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In an earlier Discussion post, I complained about MS changing my preference settings with each update. Since, I have found many more changes. One was, I had gone to CMD Properties and set CMD to always open with elevated privileges. You guesses it. It was switched back. With the 1909 …

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I recently reinstalled Windows 10 on my laptop, since then it has been randomy not sleeping properly. After I had shut the lid of the laptop, I'd come back and find the laptop was 'on', as in the fan was running very quietly, the power lights and hard drive lights …

What with limited formal education and an IQ score only moderately above average, I have no trouble discerning the manipulative tactics of Microsoft. Their kindergarten psychology used to keep you attached to, and dependent upon, their proprietary products is less than amusing. This tit for tat, childish approach Of MS …

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    Hi, My windows 7 laptop died due to some reason yesterday won't start so I took the hardisk out and made an external drive, atleast everything in the drive and desktop etc all accessable apart from these files / one folder which I really need the …

why, on windows 10, some touchpad drivers(even updated by windows) don't activate the vertical\horizontal scrool move.... i have them activated, but don't work.... when i use the finger, instead scrool, the move moves.. yes i have seen the scrool area. how can i fix the problem?

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I have 2 share folders \\testing\test1 which contain sub folders sub1,sub2,sub3,sub4,sub5 and \\testing\test2 which contain sub folders sub2,sub3 Need to know how to create a batch file on notepad to verify existance of sub folders from test1 and create them on test2 only if they do not exist in test …

Here's something I've wondered about for years and never got around to asking. A recent example: I reinstalled Win 10. I transfered all data from Windows old to the new OS. When I highlight the Windows Old folder, it says it is empty. but when I start to delete the …

I posted a question last week on Microsoft Technet and during the resulting discussion the following was posted: >VBScript will be gone in the next version of Windows. Almost all references to VBScript have disappeared from MS sites. In all the columns I've read about what's new and what's being …

This is an extremely basic question, but I haven't found an answer yet. I recently purchased a brand-new computer with Windows 10 and at the moment am using the Microsoft Edge browser that came with it. I would like to open some offline (HTML) pages, but the Control-O feature to …

Hi. I have recently a problem to access to sites https in all browsers. In the past I had a similar situation and that the problem was solved by removing Bytedefender. Now, I have no antivirus, Windows security only, and there is an app called Lenovo VANTAGE in which the …

When using overrideredirect on a tkinter window to hide the title bar how do you make the window show on the taskbar?

I don't like the way my Win10 file search results are displayed and I can't find out how to change the settings. I've made changes to the 'Sort by' and 'Group by' options but can't seem to get the results I want. An example: I type a search word in …

There can various actions that take us to the cause of Data Loss, **Intentional Action** *Intentional deletion of a file or program* **Unintentional Action** *Accidental deletion of a file or program Misplacement of CDs or Memory sticks Administration errors Inability to read unknown file format* I really found this Wiki …

My wife got a VeryfitPro fitness monitor for Christmas. I have the app loaded on my Android (6) phone and was hoping to install a companion app on my Windows 10 laptop but the only thing available is to install an Android emulator on Windows 10 then load the phone …

I have a 4 GB Transcend pen drive. I want to install the OS windows XP in the hard disk. In BIOS settings i set to first boot from usb. I want to use my pendrive to install XP. How can i make my pendrive botable? So that i can …

Can you tell me how to do a differntial image using Windows 10 and with the what free software?

Dear all I'm trying to track down the name/existence of software that I used in 1999 to 'write' a financial reporting system - it was a curious mix of spreadsheet with programming capability... Would any of you know about this? Its name was similar (-ish) to Visual Basic, but it …

I am forgot my Windows 10 password, so how to recover that.

Can anyone suggest a script that will rename a file with the existing filename appended with date stamp? Something that can be used in a .bat file?

In keeping with tradition, Microsoft has released the latest update before resolving a number of outstanding issues. But at least they now provide a more centralized location for getting update information. The home page (dashboard) can be found [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/) and the specific page for the latest update can be found …

Can you tell me how to burn a DVD DL using Windows 10 and Cyberlink Media Suite, IMGBurn, Express Burn, Winx DVD Author, Wondershare or Windows 10 own burning software. Since I installed the Windows 10 update in April it stoppped working.

