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    Solved How do I get a list of what shortcuts are assigned?

    I'm on W10 pro and some program hijacked the print screen button which I had assigned to a screen capturing program(snagit) to. I'm unable to figure out which program took over the shortcut. How do I get it assigned back to Snagit? Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.
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    Would like to make a keyb shortcut for muting volume

    Is there one already? If there isn't one how do I go about create one? I do not want to buy a multimedia keyboard just for this functionality. Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.
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    Win 8.1 Pro. Laggy and slow

    So I did a clean install and have just some basic programs installed like dropbox, evernote, office 365, java runtime, silverlight, dot net, firefox, chrome, vlc and adobe acrobat and my PC is laggy and slow. Performance Options been set to Adjust for best peformance (all have been switched...
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    Any harm in purging ini,thm and db files from pic folders?

    My 100GB photo collection has a lot of ini,thm and db files. Is it safe to delete them? They are about 1000 of them. Thanks in advance
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    Opening a folder with lot of files(>2000) takes time

    Anything that can be done to make it open instantly like the other folders? My 300 odd files folder also takes time. They files dont get changed regularly. Only a few get added. Thanks in advance
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    Solved Acrobat reader problem after upgrading to Win 8.1

    I'm on 64 bit and have 8.1 Pro installed. When I double click a file reader does not open. This wasn't the case before the upgrade. Tried multiple times but it just doesn't open. Went to Task Manager and noticed 8 instances of Acrobat Reader and shut them down all one by one. The files started...
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    Solved How do you reset metro tiles layout to the factory layout?

    Moved a few tiles and now I dont remember how it originally was. Just want it to look like how Microsoft intended it to be. Any option to reset the layout of the tiles? Thanks
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    Solved Clean install of Windows 8.1?

    I have a Win 8 Pro with MC license. I would like to start cleanly by formatting and installing 8.1. Is the ISO available officially for DL? Also will my Win 8 Pro key work with 8.1?
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    File associations changing

    I have all my images pics associated with Irfanview. Every now and then, its resets to Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Does anybody know why? I have to go back to program defaults and make Irfan View default. Its happened twice in the last 10 days. I've not associated any image files with any...
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    After you eject a USB drive, can you make it show up again

    without reaching to the back of the computer? :D or removing the drive and reconnecting it? Thanks
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    My USB backup drives have recycle bins in them.

    What is the right way to clean them up or remove the bins altogether? Thanks!
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    Solved Unable to delete "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google" folder

    and its 9.1GB in size! I uninstalled Chrome and deleted registry references of it as well(Google provides a reg file which removes traces) but I just can delete this folder. Any idea why? A restart also did not help matters. Im using Windows 8 Pro. Thanks
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    Solved Upgraded from Win 7 ultimate to Win 8 pro

    and now I would like to upgrade/build a new computer and use this license. Is this legal? How do I deactivate/surrender this license paving the way to install the purchased license on the new computer? Thanks
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    Solved Boot error after removing non boot drive

    Hello all I'm running Win 8 Pro which is installed on my SSD and I need to remove my secondary drive and connect it to another PC. When I do this, I get a boot error. I have no idea why an error shows up especially when it is not a boot drive. Error and My Disk Management information is...
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    Unread email message count

    Hello all Anybody know how I can get rid of the unread email message count on the wakeup screen after a lock screen? I don't have unread messages in my account or mail application but for some reason it shows a count of unread emails. Thanks
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    New task manager question

    Hello all Was hoping if you could help if figuring out what the maximum memory a program while running with the help of the task manager. Please check the attachment. Thanks
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    Printer not printing

    Hello all I'm unable to print on my Xerox WorkCentre™ PE220. Win 8 installed the driver properly and did not show any errors or red flags during and after the installation. When I print a window shows up saying error cannot print. Does anybody have a solution? Thanks WG
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