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I recently installed bitdefender, and it's warning me my user password is weak. How does it know that? Isn't the password encrypted, or is Microsoft stupid enough to store it somewhere in plain text? Or is bitdefender keylogging? edit: using Win 7 Pro

Yeah, not exactly sure where to file that one. So if my computer is asleep, and my iPhone is on my desk, and not plugged into anything, and I plug headphones into the iPhone, my computer wakes up. I have all kinds of warm fuzzy feelings about what kind of crazy radio signal the phone must...

I have a desktop and laptop running Win 7 and a WRT54G router. The desktop has a cable connecting to the router, and the laptop is wireless. Both connect to the network and internet fine, but I can't get the Windows 7 homegroup thing to work. Ran thru the troubleshooter a few times and got...

I've got about 250 gigs worth of stuff I like to backup, and a 400 gig drive. Should be no problem, except if I get a virus (thanks 7, never happened with Vista) that changes all my file attributes in those directories (hides and read only), and I change them back, backup goes nuts and makes a...

So I have had Win 7 for a few months, and noticed that the option to require the log in screen and password when waking up from the screen saver doesn't always work. Sometimes it just goes back to the desktop. I have it set up for the screen saver to kick in after 10 minutes, and the monitor...