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Try naming a folder on your desktop CON.. It just can't be done..

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct forum but I am having issues with Windows DVD Maker. I have successfully used this program in the past but recently I started receiving error messages...

Since a few days back, I am unable to access two websites I maintain from my desktop computer. No problem from my laptop or my wife's laptop. Only thing I can think of is that I recently installed...

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Windows Movie Maker 2.6 (an older program, I know, which I installed and am using on my Windows 7 computer because I like it better than Microsoft's more recent video editor) has started misbehaving,...

Hi. I sign in to several different networked computers a day, each in different classrooms and one in my office. They are all networked together, but all the desktops, taskbars, StartMenus,...

Hi, I hit some button that put my computer in full screen display. How do I turn this feature off? Thank you. Moon1130

I have a challenge for you, Oh Exalted Windows Wizards! I do voiceover work. I recently sent an mp3 file using YouSendIt.com. Afterwards, I decided to put a "shortcut" on my desktop...since I use...

I thought that DVD-ROMs and CD-ROMs used a standardized format, but no, I've had a couple that were written on a MAC and couldn't be read in Windows 7. I was able to transfer the files to a...

I want to find all files that begin with "backup of" in a directory tree. But when I enter that (e.g. backup of*.docx), it also searches within the file for any reference to "backup" and "of" etc. ...

I have tried to install several items of software (eg. drivers/ Seagate GoFlex External HD) but keep getting an error message that Microsoft Installer was not properly installed. I can't find any...

I tried Windows 8 Customer Preview and tried to remove it by reinstalling Windows 7 on my laptop. I mistakenly put Windows 7 on Recovery D and now apparently have a dual boot. I would like to remove...

I got this this morning... ADOBE PDF READER 2012 UPGRADE NOTIFICATION This is to remind that a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 2012 with enhanced features for viewing, creating, editing,...

This seems like it shouldn't be rocket science but.... When executing a batch file, say from a flash drive, I'd like to capture the drive letter of that flash drive.

After two failed Seagate hard disks in the past month I purchased HD Sentinel. It now rates my four year old C: boot drive as critical and gives it a 9 percent reliability rating and says it could...

I'm not sure that this is the right place to ask this question, but why exactly do I need Flash Player? For the umpteenth time in the last couple of years Adobe has updated it. If it's that insecure...

I was always under the impression that to make make an image backup one had to boot off a alternate medium. How can MS Backup (for instance) make an accurate image of a running system?

As M$ have invoked their 2014 end of life for XP SP3. I am not happy because I not getting rid of my beautiful Sony Vaio desktop PCV-V300G. It has Pentium 4 2.8Ghz, and has the maximum 2 x 512MB...

How do I rid my comps of this dreadful message...forever????

Hello. I just got hold of a couple of DVD-RWs, they are Sony DVD-RW DRU-842A. They will not be seen except as CD-ROMs by my W-7 machine. I get a dialog that says that I need a driver. I looked all...

I have a home built PC that is two years old. The MOBO failed WIN7 Home Premium x64 (new, on disk, no SP1). The Specs. ASUS P5Q Turbo, Q8400 Intel Core2 quad @2.66GHZ, 8GB RAM 4x2 GB., 2ea 750GB WD...

Hey all, I need a GPT-aware boot manager. Sort of. That is, I do not need to boot from a GPT disk, but there is a GPT disk in my system, and I don't want a GPT-unaware boot manager to mess with...

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I've got myself a Canon Pixma 6150 MFP. It's a wireless connected printer/scanner/copier suitable for home use. I've installed it on my PC fine, it's quite happy. But the software it comes with...