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Now seeing the title above I am sure most will say "ME!" but lets take a look one of Micrsofts biggest issues: Inconsistencies between OS versions. Now as a linux user I have had my fare share of UI changes, features given/removed, nitpicks and nags but since it is more or less a community...

What is happening, is that all of my windows os's are installing correctly, but when the PC boots up, the screen is not fitting my screen, and there is a black border around it, and I don't know what to do!! I have been trying to figure it out for a while now, and cant. Someone please help.

I am visiting my grand daughter at my other daughter's house. Of course my grand daughter says, "Grandpa, can you look at my PC. It keeps going to sleep when I'm working on it. It has been working fine until I arrived here" Some may recall this is a new PC (approx. 7 months ago) that I bought as...

Hi, On C:\ drive where do i find the folder that shows me all the screen savers on my OS. I want to copy some to my Memory stick. thx

When i try to play HD video in my 64bit pc's WMP 12. It's not that smooth.. But when i play the same file in VLC player it works fine. I tried replacin Klite codec pack with win7 codec pack...but still the same. amazingly the same video is cool in 32 bit XP.. My PC's Specs: intel core i7 2600...

These Might Be Considered A Dumb Questions..... Does Anyone Know How To Add A Flip 3D Button/Shortcut To The Taskbar? And Pin Windows Update To Taskbar? Thanks, :)

Gov Maharaj is a developer on the Windows Compatibility team. You know Gov from the popular C9 show, Link Removed. He spends most of his time solving problems reported by customers over the phone, in email, or via automated telemetry data. Gov is one of those people who makes work-a-holics feel...

hi everybody im having trouble with these bsod Crash Dump Analysis On Mon 09/05/2011 13:50:33 GMT your computer crashed crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\050911-17066-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x70740) Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x5003...

I recently switched my OS from Ultimate 32bit, to Professional 64bit. On my extra hard drive (where all my documents are stored), I had a folder that I originally chose to "encrypt contents to secure data" under the 'advanced attributes' section of the folder properties. Now that I've switched...

Hello, I'm having the exact same problem as the original thread poster (Link Removed) and I have unknowingly restored my computer to factory settings. Safe modes don't work because they launch into the first time Windows OS setup. I attempted to update the driver, but I don't know how. It'd be...

I have a laptop and I partitioned "C" into "C" and "F". Now I want to move the non-system, non Windows OS files to "F". I need to know which of the folders now on "C" I can move. I've attached a screencap. Which of the folders can I move? I guess I should not move Program Files Program Files...

Hello everybody. I changed all the OS fonts from Segoe UI to Arial. Looks much better for me. But here are still some fonts in the OS which i was unable to change them. How can i set everything to Arial ? In this link you'll see that in Everest the fonts are not Arial. Same when i move...

this morning i decided to perform system restore since the OS screwed up a bit and will only work in safe mode i also did scf /scannnow and chkdsk /f and it didn't help i think its something with the HD. some expert told me that if the hd is too large it can screw the OS. mine is just 500GB so...

Our application is creating a new Windows user in answer to each request. In space of one year hundred of thousands of new users are being added and subsequently deleted. We noticed that after a while our servers start to slow down while logging on a new user. The delay occurs when Windows...

Hey guys, I was wondering if you guys could possibly help me out: I expected to be told how adjust global settings as well as program specific settings. If I click to open a program and I'm prompted and you give me the option to change when this notification appears then I want to change...

I'm new around here,and my hope of put my HDD working is dying day after day....Since last week my External HDD isn't recognized on any Windows OS i've tried. Ex: W7,Vista, NT. It gives me a "Code 43" error. I've tried many drivers and stuff like...

When I attempt to delete certain files or folders I am denied permission and prompted: "requires administrators permission". But I am the Administrator! And I am signed in as such. How do I fix this problem? Richard P.S. I will be installing a Solid-State Drive later today - OS & apps. -...

hi all, i have a small problem which is driving me nuts and can't figure out or find a solution online so i thought i'd post here. when i view my folders in Explorer, i want each folder to have a different view. some in List mode, others as Medium Icons, etc. When i make a change to the view...

Ok I am about at my wits end with this OS. Two biggest issues are teh audio and the networking. For no reason whatsoever my audio just dies I lose all sound until I reboot, nothing is muted no settings have been changed it just dies. This is after unistalling cleaning then re-installing...

While i'm no stranger to new windows OS's and their compatibility issues i am a noob to microsoft beta testing.There are alot of concessions made to increase compatibility of app's designed for previous OS's (ability to tell seven what system it worked on previously back to pure XP no SP) is...