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I have reset an Acer Laptop running Windows 8 to its original settings and it has brought up German. i need to know how to get it back to English. I DO NOT SPEAK GERMAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!

Hello guys!!! I want to design my audio dvd colection, so I need your advices about label making software! I hope you will help me. Thanks!!!

A while ago, we had used a dial-up connection on our desktop computer with Windows XP on it with no problems. Since then, the hard drive died out, and it was replaced by a new hard drive. Now, when I would try to use dial-up, I would get an error …

Hello, I don't know if i posted it right, but my question is what good games will work on an old XP PC. It's a hobby pc. Just want too see what the performance is with games. - Intel P4 HT 2.8 Ghz. - 2 GB RAM DDR2 800 - …

Heyy all.. I tried like thousands time to download eclipse .. but it didn't work So please if any one know how to download eclipse for c++ .. I'll be thankful.. I tried to download it from the University and it failed .. and from many website also failed .. …

What is basic difference between Windown Vista and Windows8?

Hello friends I use excel 2003 and my friends in my workplace uses excel 2007. Recently I insert a module to use function for conversion of numbers to text. I enable macros and keep security level low and make changes in trusted publishers to allow Visual basic projects.The module works …

It is my understanding that Microsoft has urged users to disable the sidebar because of possible vulnerabilities to Hackers. If this be the case how does one do that? Input appreciated. Thanks.

I have downloaded some book files from the internet to my Windows7 PC. I would like to be able to read them on my Kindle Fire. The files are .azw files...how can I move them to the Kindle? THANKS!

I need to be able to get to the root level of my command line. I bought this win 7 computer from someone else and forgot the command to get to the administrator's command line, to do a thorough chkdsk, properly.

I cannot get BlueTooth to work on my laptop. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 running Windows 7 Pro. When I got it back in 2008 the BlueTooth was working fine. I have re-installed Windows several times since then and have never had to use bluetooth. Today I got hearing …

Gateway Zx6971-UB10P AIO appears to not be getting power, it comes on with logo and an overlay that says PC Mode in blue. also gives One short beep code, then immediately goes off and shows No Signal on monitor screen. Have tried a hard reset ( remove power and hold …

Guys suggest me a good videos converter software which can convert any big sized videos to smaller size and without compromising quality Thank you

I know nothing about windows scripting, but hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I need to open a browser on a keypress, and then close the browser after the keyboard/mouse have been inactive for 1 minute or so. After the browser closes, I need to switch back …

Just a couple of days ago, Microsoft released Windows 8.1, a significant update to the operating system. It brings a slew of new features and improvements to the beleaguered software. Maybe you just updated your PC to the new version or you have a newly bought PC with Windows 8.1, …

And manually created points disappear after a short time. Would appreciate help with this. Tried to increase the Shadow Copy allocation to 3GB but it only increased the storage association to 3 GB. Figures are; Used Shadow Copy storage space 0 B Allocated Shadow Copy storage space 0 B Maximum …

my computer has user admin whic i have not created at all and same time i was attoltted as a guest user, by this till tody i login as guest, even after cliking on admin user id dose not ask for any password and desktop gose whitish, i think my …

hi am unable to chage directory in windows server command prompt ie for example cd C:Program Files i am getting the error as " A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Files'. " can you please help with correct way thanks in advance

Hi. First off im only a teenager so im not very fluent in computer language so if you make a response, please make it as simple as you can. Okay, so ive been having a problem with my headset where it doesn't show up on the list of devices. Its …

Roboform password manager support no problem in desktop mode, but how do I get access to it when using Immersive browser. If the answers "can't"- What use is it without a password manager, or perhaps there's a clever app around?

Yesterday (October 25) I spent a few hours working on a Word document. When printed out, it is six pages long. This morning (October 26) when I opened up the document to resume work on it, all my latest work was gone. The document property indicates it was last modified …

I am using Dell i3 processor, 2GB RAM, Intel HD graphic and 500GB hard disk. Recently I had this error when using Internet Explorer browser as show in the attachment. The error disappear when I restart the computer. But I don't have any problem with Chrome or Firefox. Can anyone …

I'm running Win 7 Pro and my HP ScanJet 5370C is not recognized by Win 7. It has to do with the drivers. HP has not seen fit to provide them for Win 7. So I installed XP Mode and installed the HP Scanjet software under XP and when I …

There is a "popup" type window, that suddenly appeared on my Windows 7 laptop one day. Its a rectangular window, with few lines of "random" sentences, that don't make any sense whatsoever. Like, "Some message", "Some text", "Subscribe now", "EVAL TEXTTTTTTT". There is an "x" button with the label "Hide …

