
  10. Windows 10 Win10 runs slow from startup

    Lately my elderly dad's machine has been taking a really, really long time to get started, and everything runs slow for a good while after startup. This is on an HP Pavilion HPE, model h8-1114, which originally had Win7 on it but that he let update itself to Win10. What should I be looking...
  11. Windows 10 Screen resolution messed up after upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 - HELP!!!

    Hi. Everything was fine on Win 7 for last 3-4 years at least. I use a AOC LCD Monitor 1080p. As soon as I completed upgrade to Win 10, the screen size has gotten messed up. It badly needs to be stretched horizontally (screen is all squished up). I have gone into the monitor setup, the...
  12. Windows 7 Back to Windows 7 from 10 not booting!

    Hi everyone, I decided to wind back my install of windows 10 to my previous version, windows 7 after getting fed up with the start/cortana problem and having to reboot all of the time with f8. However, when it finally finished the boot menu came up with Windows 7 Windows 7 (recovered) Now...
  13. Windows 10 Mixed Windows Environment Workgroup Issues

    I work at a small non-profit that is running about 30 computers that range from Windows 7 to Windows 8. We are connected through a multitude of routers as the connections were established piece by piece. We are trying to set up a Workgroup or anything we can do to try and set up a simple...
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    Windows 7 Right-Click Context Menu Missing

    Ever since I updated a set of Windows Updated 2015Oct17, my Right-Click Context Menu missing. I'm currently running Win 7 Home Pro OS with a Logitech MK320 Keyboard+Mouse wireless. I followed the steps, as explained from technet microsoft com en-us library cc960925 aspx: to edit the registry...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 low resolution problem

    i upgraded to windows 10 from win7 and now some apps like steam are very low resolution..... does anyone know how to fix the problem
  16. Windows 10 Help needed urgently

    Help needed desperatley I recently upgraded my gf's laptop from win7 to win10.the process taken a while but was pretty pain free until.....no settings transfered,different wallpaper,no bookmarks etc and worst of all,I COULDNT FIND HER PICTURES. Researched the web and found they were located in...
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    Windows 7 multiple Windows Deployment

    Hi, I have the following problem. I want to deploy create a bootable Win 7 I want to deploy multiple Win7 PC´s. Until now I am using Acronis to Restore the different Win7 Systems. But I want to create a bootable medium with 4 different Win7 backups. During the boot process you have to choose...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 install recover favourites from sys image?

    Hi all, First post in this forum. Long story short.... My easy upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 was not so easy. Had to do a clean install of Win 10 after system upgrade kept hanging at logon screen. Have now recovered everything except for Internet Explorer bookmarks. I do have old system image...
  19. Windows 10 Succesful windows 10 installation...with a caveat!!!

    Hi and I hope this brings to light some of the installation woes Ive seen from many users. The only tried and tested way I found to do the upgrade...IS TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL and to use the windows 10 ISO tool. This requires also doing a clean install of the operating system you are...
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    Windows 7 a converter from DVI to VGA work for win 7?

    My monitor comes with DVI and VGA interface and I want to use both slots to connect to two computers with only VGA connection. I use a converter from DVI to VGA and connect my monitor to one of the computer (win 7), but when the computer starts, nothing displays on the monitor. Did I do anything...