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I would also remind everyone to exercise the same caution when updating free programs. Clicking the update button inside the app can lead to unwanted downloads just like the original download did.

As an added note, SUMIF (not SUMIFS) is a supported function in Excel 2003 (SP3), and may serve your needs.

Is there any password keeping program that has the capability to:
-Open a scrolling alphabetized list of sites and programs when you right-click on any password entry box and pick the appropriate...

Password Keeper, a $20 shareware program I have used for a decade or so, keeps up to 1000 passwords and 16 credit cards. The passwords (randomly generated on command, or you can roll your own) can...

If you have the original installation file(s) at hand, you could try to uninstall the program (use Revo Uninstaller, e.g., for a complete uninstall) and then clean the Registry of traces of the old...

If you can find a thumb drive with a hardware write-protection switch, it should be immune to such shenanigans.

SD Cards, while they have a write-protect switch, are actually no good for this...

Use Revo Uninstaller (or the like) to remove the bad actors.

Then, there are several registry cleaners (ccleaner, eusing free registry cleaner, easycleaner, etc) that can help remove registry...

A free program called "Autoruns.exe" (google it to locate the download site) helps with a lot of issues regarding auto-run. It helps remove as well as add programs, plus a lot of other info on...

Using a program such as Irfanview will let you see the Image/Information which will show you the actual number of pixels (W x H) in each jpg. This may give you a clue about why they appear so...

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Win 7 works like you described for XP -- very slick. (Ctrl-n opens a new window in the same folder in Win 7.)

I have found many "undeletable" files can be removed using a program called Unlocker (http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/), provided you can find and click on the file in a folder. Of course, using...

Apparently this offer is only for those (potential) users who have access to an email account with a business/commercial domain name. I tried to get it with my comcast.net account, and it was "sorry...

Another approach that might work would be to set up a 2-column table, format Col. A (only) as Bold-Underline and wide enough to accept your longest entry,
and Col. B to be as wide as the rest of...

Another approach is to right-click the filename in Explorer, select Send To, and click on the appropriate CD drive letter. On my computer, this causes the tray to emerge, ready to accept a disk....

I use a MS Natural Ergonomic Desktop 4000 v1.0 from ca. 2008; it DOES have indicator lights for NumLock/CapsLock/ScrollLock/FunctionLock -- they are located just below the Back<-/Forward-> buttons at...

Another free utility I use many times a day is the Everything search engine from www.voidtools.com. Incredibly fast and thorough filename searches. Doesn't search file contents, but if you can...

Thanks for the reply.
As stated in the OP, I use Macrium Reflect Free, not Pro, thus the "verify on creation" option is not available.
So I am back to the original problem: If I restore from a...

Let's say you make a backup image of your main HD including OS, and store it on an external HD. We are commonly advised to immediately Restore this image back to the original HD as a kind of test, to...

Another useful free screen capture program that I like is PicPick.

I believe the optimum for laser mice would be the finest you can achieve. I have personally used a white paper printed with a uniform medium-to-light-grey shade printed at 300 dpi on a B&W laser...

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I don't recommend this for everyone, but I located a Registry key that listed Chrome as the default mailto client
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Thanks for the tip, but that leads to the Control Panel>Default Programs > Set Associations > scroll down to Protocols > Mailto sequence.
On my computer, the default is Chrome, and the choices given...

MailTo: links in Chrome, Firefox, & IE fail to open my email client (Eudora) like they did up to a month or two ago.

When I click on a MailTo: link in Chrome v.16.0.912.77m, it does nothing at...

I use PDF995 (free from Software995) with Word 2003 and it works fine (use the Advanced button on the Printer Properties pane to select A4, after selecting the PDF printer in Word).
The 995 suite...

I get the "in formation" version with Word 2003, on a machine that never has had Word 2010 installed. I suspect that maybe installing the 2010 version cleans up the Synonym/Thesaurus function in 2003...