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I do not want my e-mail address to appear together with the User Account name. How do I hide it without affecting anything else. I do not want to switch to a local account either. View the full article

I tried to schedule a meeting using the Calendar Tile Windows 8. Help indicates that you can. It says use the "Who" field, which I am not seeing. Im guessing that it may not be showing up because I have no one in any people lest or email. So, if anyone has an answer... better yet a Youtube clip link would be good. Or, not implemented...have to have outlook...whatever. Also, I did not buy the Pro version this time. Thanks View the full article

After installing Visio Professional 2013, can No longer open Windows Search email results, either double or right clicking, screenshot below. Message icon also changed from gold to blue, even though the 2013 version of Outlook is Not installed. Any ideas how to fix this without uninstalling Visio? http://extremetechsupport.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/0f39469544d4526a68f230af3a1c4c88.png Using following with latest updates: - Microsoft Visio 2013 (15.0.4420.1017) MSO (15.0.4454.1002) 32-bit - Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit. - Outlook 2010 SP1. Troubleshooting steps taken: - Ran "Find and fix problems with Windows Search" Troubleshooter, no issues found. - In "Windows Features" turned Windows Search off, restarted, then back on, index took while to rebuild. Ray View this thread

I just got a new computer with windows 8 and internet explorer 10. My computer locks up and freezes all the time when I go to run a program, internet explorer crashes anytime I try to use it, and when I do get internet explorer 10 open, I cant open more than one tab because it will lock up and not load anything. Pages wont load and will just sit there for hours on end with a blank white screen. Is there any reason why this is happening? I downgraded to windows 7 for a while and all of these problems went away. So I decided to go back to windows 8 and all of these errors came right back. View the full article

Hi My new computer with Windows 8 pre-installed is shutting down by itself. The computer had a browser open and was idle when it randomly shutdown. See attached for the latest minidump file. What's the issue? https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=310520E0FD8FB7DF!147&authkey=!AHV6wA65LALhGDc Tim View the full article

Please note that I've replaced the CD Rom drive that came with the Computer with a DVD Rom drive. Also when booting up the computer takes a longer time than it usually did. View this thread

Hi, I have a windows 8 workstation setup for testing. I am having an issue with the temporary internet files. When you login with a local user everything works fine, however as soon as I enable domain access and login with the administrator account the temporary internet files folder becomes locked. It becomes set to size 0 and is not usable. If I try to set a size it will only allow up to 10 and then once you close the properties and open it back up its back to 0. I have windows 7 and xp workstations with no issues. I have tried to change permissions but there is no permission tab on the properties of the folder itself. I am trying to determine else to look at to solve the issue. Thanks, EddieA View the full article

Is Plus for Windows xp compatible with vista? View this thread

I have a Windows XP and recently had NETGEAR installed to have access to the internet. My "Welcome Screen and User Accounts" are missing. The user accounts are in the Control Panel under user accounts but, "Change how users log in/off," Windows and Fast Switch have been disabled. I am now have the classic to sign in on my account but I am now the only user on this computer. Can you help me fix this without uninstalling NETGEAR? Thank you so much for your time. 2350sandy View this thread

sabortooth 990fx mother bd. amd 8 core processor 32 g/memory sata hard drive /ntfs part. win7 loads fine and will accept win 8 with no problems. However I am using the win 7 on another computer and wonted nto upgrade using my win xp from my old computer. I get a stop ox0000007 (0xFFFFFADE5E0323C0,0xFFFFFFFFC0000034,0x0000000000000000,0x0000000000000000) Note: check for virses on your computer. remove any newley installed hard drives or hard drive controlers. check hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. and restart your computer. I have changed hard drives, re-formated and partioned each. Xp load attempts always get the above results. Win 7 loads with no problem. View this thread

A file I encrypted with Truecrypt mysteriously was moved to a different folder on the same drive. The folder is named '755d3851e9b156252c7f93106a7e' and I can not modify the permissions to move the encrypted back. This seems to have happened just prior to a major update from MS. Thanks for assistance. View this thread

Hello, I use a program (Beyond Compare) which has a Folder Compare module, with a function for doing a binary comparison between the files inside two folders. I use it to check the integrity of my backups, by comparing my main hard disk files, with the ones on the backup hard disks. If two files get recognized as being different, then one of them should be corrupt (if they didn't get modified "normally"). My question is: will this method work to detect real file corruptions? Will it detect any kind of corruption, both copy corruptions, and "bit rot" corruptions? Will there be no problem regarding read cache? I mean: if the first file to compare gets read from disk, and is kept in a read cache (by Windows or by the hard disk, or by something else), will the second file get read from the same cache (if Windows or the hard disk think they are identical files)? Do Windows and hard disks have some kind of procedure to detect if a file to read from disk is already available in cache, even if it is in a different folder than the "original" one? Perhaps some kind of file-checksum-system which decides that the files are same? (And this system would not notice if the file to compare is corrupt). If this would be true, then integrity checks by file comparison would not work, because in practice the same file would be read twice (first from disk, and then from cache), instead of reading both the two files to be compared from disk. I have already done tests by manually "corrupting" files (changing slightly the contents, while keeping size and timestamp the same), and it works (the files get recognized as different). But I'm not sure if it will work also with "real" corrupt files. I'm interested mostly about Windows 8 Pro 64bit and NTFS (but would like to know also in general). Thanks. View the full article

