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Welcome to the Performance and Maintenance Forum - Tips
Edgar - Support EngineerMSFTThursday, November 19, 2009 7:30 PM - 431593

Right-clicking in OS shell causes Explorer crash and restart
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Scuba Steve in VA Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:24 PM - 018

HP Laptop running windows 7 crashes at least once a day
Dan-O-Mite 1 hour 59 minutes ago - 134

Scheduled weekly defrag is crashing
seco7 19 hours 36 minutes ago - 017

Keyboard typing foreign characters in certain 'sign-in' boxes
Gozz 3 hours 56 minutes ago - 124

Need to make gridlines {Excel worksheets] print darker. It is almost impossible to see them. Other print is just fine.
Dsynr 18 hours 36 minutes ago - 129

why do i get random window minimises all the time!?
1337cookie666 19 hours 7 minutes ago - 5102

New partitions disappearing when restarting in Windows 7 ?!?!
Boris - index Monday, November 16, 2009 6:23 PM - 4220

sppsvc.exe is using too much processor resources__
F471H Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:49 PM - 158

CPU stuck at 100%
Garyon Wednesday, November 25, 2009 4:29 AM - 856

BSOD when trying to delete files and at random
soilman Monday, November 23, 2009 9:53 PM - 020

Hi. Can anyone tell me please if Microsoft Office XP - containing Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint 2002 - is compatible with Windows 7 starter?
SW Confused 5 hours 18 minutes ago - 151

I get two OS that say Window 7 when i bot my comp. I want to delete one.
Victor227 Wednesday, November 25, 2009 6:38 AM - 499

I recently upgraded from Vista to Win7 Home and immediately to Ultimate. When the computer is idle for a period of time it suddenly freezes.
Mikey42 Tuesday, November 03, 2009 6:13 PM - 333

Blue Screen Crash when accessing FAT32 Files
MyDusty Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:50 PM - 103821

Using Windows 7 Ultimate to switch between 35 difference languages
etow Friday, July 24, 2009 9:49 PM - 660

In re Disk Cleanup: Any danger in deleting these categories?
alanpp Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:53 AM - 145

What's the difference between the terms "system" disk and the "boot" disk?
DrZzzz Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:46 AM - 016

CPU usage ~ Google Documents
katpor 6 hours 51 minutes ago - 242

Regarding the Reliability Monitor/Stability Index
alanpp Wednesday, November 25, 2009 1:38 AM