Hello everyone. I am new here and hopefully I can get some help. I just uploaded my website to a new host and have my own domain. For some reason I cannot access my site at all, whereas others I have spoken with can access it with ease. I am …

Machine running Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. MS Office 2010. Problem is once there is a spreadsheet open and minimized and you click on a second spreadsheet shortcut, it won't open. You will get the blue circle so it is trying. You can do it through file/resent files and open …

i have a document written in MS Word 2003 and the structure of the document is as this is a line number 1_p1 this is a line number 2_p1 this is a line number 3_p1 this is a line number 4_p1 this is a line number 1_p2 this is a …

Windows problem opening doc’s Hi, my friend has a problem I have not come across before: I put my U.S.B stick In his computer to open a word document and I clicked on the file to open it I then Got do you want to save! I then went into …

today i saw that someone was installing window 7 along with some useful application. i mean that he modified window 7 iso and added some useful application to it and these all application automatically installing while window 7 installation. how can i modify window iso in my own way.(so that …

My OS is windows 7. When I connect my internet dongle to the computer is it updating something. (Without opening any browser it is increasing amount of data received.) I unchecked all programes except system32 using MSCONFIG --> startup. But Still has the problem. So how to see which programe …

When visiting a web site I get a message box which says 'expTypeError: Object function style(){[native code]}has no method ‘removeProperty’' I click 'OK' and it goes away. Any idea what is causing this and how to remedy the problem? Thanks in advance for your help.

Gave C C Cleaner a try following excellent reports but I now find that it has removed all open tabs in Firefox on Vista laptop. This happened last night. Is there any way to retrieve? Thanks.

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I made great progress this morning in resolving a number of problems that were plaguing my Win7 laptop. It was difficult to find good info about how to resolve these problems. I can provide more details if anyone needs them. Here are the bare bones: * **High CPU** There are …

i was on the net one moment, then i shut down the PC for the night... came on the next morning and find that all my sites from the "favorites" section in iExplorer have disappeared.... has anyone experienced this before....?? can anyone help me out..????

Folks, Having managed to get VB6 installed on Windows 7 without too many problems, I'm struggling to get OCX's to register. I have created a simple user control (on my other PC - XP Pro) and it worked fine on this machine in runtime and design time. I have now …

Hallo, My name is Jeannot Thewissen. I am from the Netherlands so it could be that my english isn't so good. What's my Problem: Windows 8.1 is acting strange. With acting strange I mean: - automatic zoom in. (won't zoom out) or can zoom out and immidiately windows zooms in. …

I am trying to use 2 external monitors with my laptop in a docking station and I cannot get the option to use the second monitor only one works. I have an HP elitebook and used to have a Dell and since switching I can't use the same set up …

Hello I have three domain controllers running 2003 Enterprise DC1 " master" , DC2 " GC" , DC3 I updated the schema " Windows 2008 R2" on DC1 using adprep32.exe /forestprep and adprep32.exe /domainprep when I run schupgr on DC1 give me everything successful upgrade to 47 etc.. when I …

Hi Friends, I have deep freeze installed and set password, but i think at the time of setting password i have misspelled password, so now whenever i am trying password wont working. I have heard that this problem can be solved so i want to remove deep freeze. Please anyone …

when i enter on windows, i see the button user name... until here, fine. but when i click it, i get 1 error about user profile. can anyone help me fix it, please?

I am having problems with numerous unresponsive programs including Microsoft Word, WMPlayer, Web Browers, etc. Never had this before, but now it has been going on for a couple of months. Going into Resource Monitor, I can see the child causing the problem, and I suppose I can stop the …

Hi For some reason my computer will not allow new usb devices to just automatically work. It will always ask for software, which it cant find. Ive recently tried using my new digital camera (an olympus Mini) and I plug it in, the computers beeps 3 times quickly (the beep …

Hi to all. Im not sure if this is the right category for this. Sorry if so. Anyway all my games be came laggy all of a sudden. I didnt change any setting for ATi CCC and those games runs flawlessly before. Examples are nba2k13, nba2k14, COD MW3, Diablo 3 …

All normal web browsers on all computers on my home network can not connect to most or all webpages. sometimes I can get google.ca to open but not always. Windows Update connects. Online games also work. The only web browser that I can use is Tor Browser I think because …

HI how i can transfer all my software and data from my windows 7 to a new computer running the same operating system or 8 thanks

Hello friends I have purchased a Lenovo Thinkcentre desktop (second hand) from a friend. The "windows XP professional" CD bundled with system is lost by the former user.Now I have product key of that copy of Windows XP Pro but haven't the original CD.I want to istall WinXP on my …

Normally when I adjust sound a graph appears on screen. The graph is no longer visible on screen when adjustments are made. Machine is Vista and sound system is Realtek, the original system that came with the laptop.