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If I play Google Music, or a Youtube video in the Chrome browser, and then open a new tab and start typing the address bar, the audio will quickly cut in and … Windows 7 – How to fix skipping/stuttering audio in Google ChromeRead more

I have a messages about drive errors in the Windows Event log, like this:   Bad Block On Device DeviceHarddisk0DR0 I have two hard drives in the system. How can I know … Windows 7 – How to identify drive device from event log?Read more

How can I pick a color from an image? When I move the cursor to any particular point in the image, I want the hex code of the color at the cursor … Windows 7 – How to pick a color from an imageRead more

I’ve got 3 videos, all 3 have the same time, same amount of frames, and they only differ in terms of encoding quality. Now I need them to run side-by-side in synchronized … Windows 7 – How to play multiple videos side-by-side synchronized?Read more

There are some .exe and .dll files belonging to some programs on my laptop which communicate with the internet without my permission (for self-update generally). I want to prevent those files one … Windows 7 – How to prevent a file from accessing the internet?Read more

I have a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 system and need to wipe the 1.5TB hard disk drive quickly and effectively. Quick, I guess, is a relative term; so more quickly than I’ve … Windows 7 – How to quickly and effectively wipe a Win7 x64 hard driveRead more

When I upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, I had a second drive around and set it to dual boot. After a while, I decided that I wasn’t ever going to … Windows 7 – How to remove an old OS from the boot menuRead more

After (hopefully) scrubbing viruses out of a Windows 7 installation (after deciding not to simply run over the laptop repeatedly with my car), I’ve got everything almost back to normal. The only … Windows 7 – How to repair a broken .EXE file associationRead more

I need to run a program as a different user + make it run with admin privileges (Run as administrator). I use the ‘runas‘ for running the program as a different user … Windows 7 – How to run a program with admin privilegeRead more

When I start SQL Server Management Studio 2008, I get an error that’s been around forever and is documented here.  One of the suggestions to fix it that actually worked was to … Windows 7 – How to Run an app as Administrator without the prompt?Read more