I just installed Windows Vista on a laptop computer.
I was wondering if you could recommend any essential software to be installed on the system (i.e. anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc...)
Thanks
When Windows 7 is configured to automatically update at a certain time (say Friday 5pm), is that also when it tries to download updates, or does it pull in the updates throughout the week, and only installs them at the update time?
I'm using Windows 7 RC and for some reason, the date won't show at all on my system tray. It used to for a while, but one day it just stopped (I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out).
So I've been trying to fix it, by customizing the format of the date, resetting to defaults, etc... But nothing works, it still doesn't show.
The time appears fine.
Hi,
Microsoft's SFU is not supported for
64-bit XP OS. Read here -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920751
I want to set up a NFS Client on 64-bit Windows XP. Any suggestions ?
I try to tune ClearType in Windows 7 x64 using the ClearType Text Tuner. I can choose whatever options I want on the first 3 pages, but on the last page, whatever I choose is reverted as soon as I click finish. Next time I run the tuner I can see that the second option is selected, not the option that I wanted (the last one).
Has anybody else found this odd behavior?
In many Windows programs when I open a file, the GUI dialogue that starts with "Look in:" and provides a list of directories and files to open has a thin panel on the left-hand side with the following 5 icons:
Recent Places
Desktop
Libraries
Computer
Network
Is there a Registry Hack available for adding my own icons to this? I wish to add three for various folders related to the work that I do, and I haven't been able to find a way to customize this.
Thanks in advance.
My work PC has restrictions that stop me from adding programs to the start menu so when I try to install Python using the Python 2.6.5 Windows installer it can't complete as it tries to add a shortcut to my start menu.
Is there a way around this? I.e another way of installing without the need for a shortcut?
I've tried Python portable but as it doesn't add anything to the registry it can't be detected.
I am unable to locate the MAC address in a new computer with Windows 7. I've tried ipconfig/all to which I got "no items match your search". I also tried getmac. A screen flashed very briefly with what appeared to be the information but was not there long enough to read.
I would like to run the Windows Desktop Search indexer at below normal priority. When I try to set this via task manager, I get 'Access is denied'.
Is there a way to remove whatever restrictions are protecting this process? Or ideally, configure it to have the lower priority on startup?
XPSP3 btw.
Some time back I changed the default libraries icon on Taskbar to "Computer" icon. I had to format the PC and now I looks like the I forgot the procedure to change the icon.
I tried changing the Libraries icon in %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows.
That did not change the icon on the taskbar.
What should I be doing to change the icon?
I am looking for a way to make a jump list for the windows task bar for application shortcuts. Kinda like the quick launch toolbar but with the jump list look. I tried to make my own 'toolbar' but that does what the quick launch bar did before.
Does anyone have any good, well priced online backup solutions for Windows Home Server?
I've looked at using s3 but the pricing ends up to expensive with the amount of data I have. Mozy and alike don't support WHS. I was considering just getting a cheap linux VPS and using rsync to backup, if thats possible with WHS.
Any thoughts or solutions you have appreciated.
I have been raised on Norton Commander so I could never really get too comfortable with the plain Explorer.
What is your favourite explorer tool and did you completely replace Windows Explorer with it?
I have problem with sleep/screen saver on my new Windows 8.1 machine. It will go to to sleep or start screen saver after start (or restart). But if it goes to sleep (manually or automatically) and I wake it up, it wont start sleep or start screen saver again automatically.
I updated chipset and graphic cards drivers. I don't have any homegroup.
Does anyone have similar issue?
Thanks for any advice,
per
I like how Windows 7 (and Vista) have the convenient 'New Folder' button. Is it possible to have a similar 'New File' button. If it creates a file and then automatically triggers the renaming action so you can rename the file, that would be perfect.
I know it is possible for certain file types to have special actions assigned, but not just for a generic directory.
This question is related to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/54989/change-windows-hostname-from-command-line, but I'm in a different situation. The netdom tool will not work on a computer not joined to a domain. I've tried setting the hostname from the registry, but I was wondering if there was another way from the command-line.
I would like to do this because i have half installed service because of installation failure which is just there non functioning.
How can we remove the windows service using the command line ?
I have windows 7 (professional OEM) installed in bootcamp.
Not thinking about it, I activated it running in fusion.
now in fusion everything is fine, but when i run it directly it says it needs activation.
I read that one actually needs to activate it directly first, and afterwards in fusion.
How can I fix this situation?
I had to save data from my harddisk to an external drive (with linux) and after reinstalling Windows Vista (and copying the files back) there is a strange overlay icon with two people. How do I get rid of this ?
First I thought it could be shared, but the files are not shared. The user is the owner of all those files and they are accesible to everyone.
Any ideas what Vista would like to say to me with these icons and how I get rid of them ?
Is there an application or plug-in that allows viewing .eml E-Mail dumps (that may contain HTML and attachments) in Windows 7's preview pane?
I'm aware of the possibility of adding the file type in the registry but that will give only a plain-text view of the files, not a parsed view.
HTML viewing is a must for what I need, attachments are optional.
Is there some top-notch E-Mail client that introduces this functionality?
Is there a generic way of doing this?
OS: WinXP SP3
When pressing win+E or open Windows Explorer, under My Computer, usually there are several disk drives. But somehow they just disappeared.
If I type c:\ in address bar, then the disk will re-appear in the tree though. How to get them back to normal? Thanks.
I'm looking for a shell replacement for Windows, instead of Explorer.
The features I'm looking at are:
a task bar
a tray bar
an application launcher (I mostly use Launchy for that, but I need a launcher for those applications I forget the name...)
The lighter and the easier to configure, the better!
I'm currently using Emerge, but I found it a little buggy. I tried many others, but I never found something convincing.
I am considering creating a Vista install, in VirtualBox, in a minimum configuration.
The Microsoft pages seem consistent on the most important points:
1 GB of system memory
40 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
In my experience sometimes these recommendations are accurate. (For example, I have a Windows XP in VirtualBox that generally behaves well running in the stated minimum). If anyone has some practical experience (especially the type that could save me hours of pain), please let me know.
I'd like to create a keyboard shortcut to quickly and easily change the DPI scale on my machine.
In Windows 8.1, the desktop display DPI scale can be set via the control panel (pictured below), taking effect immediately. Alternatively, the scale can be set manually in the registry, but doing so requires that the user sign in and out or restart the machine in order to take effect (and only works to imitate the "one scaling level for all my displays" option).
How can I set the DPI scale via the command line, or otherwise programmatically?