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I have program dating back to 2013 is it safe to delete them ???? Sent from my iPhone using Windows Forums mobile app

hello all - FIRST TIME POSTING QUESTION we have a win-8 drive that is being pulled out of a dell box that had a win login& password established. if i were to install this drive into a win-10 box as a secondary drive (drive-D or drive-E perhaps with a usb internal-2-external housing), will...

Hi All Trying to run software which needs 4.5. I check my status with regedit and this shows various versions 3. 3.5 and 4.0. When I then try and instal from Microsoft, the installer states I already have an equivalent or superior version installed etc. Can someone help me get out of this...

Hi everyone! I stumbled upon your fine forum earlier today as I was looking for people who had the same problem and maybe a solution to my problem. I'm currently experiencing these two BSODs when my computer is left on but idle; as in, I'll leave my computer after a long session of a video...

What a mess. Took some time but I got a bunch of it cleaned up. The major problem is that the clock isn't showing in the taskbar. There's a blank space where it should be. If I mouse over the space, it will show time/date. If I click, the calendar will come up. I've done internet searches. Fun...

Initial OS Windows XP. 250Gb HDD, 1 Partition C:. 4/2014 upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium. Still using single partition 250Gb C:. A year ago experienced various hangups and performance issues. Ran SeaTools by Seagate. Had HDD failures on long tests. Installed Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250Gb using...

Hi new here hoping for some help, my daughters laptop which is a year old but has only been turned on about 10 times hardly used just sits under the bed in its box, well she pressed power button and nothing happened just a black screen and an arrow that you can move nothing else no welcome no...

I installed the anniversary update and I have problem now. How It Is Appears. (The file's name) Link Removed How It Should Appear. (The file's name) Link Removed

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Me again, I have a new Win7 Pro machine. It appears it's only updated to SP-1. Yesterday I asked it to check for updates. It returned 'Checking for Updates'. It was still checking for updates when I went to bed with no result. Other machines would come back with the number and type of...

What bookmark extensions are ya'll using? I've been using Firefox forever. But after listening to Security Now episode 557, Steve and Leo convinced me to give Chrome a full time try again. But I really miss the sidebar in Firefox! Can I get some suggestions on good sidebar extensions for...

Hi Just wondering if anyone here loves Windows Forum as much as I do. I'm no stranger to help forums. I've been searching for this kind a help forum for 12 years. I really doubted that one existed until I found Windows Forum! Thanks @Mike You are appreciated my friend. Is there any way I can...

ussnorway submitted a new resource: Crucial (2014) - handy tool to scan a laptop ram slots or hdd Read more about this resource...

Hi For those that don't like the W10 Apps, you can use this link from HTG. Might help if you are having issues with the Apps also?? As always move or delete this thread to the right section!;):) How to Uninstall Windows 10’s Built-in Apps (and How to Reinstall Them)

In order to make one of my directory secure, I changed the access control of the directory to none using the command cacls DirName /e /p everyone:n. But when I tried to grant the full access using cacls DirName /e /p everyone:f, it gives me Access Denied Error. Also, I am unable to open the...

Dear All, Windows Forum is really helpful esepcially kemical who is Windows Forum Admin. Please help to look this this 2 different Notebook with different Error code.

Hi! Does anyone here use this windows tool to troubleshoot. I think it's a great tool. Not wonderful, but it might help lead you to problems you may be having. I don't understand why more help forums don't at least call attention to it. To me it's the event viewer in a graft form, and a lot...

Hi, For one of the requirement I am working on, I need to make sure that the end users are disabled from uninstalling the existing apps and installing new apps from store. Any pointers in this regard is really appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hi, For one of the requirement I am working on, I need to disable the desktop mode completely for end user so that only metro mode is visible and user access apps through tiles only. Also, user should not be able to enable desktop mode back in any way. For this I think we need to disable the...

I started my computer in safe mode with active directory repair to see if it would help mr with a seperate problem, which isnt important to this right now, and now I am stuck at the windows login screen. It does not have a text box or anything where I would actually log in, and nothing works...