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Can anybody help me with this problem? Yesterday I downloaded and ran Advanced System Care Free as I suspected my computer was infected with malware. It came up with a staggering 9800-odd problems, which it then fixed for me. Next time I booted up, I could not get onto the …

There's a preview released of Windows 10, for developers. I downloaded it, managed it to work, shut down got an error, started right after and all my partitions were gone. And again, Microsoft messed up my hardware http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/617/851/56d.gif But that's not the strangest. I also had Ubuntu *.iso*, I deleted …

I have this AVG Tuneup 2014 installed days ago, expired free trial and of course, like many other software, will ask you to buy the pro version. I would love to buy the pro version but I just do not have a credit card yet (common in my country). So …

Another Wacky problem! Having carried out a rapid upgrade from Server 2K3 (It died) The problem is that any user that logs on get a temporay profile The server is a windows (hate) 2012 std. The clients are all windows 7. They all logged on fine until the big upset. …

Hi all, I managed to break my CD1, any chance anyone has a backup? I have the serial number but without a CD1 I cant install. Any help would be appreciated

Ok so I got lots of DDR2 RAM sticks and im wondering i got ddr3 in my new one can i use ddr3 mixed with ddr2 or will it be incompatible?

Hi all, When I create an event, appointment etc. in outlook on my computer, if I log into my live account and pull out the oulook calendar it won't show the items created in outlook 2003. Any ideas how to make it sync? Note that the contacts are syncing, it's …

This morning my HP Pavilion 7915 worked fine. Then I got some kind of update from Adobe and tried to run it. It said it was already there, and asked if I wanted to overwrite or put it elsewhre. I could do neither. Also, I believe I may have had …

I have recently been sent a Dell Alienware MX17 R4 from a friend/client who automatically installed the Windows 8.1 (64bit) update over his installed Windows 8.0 (64Bit) OS; which now no longer works correctly, eg; the Dell AlienRespawn, AlienFX and Alien Command Center programs no longer function. The original 'Recovery' …

I used to refer to [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Windows[/URL] as "The Infinitely Rebooting OS" and it has improved some over earlier versions but today was a different story and reminded me of those thrilling days of yesteryear. My question is why, Windows, why? Why must I reboot when I install a desktop application? …

There is talk about a new web browser codenamed Spartan replacing Internet Explorer in the next version of Windows 10 Thomas Nigro a Microsoft Student Partner former developer of the modern version VLC mentioned on twitter earlier on this month he heard that Microsoft was building a new web browser …

Hello, i have a very strange internet problem,after about an hour my wifi shows that it is connected but my sites other than google,youtube,facebook,gmail stop working,these sites work without any problem for hours but no other site works.,till i restart my PC. please suggest an apt solution

Just as i stated im running windows 8 amd a6-4400 apu with radeon hd graphics and when updating it always fails please tell me what to do :DD

Actually am not a window fan,I use my companies laptop and its runs on windows, so I decided to. Install debian on it but it caused some problems and I have to switch it back to windows 7 ..but it is know saying that it is not geniue please guys …

Can anybody please guide me or enlighten me on how to go about this problem, Im running on windows 7, intel i3 processor and 6 gig of ram. I am using a toshiba laptop, satellite, c840, my current bios is InsydeH2O v6.50.my registry is a mile long, and the persistent …

I just got my new laptop (after toasting my 2008 model with a glass of water on the keyboard). It's a Dell Inspiron 5748. I was excited to see it came with a USB 3.0 port (plus two USB 2.0 ports). The excitement vanished, however, when I tried my first …

system WIN7 64 bit - MS office Excel 2013 whenever I attach an excel spreadsheet to an email either Outlook or yahoo.com and then try to open or work on an existing spreadsheet I get the NOT ENOUGH MEMORY...... message and I have to kill & restart excel this has …

I have a WD Caviar Green 500gb that someone gave me and i was thinking should I put it in my New PC or Put it in the new one im building or should I use it as a BackUp/Storage thing?

I think my two-year old hit some combination of keys as the keyboard on my Windows XP machine just make clicking noises but generate no type on screen. I've tried the shift-tab, shift-scroll lock and 3x on the scroll-lock key but none help. Any ideas? I should add this is …

Hey I am using windows xp sp2. The problem is that sometimes my computer gives a blue screen error and I wrote down the error ... was PFN_LIST_CORRUPT Error : 0x00000004E I wonder what the problem should be? It occurs randomly from time to time .. I cant guess its …

Whoa Whoa before i say anything or now is I just Reinstalled Windows 8.1 on my PC connected to wifi everythings fine legitimate software all installed everything fine until my screen started switching between desktop and black screen until my antivirus program finally detected something called Crypto and there were …

Just got my nephew an HP Windows 8.1 laptop and either he can't remember the password that he just created or something is messed up. Is there a way to reset the password or do a hard reset if you can't even get logged in? Thanks.

i'm haviing problems with my windows 7. i do some downloads and they stop before been finished :( even the microsoft essencials isn't updated :( what is going on with my OS? what isn't right?

how to install savegame underground in windows 8?