I want to create a bootable USB-stick. I have a MS-DOS 6.22 image file. I used Rufus but that didn't work. Do you know a better program for the job? If you think a Linux stick would be better... well, I decided to use a MS-DOS 6.22 and put Ghost …

I wonder if anyone could assist with an intermittent BSOD... Initially it was a driver power state failure, lately its been watchdog. Event viewer shows the DCOM error 10016. I followed the article help on the CLSID error, which didn't change anything. w10 home on a toshiba satellite i7 5500u. …

Hi folks, please see the attached screenshot, there is no way to create a task. and no task library, Any ideas please 

I'm asking this question in the context of a satellite internet service with expensive download limits... If you just accept all the recommended updates for Windows 10 (creator's update, security etc) for a single Home Edition machine how many Gigabytes will that represent in a typical 12 month period? Eg: …

Excluding freeware, what would be the best reasonably priced software tools (i.e. compiler, database, erc.) to buy for a new Windows computer in order to develop financial apps that could easily be distributed to one's own Windows computers as .exe files? Programing language either C or something like VB. It …

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Hi all, Now I have no programing experience, I know very little about this, so please bear in mind. I am trying to turn a particular excel spreadsheet I have made (the user inputs information and it creates a final answer(result)) and I want to be able to turn this …

**Windows7 - UpGrade ???? I have Win7 Home Premium 32 bit - ordered by mistake - I want the 64 bit version** - or - **Professional 64 bit** - - for more memory use - Is there an **"UpGrade"** for Win7 I can purchase **without** starting over and **paying the …

Just got a HP Pavilion x360. When the screen is rotated round to turn the laptop into a tablet, the keyboard and trackpad don't auto-lock, so it still gets inputs. Obviously this makes it useless as a tablet. Windows' tablet mode settings don't seem to include a setting for this. …

I have Android studio on me USB drive so I can use it on any windows computer without having to install it every time, and I've specified the paths to reference files on the drive itself. the problem is, I wrote the paths using the drive letter (E:/example/path) and then …

I am working on my company's ledger and my accounts department need a search ledger by COA id with from date to date. I am able to find the record from date to date but when I write the code for COA ID, then it ignore the date formula. Below …

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Hi, I'm a Perl program in Windows 7 32-bit using ActivePerl. I have created a registration form using HTML and saved this file as Details.html <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <form name="myform" METHOD="POST" ACTION="D:\Application\perl\cgi-bin\app.pl" onsubmit= "return validation_form()"> <p> <label for="employee name">Employee Name</label> <input type="text" id="employee name" name="employee name" /><br> </p> <p> …

Hi DaniWeb People. I am not really a network guy so please excuse me if this is a silly question. I want to find out if it is possible for me to set up one server that allows me to create various user profiles and let employees log into the …

I bought two refurbished (?) HP SFF computers from Amazon. They were older computers fitted with Win10 Pro. I have been pleased with my purchases. I developed a problem with one of the computers that I could not correct. A system restore would have corrected the problem, but I could …

mklink can be run from any command path, therefore I'm trying to run mklink though runas by means of runas /noprofile /users:AdminUser mklink but I can get error that The system cannot find the file specified ? How can I tell runas to run the command mklink as I would …

My workaday laptop is now an Acer Predator which while being very nice and all started to boot up with Windows Sticky Keys enabled. Now being a long time Windows user I went to the usual control panel, turned it off but it turned back on if the machine was …

(Date Class) Create class Date with the following capabilities: a) Output the date in multiple formats, such as MM/DD/YYYY June 14, 1992 DDD YYYY b) Use overloaded constructors to create Date objects initialized with dates of the formats in part (a). In the first case the constructor should receive three …

Hi, I am using Windows 10 on my Core i5 laptop. from last 1 month I am facing an issue. This issue does'nt arise every time. Sometimes I logged into windows account without any problem, but some times it takes hours to go to the logon screen. It shows "Attempting …

I try to mark content from a web-page (with pictures, hyperlinks etc) to clipboard and then paste it into Microsoft Word (belonging to the Office 365 Home suite). Then I discover problems starting with the following warning: "A potential vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office. This document contains fields …

I made a list of applications that don't enable me to mount ISO-files. Here: PowerISO doesn't mount Virtual CloneDrive doesn't mount ISODisc doesn't mount KernSafe doesn't mount OSFMount doesn't mount Pismo File doesn't mount WinISO doens't mount Daemon Tools doesn't mount What should I do?

What is the best/easiest way to add a directory to 'Path' when starting a CMD (MS-DOS) window? It used to be possible to do this with an AUTOEXEC.BAT file in XP.

Hello everyone. Despite my boot order set to Windows Secure Boot (USB last) and UEFI, when I turn my computer on it hangs at loading until I disconnect all USB external devices. When the computer tries to go to sleep mode, the screen goes black and I can hear the …