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  1. Keyboy

    Remove CoPilot

    Hello, Has anyone found a way to remove Co Pilot in W11 and keep it from reinstalling? It seems every time there is an update it is shown as being added. I would also like to disable Edge permanently. I appreciate you help in eliminating this invasive software addition by MS.
  2. Keyboy

    Office 2021 Set Colors

    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...
  3. Keyboy

    Computer freezing up

    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...
  4. Keyboy

    Microsoft Cloud Storage Usage

    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...
  5. Keyboy

    W10 Windows 'Background Wallpaper' Pictures

    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...
  6. Keyboy

    Windows Media Player 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...
  7. Keyboy

    Batch file to unmute speakers

    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...
  8. Keyboy

    Windows Media Player 12.0 Question

    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...
  9. Keyboy

    Dell Vostro Touchpad Issue

    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...
  10. Keyboy

    Hi, I am running W10 and Microso

    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...
  11. Keyboy

    Problem with Book1

    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...
  12. Keyboy

    W10 Make NumLock Permanent

    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...
  13. Keyboy

    Dell Studio 1555 new OS

    Hi, I have a Dell Studio 1555 running Windows 7 Home Premium OS. Recently I received a message from Microsoft saying that in January 2020 they will discontinue supporting W7. My question is what OS can I upgrade to that will run on my Studio 1555? I have looked at the Dell site and nothing is...
  14. Keyboy

    Hello, I am baffled but what els

    Hello, I am baffled but what else is new? Last night I left the house with my Dell Studio 1500 running Win7. When I came home it had shutdown. The cause was obvious since the power supply plug had shifted out part way. First question is there a way to tighten this plug up to prevent this from...
  15. Keyboy

    Outlook VBA Code Produces Run Time Error #429 ActiveX component cannot create object

    Hello all, Some background: I am running Win 7 Home Premium SP1 with 64-bit OS on a Dell Studio laptop. For email I use Outlook 2007 since Windows Live Mail died and Outlook came with my Microsoft Office 2007. With help I came up with VB macro code to duplicate the permanent delete done by...
  16. Keyboy

    Boot software

    Hi, Does anyone have any way to watch what is being run as my computer boots up? I have something being loaded which changes my Speaker/Headphones control from muted to ON. I am trying to find out what it is. All I cna tell you is that this mysteriously happened and I didn't add any new...
  17. Keyboy

    WLM Calendar to Outlook 2007

    Hi, I was using WLM until it switched to always being off line. I couldn't get it to go back on line so I switched to Outlook 2007 which came with my Office 2007 software. I tried to follow the WLM directions to sync the calendar on my computer with the on line calendar however it looks like...
  18. Keyboy

    Outlook 2007

    Hi, My WLM 2011 stopped when it went off line and I could not get it to go back on line. So I switched to Outlook 2007 that came with my Office software. I have two email accounts set up in Outlook. I figured out how to get each account to deliver its email into its own inbox, however, in WLM...
  19. Keyboy

    Windows Live Mail Migration to Office Outlook 2007

    Hello, I have a gmail account and was using Windows Live Mail 2011 with W7 operating system until something happened and I cannot get it to go back on line. Searching the internet provided an answer to go to IE and click go on line or cycle that button. Well I use Firefox and I cannot get a...
  20. Keyboy

    Windows Live Mail 2011

    Hello, Somehow when I was using WLM 11 I clicked the Work Offline 'button' at the lower left of the screen. Yes it worked as advertised and took me off line. The problem is I cannot get back on line. So I cannot send or receive email. Searching the web suggests that you need to open Internet...

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