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Congratulations to you all, Tinto Tech, bbearren, jwitalka, bobprimak, and BATcher!

Congratulations Ted & RG! I am very pleased to see you both as Super Moderators! :clapping::fanfare::coffeetime:

The best way to contact the Newsletter administration is to use the Contact link on the link bar at the top of the main Lounge page. This is the contact link that allows you to send a message...

Latest Update: Late yesterday afternoon, Apple released another Java update through Apple Update. This update not only closes the vulnerability that gave Flashback an open door, but also removes any...

For those who frequent the Lounge who also have a Mac in their home, the Flashback Trojan has been making the rounds on Macs of late.

Over half of the 600,000 Macs infected are in the US. ...

Any housekeeping/cleaning done in Windows should always be accompanied by at minimum, a backup of the Registry, or at least that portion of the Registry that is affected by the housekeeping. ...

Hi Venu and welcome to the Lounge!

There is no need to temporarily disable MSE when you scan with the free edition of Malwarebytes.

Hi Diane,

As a consumer preview beta, Windows 8 should be installed as a clean install. It is not ready for prime time, so doing an upgrade install will not give you an accurate assessment of the...

Check out this PC World article about a company in Texas and the system it uses to keep its business records. It is incredible!

But wait, there is more! There are two more pages reviewing...

Hello PCGuru, and welcome to the Lounge,

If you just want to reply to a line or two in a large post, you can also highlight, copy, and then paste the text into the Quick Reply box. You can then...

I use Firefox 10.0.1 and I can see the video player displayed on the Newsletter page when I click the link in my Newsletter email. When I arrive at the Newsletter page containing the embedded video,...

yantouk, have you tried the Microsoft Install/Uninstall Trouble Shooter, as has already been recommended twice in this thread?

beckan0123 is definitely a spammer with a history, now permanently banned and post removed.

Thanks for your watchfulness guys.

Have a great evening.

@Jock,

Thanks, Jock. I am aware one must be logged in to see the 'Thanks' button. The 'Thanks' button was missing on my browser screen when I posted that remark back in July. When I restarted...

@Boghound,

Using capital letters i.e. "GROW UP!!!" corresponds to shouting in speech. Let's keep things civil in these posts.

@Corky245,

I have removed your duplicate thread in the Forum Feedback, Questions, and Announcements Forum. Posting the same problem in two forums is cross posting and is a violation of the Forum...

Thanks Jerry,

That is a great summary to refer other Lounger's to in the future. I have noted this thread.

Hello Bobprimak and BruceR,

There is no secure log in for the Lounge. The only secure connection for the Windows Secrets site is for payment of the Newsletter subscription. There is no...

That was a very good game to watch....can't say that about every Super Bowl! Good to see the NFC do it again.

There is no need to adjust the wait period between reporting. When a spammer post is reported, all posts by the spammer are reviewed and are dealt with in the banning of the spammer.

I sent you...

If you have WiFi on your iPad, there is no data plan. (Of course, if your ISP has a monthly cap on the volume of data you can transfer to or from the Internet, you will be subject to your ISP's...

Hi Caesar3,

It would be a good idea to check with your IT department on this issue. There may be some settings they have in place that are affecting what you are seeing while in your work...

Depending on your motherboard and the age of your system, you may need to get a BIOS update and a Chipset Utility Drivers update as well.

After you get Windows XP up and running there are some...

Hello Dic,

The Windows 7 Control Panel has three possible views. Category View, is how Fred's is displayed. One of the categories is labeled Programs and the link beneath it is Uninstall a...

The OP has reported his original issue has been resolved. Therefore, because this thread has strayed too far from the OP's issue, this thread will remain locked.