Microsoft has been notifying Windows 7 users about January’s end of support throughout 2019. Now, the company is making its notification prompts even bigger, as full-screen pop-ups to warn about the end of life of Windows 7. The full-screen notification will warn that “your Windows 7 PC is out of support,” and it will start […]
Earlier this year, Microsoft had started issuing end of support notifications for Windows 7 Home users, informing them of the inevitable. The company is now extending these notifications to owners of Windows 7 Pro PCs, excluding devices “that are domain-joined as a part of an IT-managed infrastructure” said the company in an updated blog post. […]
Reported by The Register, the Windows 7 and Office 2010 end of support FAQ reveals that companies running Windows 10 Enterprise E5, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 E5 Security, and Government E5 plans will receive the first year of Windows 7 ESUs free. The offer will save businesses a lot of money. Those using Windows […]
Microsoft is about to pester Windows 7 users to upgrade to Windows 10, but this time the company is being a lot less forceful about it. With extended support for the older OS coming to an end in January next year, the Redmond firm will start notifying users about the upcoming date starting next month. […]
The default flower profile picture is actually a BITMAP file which is stored in following folder: %ProgramData%\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\ Copy the above string and paste in RUN or start menu search box and press Enter. It’ll directly open the folder in Explorer window. The BITMAP file name is user.bmp and its a 128×128, 24-bit bitmap […]
The sfc scannow option is one of several specific switches available in the sfc command, the Command Prompt command used to run System File Checker. While there are plenty of different things you can do with the command, sfc /scannow is the most common way that the sfc command is used. sfc /scannow will inspect […]
Slow computer Tip: Below are steps for Microsoft Windows users that can help speed up the computer or determine why the computer is running slow. Reboot If your computer has not been rebooted recently, make sure to reboot it before following any of the steps below. Background programs One of the most common reasons for […]
1. Restart PC and Login as a Local Admin or another Domain User. 2. Rename: c:\users\%username% 3. Export (just as a backup in case you need it) and then delete registry key: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList” (Look through each Profile key under this reg key and view the “ProfileImagePath” to find which key is related to which user) […]