Forum: Windows 7

Using Win 7 Home Premium. A few days ago one of the updates, I do not know which, did not install and the computer just locked up in the process. I had to reboot it, and the message came up that I could do a repair because the computer -- a laptop -- would not boot. I accepted the repair process...

Today, when I clicked on Computer, C: drive and click on Document and Settings - I'm denied access. There's a lock on the folder icon, also the same for Recycle.Bin. I've made no changes of which I'm aware.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Intel core i5 cpu 8 gig memory When I click on computer-system properties-all control panel items-user accounts-manage another account. The screen shows that I have 2 administrator accounts and 1 guest account. Is that possible to have two administrative accounts? ...

If I want to install the OS from a USB flash drive, will it work if I simply copy the installation source files to the drive? The machine has no CD/DVD drive. Thanks - rev

I need 'vids:mjpg' decompressor for Win 7. Where can I download it so I can play video files? Jerry

This is what I've been told by a technician far away in another land: A dude inadvertently put a password into the BIOS, that password was then written to the disk or to another chip in the disk housing (unknown). Then the dude forgot the password or the case sensitivity he used and shut himself...

My Win7 laptop has been running over a year with no problems since I upgraded from xp. This is the first problem I've encountered, but I don't really think it's a win7 issue, but thought I'd start here. If it belongs somewhere else, feel free to move it to the appropriate location. Never had a...

Under windows 7 hp,, do you have to have internet access to run defrag, or if it's set to run at a given time will it do it without connection? tks

A friend got a used laptop and want to put a password on it. But when trying to create a password, He gets a error saying he can't change the password even though it has no password. Any ideas on whats going on? Thanks Rod

Yesterday my computer was working perfectly fine, but when I turned it on today it was unable to boot Windows. The two options on bootup are "Launch Startup Repair" and "Start Windows Normally", but both options go to System Recovery Options. Startup Repair cannot automatically fix the boot problem...

Had a new computer delivered a couple of weeks ago. The manufacturers had created a user account UKGC with administrator rights. I deleted that and created myself as the user with admin rights. When I look at control panel/user accounts I see myself as the sole user with admin rights. However,...

An odd problem I've run into. Installed tclock.exe on my machine as well as two other computers with which I often try to help. All three use Windows7 Pro, 32bit. On my machine I can change the color of the font (black), also the background. On the other two systems, which have, basically, the same...