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Hi all: I have the strangest problem. If I double click a .txt file, it opens a Command Prompt window rather than the .txt file! If I use right click, open with, choose default program, the check box for "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is grayed out. If I select...

How can I remove or change the start-up page which says "welcome"? I don't care to be "welcomed" by an unconscious thing, a machine, my computer. This has annoyed me for years and I want to put an end to it.

Windows 8.1 Hi, I had an issue with the general user folder name, which was shown as "Alex_000". Although this was a cosmetic issue only, I wanted to change this to "Alex". I successfully managed this by changing about 50 entries in the registry (via regedit). So fine so good. Now I found...

i want to make a redirect folder but i dont have permission to edit location path see this . . . . \/ i also read this = http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/redirect-folder-new-location but i dont know how i get...

I want to use the feature of System Restore Points but I don't want to use Volume Shadow Copies. Is it possible to disable the first but let the second feature be enabled? From what I read so far it does not become clear if this is possible at all. Are VSC a pre-condition to use SRPs? If...

Is it possible to switch off all windows updates temporarily, and work offline. I have a CD-ROM, that successive windows updates have rendered inoperative. I can run this disk on an old machine, but it will not run on my main machine. I could go through the many updates, and with great...

Assume a remote user (needing help) is logged in at a remote computer. Now I am connecting from local computer to the remote computer by using the built-in RemoteDesktop Tool and using his login account (password known). At the moment when I login the session on the remote computer is...

I've recently been having problems with setting my account picture. It will come up with an error every time I try to change it. I haven't changed my account picture in 6 days nor been on my computer in 6 days (which I doubt affects it). I actually had this problem before (a month and a week ago...

Ok there are many guides on how to assign ONE certain extension (e.g. .aaa) to one program myprog.exe so that a double click on a file myfile.aaa will automatically start the program and load the file. But what I need is a similar but different way of assignment. I want completely replace...

Hello iam trying 3 days now to set up folder so every1 on internet can acces it .. So far i can only make it accesible for lan users , but i dont get how to make it accesible from internet ..

Hello, Changing of keyboard layout in my system is Alt-Shift. When you're working in Word, other office applications or browse somewhere - you often shift from 1 language to another. In case you accidentally did not press alt-shift properly and pressed only alt - your cursor will jump to the...

I found out that Retro UI is a good app as a start menu. The reason is that it allows you to still use the start screen if you want to and adds a task bar at the bottom of your start screen. So, you can use the start screen as an improved desktop. I could be wrong so please correct me if I am...

Hello In order to add a french voice i downloaded from the net RSSolo4FrenchVirginie application and installed it. But when i clicked text to speech in the control panel ,i didn't see the new voice in the voice selection listbox. When I searched for "sapi.cpl" ,I found many located in...

I was about run a defrag on C: with O&O, but since there are a lot of locked blocks, I decided to temporarily turn off hibernation and shadow copies, but I've run into a problem with the latter. Even after turning it off and deleting shadow copies in the Device Manager, O&O still reports that...

Hi All, I am getting above error when i am connected to Wi-Fi network. Although i am able to use internet using USB tethering option in my smartphone. I tried below in command prompt, but it also doesn't worked. Also there are no bonjour services. Kindly help me with this issue. Thanking You.

That's right: It keeps setting all these Microsoft programs to the "allowed" list. I don't use them, I don't need them, and I have half a mind to destroy their respective directories, because windows seems to want to hang on to them for some ungodly reason. Every time I update windows, a...

Way back in the good old days I use to use a screen saver that had an option to require a password to unlock the screen saver. I looked at the options on all my default screen savers and that option is not available. Also, if I use the sleep that requires my name & password, where do I see...

I've turned on a guest account. Now I want to add a password to that account so only designated guests can use my PC. How?

As in win7 I got a super admin account, and a normal working account. When installing win8 I had to enter the username of the administrator (mine), then I created my working account (also mine). To distinguish betrween the 2 I would like to call my administrator account 'administrator'. How to...

I am a traditionalist and so run permanently in "desktop" mode because I don't like the look and feel of the new Windows 8. Ever since I installed Windows 8.1 a blank green Microsoft "Store" window pops up from time to time on my desktop. When I click on it, the green is replaced by a normal...