Subscriber Robert Herzog wrote to ask me about how to merge the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 into Windows 7. Why would you want to do that? Read on… Hi Terry, I purchased a computer with Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed with an OEM installation CD. I recently installed SP1 and now when I want [...]
Slip-streaming Windows 7 SP1 into a Windows 7 DVD
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Upgrades, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: build computer, computing, dell, dvd, installing windows, microsoft windows, oem windows, operating system, recovery disc, service pack, service packs, slipstream, slipstreaming, SP1, system software, window, windows, windows 7, windows 7 editions, windows nt, windows service pack, windows vista, windows xp
Careful With Those Dialog Boxes!
Sticky Keys and a sticky mess… Reader Greg H. wrote with an unusual problem — his keyboard didn’t work after he inadvertently made some changes to Windows 7 settings… Hi Terry, Well, here’s another off the wall problem: I was typing a Word doc and apparently hit the shift key repetitively or something and a [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Hardware, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: boxes, computing, control panels, dialog, dialog box, greg, keyboard, keyboard settings, keyboards, microsoft windows, settings, sticky keys, stickykeys, System Restore, system software, user interface
Which Physical Hard Drive Has Which Windows Drives?
Having multiple hard drives in your computer is a great thing. Knowing which Windows drives are on each physical hard drive is crucial, though, as subscriber Vernon from Australia figured out. Vernon wrote to ask: Terry, I have Win 7 PRO with 3 x HDD (each 1Tb) C, D, & E. I wish to replace [...]
Filed Under: 64-bit, Computers, File system, Hard Drives, Operating Systems, Software, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows - Other, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: computer storage media, computing, drive letter assignment, drives, hard, hard disk drive, hard drive, hard drive disk, hard drives, hitachi, microsoft windows, multiple hard drive, raid, seagate drives, volume, windows, windows drive, windows explorer, windows vista
Administrator Permission to Move, Copy or Delete
Windows 7′s file system protection sometimes requires "administrator permissions" in order to do things in folders that are protected. That’s what Subscriber Darrell Pringle found, so he wrote for some help solving his issue: Hi Terry Maybe you can help I seem to be bogged with this problem. When I go move or copy some [...]
Filed Under: Computers, File system, Hard Drives, Operating Systems, Security, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: administrator, computer file, computing, copy, delete, file system, filing, filing systems, folders, inter process communication, moving, permission, permissions, pringles, program files, required
Windows 7′s Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player Disappeared
I ran into friend and subscriber Sam Boggs recently at a home & landscaping show. He followed up to tell me about this recent experience. My first thought was "now, that’s weird, I haven’t heard of that problem before." Then, I realized I had experienced something very similar with Microsoft’s Virtual PC software… Sam wrote: [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, Repair, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7 Tagged With: centers, computing, disappear, disappeared, ftp clients, google search, internet explorer, internet explorer 6, internet explorer 8, latest windows, media center, microsoft, microsoft windows, rss aggregators, virtual pc, window, windows, windows 7, windows media center, windows media player, windows vista, windows xp
Upgrading From Vista to Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode
Subscriber and friend Sam Boggs wrote recently to report on his experience upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 — and how much he likes it now: Terry: Wanted to let you know I am highly pleased with how the Windows 7 Prof upgrade turned out. It was a challenge, and I finally took the [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Upgrades, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: clean install, google search, microsoft windows, mode, operating system, palm pilot, sam boggs, upgrades, upgrading, vista, window, windows, windows 7, windows 7 editions, windows genuine advantage, windows nt, windows vista, windows xp, windows xp editions, xp
32-bit Windows 7 Networking Problem After Service Pack 1
Long-time subscriber Bernard Huber found that he had an interesting problem. He updated Windows 7 with Service Pack 1, and then could not access the Internet from that computer. He did some extensive debugging, and it got even more interesting… Dear Mr. Stockdale, I just installed SP1 on a netbook ASUS Windows 7 32-bit that [...]
Filed Under: Communications, Computers, Networking, Operating Systems, System Control, Troubleshooting, Updates, Web Browsing, Windows, Windows 7, Wireless Tagged With: 32-bit, 64-bit, adobe reader, bernard, bite, computer networking, computing, huber, ip, ipv4, ipv6, isatap, network architecture, networking, octet, ping, service pack 1, service packs, stockdale, update windows, wifi routers, window, window updates, windows 7
Windows XP Desktop Icon Titles
Subscriber Ed McDowell also wrote with another question… Terry, I hate to be a pest but something happened to my desktop last night out of the blue to change the background color under the titles of the icons on my desktop. This was on my older laptop running XP Pro. I prefer no background color [...]
Filed Under: Computers, Operating Systems, System Control, Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows 7, Windows XP Tagged With: background color, computer icon, desktop icon, desktops, double click, features new to windows 7, features new to windows xp, graphical user interface, icon, microsoft windows, title, titles, window, windows vista, windows xp, windows xp desktop, windows xp desktop icons, xp
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