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  1. tf1

    Word 2010 - File New default to My Templates

    Add FileNewDialog to the QAT instead. I've reassigned Ctrl+N to the shortcut to make faster access. By default, the New Blank is selected by default when you launch the FlieNewDialog, so it only takes the press of the Enter key to launch a new blank document. One extra keystroke isn't that much...
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    New hard drive, computer will not start, hearing alarm

    Does the Dell have a chassis alarm? Maybe you haven't replaced the cover correctly? Regards: Terry
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    Registered versus Unbufffered RAM

    From experience (back in the days when RAM was worth more than gold and a server with 8GB RAM was kept in a locked cage) it is by quantity. We used 4 x 1GB or 8 x 1GB registered ECC modules back then, which makes me assume it is the total installed quantity irrespective of module size. I also...
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    Registered versus Unbufffered RAM

    Standard unregistered RAM is faster than registered RAM. Registered RAM may be up to 5-15% slower than standard RAM because it runs a clock-cycle behind. (It depends on RAM type, single or dual channel and bus speed.) That said, registered RAM on server motherboards does have advantages. The...
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    Help with Styles PLEASE!

    See if the following site helps sort this out for you. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word Regards: Terry
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    hard drive back up

    I usually run an image backup once a month - usually on the Friday following the Microsoft monthly updates. Occasionally I will do another after installing a major application change or new install. I follow the image backup with a user data backup and then do a weekly incremental user data...
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    Why is my Windows Experience Index score so low???

    Interesting. Possibly that is because my hardware is reserving some of the installed RAM and Windows only uses 3.87GB. Or perhaps you have faster DDR3 RAM(I have DDR2-800). The point I'm making is that rather than actually assessing the performance of the memory system, the WEI is only looking...
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    hard drive back up

    I've always like Acronis True Image too. But if you are going to upgrade to Win 7 at any time soon, with the exception of the Starter edition, all Win 7 editions have a utility for creating a backup disk image. Regards: Terry
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    Why is my Windows Experience Index score so low???

    I can confirm that it true. It is something I noticed when I was diagnosing my BSOD problems. It shows that the WE Index is really only a very rudimentary guide to performance. With WEI, size does matter! Regards: Terry
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    Windows 7 Blue Screen

    I spent two months on a similar mission trying to track down a BSOD that maybe happened once or twice a week. When it happened, the system just froze for around 5-10 seconds and then went BSOD and other times after freezing, the screen went black. It actually needed a power off to recover...
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    Is Windows 7 Home Premium 32 or 64 bit?

    In reality, Microsoft do understand that there is need for legacy software. MSDN Subscriber downloads still has a whole load of nostalgia for download: OSs from DOS 6.0 onwards and Office from 95 (v7) onwards. Regards: Terry
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    Word 2003 closes slowly on Windows 7 laptop

    Are you sure that you started Word correctly in Safe Mode (note the gap before the /a in winword /a)? When you start in Safe Mode, there is effectively no normal.dot because Word has bypassed it. And Word will only save to normal IF there has been changes made that require saving to normal. If...
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    Is Windows 7 Home Premium 32 or 64 bit?

    Haven't you upgraded to WfWGs yet? Regards: Terry
  14. tf1

    Is Windows 7 Home Premium 32 or 64 bit?

    The only possible problem with 64-bit is if you have any legacy hardware that doesn't have new 64-bit drivers and the 32-bit drivers refuse to install. This is only likely to happen with quite old peripherals though. I upgraded three of my home computers from 32-bit to 64-bit over December and...
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    Word 2003 closes slowly on Windows 7 laptop

    There are several causes of 'saving normal' and it is usually down to a rogue add-in or incompatible macro. You can test for this by starting Word in Safe Mode. From Start Run (Winkey+R), type in winword /a and press Enter. Word will open to a fresh blank document in its default install...
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    Why is my Windows Experience Index score so low???

    Interesting. If you compare the SSD failure rate to other hardware (motherboards, PSUs, RAM, etc.) the SSD failure rate is surprisingly good. That at least is a good omen. However, it is ageing that is the concern with SSDs, so I don't think that those figures have any bearing on the life of...
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    Why is my Windows Experience Index score so low???

    Yes. On a busy PC they expect around 5 years. But that's not too different from a standard HDD - though I've know many that have still been in full song after 8 years or more. It is quite difficult to predict just how many reads/writes you are going to make with an SSD or at what point a memory...
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    Drive Latency

    There are some built-in tools so that you can monitor what may be thrashing your disk. It should not be thrashing continuously once the system has settled. As BBB says, Indexing may be party of the problem. After a fresh install of Windows, apps and data, it may take several hours for the index...
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    Why is my Windows Experience Index score so low???

    Thanks for the feedback. It confirms that with current technology, SSDs are the way forward. But then who can guess what is just over the horizon! Regards: Terry
  20. tf1

    How to open date and time format dialog box in Microsoft Word 2010

    To change the macro name, you need to access the macro in the VBA Editor. There are two ways to do this. Go to the Developer Ribbon, click on Macros and then right-click on the Macro name and choose Edit. That will open the Editor. You should be seeing Sub InsertDateTime() Select...

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