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OK, prior to this problem I'd visit certain forum and image sharing websites and usually have a few different tabs open, for different sections of the site or different topics. I like to multi-task. Now all was fine for what seemed to be quite a long time, but then something changed. What...

I should add that I'm a big fan of multiple tabs. I do try to keep them under 10 though. But what I have discovered is that with some forums, when I've got more than a couple of tabs open reading different subforums, my browser will slow to a crawl... and then I start getting Adobe Flash...

When I encountered a pesky problem in Office with Powerpoint text formatting that FORCED me to install an Asian language, I chose Japanese. This enabled a previously hidden tab that enabled me to set the proper text formatting (so line breaks won't happen within words). After I achieved the...

Microsoft did it again! Can't believe it... And a family member fell into the trap. Suddenly she's got Windows 10, even though she wanted to stay with 8.1. Talk about feeling like you're dealing with Big Brother.

I have two computers running Windows 8.1 and have Google Chrome, with latest updates. Over the past months I've been running into problems when the Adobe Flash plug-in runs. I've seen it notoriously bad on forums and on photo sharing sites (like Photobucket). Symptom: Initial page load will...

Yep, that was it... found KB2976978 had crept back into my update list, DESPITE having uninstalled and HIDDEN it previous. Devious Microsoft revoked the hide somehow. Wish I could do the Group Policy reconfiguration, but this won't work on Windows 8.1 Home edition.

I did that, and the recommended offering to upgrade to Windows 10 was removed. However, 3 weeks later it appeared again. It seems that Microsoft is aware of this workaround and in one of the updates to the registry, they remove it. I added it back again. Microsoft has an FAQ on upgrading to...

When Microsoft made its major push in the marketplace to get everyone to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, I declined. I didn't want it. I'd seen a few people run into problems. I do not want to destabilize my system. Everything was running fine. But Microsoft was relentless. About 3...

I've been having a problem with my computer also waking from sleep in the middle of the night, or after being tucked away inside a laptop bag. I checked my power options in advanced... nothing has been set to wake the computer from sleep except the power button. I checked the task scheduler...

Something was perplexing me lately. I would periodically open up my laptop lid in the morning only to find my computer very warm and actually running. I changed Windows Update so that it would no longer run at 4AM in the morning. But I went to my Task Scheduler and found a few things that ran...

I went to the Action Center and discovered that the maintenance check is done at 3AM, but the checkbox to automatically wake the computer from sleep was unchecked... which means it should not launch if the laptop is sleeping. In any event, I have set it to 11PM and will see if that makes a...

My general practice is to put my laptop to sleep when I'm done for the day, leaving it plugged in. I wait until it confirms sleep mode (flashing power button) and then close the lid (it stays asleep). The next morning I come back and the laptop is on and quite warm. powercfg /LASTWAKE shows...

Thanks for confirming that what I'm seeing is correct. I couldn't find any info on-line that was able to confirm, so your response is much appreciated. :)

On a relative's HP laptop running Windows 8, she had a problem where burned CD-R audio discs showed up as empty and wouldn't play, no matter what program you used. This was odd, because it's the SAME CD-ROM DRIVE that was used to burn them. Immediately I suspected some kind of driver issue, so I...

Well, somehow she started getting e-mail again. She said she didn't do anything to the computer. Anyway, she was really missing Incredimail, so she contacted their technical support and ended up paying them $70 for a session. They had her do something that got it to work on W8 and now she's...

I had her disable both anti-virus and firewall... but no change. Mind you, with Norton Internet Security active, the setup was working fine.

Any ideas?

I don't understand what's so confusing about clicking on a plain-as-day visible icon neatly tucked in the lower left corner of the screen that then shows you a list of choices, with "Programs" clearly presented that then shows you a list of application icons to select or folders to drill down to...

OK... Chaos has found a way to trip things up again. She's using her computer, everything is fine... then a couple of days ago, she stops getting new email. Her client is Thunderbird, as I mentioned above after going through the Incredimail fiasco. She can send, but receiving shows...

Thanks, I'll have to give this a thorough look-over. You could be right... but then, if some program is just a little slower starting when you want it and otherwise your start-up time is reduced by a good 10-30 seconds, that could be a worthwhile trade-off. Anyway, if there have been a number...