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WolframAlpha: A program that solves math problems in Software · Nov 10, 2010

I wasn't really talking about how it looks—that’s secondary—but more about what it actually does. It’s honestly pretty solid for high schoolers or college students who aren't exactly math wizards; they can definitely wrap their heads around algebra and calculus just by grinding through problems in this program... provided, of course, they actually have the drive to learn. 🙂

Microsoft Office Q&A: General Discussion (Word, Excel, PowerPoint...) in Software · Nov 9, 2010

If you need a product key, give Microsoft a call—otherwise, just grab the Office 2010 trial if you want to get some practice in.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...001150834.aspx

WolframAlpha: A program that solves math problems in Software · Nov 9, 2010

The software isn't trash at all—you just actually need to know English to make it work.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Nov 9, 2010

briskseal13 said:Hey everyone—I just stumbled onto Reddit recently, so I'm still getting my bearings here. Does anyone know if it's actually possible to upgrade from Windows 7 starter? If so, where can I grab the download, and is there any way to do it for free? Any help would be huge. Thanks!

Yeah, you can upgrade, but it’s definitely not free—you'll have to buy the upgrade here.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Nov 9, 2010

Megan Jones69 said:I'm running into an issue. I've got a laptop running Windows 7 home Premium 64 (it's a legitimate license, don't worry), and the specs are roughly this:

Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.00GHz (1MB cache)
ATI Radeon HD4570 512MB
2x 2GB DDR2 667MHz 320GB SATA

Everything runs perfectly fine—until I launch Photoshop CS2. Even if I'm just sitting there doing absolutely nothing, Photoshop starts gobbling up every bit of RAM I have within about fifteen minutes. I've actually gone into the preferences and limited how much memory it can grab, but when I check Task Manager, the usage just climbs straight up to 4GB until the whole thing crashes.

Have you tried bumping up the Windows page file size? Also, double-check those Photoshop settings—specifically the RAM allocation and the scratch disk configuration.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Oct 18, 2010

There’s nothing new under the sun—there's just the one, and it's finally out.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Oct 15, 2010

dustybear9 said:Since I don't have an American keyboard sitting here, I'm guessing it isn't a US layout

Look, your Windows keyboard layout settings and the actual physical keys on your board aren't actually linked—at all. You could install a Chinese layout on your PC while using an Arabic keyboard, but good luck actually typing anything useful. 😁 If you're rocking a standard US keyboard but have the wrong software layout selected, you're basically flying blind unless you physically relabel the keys to match where the symbols actually live. There’s no magic workaround for that.

Issues with Outlook 2007 in Software · Oct 12, 2010

Honestly, just go into your antivirus settings and disable the email scanning option—it’s basically useless at this point. Your antivirus is already checking every single file that hits your hard drive anyway; it doesn't care if that file arrived via an email attachment, a direct download, or some other random method—it’s going to flag it the second you try to save it or run it. Plus, having it constantly scan your inbox just drags down your mail speeds, and if you're lucky—or unlucky, depending on how you look at it—it can actually end up corrupting your entire mailbox.

Issues with Outlook 2007 in Software · Oct 11, 2010

coppergardener22 said:If you head up into the settings under Options, you'll see two specific choices: request a delivery receipt and request a read receipt. From what I understand—and correct me if I'm wrong here—the server itself should trigger that delivery receipt immediately upon receiving my email, whereas the read receipt actually comes from the recipient once they've gone ahead and opened it..

Look, you don't really have control over delivery receipts—not in any meaningful way. Sure, you can go into Outlook and check the box to ask for one, but whether you actually get that receipt depends entirely on how the mail server on the receiving end is configured... and in most cases, those options are blocked off specifically to prevent spam. Usually, it only works for internal emails within a corporate domain. It might even be blocked at the ISP level. In other words—plain and simple—if you haven't received a non-delivery report or some other notification saying the message failed, then you can pretty much rest easy knowing the message landed where it was supposed to.

