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I get these symbols on the volume mixer. It seems to happen at the end of every line. This is a nearly clean install of Windows 7 x64 (only Chrome and Firefox installed). Any idea where this could be coming from? The system is using all the default fonts. It is not a localization issue,…
I want to assign some text to F keys on Windows 7. For example, I want to press F5 to paste “000”, or press F6 to paste “.00 US Dollars”. It would be appreciated if anyone can help me (a piece of software or code). Solution: The easiest way is to use Autohotkey. You…
And by ‘locks up’ I mean completely locks up. Even the numlock light won’t toggle. This happens at completely random times. I have updated the BIOS of the MoBo and the firmware of the SSD numerous times, because it used to hang for a few minutes and then just continue what it was doing, but…
I am trying to tweak my WiFi settings on the router and on my laptop so I can enjoy using the WiFi at my attic. For now I only get headaches because I cannot move freely around with my laptop at the attic because at some (further away from the router) spots the connection drops….
What does cloning a hard drive mean? Is it just simply copying over all the “CONTENT” of the hard drive EXCLUDING the operating system, drivers, all the installed programs? or is it copying the ENTIRE hard drive BIT for BIT? Is the cloned hard drive bootable? I have an external USB hard drive and trying…
My Windows 7 system makes an intermittent ding sound (like a single chime, or bell). I don’t know which process does it. So, my question is: Is there software/method out there that can tell me which processes are currently sending output to the sound device? Solution: Fire up the volume control which will list all…
What is the shortest route to Device Manager? Solution: Click on the Start menu and type (or type the same in a command-line window, CMD.EXE): devmgmt.msc Or you can just type Device Manager and it should come up.
I was using another account before. Let me call it account A. And I deleted a lot of files to the Recycle Bin at that time. But before I removed account A I forgot to empty the Recycle Bin. My question is, are my files still there? I’ve searched and found that the Recycle Bin…
I have a brand new flash drive (one week old) that has become marked as read only, by Windows, Kubuntu and a bootable partitioner. Why did this happen? Is it fixable? If it is, how can I fix this? The problem Firstly, this drive is new. It’s certainly not been used enough to die from…
This is a very peculiar problem with a station on our network. The client pc is running Windows 7 Pro. What makes this problem interesting is that this client is the only node on the network that seems to be experiencing this proglem. When I try to ping a specific Win 08 server by host…
