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Outlook 2013 has taken a direction of “how much space can I fill with noise and redundancies”. Is it possible to reduce this noise in order to maximize use of screen real estate? For example, in the preview pane, can I shrink the header so that it doesn’t include so much info. I don’t need […]

I recently installed Linux on a laptop with preinstalled Windows 8 and I’d like to start using Windows again. I used to use it before. Will I need to buy Windows 8 again if I get the official ISO file from the Windows website? Solution:   I already used it before, do i need to

Is there an inherent Microsoft-Exclusive way of obtaining Windows 10 Activation keys from existing installations? Even if this is not necessary with Windows 10 specifically, I want to emphasize my interest in non-3rd-party ways of getting such keys from prior versions of Windows too. Unnecessary Background Info: I’ve upgraded numerous workstation to Windows 10 from

I’ve run into an interesting predicament. I’ve got two HDD’s, one running Windows XP (Primary) and another running Windows 7 (Secondary). I recently installed Gentoo over the XP installation and used the whole disk for the install. I poked around on Google and saw that Windows 7 creates some kind of boot partition on the

Basically, I plan to install Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 on a machine by plugging in the video card initially and then I plan to remove it completely because I need the slot for something else.  The motherboard has no integrated graphics.  Would I be able to RDP once I remove the video card even

Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate offer Remote Desktop Server. How many concurrent connections does this allow? Only 1? Solution: Yep, just one, the same as XP Pro does.  And it is the console session, so no one can be using the machine interactivly while someone is connected to it by RDP.

After Windows Update, I get this error when trying to connect to a server using Remote Desktop Connection. When read the link provided by error message, it seems because of an update at 2018/05/08: May 8, 2018 An update to change the default setting from Vulnerable to Mitigated. Related Microsoft Knowledge Base numbers are listed

I have 2 languages installed on my computer, both with a single input method. I have 2 keyboards: CES-CSQ and ENG-US. However lately (maybe after the last Win10 update) I started to see 2 additional keyboards in my systray  – namely CES-CS and ENG-CSQ. Is there there a way to remove those 2 input options

After making an error installing windows, I now have two entries in the Windows 7 boot loader, one of which is incorrect. How can I remove it? I’ve seen some entries recommending EasyBCD, but can’t it be done easily without 3rd party software? Solution: The easiest way to remove an entry in the Windows 7

I had removed the Libraries from my Windows 7 with this registry tweaks, but since the update to Windows 8 the Libraries are back in my Windows Explorer. So I tried to tweak the registry again, but it fails to get permission to change the value (in Windows 7 it worked). http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-libraries-from-windows-7-explorers-navigation-pane/ Someone know how