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    Windows 7 Speech Recognition question

    In Windows 7 Pro, once Speech Recognition is turned on, I want to invoke keyboard commands that have more than 2 keys. In Photoshop, for instance, Save for Web is Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S. If I say: Press Control plus Alt plus Shift plus S, nothing happens. Is there a way to invoke commands that...
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    Windows 8 Desktop Gadgets for Windows 8 & Windows 8.1+gallery

    Here is good news for everyone who loved and missed the Desktop Gadgets in Windows 8. Gadgets Revived, yet another alternative (and probably the best one) of Sidebar, is a very cool sidebar gadgets package with ALL original features like control panel items, Windows Search items and gadgets...
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    Windows 8 Bookmarks and Favorites

    I am a new user of Windows 8. Can I presume that bookmarking a web site is similar to adding that site to my Favorites folder in earlier versions of Windows? If so, where do I access these bookmarks once created, and can they be merged with my Favorites folder? Gordon Houston, TX
  4. VIDEO How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Tutorial Series

    A thorough walkthrough of how to do a clean installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. In this walkthrough, we use Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition. This installation guide is part 1 of a larger feature currently in production, but will guide you completely through the initial...
  5. Windows 8 More details emerge on the 8.1 Start menu.

    Guru3D have posted that the new 8.1 update, which previews tomorrow, will have a Start menu almost reminiscent of the windows 7 Start menu. Hot corners can be disabled as well as booting straight to desktop. How do they know this? Well Windows Server 2012 R2 already has the same options: Link...
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    Windows 8 Photo Software

    So there is a photo STICKY on the START UP SCREEN. I put a few pics in the photos folder and they scroll on the desktop. #1. Is there a way to select <or better yet, DESELECT> the photos that appear in the SCROLL ... and #2. Is there a photo editor in WIN8 at all? I've looked and tried to...
  7. How to use the special pool feature to isolate pool damage

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    Windows 7 How to open cascade sub-menu ControlPanel->AdministrativeTools->...?

    When I currently open the menu START->ControlPanel->AdministrativeTools then there is no further cascading submenu with all parts like - Services- - Computer Management - Event Viewer ... Ok, I could click on it and a window with all the entries will popup, but I prefer another...
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    Windows 7 Can't create new folder.

    First day on Windows 7. Installed a couple of programs. been working all day. The folder option is missing from the New menu and new folder button doesn't work.
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    Windows 7 "services.msc" not available any more?

    In the past I typed services.msc in the run entry field to access directly the Servcies dialog. Now I wanted to use it again (under WIndows 7). Unfortunately it cannot be found by Win7. Did the name changed? Yes, it is still accessible through Control Panel-->Administrative tools but I...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8 Snap screen?

    Hi I just purchased a new laptop and the screen resolution is only 1280x600 so snap screen is disabled. What is a way to make it be enabled? there is always a way but i cant figure it out
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    Windows 7 Windows Media Player not responding?

    I hope this is the right forum to place this topic, if not I'm truly sorry. However, I am at my wits end and I need some help if anyone has experienced this before. Recently my Windows Media Player has stop responding, it will open up when I click the icon but from there it freezes at the...
  13. Wireless Hosted Network feature does not work in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

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    Windows 8 Metro Apps are competing with Desktop Apps

    Every time I download pictures from my digital camera while in the Desktop mode, the METRO Photo App pops up. I need to manually stop it from Task Manager, but... A few minutes later, I see that METRO Photo App is running again. When I want to save my edited picture, my the computer freezes...
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    Windows 7 How to preview the clip instead of having to open the file???

    I just wanted to see if there were a way to view all video's without having to actually open the file. For example, once you click on a video file, to the right a window pops up automatically and you can play the video without having to open the file. Some clips allow me to preview the video's...
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    Windows 8 Nagging reader for PDF

    After I installed Windows 8, I had no idea that the Adobe PDF reader would someone be lost. I was bemoaning the fact that I could not just keep the pdf in a window. Well as some are smiling now, I finally realized that maybe the Adobe pdf reader would do that for me. Slowly I am making...
  17. Folder Redirection functionality "Move Content to new location" can lead to dataloss

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  18. Windows 8 Happy, Impressed New Win8 End Users

    I live in Calgary but, help clients who may be in other cities, Provinces or Countries. Recently, I have worked remotely, using RA, w/ several clients who were newly installing Windows 8 (before the promo ends). In each case I have given them the Applications window and Desktop Toolbar...
  19. Windows 8 What's the eye icon for?

    Hi On the lock screen where you type in your password there are 2 icons at the end of the line. One is a normal check mark icon and the other one that is just ahead of it is a eye icon. What is the eye icon for, both of them log my in but when I did log in using the eye icon this morning...
  20. Windows 8 How to create a 5 tile wide start screen group

    I have deleted all of the icons from my default (new machine) start screen and am now attempting to create a new screen. My problem is that I can't seem to place more than 2 icons wide in a group. Once I've filled the 2 column group from top to bottom the next icon I place on the screen...