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Possible Duplicate: How can I reinstall Windows 7 if I lost my installation DVD? I need to reformat my computer, but I don't have my OS discs with me (I do have the cd keys, though). Can I burn a pirated copy of the OS, and then install using my legit cd keys? Answer There's no need to pirate; you can download the ISOs for Windows 7 installation media directly from Microsoft (well, okay, Digital River's hosting the download but whatever), free of charge. 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Windows 7 Professional Links taken from here . I can't personally confirm they're live, but I've done this in the past and they look the same as I remember. EDIT: Removed Ultimate links since they appear to be dead, but they're out there. Somebody feel free to comment and/or edit these in.

On Windows 10 if you right click on your taskbar and tick Show Task View button it enables Task Views icon on bottom left, next to Start button. With that you can arrange your open programs to show in different task view, by default there's three of them. How do you select in which Task View to load startup programs you have in your Task Scheduler? E.g. I want to startup Mozilla Firefox on Task View 1, but Thunderbird in Task View 2 on Windows system boot? Answer You can't specify which virtual desktop programs open on by default in Windows 10 but you could use a third party application like vdesk For your example you could write a batch file vdesk 1 firefox.exe vdesk 2 thunderbird.exe Running this batch file will open the specified programs on the virtual desktop you define. You could schedule this batch file to run at logon using task scheduler or add it to one of the various startup locations as described in the link.

See screen snapshot below. When I open "My Office" I don't want my history to show up. How to disable this "feature"? Also, I don't want my document history copied to a cloud database on timelines.

The omni-completion feature in gVim (under Windows, with mostly default settings) brings up a second buffer, called [Scratch] [Preview] . When I finish selecting an item from the omni-completion popup menu, this buffer doesn't go away. Currently, I am closing it via: ESC (to get to normal mode) CTRL w k:q I have seen questions on customizing the buffer height, or keeping it from popping up entirely, but I like the size, and I like having it there while I'm selecting. Is there an easier way to get it to go away after I've selected what I want? A simpler shortcut under Windows "default" bindings would be best, though careful remaps that aren't likely to interfere with anything would be okay too. Answer Add this to your vimrc to auto close the preview window when you exit the insert mode: autocmd InsertLeave * if pumvisible() == 0|pclose|endif

I just bought a new PC and the default installed OS is Windows 8. I want to install Windows 7 but when I go into the boot options screen I only have one option: Windows Boot Manager I can't find my DVD drive. It is plugged in and visible under SATA options. How is it that I don't see it in the boot options menu? The weirdest thing is that the drive is working perfectly inside Windows. So Windows 8 can detect it but the BIOS can't? I'm stuck with Windows 8... Any ideas? Answer To get the DVD drive to show up in the boot menu, you might need to go into the BIOS (actually (U)EFI Settings) and enable Legacy (BIOS) Mode or the UEFI Compatibility Support Module (CSM) or similarly worded option: (Screenshot of Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A-DH51 BIOS with CSM disabled.) (Screenshot of Asus K55A BIOS with CSM enabled.) Note: You might also have to disable both Boot / Fast Boot and Security / Secure Boot Control .

On my Windows 10 system when i run the command: fsutil behavior query disablelastaccess it returns DisableLastAccess = 3 (System Managed, Enabled) I've never manually set this value and I can't seem to find out what the value of '3' means. I came across https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fsutil-behavior which only mentions 0/1 as options Is there a doc somewhere that mentions what the value of '3' means ? Answer In the command prompt type: fsutil behavior set DisableLastAccess Hit enter and you will get this output: Values: 0 - User Managed, Last Access Updates Enabled 1 - User Managed, Last Access Updates Disabled 2 - System Managed, Last Access Updates Enabled 3 - System Managed, Last Access Updates Disabled

I've updated my Alienware m14x R1 to Windows 8. Something in the driver system\software is causing the mouse pad to stop responding when I use the keyboard. I assume this is to prevent accidental touching of the mouse with your hands. Does anyone know what setting this is? I want to disable this or change the amount of time it is paused. Answer Under the Properties window for the Synaptics Touch Pad settings, go to: Pointing->Sensitivity->TouchCheck The setting in this determines how long it disables the touchpad after using the keyboard. If set to the minimum, it will disable the delay.