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There was a thread earlier here about pros and cons of various file systems. I just wanted to make a note here that I did notice a significant performance increase when using FAT32 over NTFS. Everybody says FAT32 is bad, but it's not true. FAT32 may have some limitations, but being slow is not...

I have a desktop external drive at home that is finicky when it comes to being detected by the OS. Sometimes it's fine, and my cloud folders sync without issue on startup, but other times I need to turn it off and then back on 2 or even 3 times before I can actually use it. When it doesn't...

Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Is Dangerous To Use Not only did MS scrub the German page, OCN's mod locked the discussion on the claim that it needed to be because the original source is gone — even though the article was obviously documented by Forbes and someone posted an archive of the original...

Hey, new to the forums, thought I'd venture a guess here, my user sign in service on a Lenovo workstation isn't going through properly on any new profiles I create. Weird event log stuff going on, it can't find the local profile and is trying to sign on with a temp profile and it can't...

Hi, I have a Dell XPS13 with Windows 10, and I'm getting recurring malware, at least some of which is Chrome related. I first noticed it when my Avira Free AV detected some malware of type "TR/Dldr.Agent.zbthu" and "Crypt.XPACK.Gen3" and quarantined the files. Then I looked at my task manager...

I only found counters for games. Thanks

I have Microsoft Dreamspark key for windows 10 but i have already used it on my PC and my friend’s laptop. Can i deactivate the key on my PC and use it on my laptop (with DOS) Can i use windows 8 key(from dreamspark) to install windows 10 on my laptop?

Product Name: HP Notebook 15-ay057nw Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) Hello. Few days ago i bought a new laptop. HP Notebook 15-ay057nw. Everything was okey but not the graphic card and performance. I can't play games !!! ;/ Laptop uses only Intel HD Graphics. I have the newest...

This is not true, Battlefield 1942 / Vietnam and 2 can play their imernoch online. It works best for BF 1942, because there it was solved best. "Battlefield 1942" again to play online, you have to overwrite the old BF1942.exe in the "origin games" folder, otherwise you get no server more in...

Hi. I have to manage printers on a lot of computers that use Windows. I am able to automatize almost everything easily, but dealing with printers is becoming impossible. Anyone knows a script (on any language) to install a network printer?

Hi Guys, Whats the current software that people are using to clone Windows 10 from one SSD to another? I used to use boot into Acronis True Image or Symantec Ghost boot disk back in the day, but I don't think those work anymore what with EFI, secure boot, and that other new stuff. Thanks in...

What's the best way to go about encrypting your Windows drive with a Samsung 850 Pro? The drive seems to have a hardware encryption options, but I'm afraid this is all very much new to me. I have a TPM enabled motherboard.

I'll try to make this as simple as possible... since I don't have a whole lot of nix knowhow. I have a small computer with Ubuntu 14.04 installed and I can't seem to be able to find it on my network via a Windows computer. I've successfully joined the domain but the system doesn't appear in the...

Installed a MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X today, booted fine and all that. Went to download drivers, and this: I also tried the version before that one. Would the Win 10 anniversary update be causing this?

A little while ago I got a used/new to me Marantz SR6007 receiver because my old Harman Kardon AVR147 receiver started flaking out. The Marantz SR6007 supports AirPlay which initially I thought would be a gimmick. But it turned out to be very useful while hosting parties as people would stream...