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Forum: Drivers 13 Mar 2013
Replies: 1
Views: 331
Posted By pstein
Are Win7 drivers compatible with those of Win 8 ?

I plan to buy a new notebook with pre-installed Windows (http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-hardware/90146-win7-drivers-compatible-those-win-8-a.html#) 8

I don't want to use Windows 8 but use...
Forum: General Discussion 04 Oct 2012
Replies: 1
Views: 416
Posted By pstein
How to store current window sizes and positions (and restore later)?

Assume I have opened a couple of windows for some applications on my Win 7 desktop.

Can I somehow store the current window positions and sizes (and restore them later (even after a reboot))?
...
Forum: Installation & Setup 30 Aug 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 441
Posted By pstein
Is the MBR always stored on the hard disc outside of partitions?

Is the MBR always stored on the hard disc outside of partitions?

What about the Bootmanager? Is this software inside or outside of a partition?

And what if a computer is connected to TWO hard...
Forum: General Discussion 16 Apr 2012
Replies: 8
Views: 1,092
Posted By pstein
How to really, really re-assign file extensions to new application?

At first an important request: Please read my problem carefully.
The solution is not as easy at it seems to be at the first glance!

Since WinXP I have a problem when I want to re-assign a file...
Forum: Microsoft Office 07 Apr 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 20,169
Posted By pstein
I get often documents in foreign languages like...

I get often documents in foreign languages like german and french.
I cannot resp. don't want to install the hyphenation feature for all these additional languages.
Can I disable this feature...
Forum: General Discussion 16 Jan 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 2,212
Posted By pstein
Cannot delete certain Registry Key; Cannot change Owner of Registry Ke

In order to get rid of the *.zip folder view in WinExplorer on a64bit WIn7 system I tried to delete (according to some tutorials) the Registry key:
...
Forum: Drivers 13 Jan 2012
Replies: 3
Views: 99,252
Posted By pstein
What is a "SM Bus Controller"? Missing driver part of the Chipset drv?

After having installed a new Win7 the Device Manager tells me that the "SM Bus Controller" driver is missing.

What is the purpose of this SM Bus Controller?

Is the driver part of the Chipset...
Forum: System Security 11 Jan 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 622
Posted By pstein
Great. Thank you And how can I bulk...

Great. Thank you

And how can I bulk re-assign different owners/users to a set of existing files?

Peter
Forum: System Security 11 Jan 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 622
Posted By pstein
Prevent printed *.pdf files to get the curr owner: Instead "Everyone"

When I print a certain Win7 webpages from either Firefox or IntExp into a pdf file it works fine.

However when I go for such a created pdf file to context menu

Properties->Security

then...
Forum: Drivers 11 Jan 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 6,362
Posted By pstein
Even if I enable "Show hidden devices" a turned...

Even if I enable "Show hidden devices" a turned OFF printer is NOT listed.

Turning ON the device seems to be the only way.

:-(
Forum: Drivers 10 Jan 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 6,362
Posted By pstein
I visited Device Manager before and did NOT found...

I visited Device Manager before and did NOT found the "printer" section and hence not the driver version.

Meanwhile I found out the trick:
The USB printer must be turned ON while looking in the...
Forum: Drivers 10 Jan 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 6,362
Posted By pstein
How to find out the driver version of an already installed printer?

I recently plugged in an USB Kyocera laser printer into my Win7 notebook and a printer driver was installed automatically. Fine.

How can I find out now the exact driver version of this printer?
...
Forum: General Discussion 07 Jan 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 778
Posted By pstein
How to start prgms from "search entry field" in START menu?

On another installed Win7 system I opened START menu and entered

regedit

into the search entry field at the bottom. Then I hit RETURN.
Much to my surprise not the Registry Editor was opened...
Forum: Installation & Setup 05 Jan 2012
Replies: 2
Views: 1,441
Posted By pstein
Where to put the MBR? On the "System Reserved" 100 MB partition?

As you know in former times the MBR record was always put on the first Primary partition on a hard disc.

With Windows 7 a separate special "System Reserved" partition of 100MB was introduced for...
Forum: General Discussion 21 Dec 2011
Replies: 2
Views: 3,229
Posted By pstein
How to find out if an *.exe is 32bit or 64bit without starting it?

Is there a way to find out if a given *.exe file is 32bit or 64bit executable.
The program should ...
- NOT be started (and investigated in TaskManager)
- NOT be installed and checked if it is...
Forum: Network & Sharing 02 Dec 2011
Replies: 2
Views: 555
Posted By pstein
...no answer?

...no answer?
Forum: Hardware & Devices 23 Oct 2011
Replies: 4
Views: 961
Posted By pstein
Can I plug-in SATA cable when computer is running?

I am not sure:

Can I plug-in (and -out) a SATA cable (to hard disc) from (ASUS) motherboard slot when computer is running?

Or will this cause a damage to hardware?

Peter
Forum: Themes and Styles 19 Oct 2011
Replies: 1
Views: 2,413
Posted By pstein
How to delete and import own Themes from CP\...\Personalization?

Meanwhile I have a couple of Themes created.
They appear all in

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization

Under "My Themes".

How can I delete one of theme?

The...
Forum: Microsoft Office 09 Sep 2011
Replies: 4
Views: 1,225
Posted By pstein
Where is the "about" box in Word 2007 ?

Where is the "about" box in Word 2007 ribbon?

I want to see if e.g. SP1 is installed or who exactly registered this 2007 version.
Formerly this "about" box was in a submenu just below "help"....
Forum: General Discussion 07 Aug 2011
Replies: 8
Views: 4,524
Posted By pstein
Hmm, we have only ONE DVD and we cannot compare...

Hmm, we have only ONE DVD and we cannot compare them with another or the originals.

Instead of calculating the DVD content size I would prefer to

- inspect the size of a certain core file or...
Forum: General Discussion 07 Aug 2011
Replies: 8
Views: 4,524
Posted By pstein
How to detect if a Win7 install DVD contains 32bit or 64bit version?

We have bought some month ago 32bit and 64bit versions of Win7.
From one of them we burned a backup DVD.

Now we need to re-install Win7 on a computer but we did not found the original DVDs....
Forum: Network & Sharing 05 Jul 2011
Replies: 0
Views: 2,019
Posted By pstein
Force Win7 WinExplorer to re-scan LAN network for neighbot comps?

Assume I have a second/couple of other computers in my LAN network.
However in Windows Explorer section "Network" onyl the local computer (name) appears.

How can I force Win7 Windows Explorer to...
Forum: Microsoft Office 16 Jun 2011
Replies: 1
Views: 1,541
Posted By pstein
How to compare 2 docs in Word 2007 ?

Assume I have 2 docs and I want to find out the changes between them.

The feature "Track changes" is not enabled and I don't want to enable it.

I just want a one-shot comparison.

In old...
Forum: General Discussion 05 Jun 2011
Replies: 2
Views: 993
Posted By pstein
set "My Documents" env var temporarily for a certain GUI program?

Ok, I know, I can change/set environment variables through
Control Panel--->System

The current environment variable values are fine for most of my programs.

However there is one program...
Forum: General Discussion 05 Jun 2011
Replies: 8
Views: 23,100
Posted By pstein
That is exactly what I needed. Perfect! Thank...

That is exactly what I needed.
Perfect!
Thank you
Peter
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