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    Windows 7 Cloning / formatting a recovery drive

    My computer is working fine (for now). I have some empty 500 gb drives. I have one empty sata port left on my rather old desktop mobo. What's the easiest way to format (guess I'd have to do that) and create a second backup drive with all my data on it. I probably asked this on some other...
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    Windows 10 A Guide on how to Run Live Wallpaper on Lock Screen.

    2024 Update! This guide is to show different methods to run live wallpaper on top of Windows Lock-Screen securely that include videos or GIF files. So it is customizable. It takes 2 programs to get it to work as soon as the Screen is locked with the assistance of Windows Task scheduler. These...
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    Windows 11 Remove File Explorer's path history?

    I think it may have been called WordWheelQuery in Windows 7. I skipped 8 and 10 so I don't know if it changed. I've managed to disable search history in WIndows 11. But I'd like to also disable the folder path history as well. Is there a way? Anyone know the regedit entries I need to edit?
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    Issue with the display

    The issue started when the Laptop was still running Windows 7 and then it was upgraded to Win10. From time to time the screen would do one of three things. The display would either be totally black or have lower resolution on it or the screen would be split into many smaller areas. This...
  5. Windows 10 Windows is not booting from USB

    Hello! All..Link Removed..I am not able to install Windows 10 from the USB, I already have windows 7 working smoothly on my laptop but now I want to upgrade to Windows 10. When booting it freezes.
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    Windows 10 USB stick window keeps popping up

    Hello all I keep my work files on a USB stick that is attached to my laptop. Several times a day a window pops up, showing me the content of the drive, as i had just connected it. Why is this happening? It's a new laptop. Yes, i could turn off autoplay to "not do anything" when a pendrive is...
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    Windows 10 Some apps will not open networked files.

    Posting this here, although I'm not sure it is a network problem per-se, but it is network related. The problem is that some applications will not open files on a networked PC via the list of recent files that appears when starting the app fromthe Start Menu. I get The item you selected is...
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    Windows 7 Saving several pages

    Q. I have windows 7 running mostly Firefox. Some of the add ons are helpful but it's difficult for a senior with RBS (rotting brain syndrome) to find the easiest way to save a tutorial which is several pages long. I can turn on IE and possibly use that. Maybe I can save it as an MHT but how...
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    [SOLVED] Application to list apps most often used?

    Hello, To make a bit less painful to migrate from my aging 32-bit Windows 7 workstation to the latest and greatest, I need to find what apps I most often use, before gathering and installing the latest version of each and importing data files and settings. The "Last Used On" column in W7's...
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    Windows 7 reboots - usually no BSOD (with BSOD history) win 7

    i have a pc that reboots itself sometimes, up to 3-4 times a day - usually no BSOD used for office - MS office / outlook / plus runs a monitor with security cams (no gaming) win 7 pro I7 6700k Asus strix z270g gaming gSkill 16gb f4-3200 gtx 1070 ti 8gb 1tb ssd 2tb sata 8gb sata done basic...
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    Windows 7 Ethernet driver

    Hey May I have link to download Broadcom netxtreme netlink driver 14.4.6.2 for windows 7 32bit Thanks
  12. Windows 7 Corrupt HD. stuck CHKDSK, No Win 7 Pro Disc/BU...

    Hello All I recently got a Dell precision M4800 basically free with Windows 7 Pro. I fired it up and everything ran normally for about 5 minutes until I tried to run normal stuff like Defrag, cleaner, disc checking and then it just bottle up, all icons vanished and then got BSoD....check Bios...
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    Windows 7 INF file

    Hello I am using windows 7 64 bit and I share the my printer over network another PC with XP 32 bit, I am trying to install the printer but its required the driver INF file How I share the INF file with the printer?
  14. Windows 8 Is it possible to use Windows 7 drivers on Windows 8.1?

    Hello there, I want to install Windows 8.1 on my laptop (which already has Linux installed) for work purposes. So I discovered WIN7 and WIN10 drivers for my laptop model on the official Dell site, as well as Intel Graphics drivers. I looked for drivers for Windows 8.1. However, some drivers are...
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    Windows 10 unable to reset Dual Boot

    Hi, In the beginning I had XP installed and then Win7 in dual boot. Dual boot I could not undo and upgraded Win7 to Win10. After a Win10 crash, I couldn't do any repair. I reinstalled Win10 on another partition. My question is if I can just delete the older versions and just keep working with...
  16. Windows 10 Windows not booting from USB for Instalation.

    Hello ! I can't install the windows 10 from a USB. I have windows 7 that works fine, and I want to install windows 10 on this laptop. This is what I get. It is like an error and it's freeze. Can someone help me?
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    Windows 10 Can I transfer windows 10 from one laptop to another if it came pre installed? (OEM)

    Hello all, I have a laptop that came with windows 10 preinstalled. The issue is that this laptop is painfully slow, so I would like to transfer windows 10 from this laptop to another laptop that I have which only has abuntu installed on it. Is this possible? If it is not, I was thinking of...
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    Windows 7 Did My HDD Fail?

    COMPUTER SPECS. hp laptop, model g72-227wm Windows 7 Home Prem. OA Intel Pentium dual core T4500 (2.30 GHz) 3 GB memory, 320(?) GB HDD Intel GMA 4500M IMPORTANCE AND COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE This laptop is maybe 10+ years old. I'm a musician and use it exclusively for recording stripped-down...
  19. KB5004378: Servicing stack update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1: July 13, 2021

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  20. Windows 7 I need help with my laptop

    I already made this post on the actual windows support forum, but I haven’t gotten a response in half a month. I was watching YouTube on my laptop and decided to try updating to Windows 10 after failing many other times. Big mistake. I looked up many tutorials on how to update, which led me to...