Does your antivirus have a sandbox option? If it does, maybe you could use that instead.
I found a way to make a shortcut to log off with (shutdown -f), and I have it pinned to the taskbar. I mainly do restarts, sleep, and hibernation,...
Well, call me lazy, but I was hoping for less keyboard intervention - although the shutdown sequence is OK, but I rarely shut my computer down.
I see you have a Dell, also, as do I. I'm a bit green in this area, but it seems to me that a recovery partition should not be a part of system...
Remember how you could press WinKey + u + s, h, r, u to put XP to sleep, hibernate, restart, or shutdown? I have been trying to accomplish the...
I haven't logged-in a great deal of time with 8 /8.1, but I prefer Windows 7 interface, menu, and Aero style looks. The downside of Windows 7...
I have Windows 7, too, but system restore is listed as off for my recovery drive. I remember trying to turn it back on, but it defaulted back to...
While were on the subject, do third-party download managers speed up the download process? A friend of mine showed me how much faster he could...
I assume you're talking about the driver CD? They are available for free from Dell. All you need is your service tag number. Dell Backup and...
I was thinking the same thing. Sandisk must've gotten hold of a bad batch of drives.
Maybe this will help with the write protected status... 32Gb Cruzer Fit™ Write Proteccion BUG
Unfortunately, the *user* is the weak-link in computer security. A good antivirus, or real-time anti-malware program, can sometimes block an...
Round III The whole eastern seaboard is getting it now. The governor declared a state of emergency for NC. We have at least 6 inches on the...
What if you use Open DNS servers? EDIT: According to Startpage's settings page, if you enable secure socket layer (SSL) / HTTPS, you will always...
I don't use duckduckgo, but I feel that any browser built by Google must have some way of tracking your movements regardless of privacy settings....
I've seen times that the back button didn't work well with Firefox (on XP and W7). I remedied the situation by holding down on the back button and...
I'm thankful I got rid of that dreaded update lag on XP. (svchost.exe maxing out resources) Both XP and Windows 7 updated with no issues to...
Thanks for the clarification, Pete. I, too, am unfamiliar with Office 2010, but I was thinking that the diagnostics tool was still available.
Have you tried running Microsoft Office Diagnostics? If that doesn't help, try repairing your Office installation.
Here’s Why Firefox is Still Years Behind Google Chrome Quote from article... Firefox has a problem. It has fallen behind, with development...
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