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Joe Winograd
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prevent win 10 recomended upgrade tuesday 9th feb

by247computerdoctor
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win 10 forced upgrade next week.
so they finally did it. as of tuesday, its a recommended update, …
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Windows 7 Sysprep

byIvano Viola
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I've spent numerous hours getting the sysprep right for Windows 7 images for my organization. I'll …
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Cloning a Hard Drive with Casper 5m

Cloning a Hard Drive with Casper

byJoe Winograd
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This video Micro Tutorial explains how to clone a hard drive using a commercial software product for…
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Goodbye Windows Vista! Today is the day Microsoft has …

byBrian Matis
5
Goodbye Windows Vista! Today is the day Microsoft has finally ended support for it. Considering …
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Interesting to see Windows 7 got hit the worst by Wannacry …

byEnrique Rodriguez
2
Interesting to see Windows 7 got hit the worst by Wannacry

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Create Report with Information on All Drives with Letters - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
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This article presents an AutoHotkey (V1) script that creates a plain text report with information about all drives in a system that have a drive letter, such as C, D, E, etc. The information in the report is Type of drive, Status, Capacity, Free Space, File System, Volume Label, and Serial Number.
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Detect USB Drive Insertion and Deletion - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
2
This article presents an AutoHotkey (V1) script that detects when a USB drive is inserted or removed. It displays a pop-up dialog and makes a logfile entry in each case. It provides a system tray (notification area) icon with context menu choices to open the logfile or terminate (exit) the script.
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PaperPort Splash Screen

How to fix: PaperPort shows the splash screen then immediately closes - cannot run PaperPort

byJoe Winograd
106
Sometimes PaperPort will not even open. It displays the splash screen (above) and exits, or it may show an "Application Crash" dialog before exiting. There are many reasons for this, but a recent cause that has reached epidemic levels is due to an issue with Firefox. This article offers a solution.
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Make Windows 8 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell 5m

Make Windows 8 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell

byJoe Winograd
2
Windows 8 comes with a dramatically different user interface known as Metro. Notably …
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How to try to repair a windows 7 hard drive?

byPkafkas
27

I have a machine that uses a Windows 7 Operating system.  The hard drive is setup to work with some

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According to tech support site BleepingComputer, victims can…

byKyle Santos
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According to tech support site BleepingComputer, victims can "trick" the program into …
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How Microsoft helped imprison a man for counterfeiting …

by☠ MASQ ☠
How Microsoft helped imprison a man for counterfeiting software it gives away for free

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Beware of Dropbox Email Verification Notices! …

byLee W, MVP
Beware of Dropbox Email Verification Notices!
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In continuation to my previous post …

byAbraham Deutsch
In continuation to my previous post …
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Formatting a hard drive is enough security if giving a …

byAndrew Leniart
11
Formatting a hard drive is enough security if giving a computer away - or is it?

I …
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How to remotely connect to a pc that got stuck middle restart?

bybfuchs
94
Hi Experts,

I was connected remotely to my work pc and installed windows updates then had to …
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Make Windows 10 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell 5m

Make Windows 10 Look Like Earlier Versions of Windows with Classic Shell

byJoe Winograd
18
Windows 8 came with a dramatically different user interface known as Metro. Notably missing …
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Intel is dropping plans to patch old CPU's for the Meltdown …

byJohn
Intel is dropping plans to patch old CPU's for the Meltdown patch.

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Stop using Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own security…

byAndrew Leniart
6
Stop using Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own security chief

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How can I upgrade from Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 to Windows 10?

byGMartin
18

Hello and Good Evening Everyone,


           I wish to help a good friend of mine upgrade from Windows

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