As for read receipts? For that to even work, both email clients have to be set up to handle them—both yours and the person you're emailing. If the person on the other end has their client set to 'never send receipt'—which, let's be honest, almost everyone does—then you’re never going to see an announcement.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Sep 28, 2010

Robin Rodriguez5 said:I’ve got a Dell Inspiron running x64 with 4GB of RAM and an Nvidia GT 220M
So, here’s the deal—Outlook, which came pre-installed with my Windows 7, keeps crashing whenever I try to send an email. Actually, it doesn't even get to the sending part—it just freezes right when I'm composing a new message. After typing for maybe 15 or 20 seconds, the whole thing just hangs; I haven't actually managed to finish a single email yet. Anyone dealt with this? 😕

Try disabling your antivirus or firewall first—that's a classic culprit for this kind of mess. Also, are you running just one email account or a bunch of them?

You could also try a clean reinstall; you can grab v14 over here -> http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows...live-mail.html

Windows 7 vs. Windows XP: Which one should I use? in Software · Sep 22, 2010

Andrew Miller102 said:XP just doesn't know how to handle multi-core processors...

Look, core utilization depends entirely on the application itself—not the OS. Windows XP handles multi-core processors just fine... if an app is single-threaded, it’s going to sit on one single core regardless of what operating system you're running. For an app to actually spread out across multiple cores, you need three things: hardware support, OS support, and the application itself has to be designed for multi-threading. All three have to line up perfectly.

The real difference between XP and Vista or Windows 7 is that Vista and 7 use a different thread-pool system, which helps distribute the load across all cores more effectively. XP tends to "fill up" one core first before it bothers utilizing the others as needed.

Mind you, Vista had this annoying issue where if a bunch of threads were waiting on a specific system resource, and then that resource finally became available, it only took one single thread "tripping" to send the entire thread pool back into a waiting state—what they call a "lock convoy." You'd get these moments where the whole computer would just freeze for a few seconds before snapping back to normal. I assume they patched that stuff out with the later SP-ov updates; I certainly didn't run into it on Windows 7.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Sep 17, 2010

Douglas Garcia52 and Jonathan Wood5 say:
Is there any way to just scale up certain icons? I don't want the whole mess looking like this all at once.👍

Nope. Not happening.

SEC updates in Software · Sep 14, 2010

Take a look at the economics threads—there was actually a whole discussion going on about accounting software over there, and honestly, you’ll probably find a much better answer in that thread than you will here.

CCleaner in Software · Sep 13, 2010

No, they aren't slowing things down—I mean, macOS doesn't even bother looking for unused registry keys in the first place, so how could it possibly drag the system down?
Besides, what on earth does RAM have to do with the registry? It’s a completely different ballpark.

Opera passwords? in Software · Sep 6, 2010

The software is just meant for checking the passwords you've got saved in Wanda—as for why saving your credentials in Opera isn't working for you, honestly, I haven't the slightest clue.

How to open a PDF? in Software · Sep 3, 2010

velvetskipper8 said:...not even my professor back at the university had any clue what was actually going on.

Good grief. 🤦

Opera passwords? in Software · Sep 3, 2010

You can actually use this little utility to pull up and export all your saved passwords directly into a .txt file if you really need to -> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opera_p..._recovery.html

Also, I found this guide that walks you through exactly which files you need to grab so you can just drop them right back where they belong in a fresh installation -> http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/313/

How to open a PDF? in Software · Sep 3, 2010

Just right-click on whatever PDF you're looking at, hit "open with," and pick Acrobat Reader from the list... oh, and don't forget to check that little box that says "always use this program to open this kind of file." It saves a ton of clicking later.

CCleaner in Software · Sep 2, 2010

rapidlynx96 says:
It’s no better than the previous versions—this version just "fixes" errors that supposedly exist in your computer's registry...

Look, those so-called "registry errors"—basically just keys that aren't being used anymore—don't actually do a single thing to impact your PC's performance. All that "junk" usually piles up because of poorly written uninstallation routines that fail to clean up after themselves when you ditch a program.

Doing a quick registry defrag might be useful once in a while, but scrubbing out useless keys? You aren't going to gain anything from that.

Anyone still running Windows 7? in Software · Sep 1, 2010

Either just grab a cheap spare LAN card that actually has drivers for Windows 7...