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Hello, I upgraded to MO 2021 and am looking for help to set the colors used for the various elements. In previous versions of Excel for example, I was able to set the color of the border and tabs. So far I can't find out how to do this. Microsoft is very persistent in pushing 365 and I want...

Hello, well I used Task Manager to eliminate the non useful software. I then did a defrag and went back to working. After a day I had several incidents of hang up but they resolved after several minutes. I was doing some research and a black screen showed up and then a crash. I tried a reboot...

Hello, I hope this is the correct thread to post my question. I am running W11 on a Dell Laptop which was upgraded from W10. I am seeing that it takes longer and longer to boot up and once booted and Outlook and Firefox are very slowly loaded they are very sluggish and often times everything...

Hello, I have been doing multiple desktop HD backups using several portable drives to cover all the possibilities. I have a large photo collection that may be better preserved if was in the Cloud. When W10 came along there was a free cloud storage offering which I have not used. Hopefully...

Thank you strongm!!! I hate it when Microsoft does an update and decides to change my settings. Have a great day!!

Hi, I have the latest version of W10 running and sometime in the past Microsoft started to deploy pictures which I have termed 'Background Wallpaper' since they take over everything and once instituted, I have to renter my password. I have searched and have found no way to disable these...

Hi, I am running W10 and Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. I recently moved from W7 also using Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. What is frustrating is that I have many playlists made up of video clips. When you start WMP, then select a playlist, and then start the playlist, I then right...

Thank you for your input. I have AutoHotKey and didn't realize that it could do that. My bat file is running great!!!

Hi, I am running a Dell Vosto with W10. Several times a day I have to unmute my speakers by clicking on the speaker icon and then click the speaker icon again. I would like to use a bat file to accomplish this and then after a period of time mute the speakers again. Can anyone offer a...

Hi, I am running W10 and Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. I recently moved from W7 also using Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. What is frustrating is that I have many playlists made up of video clips. When you start WMP, then select a playlist, and then start the playlist, I then right...

Hi, Maybe there is a way to turn off all gestures? I am strugeling with this issue. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I have a new Vostro 15 3590 laptop running W10 64 bit. The built in touchpad is a piece of c**p. I think the hardware is part of the issue but the software is the real issue. I have figured out how to turnoff all the gestures since that caused major issues (things like cursor jumping all...

Thanks!!!

Hi Rick, I came back to say that AHK works very well. I am a little confused, is there a way to set up AHK to automatically run my script every time the computer is started? The directions seem to say that is possible but there are no details. Thanks for your help!

Hi, I am running W10 and Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. I recently moved from W7 also using Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0. What is frustrating is that I have many playlists made up of video clips. When you start WMP, then select a playlist, and then start the playlist, I then right...

Hi, Checking back. It worked but only after a reboot. Thank you so much!!!

Hi, Thanks for these ideas. I will give them a try and see if I have success.

Hello, I am running W10 with Office12 -(Excel 2007). When I open Excel, Book1 opens like it should, however, instead of filling the window it only occupies the upper 1/3. I must have done something wrong to cause this to happen. I would like to get Book1 to open and fill the page like it used...

Hi Rick, I will try that however I was hoping for something that doesn't have to run all the time which just will add to the things that slow the machine down. Unless AutoHotkey uses very little overhead. Any comments?

Hello, I am running a brand new Dell Vosto with a built in keyboard and Windows 10. I have set the bios to have the NumLock on at startup but as I work I sometimes brush the NumLock button which converts the keypad to the directional mode. I would like your help to change a setting someplace...