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Problem: When attempting to open a folder in Windows Explorer, the folder always opens in a new window. Solution: Follow...
Unlike Windows XP, Windows 7 doesn’t provide a standard button to clear the Start Menu ‘Run’ history. Microsoft’s solution is...
If you’ve recently upgraded the hard drive in your PS4 and want to use it on your computer – you’ll...
The Active Directory Users and Computers tools come as part of the Microsoft Server Tools. Once the Server Tools are...
There have been some changes for how you can customise the default user profile in Windows 7. Microsoft have disabled...
The following steps detail how to change your Bitlocker recovery key without decrypting the data on the hard drive. ...
By default in Windows 7 file extensions are not displayed. All files in Windows have a file extension, for example...
Problem After a workstation is added to an Active Directory domain you are unable to set the computer to automatically...
Problem: When Microsoft Outlook is connected to an Exchange server it prompts for a username and password. When your username...
Problem: The Preview Pane in Windows Explorer is either not displaying the contents for word documents or is crashing when...
The startup folder is a convenient way to open programs or scripts when a user logs in. Windows provides two...
I recently discovered that a brand new USB hard drive promoted as “Apple Mac compatible” was formatted using the NTFS...
By default, a standard installation of Windows 7 without any serial number entered will enter into a 30 day grace period....
If you need to change the ‘Created’ or ‘Modified’ dates on a file you have two options: Change the date...
The following steps will show how to create individual ZIP files from a collection of folders. The process will create...
The usual method to add another file type to the ‘new’ menu in Windows 7 does not work for Rich...
When running a VBS script by double clicking on the script file, the code does not run as an elevated...
The following process shows how to setup a silent install that will work with 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows....
The following shows how to use Windows 10 to search with multiple terms. For example – looking for either JPG...
The following steps detail how I recover DOCX files that have become corrupted. This process will only work for DOCX...
The following DOS command can be used to create a test file of any length. fsutil file createnew <filename> <filesize...
The following steps show how to create a CMD file using Windows 10. WARNING: HERE BE DRAGONS! CMD files are...
Problem When using Windows 7 to access a network drive (or UNC share) shortcut files will sometimes disappear. The shortcut...
Problem When you open the Active Directory Users and Computes tool, you receive the following error message: Active Directory Domain...
The following steps show how to show hidden files and folders in Windows 7. Open File Explorer (Windows key +...
The following process describes how to enable auto logon for a Windows 7 computer which IS NOT a member of...
By default in Windows 7 the Windows Explorer shortcut on the taskbar will open the ‘Libraries’ directory. To change this...
This search term can be used to search for files with no extension, for example filename when it should be...
The file system in Windows 7 assigns a file name and extension to each file, for example document-name.docx The file...
In Windows 10, when a new device is plugged in the ‘AutoPlay’ window will appear – giving you several options...
The instructions below detail how to clear your temporary internet files without loosing the history of websites visited, cookies and...
The following guide shows how to install a WordPress IIS test environment on your computer. There are many guides that...
If you’re looking to record your screen and save as an animated GIF look no further than Screen to Gif....