hi there My notebook was bought in my local tesco 3 years ago with Windows XP preinstalled, I had the key code on the bottom, had to have the notebook rebooted with fresh windows XP installed, and now I cant activate my Windows key code. I have rung microsoft and they told me it was blocked and to ring my manufacturer, never had such a farce before ! This is a copy of my info, can you give me any advice what to do ? Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0): ----------------------------------------- Windows Validation Data--> Validation Status: Not Activated Validation Code: 1 Cached Validation Code: N/A Windows Product Key: *****-*****-9V36K-DB2FX-JQY7J Windows Product Key Hash: xhflwX1Je+HT3Q6WRksa4rwbtps= Windows Product ID: 76477-OEM-2154351-27167 Windows Product ID Type: 3 Windows License Type: OEM System Builder Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010200.3.0.hom ID: {5EA7CFCB-CB45-4BFB-9D86-7826CC1E6A15}(3) Is Admin: Yes TestCab: 0x0 LegitcheckControl ActiveX: Registered, 1.9.42.0 Signed By: Microsoft Product Name: N/A Architecture: N/A Build lab: N/A TTS Error: N/A Validation Diagnostic: FCEE394C-429-80040154_025D1FF3-344-80040154_025D1FF3-229-80040154_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-258-3 Resolution Status: N/A Vista WgaER Data--> ThreatID(s): N/A Version: N/A Windows XP Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 File Exists: No Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 OGA Data--> Office Status: 109 N/A OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002 Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 Office Diagnostics: B4D0AA8B-543-80070002_FCEE394C-429-80040154_025D1FF3-344-80040154_025D1FF3-229-80040154_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-258-3 Browser Data--> Proxy settings: N/A User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32) Default Browser: C:Program FilesInternet ExplorerIEXPLORE.exe Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled Active scripting: Allowed Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed File Scan Data--> File Mismatch: C:WINDOWSsystem32syssetup.dll[5.1.2600.5512], Hr = 0x800b0100 Other data--> Office Details: {5EA7CFCB-CB45-4BFB-9D86-7826CC1E6A15}1.9.0027.05.1.2600.2.00010200.3.0.homx32*****-*****-*****-*****-JQY7J76477-OEM-2154351-271673S-1-5-21-1085031214-57989841-527237240FEBC0A900184406504090409Afghanistan Standard Time(GMT+04:30)03109 Licensing Data--> N/A Windows Activation Technologies--> N/A HWID Data--> N/A OEM Activation 1.0 Data--> BIOS string matches: yes Marker string from BIOS: 1C8FF:Compaq Computer Corporation|1C8A8:Compaq Computer Corporation|1C8A8:Compaq Computer Corporation|13D0F:GENUINE C&C INC|1C8A8:Hewlett-Packard Company|1C9A5:Inventec(Taipei) Marker string from OEMBIOS.DAT: N/A, hr = 0x80004005 OEM Activation 2.0 Data--> N/A Thanks in advance View this thread

I've tried several times to instal this update (KB2742597). It gets halway and fails. I've uninstalled Net frame 1.1 sp1 and re installed. No go. None of the other things I've trid work either. Any Ideas? Please don't say re-instal windows because I'll just stop using windows all together. That is rarely the answer. View this thread

Hi, Please help me with Microsoft System Center Desktop Error Monitoring (DEM) for windows 8. View the full article

Hi, Please help me with advanced group policy management (AGPM) for windows 8. View the full article

Cannot open any hyperlink contained in a Mail message, when using Windows Mail. But if I sign in individually to Hotmail, they do work. So it must be some element of Mail configuration. But what?? View this thread

Hey hie I have got two questions 1> I am using Visual Studio 2012 and using Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code where it says to download Symbols. But It makes the process of execution very slow as it downloads all files according to the code. IS there a way to download all the symbols at once and then use it later Thanks and Regards Anurag Shetti View the full article

Is ther a norwegian (bokmål) language for Office Profesional Plus 13? If not, when will it be realised? View this thread

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Who deleted the thread? Did anything I typed caused offense? What I was trying to say is that touch is not a virtue. It is a necessity to solve a particular evil, ie very small displays that were a compromise to achieve mobility on cellphones. When screens are very small, to see the content you want to see, there has to be continuous zooming in/out and panning. Touch is the best option for this right now. If you have used the joystick on the old Nokia E-71 you will understand me perfectly. Microsoft shouldn't be blindly chasing touch just because Steve jobs looked cool demonstrating it on stage. Touch, as I had illustrated earlier, is a drawback in most other situations, even on the cellphone. PCs (I mean mainly laptops as that appears to be the most popular PC form factor now) do not have the limitation of cellphone screens. Hence touch is very out of place. When Windows 8 is optimized for touch, it causes headaches for PC users. Eg touch requires an icon to be huge enough so that the chubby finger doesn't touch the wrong one, so in addition to size they must be spaced out, but with a mouse (touchpad on a notebook), the hotspot is exactly 1 pixel in size. It is two vastly different worlds. The design for touch does not just increase the size of a button. It affects the whole PC. So instead of a Start menu, you have a Start screen. On a 1920x1080 display, the Start screen is ten times slower than the Start menu simply because it has to render and move ten times as many pixels, most of which are useless to a mouse hotspot of 1x1pixel. View the full article

Hi, I am blind. I created Recovery USB flash drive from Control Panel in Windows 8 Pro then restart my computer and I can’t see white foreground color on cyan background color WinRE’s screen in my Recovery USB flash drive. How do I setting High Contrast Black as white foreground color on black background color for WinRE? Saroseus View the full article

So i know that there is an issue with WSUS servers and installing a patch to correct it on the WSUS server. My issue is that the check online for updates never works again. I have removed the keys from the registry and it no longer looks to the WSUS server for updates but it still gives the error 80096002 View the full article

How do I get the barcodes to print on my coupons I print from the internet? Is there a fix link or update that will take care of it? View this thread