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Our dear Windows XP died some time, there's quite an amount of applications that don't work on it anymore. That's because it is Windows NT 5.2, many relying libraries are not supported anymore, et cetera. But now, I'm wondering, what will happen with Windows 7? So far, it's the best …

**Issue:** Several people here are having an issue. While working on Word Documents located on their local drives, the document becomes [Read Only] not at the start, but mid-session. **Attempt:** In Word, I have gone to Options -> Trust Center -> Protected View and unchecked all boxes. I have gone …

when i choose a power plan it does nothing it shows that its active but it does nothing its stuck on power saver mode i couldnt play my games just like i used to before now whenever i restart,shutdown it reverts back to power saver ive done everything please help …

Please help me. I have a laptop Toshiba, and after update to windows 8.1 the wifi button dos not work to activate wifi, and in addition the light that indicates when the wifi is activated/deactivated is always on in orange color. i already updated the wifi´s drivers, but i am …

I update my windows 8 to 8.1 from windows store it updated successfully but I see that my most of the programs that I have previously installed in windows 8( visual studio 2013, windows photo viewer, intel graphics etc. ) in not working when I try to run a program …

When Vista on Windows 8.1 Pro loads in a VM, my cursor gets confined within the VM window. The only way out for my cursor is to close the VM. I read changing the Pointing Device from USB Tablet to PS/2 Mouse is suppose to fix this problem, that isn't …

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[COLOR=green][COLOR=green]I am running Windows Vista Ultimate, and accidently set Notepad as the Default Program to open all .dll files on my machine. Can't quite figure out how to ctrl+z this one. I don't know if this is significantly affecting my computer or not. It would be nice to know if …

I installed the Windows Vista VM, when I run the Vista VM it prompts to start in safe mode or a normal, regardless what option I choose, the boot process restarts and doesn't boot into Vista. I originally gave 1.7 gigs of system memory for the VM, I reduced that …

Hi everyone! I use Windows 8.1 as my system but i have a lot of problems that i didn't know how to solve theme : 1 : he told me that the driver is not installed correctly so that when I updated windows told me it is perfect and the …

I still can work on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite) because I had a window open, but the background screen is black. There is no 'Start' button, no desktop and the 'right click' does nothing. Totally emptiness, but I still see the pointer on the black screen. If this open window …

My computer keeps popping this message everytime I turn on my computer or when I install downloaded programs. Can somebody tell me what this file is? What it does? Where to get one? and Where to save it? Please.. Thanks.

This is the first time I've seen this problem in all my years of using all versions of Windows. I have a folder on my desktop. It is empty so I tried to delete it and received a message saying it can't be deleted since it is not there. I …

So... this happened at a LAN party. A friend was pestering me for Linux Mint. For some reason YUMI wouldn't recognize my flash drive, so I did it the manual way. sudo dd if=./linuxmint-17.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M However, it should have been: sudo dd if=./linuxmint-17.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M It's an ADD/mental auto-pilot …

i recently put this in tips and tweaks by accident and i apologize i have a custom built computer that i decided to upgrade not to long ago. I bought new ram, cpu, and a mobo to go along with an ide hdd and nx8600gts video card. i use windows …

I have 3 windows server 2008 r2 64 terminal servers in a farm should all have the exact information, but when a user logs in to the farm they will get onto one of the three servers on two of the servers the desktop is exactly the same but when …

So I know there is a way to do this but I have since forgotten how. I know there is a registry path that you can go to in any windows system or least vista and up that will show you the password pertaining to the user profile. Does anyone …

I'm looking to make an exe or batch file that will delete a folder, however the folder location changes based on the User, so I'd like it to determine this based on what user is currently logged in, or by asking the person running the exe/batch to type in the …

Please help me how can I boot my Sony core I 5 3337u laptop from cd rom drive , as I want to re partition my drive and refresh my windows 7/8

I have 3 computers that were all loaded with the same versions 98 SE and am in the process of upgrading each to XP Pro. ( I need to upgrade vs clean install, I know but I have my reasons ) Each unit is P4 1.6 Intel mobo D850GB all …

One of our clients uses the builtin backup from small business server 2003. Now this used to work fine but it hasnt been monitored in about 3/4 weeks so the backup hasne been working (we know this from the monitoring email as it says the backup fails) on server management …

Lightning struck! Laptop, modem and printer died... Got new WiFi router with broadband. Got new Lenovo laptop with Windows 8. Connected router successful. All lights green for go! Open Google Chrome to connect to my favorites. Refuses to connect to my sites... what now, how do I play my poker …

Have what I believe is a PST folder of downloaded email from an Optimum Online account. - Within Outlook how can one confirm that this is PST file/folder - What is the proper way to get these emails to a DVD, then check if the transferred data is correct

Hi Guys, I'am curious if AD can be implemented over the network instead of joining the pc manually. Response is much appreciated. Thanks,

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 c:\windows\systems32\l error is either not designed...[see attached image] Computer ends up with an error " c:\windows\systems32\dwmapi.dll error is either not designed...[see attached image for more] ", when loading. It does even allow me to logon. Have tried safe mode, but end with a same error message. Please assist.

