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Hi, I am using Windows 10 and there is a lot of space in my system. But still its working too slow. Any app could take several minutes to open and even any website. also while I was try using any app it shows me message that, "App not responding". …

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If I'm not asking this in the correct forum, please point me in the right direction. I am using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.GroupPrincipal FindByIdentity in C# to create an object containing the group members (user IDs and names) for the target group. My goal is to iterate through the resulting list of UserPrincipals …

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Remember when once upon a time all you had to do to start Windows in safe mode was go all Woody Woodpecker on the F8 key during boot? Well in Windows 10 it seems you have to do just a little more... 1. On the login screen click on the …

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Hi chaps, I have a Dell XPS17, dual booting with Windows and Ubuntu on it. I have to give it away and therefore reinstall windows. Usually, I'd format the whole HD and reinstall Windows, but I don't have the Windows CD – it wasn't dispatched with the laptop unfortunately – …

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Hello. My name is Leon and I'm new to this website. So let me go ahead and ask my first question: Are there any tools/techniques out there that can help me manage the applications/services on my computer? I'm running Windows 7. That's all. Hope you can answer this question with …

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I am tasked with this excercise: Edit the Python file processData (or use it as a guide when you create a new Python file) so it reads in the data from population.txt, checks to make sure the file exists and is in the right format (if it isn’t throw an …

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I am currently searching for a new Windows VPS. I am calculating how much disk space I need so my question is how many Gb are required by the OS, either Windows 2012 or 2016 to run the IIS and Plesk ? Any idea ?

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I need to take a video posted on youtube that was once a powerpoint and convert back to a powerpoint and print. I can't seem to find a converter for mp4 to ppt, i.e., that would work once I have the video download. Obviously there has to be a free …

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Can you tell me how to do a differntial image using Windows 10 and with the what free software?

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My computer keeps zoning out. Losing Wifi connection and when I "fix" the wifi adapter soon after it notifies me that the "wifi does not have a valid IP configuration" and then, it re-connects itself and it's fine for a while..then zones out again. I would appreciate it if someone …

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hi want to know what is the good antivirus to use to my comp which is freeware and have good updates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks in advanced !!!! :p

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We have a two small office locations with a total of 4 computers. We are looking for a way to make some security changes in the office in an inexpensive way. What we would like to do is: - Allow only the chrome brower to be active - restrict browsing …

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Yesterday I have updated Windows 10 new patch around 450 MB. After installation computer restart automatically. What I have to do now?

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Can not create a dvd dl in windows 10 only a dvd or cd since the april 2018 windows update

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Hello, I have a PC at the office, which was by default a Windows 8 Pro OEM licensed one (not 8.1), but for some unknown reasons, it was downgraded to Windows 7 Pro, which is again showing "OEM" in the activation Product ID. I would like to format and perform …

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I'm trying to get my computer to output audio in mono but despite selecting the option within the Ease of Access centre to enable mono audio, my audio is still coming out stereo. The reason I need mono audio is because I need to hear all of some audio tracks …

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i installed smart guest asus but not working , although i installed version Latest

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I have been experiencing a load last solution loaded problem with VS2017 where it works sometimes and sometimes it doesn.t. Mostly it doesn't. After much research it that are a couple of things that can trigger this, but I can't verify it. I think it is a BUG intorduced by …

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My daughter is into making youtube videos but she's been pretty disapointed in the camara/software that came with her laptop. I just purchased her an independant web cam but I need some suggestions on software for her to use for capturing and making her youtube videos. I can't remember if …

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I downloaded many movies online. But the computer screen is too small, I want to play it on home DVD player. What preparations should I do?

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Hello Community, I've been looking around my computers registry and have found a few weird keys under Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ The keys are: ![Capture.PNG](/attachments/small/3/29dd83890b9d34a3c084272ea9bd6e68.PNG "align-right") I'll put them here too in case you want to copy and paste them or something: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\멘Ṉ싈Ṉ멘Ṉ_ Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\뭘⨱㺀ℎ뭘⨱楎 Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\섀ׂ뤠ׂ߈_ Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\冀⩩览⏡冀⩩_ Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\鬰竣鯐竣鯰竣骐竣鳐竣饰竣鰰竣騰竣馐竣 Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\㦸ᷢ흠຾㦸ᷢE Could anyone tell me what …

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I am using Windows 10 on my Toshiba Satellite with Google Chrome as my browser. Whenever I click on Youtube to watch a video, attached is what appears in my browser instead of the video.: **"Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to …

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Recently Thunderbird asked me to login again for Gmail. It presents me a form in which I have to insert the password. It is the same form as when I login to my Google account via my browser. Only the NEXT button does not work. Do you have an idea …

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Hi I have a question? If you dump the RAM "internal memory" with dd to an image file, you get everything in memory or Will something be missing?

