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Accidentially I pressed some unknown key combination/sequence and the result was that the title bar and the menu bar of the well known built-in Task Manager was suddenly hidden. Only the processes are shown in window. I cannot even switch to the other tabs. With which key can I tell Win 7 to...

I'm trying to adjust the power options on my laptop so that the CPU doesn't run as hot (which consequently increases the fan). I set the "Minimum processor state" to a value lower than 100% but, no matter what value I enter, Windows doesn't seem to be using it. The "Maximum Frequency" that shows...

hi, I went to msconfig and boot and advanced option, I find I have 1 processors enabled. I have Pentium dual core e-6300, so I should have two cores. I also checked my CPU in task manager. It's showing I only have 1 cores. What happened to my second core. (Sorry for the Chinese, if you don't...

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On my laptop I'd like to widen the day and date area so that the day and date fit on one line. For instance, for today, I'd like it to display "Friday/09/16/2016." I have made this change in settings, and when I hover the mouse over that area, the display is correct. But because the display area...

I have a batch file that runs on logon as a task, but it does not work on non-admin desktops because it uses admin level commands. I want it to run as administrator without prompting the user for a password. I tried going into the file properties, clicking compatibility, and checking "Run This...

So I wanted to take out the signing in everyday by going to the netplwiz program and I accidently disabled/deactivated my account. This was the admin account and now I cant get it back. Even when I go into another basic account/user it doesn't have admin controls so it cant activate it. please...

Very irritating issue here. I tried running a game "Assassin's creed:Syndicate" on my Asus ROG G551VW at a resolution of 1600x900 and it runs on partial screen even when I have fullscreen option checked. It will only occupy full screen if I run the game in 3840x2160 resolution but that's not...

Hi, What I'm looking for is not to simply change the whole userdata to another drive, but to create separate drives for each users, and have their application data, my doc, etc folders on their own drives. Sadly, from looking at environment variables though I think it's not possible.. What do...

The sleep mode on my computer doesn't work properly. I go to Start->Power->Sleep and the computer turns completely silent (like it should), but after a few minutes it begins making noise. Why? I have tried to turn off "hybrid sleep mode", but with no luck.

I have a new Acer Aspire E5-574 laptop that cam with Windows 10 pre-installed. I now have a single admin user account using MS Live. I now wish to change this account to a local account but I find that this is impossible. I have found on the internet simple instructions as how this can be...

I am using a usb air bridge with driver version 2.12.14 and the company have told me there is an issue with this version of software and sent me a link to use an older version of the drivers.But evrytime I remove the newer version windows 7 reinstalls it so I cant use the older version how do I...

Is it possible to turn all background data usage off on W10? I am on limited data, so I need to watch every mb I use. Thanks.

When I start MS build-in Event Viewer, then go to Custom Views--->Adminstrative Events and right click and select "Properties" then all the parameters are disabled resp. read-only. See attached snapshot Why? As far as I remember they were editable in the past. I could (de-)select e.g...

I'm looking for a program to make speakers not consume power when no audio is playing. Is it possible?

My computer(A) can drill into computers B and C. B and C can drill into each other. B and C cannot drill into A. As far as I can tell we all have the same buttons clicked on the file sharing settings.

Hello, Everytime i'm not charging I automatically switch to the energy safe performance program. Is there a way to change this and to always be in the High performance program? Thanks in advance!

I have messed with every power option setting. Turned off all screen savers. I dont have a third party screen saver. I have all my updates but my computer keeps going to sleep after 2min. Is it a bug or am I missing something? Need some help. Thanks!

I have windows 8.1 and am quite happy with it. Don't want to upgrade to the "free" Windows 10. But getting a bit po'd about the GWXUX cropping up on every re-start. (no hurry to get win10). Don't give me some crazy amount of steps to get rid of it. Is their a REG to just kill it...??? (or...

Hi After disabling user/s ,the username is not displayed in the "manage account" What should i to make it available in "Manage Account"