I used to be an IE8 user and refused to use IE9 or above due to how when there was a conflict with certain cases, it would allow that case. Chrome sucks and I'm never using it again... I hear it actually has security now, but I'm not chancing it …

Hello, I have this problem a very long time. Whenever I try to watch a video on youtube or google video or sites like these, the video plays only for two seconds and then picture freezes. On the other I always notice that the video loads normally and completely 100%. …

I want to be able to remotely reboot a windows 7 PC, reconnect it to network automatically and get its access using remote access/team viewer or something. Is that possible? And can it be done with account having password?

**here's what i've got -** in sharepoint i've added the 'page view' web part that displays the contents of a network share on the page using \\server\share\folder **here's what i need -** each user that logs into our domain has their 'documents' folder redirected to a server share. how do …

i have win xp (home) and i cant remember my password or i just put in the wrong word when i set it up i NEED to get into my computer

I have in my computer installed Outlook Express "6" after formating anew my hard disk. Outlook Express is working perfectly. But I cannot import my back-upped files "DBX" from the the folder where they were stored. ( I can see them all in this folder, found them during search process …

can you help me find windows 7 iso file. I would like to use it as USB Bootalble Windows 7 Installer. Thanks a lot!!!

Hi, I was wandering if anyone could assist. We are currently Trialing office365 and would like to know if there was some way to use sharepoint to store documents (service agreements with our suppliers and warranties etc) And then notify us when they expire on a pre-selected date. Is this …

Hi, I am studying Computer Engineering (2nd year). I would like to buy a laptop but dont really know anything about the laptop market. I was wondering if there is any specific laptop that would be recommended for programmers? i will use it mainly for my programming work and a …

Hi guys I am new to workflow but i have a task ahead of designing a workflow management for an organisation We have Windows 2003 Server installed on one system which acts as Oracle application server I want lots of details 1) How to go about creating a workflow from …

Are versions of Windows contained within VM have the same license as independent licenses of windows ? I'm always getting asked to activate windows within my VM.

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HI guys, I need to format andn reinstall windows 7 on my dell xps 17. Two things though: I don't have any windows installation disk - I suppose there will be a windows 7 iso stored by the manufacter somewhere - and it's dual boot as I have linux installed …

I want to migrate from 7 to XP but when i load from disk it just goes back to Windows 7 loading screen

So I have an ESXi host and RAID problem with an Intel Server S1200V3RP motherboard. Basically the problem is that the ESXi 5.5 host isn’t recognizing the RAID array I setup with the integrated utility. See images below for what I mean. [Click Here](http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/omnispectralstudios/RAID5-RAPID_zps1fc92656.jpg) [Click Here](http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/omnispectralstudios/RAID10_zpsa075d9d7.jpg) [Click Here](http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/omnispectralstudios/ESXinotshowingRAID_zpse3c8af53.jpg) I did …

hi, I'm using Windows7, My laptop is better in speed and working process when i install sql server2008 my system becomes very slow how can i recover this problem i need my system should be faster and also i need sql server,,. Please help me Thanks in advance

Unable to run this programme. I am unable to run as admin when I click command prompt. A message comes back saying: sfc is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable programme, or batch file. I ran disc check on start up but did not receive any report, …

When I download Flash then run the application nothing happens. No windows pop up to install or anything. I've redownloaded several times from various sources. I'm using the latest Firefox and Windows XP.

Hello-- I have two Microsoft Excel questions that I am not sure if I should post them separately or if it is okay that I post them both here. Also, I was not sure where to post them, so if someone sees this and can answer my questions or route …

PLEASE HELP MY COMPUTER KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN AND IT GIVES ME THIS ERROR Problem: Error video hardware WD-20130923-1359.dmp sysdata.xml WERIneternalMetadata.xml

Hi I have an Epson R2400 A3 printer new but not connected as I am still reorgansing my cottage. I have a gigbit network connected by an 8 port switch on the ground floor. I have a CAT 6 connection to a PC on the 1st floor and want to …

On Windows7 I am trying to read file C:\programdata\microsoft\application virtualization client\SoftGrid Client\sftfs.fsd using a Python program, but I get a PermissionError. How do I get permission? Why does folder programdata not show in the Microsoft file manager/explorer?

I have a 320GB SATA drive that I was using as an external drive when, rather suddenly, the drive stopped functioning. Windows XP (which is what I was running on my old PC) didn't even recognize that I'd attached the drive. Well, I held onto the drive (it was actually …