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Hello everyone, I have been trying to open a text file with the extension .tdb (Text database or something like that) for weeks. The file is used in a GameCube game. This contains the texts of the game (of the menus, information of the enemies, etc.), unfortunately these texts are …

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Hello everybody! Right now I own a Satellite C655 and I am planning to upgrade to a new laptop. I am looking for something faster & around 400$. I work as a web developer & CM and this laptop isn´t working at its best when it comes to multitasking. Any …

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Hello all, My enterprise just released Windows 10 on one of our domains. Using the previous Windows 7, we were able to sysprep a copy of the OS pulled down from SCCM by imaging a workstation with a task sequence. Continuing with that practice on Windows 10 has presented some …

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Hello All, I have an issue with Windows 7: sometime the copy paste doesn't work and when this issue appear => the only way to remove it is by rebooting my pc. The copy paste doesn't work (wether using using [Ctrl]+[C], [Ctrl]+[V] or by context menu (right-click menu)) for all …

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It blocks every attempt to modify any file anywhere. I give Steam and all its subsidiary .exes permission and then it says that there is no permission to modify 'Documents'. I just bought the darned machine to game with and it is freaking driving me nuts. Any suggestions on where …

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Hi all , I need some help with my laptop in booting. Someone told me that choosing the No gui boot option makes the computer boot faster? However there are also many other options like, boot log, safe video, safe boot (with minimal, alternate shell etc.. options) vista. What do …

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The computer new setup win7 ultimate 64 bit and add a network drive and create a shortcut for the desktop (create shortcut), each time you run the application right click on the shortcut and select Run as administrator new application run if double click directly If the shortcut of the …

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I do not post here to send here. When using a shared network drive, win7 does not remember any other computer passwords and when running applications with SQL Server connections win7 does not remember SQL Server's user / pass, SQL Server connection type is ODBC, you know how to fix …

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Today I tried to install the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update. It failed with the message ![2017-10-18_161217.png](/attachments/large/3/837de23baab769b190bf69bbceed71ee.png "align-center") I found this peculiar because I don't have that application installed. I **do** have Macrium Reflect (Free) version 6 but certainly not Drive Image 7 (Powerquest). As usual, clicking the Support link …

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My brother has a Windows 10 laptop. I use Linux so I'm a little out of the loop when it comes to Windows. He's having problems and wants me to wipe it out and re-install it. Will I need to load the OS onto a USB drive first? If so …

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My laptop shows cpu usage 100 percent and all programs stop responding i am feed up of it

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From Stardock's newsletter I read "Handles are killing your PC" and checked in on the apps and handles to discover the stock Killer Network app was way out there at over 906,000 (906 THOUSAND) handles. This was a pretty interesting find and had me off to the maker for latest …

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A while ago I had a file on my windows desktop with a lot of my email accounts that I use for very specific purposes like online forums or shopping, and each one's password. I don't know what on earth has happened but I can't find that file anywhere. I …

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Hi, Please excuse my knowledge as I am new to most of this. I have a small office and mostly we work in the office, but due to health problem, one of the staff now need to work from home, I have heard of Remote Desktop and Terminal Servers but …

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I have a client who can not download her attachments throught the windows mail app. Their mail server is gmail and they do not have a windows account. If they go into the desktop and go to their gmail they can download the attachments with no problem. Is the issue …

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I have a USB token that uses UDF 2.0 format, I want to format FAT32 or NTFS in win7. How do I format the USB formatted FAT32 ?

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I recently came back from a Europe trip for five months, and when I arrived home I took my computer system from out of the garage from which it was stored and tried booting it back up. For some reason my hard drive died. It wasnt detecting it on my …

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Does anyone know how to stop this process? It sits in Windows8_OS/Windows/System32/SleepStudy and builds multiple .ETL files in a ScreenOn sub folder The files can be deleted but the folders cannot.

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Why Everytime After Few Days Google Hindi Input Setup Currupt Or Not Work In Hindi Fonts. I Facing This Issue Again & Again Same Day. Please Any Idea For Reinstall Google Input because I M Install again not install successfully. generate errors already installed.

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For some reason, when I open Microsoft Word the top and bottom margins are non-existent. When I go to File>Page Setup, it says the top and bottom margins are set to 1 inch. I've tried changing them to a variety of different numbers, and they don't change at all. Any …

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cd x4 64 bit is not running on windows 10 its shows error of loading

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Does anyone know the function and origin of the wireless profile, bungle4? I've been cleaning up my numerous vbScript files and when I tidied, then tested Metered.vbs, it produced the following: D:\>metered Profiles on interface Wi-Fi: All User Profile : bungle4 All User Profile : mynet Metered.vbs is a script …

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So I have completely hit the wall trying to diagnose the problem with setting up Anywhere Access on my Windows Server 2012 R2. I am getting the infamous "Anywhere Access to your server is blocked" error. The error tells me to check that port 443 and 80 isn't blocked by …

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