Questions tagged [windows-7]
For questions specific to Windows 7. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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How can I remove the option to eject SATA drives from the Windows 7 tray icon?
The Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 7 offers the ability to eject my SATA drives, including the boot drive. I don't see myself ever needing this - especially not from the convenience of the ...
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What Is Minimum And Maximum Processor State In Windows 7 Power Management?
I am talking about this:
What should I set in minimum and maximum? I want good CPU performance but not overheated CPU and fan working like crazy.
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Lost my Windows 7 admin password, need to change or reset it [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What can I do if I forgot my Windows password?
I forgot the Windows 7 password on my new computer and I can't log into it at all. I was the administrator for the computer with ...
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Why do I need to run commands as administrator if my account is member of administrator group?
If my account is already a member of the administrator group why do some functions on Windows 7 require me to run them as administator? I kind of thought that was implied?
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How do you associate the .exe file extension with a program in Windows?
A few years ago I saw somebody play a prank on somebody by associating the .exe file extension with Internet Explorer. This made Internet Explorer open up every time the person wanted to start a ...
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How can I stop windows re-positioning after waking from sleep?
I put my multi-monitor system to sleep when it's not in use. After I wake it up, all windows are repositioned to a different screen. The closest pattern I can think of is that the windows there were ...
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Are there solutions that can limit the CPU usage of a process?
I am using an old laptop and doing heavy processing that needs high CPU usage for a long time (~30mins - 2hours). When the process puts heavy load on CPU for a long time, CPU overheats and computer ...
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Problem recreating BCD on Windows 7 64bit - The requested system device cannot be found
NVIDIA drivers upgrade crashed my Windows 7 installation, so I'm working to undo the damage.
What I can do: I can boot Windows install from the USB drive, and I can boot the Hiren's Boot CD. Although ...
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Windows Explorer sorts files and folders separately
When Windows Explorer sorts files, it first sorts files from directories and only then sorts each group using the sort specified (My default is DateCreated). I don't like this as the default behavior. ...
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File I can't take ownership of
I downloaded a file from the internet (I can link to it here, but in the interests of not annoying other users, I won't post the link), and I can't delete the file with the message:
You need ...
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Can I make Ctrl+Alt NOT act like AltGr on Windows?
Many applications like Google Docs use Ctrl+Alt shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt+2 for heading 2, Ctrl+Alt+m for comments etc. However, in case of international keyboards' layouts, Ctrl+Alt is mapped to AltGr, ...
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Schedule a task with admin privileges without a user prompt in windows 7
In windows 7, I'd like to schedule a program to be run with administrative privileges, without having the user need to respond to a prompt (which requests elevated privileges) every time the scheduled ...
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How can I install Windows 8 on my HDD without the use of a USB or DVD?
I decided to install Windows 8 on my home machine this weekend. I've already downloaded the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation iso, however we just got done moving and somewhere in the chaos I've ...
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How to reset shortcuts (.lnk file) in Windows 7?
Somehow I went to open a shortcut and Windows couldn't find the target but instead of pointing the shortcut to the .exe it pointed the .lnk file handler to the .exe, so now all my .lnk files are ...
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Any way of changing Windows screen resolution via command line?
I am using Microsoft's Live Mesh program to remotely access a PC running Windows 7, running on 2 screens: one with 1920x1080 and the other 1920x1200 resolution.
I am accessing them via an old laptop ...
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