Questions tagged [windows-7]
For questions specific to Windows 7. Use [windows] instead for questions involving Windows in general.
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What spyware protection is available for Windows 7?
How well protected is Windows 7 from spyware? What free clients are available? Do the clients for Windows Vista work at all with Windows 7?
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How do I upgrade from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM?
I want to install Windows 7 RC. I know about the time bomb in June of 2010, where it will cease to work, and that a few months before that it will shut down every two hours.
If I install Windows 7 ...
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How to control Windows 7 snap feature with two monitors?
There is an Aero Snap feature in Windows 7. However, it seems to not work when dragging a window to the edge that is adjoined to the second monitor. How to make it work properly? Maybe some regedit ...
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Problems when Sleeping on Windows 7
I'm not sure if asking a hardware specific question is right for superuser.com, but I have a problem with my Asus P5Q motherboard (or believe it's the hardware).
I do Start->Sleep my PC the computer ...
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How to arrange Windows 7 task bar icons in 2 rows?
I have my windows 7 task bar set to 2 rows. I would like to arrange the items I have pined to the taksbar in 2 rows without waiting for them to be wrapped.
Is this possible in Windows 7? If so how ...
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How do I replace Notepad in Windows 7? [duplicate]
I use Notepad2. I love Notepad2.
How do I replace Notepad with Notepad2 in Windows 7, so I never use the old version of Notepad again?
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My second hard drive isn't visible in windows 7
I'm testing windows7 on my althlon64 desktop, and my secondary/data hdd does not appear to be visible to windows. While it does appear in the device manager, the disk management console skips straight ...
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Windows 7 "Aero Snap" feature on Ubuntu GNOME
Windows 7 has a useful feature that "snaps" out a window to fill half the screen when you drag it to either the left or right border of the entire screen. It's really useful for arranging 2 windows ...
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How do I lock right-aligned toolbars in Windows 7 without them looking awful
I like to create between 3 and 5 toolbars ( like the Quick launch toolbar) to house different sets of icons for daily use.
Games Office, Apps, Utils (stuff like that)
I like to right-align some of ...
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Does Windows 7 Home Premium remember network share passwords?
One of the most annoying limitations of both Windows XP Home and Vista Home Premium was they did not remember network passwords after reboot. Vista even had a 'remember password' check box which did ...
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Why do I need Windows XP mode in Windows 7?
Tomorrow on 15th of July Microsoft is staring pre-order of Windows 7. I compared the three editions ("Which one is right for you?") for me.
The main difference is "Windows XP Mode" in Professional and ...
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Windows 7 default programs won't let me choose Firefox as my default browser
I googled this problem thoroughly before posting here. I did everything in the books to set Firefox as my default. I went to default programs, and looked for it there -- it's not there. I went to the ...
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How to dual boot when Windows XP was installed after Windows 7?
It seems pretty straightforward to dual boot those versions of Windows when the newest is installed after Windows XP. But the inverse isn't happening on my machine. I tried even editing the BOOT.INI ...
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Connect Windows 7 to DP-300U (with attached HP 722C Printer)
I'm trying to add a new printer to Windows 7, but it cannot find it. My printer is an HP 722C attached to a DLink DP-300U network adapter. I enter the ip address of the network adapter, but Windows ...
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IE8 issues on Windows 7 RC
I'm running Windows 7 RC and noticed today that when trying to launch IE nothing happend. The only way to launch IE was to right-click and Run As Administrator.
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Multiple Monitor Software for Windows 7
I've switched over to Windows 7 full time but really miss using Ultramon, is there any other similar software out there that works on Windows 7?
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Is there an easy way to disable this laptop's touchpad?
Specifically, I'm on a Dell Inspiron 1525. I'd like to disable the touchpad so that I can re-enable if my mouse were to run out of batteries (so physically breaking the connection to the motherboard ...
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How do I know if my SSD Drive supports TRIM?
Windows 7 has support for the TRIM command which should help ensure that the performance of an SSD drive remains good through it's life.
How can you tell if a given SSD drive supports TRIM?
See here ...
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Update multiple machines at home
I have multiple machines at home. All of them are running Windows 7 x64. Due to limited bandwidth and slow connection, I want to make them download updates just once and apply to the rest of them. ...
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