How to make funny questioner game @echo off Color 0 Echo Echo Echo Echo Welcome to funny questioner game Echo 1) start Echo 2) exit Set/p type= If%type%==1start 1 If%type%==2exit 1 :start Cls Color 0b Echo why does the hen lay egg? Echo Cls Echo because thy just love boiled …

I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 running Windows 7 Pro. At random times throughout the day it says "boop" (a short, mellow toned beep). It is not associated with any particular action or program and doesn't seem to be a Windows sound. I've run diagnostics twice and nothing shows up. …

Yesterday, September 10, 2009, the announcement came that [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL] launched and is funding a new open source organization named [URL="http://www.codeplex.org"]CodePlex Foundation[/URL]. The [URL="http://www.codeplex.org/board-of-directors.aspx"]major players[/URL] in the new organization are from Microsoft, [URL="http://www.novell.com"]Novell[/URL] and [URL="http://www.dotnetnuke.com"]DotNetNuke[/URL]. Does this mean that a brave new Microsoft is beating its proprietary, closed-source swords into open …

I'm a fairly prominent member of the Linux Community as a writer, contributor, and longtime evangelist for the cause and there are a few things I'd like the Community-at-Large to consider on my behalf. These are five things that I wish Linux had. Consider this as my wish list for …

Hi, I'm experiencing some problems while attempting to connect to a wireless network on a couple of computers that have both been wiped and reinstalled with wndows vista. When trying to connect I get this messafe http://smg.photobucket.com/user/godnoble/media/microsoft/wireless2.jpg.html and clicking to enter the information leads to this http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/godnoble/microsoft/wireless3.jpg I have no …

Windows is good, I will grant you that. At least you can say that about a few versions out there. But at some point, an OS is just an OS, and it is the applications that become predominant. That is something that Microsoft would rather we not understand. You shift …

I've just reinstalled windows 8.1 on my new PC, and for some reason my hard drive's already got 90Gb of data on it (bearing in mind i'm only using a 500Gb hard drive). Windows.old is only taking up 11Gb or so, which I'm going to delete. What the heck is …

2014: Well way back at the start of the year I started getting lots of nasties on my PC, oh wait a minute is that conduit I didn't know what it meant until I looked it up on the Internet and it said it was a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) …

FYI Just received a notice of an update in the Windows 7 app for that purpose. Microsoft Tech Support "Live Chat" had **NO** knowledge of the update. Ajoining info follows: Update for Windows 7 (KB3024777) To continue using Windows Update, you need to install this update. After installing it, you …

I must have some adware or malware. Whenever I try to download something my computer tries to download and at the end it says 'virus scan failed'. I tried running in safe mode with networking and still wasn't able to download anything to help me scan for adware. Turned off …

I have a windows 7 64 bit Laptop, & two internet wireless sourses. What I would like to know, if it is possible for a PC or Laptop to work properly with 2 wireless conections at the same time. Again, I apologise if I appear ignorant.

I changed my windows 32 bit for 64 bit but i cant get updates. I get the error 80070003 error encountered when i try to update.

My C drive was getting full without installation so I tried defragmentation on Windows 8. My disk was fragmented about 30% and after completing defragmentation around 5Gb of space was freed but still it kept showing that disk is 10% fragmented and after trying 2-3 times nothing changed. So I …

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am trying to install windows 7 on my pc,but the product key is not working what do i do

please help me i want to delete my computer window 7 and put windows xp

when i wanted to play battle front heroes in my facebook account,and my browser needs to download adobe flash player,this error happened when i finished dowloading the app and restart the browser; couldn't the application to the hardisk.please verify the heardisk is available and try again. thanks

Is there a way to boot a made program from Visual Studio? I would make then `Console Application`. Now I know, that you probably need programming Assembler for that. Problem is, I don't know crack of Assembler. Instead I could've used very minimized version of Windows PE, then install requirements, …

Greetings everybody, I have been developing a C++ project in VS2010. When I was writing data into a file, everything was ok. I modified the program to write data into a new array instead of a file. I had an error of stackoverflow. I checked the datatypes, array lengths etc. …

I'm hoping someone can help. I think the other day I deleted something, maybe Roxio? that said it was rarely used. Apparently it must have taken out a driver because my computer crashed and I have tried and tried to get it up and running. It seems that sometimes I …

Greet to all. I'm new around here. Desperately in need of any suggestion. I have tried various ways to rip off groovorio, it's still on the Chrome.

According to research commissioned by security vendor [Bit9 + Carbon Black](https://www.bit9.com/solutions/carbon-black/), nearly half (49%) of the organisations questioned admitted they simply didn't know if their businesses had been compromised or not. This uncertainty regarding cyber-attack detection ability comes in stark contrast to the 32% who confirmed they had been attacked …

I had the Yahoo Real Player until Yahoo discontinued it. The player continued to work, but was not updated. The problem is that the computer it was installed on died. The replacement computer has XP on it, but not Real Player. I tried to get a new version of Real …

Hi DaniWeb Family ! I have a Toshiba Satellite L455D-S5976, laptop with Windows 7, 32bit system on it. The hard drive went bad and so I ordered another on, exactly like the original. Then I had to cantact Toshiba and order the system installation disc for that computer. I got …

**Sound problem** I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate. Separately my speaker is running ok but when i start audio from computer no sound is coming to speaker. Driver updated but same problem. I dont understand what is the problem. Severeal times i have format but same thing is happening. **Pendrive …