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How to easily modify Macrium Reflect Rescue Media to Shutdown

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make a file at the root of the rescue media called shutdown.bat edit file add this Wpeutil Shutdown save the file now when done with macrium via rescue media

Full Screen Crosshair (+) WITH x-hair Cursor

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I am looking for a windows utility that will make the windows mouse pointer (cursor) a full screen crosshair (+) with 45 degree diagonals (X). I located 2 apps that produce the (+), but I require a cursor that _includes_ the (X) ... (i.e. that appears as one would manually draw an asterisk). -thx (why has this not been done by now???!!! ... or have I been away from earth?:confused:)

Opera Browser Can't Connect to Internet

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I turned our desktop computer (I'm typing on it now) on this morning and found that Opera cannot connect to the Internet. Every time I try, I get an error screen telling me there is no Internet connection. But there is; the taskbar icon shows that I am connected with an excellent signal strength. Furthermore, I CAN connect to the Internet via Internet Explorer. Opera works fine on all our other...

Win 7 will not boot

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Before, I get too wild and crazy, I'd like to ask for some advice/confirmation. We had a power outage/surge during a thunderstorm and our Win 7 Ultimate computer will not boot. -The computer goes through the POST and then all we see is a flashing cursor on a black screen. -It will not boot into safe mode either. -When I look that the BIOS, the SSD is not recognized. -I attempted a...

Defrag disk

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I never defrag disk on this laptop. I remember doing that long time ago when I had my first PC. Do you still defrag?

HELP NEEDED: Monitors not working (VGA & HDMI)

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My monitor (VGA connection) started going to sleep a couple of days ago and when I turned in my PC today it says no signal. I have also tried plugging a HD TV into it via the HDMI port on my PC but I also get no signal.* I have tried re-seating the graphics card and tried a different port too. Also, I tried taking the power plug out of the back of the PC and keeping my finger on the power...

Do I Really Need To Install OEM-Provided LAN Controller Drivers?

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I have owned several HP Laptops in the past, and the OEM Support/Driver-Download site usually includes some LAN Driver from either Broadcom or Realtek. My latest acquisition is a circa-2011 HP DV7 Pavillion. Issues in this thread mainly refer specifically to this machine. My Windows test build is permanently Ultimate 64-Bit (Build 7601: Service Pack 1), with NO further Microsoft upgrade. ...

Best security messures when using Wi-fi?

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I now use wi-fi which i never allowed before because of security concerns. I am connected to the router via ethernet but am concerned about the wi-fi router itself being hacked or some security issues arising on the many devices connected to the router like other computers, laptops or mobiles which would then pass onto my device. I use anti-virus, anti-malware and a VPN. I have not allowed remote...

Can 2 separate OS on 2 separate drives share 1 Desktop folder?

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Okay, so here's my setup: I have 2 separate Windows installs on 2 separate disks. I don't use dual-boot from 1 drive, I just switch the boot drive in the BIOS menu. It's setup like this: Disk 1 Partition 1) Windows 7 Ultimate Partition 2) Desktop + Data Folders for 7 Disk 2 Partition 1) Windows 8.1 Pro Partition 2) Desktop + Data Folders for 8.1

How do I exit a text box in Word 2007

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I inserted a rather large text box w/ 2 - 3 paragraphs. Now I cannot seem to exit and continue the record BELOW the text box. The help instructions say "When you are finished typing and want to switch back to editing text in your document, press SHIFT+F10, choose EXIT EDIT TEXT on the shortcut menu, and press ESC." That did get me out, but not below the text box. And I don't see a shortcut...

Market Share July 2018

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Here are the charts from NetMarketShare and StatCounter. NetMarketShare shows no major change for W7 & W10. StatCounter shows no major change for W7 & W10. (You'll need to click several times to see it full size) Attachment 404447 (https://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/news/404447-market-share-july-2018-a-market-share-os-2018-07-06-netmarketshare-statcounter.png) Data from NetMarketShare (http://marketshare.hitslink.com/) Data from StatCounter...

a pop3 problem with Dreammail

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Right now I am using my mobile hot spot on my cell phone to connect my laptop to the internet. A junction box for Frontier Commutations got mowed down by a DUI so no primary internet or house phone. Anyways I am getting a pop3 service connection error message, (see attachment). I can't connect to any of my 3 Email box's via Dream mail. I can get into all 3 Email accounts via FireFox with no...

Operating System Market Share July 2018

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Here are the charts from NetMarketShare and StatCounter. NetMarketShare shows no major change for W7 & W10. StatCounter shows no major change for W7 & W10. (You'll need to click several times to see it full size) Attachment 404447 (https://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/news/404447-operating-system-market-share-july-2018-a-market-share-os-2018-07-06-netmarketshare-statcounter.png) Data from NetMarketShare (http://marketshare.hitslink.com/) Data from StatCounter...

Volume Shadow Copy causing Event ID's 12292, 13, 8224 in Event Log

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The system in question is Win-7 ultimate, 32-bit. I'm seeing many instances of these three events in the Application event log: ------------ Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Error creating the Shadow Copy Provider COM class with CLSID {65ee1dba-8ff4-4a58-ac1c-3470ee2f376a} [0x80070422, The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices...

Geforce GTX 780 TI SLI Question

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Hi I'm Looking to SLI my Graphics card its a NVIDA GeForce GTX 780 TI with 3GB and the Graphics card I'm looking to buy to SLI with mine is a EVGA NVIDIA GTX 780Ti SC 3GB DDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card with ACX Cooler so what I'm asking is will it SLI with mine? I'm sorry if this is a stupid question I mainly use my PC for Gaming and don't really venture inside it

Dell Inspiron 3646 need bluetooth Peripheral Device Drivers

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I am getting nowhere in finding the above drivers for my computer. Any help will be greatly appreciated! FLJerry

BSOD when playing games, GIGABYTE dedicated graphics card, ATIKMPAG

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Hi all, This is my first post on this forum so please be patient with any errors I may make. My problem began 2 weeks ago when my PC began to crash uncontrollably resulting in a BSOD screen, the problem rapidly got worse with each subsequent boot up resulted in a faster BSOD error. Eventually my PC booted to a black screen with a single white dash on the upper right hand corner of the...

Explorer.exe not responding when exiting a game running at diff. res.

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Hello, I'm having a quite old laptop from 2010 (Aspire 5745g/640m/420m/4gb/768p) with Win 7 Pro x64 in it. Every time I quit a game that is *not* running at native resolution (NFS:MW 2005 @ *640x480* instead of *1366x768* for example) the taskbar moves to the middle of the screen and completely stops responding for 5-6 minutes unless I purposely kill explorer.exe and restart it back. Whole...

Building better news experience on YouTube with GNI

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---Quote--- We launched (https://www.blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/announcing-google-news-initiative/) the Google News Initiative (GNI) earlier this year with three goals in mind: to elevate and strengthen quality journalism; evolve business models to drive sustainable growth; and empower news organizations through technological innovation. Since then, we’ve been...

New Autoruns v13.90 for Windows

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---Quote--- This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and when you start various built-in Windows applications like Internet Explorer, Explorer and media players. These programs and drivers include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other...
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