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I cannot access the serial port, COM1:. I used to be able to but now any app, such as Hyperterminal, that tries to open COM1: puts up a small info window that says "Unable to open COM1. Please check your port settings." Any idea what might be causing this? According …

I tried to update Windows 10 but I didn't have enough storage so it made me use a flash drive to complete the update. I restarted the computer when it was done, and now it's stuck on a "Please insert external storage media and press OK" error message. I press …

A client needs a Windows Server set up. The Server will run Exchange. The client will have a max of 10 employees. At most one user will ever need to remote-desktop in. How many User CALs will need to be purchased and what kind? Should there be 10 User CALs …

On starting my pc black screen is coming and shows Enter password. I don't know what it is asking for. please help I am unable to start my computer.

Hello, I am facing a very tiresome problem. Whenever I click on any link (sometimes not even on link, any where on the window) on any web browser (I am using Chrome more), a new tab opens up with address "wonderlandads.com". This stays for fractions of a second and some …

Hi all, I'm trying to give a user access to a shared calendar (that the rest of her team have access to already) but I can't figure it out. The calendar was originally set up by a staff member that has left so I'm in the dark with it. What …

Hello, I have my "old" windows 7 machine that I would like to maintain as much data and programs as possible. I bought a new Windows 10 machine and noticed that Windows Easy Transfer is not there. I have seen various post online about upgrading to the same machine but …

Hi All, Wife's computer just had a crash. Dell Inspiron N5040. I got the disks from Dell and reinstalled the system on a new HD. Starting the recovery process by putting things back in place. I use FF for her browser. Going into AOL and choosing mail and entering the …

Hello, I have a special question. I have a word document which contains a lot of brackets. And In the brackets, there are some abbreviation of name, such as (A S P). Now I need to delete the brackets and the spaces in side , change it like this: ASP …

Hi all. I am trying >_< to use Ejay Dance 7 to make music to put in the games that I make. I put the disc in and a menu comes up: play, install, unistall blah blah blah. So I click play, obviously. The screen goes black, and the mouse …

My laptop drive has WIN 10 installed. I am try to use the same drive as an external drive. So basically I take the drive out from the laptop and put it in USB enclosure and the put some folder with files on the drive. Then I put the drive …

ScanPST.exe fails repeatedly while error “Microsoft Outlook Won’t Start” still exists. Why it happens in Outlook 2016? Help me!

Hello I have a Windows 10 Pro (v.1511 - x64) PC, whereby in the "Update & Security" window it shows that updates are available, for example "Definition update for Windows Defender", "Security update for ASP.NET..." and so on, but it does not download the update at any point in time. …

This is not really an issue, just more of an information gathering. I've read in many places to go to this location to change the Shell Interface icons in Windows XP... ""HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\explorer\Shell Icons"" My main question is though, where is the "Shell Icons" item in the registry? Every time …

I'm at the cottage for the summer. Out here I have a metered connection and I try to keep under 3 gig per month (or I have to pay extra). Until this year that hasn't been a problem. This year, however, I have Windows 10. With Windows 7 I could …

Hi, Does anyone know of a tool that I can download to run on pc's and laptop's to check that they are compatible with Windows 10? I know I could just compare the specs but I've been asked to find out if there is software that I can just run. …

Weird problem, one browser works other ones do not. AT&T (Yahoo) Browser works fine, but when I try to use MS Internet browser or Firefox they do not connect. Any suggestions!? Thanks in advance!

New User so don't blame me for my totally un-technical terms! At the moment using Windows 2000 instead of 98 My toshiba 1620 has got a ghost or something. My Accupoint mouse in the middle of the keyboard has taken to moving randomly up and down the screen and then …

My microphone is vislible and shown as default in sound settings but the windows sound recorder does not work "An audio recording device was not found" and Skype echo voice test does not work.

Hi there, I’m doing some research around cybersecurity — specifically access management. Does anyone have a moment to answer the below please? 1. Since Windows Active Directory is nearly ubiquitous in enterprises, what are IT professionals doing to secure access? What are the biggest challenges to securing user access using …

I was write code for excel vba xml database values write into text file. when i using without any special characters xml values parsed into their text file without any issues but when i using special characters xml cannot parse special characters (&,- etc) error getting on my macro page. …

I've been asked many times how to play Video DVD and Blu-Ray (BR) on Windows for years. Until now I've always lamented the lack of free BR player software. But last week the CNET Cheapskate published a freebie player. I'll try it in a few days. Link -> https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-watch-dvds-for-free-in-windows-10/ Most …

Hi all, I have a huge problem with my Deep Freeze. I dont know how it happened, but a few days ago I wanted to update my video card driver, so I pressed the shortcut buttons for DF... nothing... I have Deep Freeze Standard v7.20.020.3398. I tried to manually run …

Ok folks, I rarely log in to ask questions so forgive me if I'm in the wrong category. Ok, the pc is a laptop (HP Elitebook 8460p, i5-2520m CPU 2.50GHz, 4GB RAM, Crucial 240GB SSD) running Win 7 Pro 64. Now I've scoured the net and can't find a single …

When I opened my powerpoint 2007 document I got: The Presentation ****.pptx is incomplete. I need to repair pptx document by any manual or other methods.

Machine runs Microsoft Windows 10 (Home) and Microsoft Word 2016 (Home and Student). Recently it began turning on Tracking on new documents. I go in and disable it, it stays off for a day, then comes back on. Since I don't want to use that, it can be annoying. All …

When I quit for the day on my PC I always used "sleep" instead of shutdown. The monitor would go black and after a few seconds the power would shut down. That was normal. Now when I tell it to sleep the monitor goes black, the PC never powers down …

Hello Members, I had used the Ghost cd to clone my Windows XP and Restore it in another PC. I never need to install any thing in computer but just insert the cd and for bacuking up/ restore.. That is Norton Ghost 11 version i reckon. it never supports Windows …

Has anyone used the Stylish extension for FireFox ? I can't get a style to effect an absolute URL and any and all pages within a absolute URL ?

Trigger Warning: Old specs are old. This has been a persisent problem for more than a year. Bold items are original parts when issue first noticed. Unbold have been added afterward with no change. CPU: **AMD FX-6300 Six-Core AM3+** FAN: After-market MB: **MSI 970A-G46** RAM: **2x Samsung PC3-8500F**, 2x Hyundai …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Use the On-Screen Keyboard[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]An on-screen keyboard is built into Windows XP. It can be useful if you have mobility impairments, if you are using a tablet PC, or if your keyboard breaks down unexpectedly. …

Hi Friends, Trying to download music tracks from Amazon to I-Tunes; have bought tracks and installed their download icon but when I try to open it I get the message "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information see event …

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[color=black][size=3]I tried to get the nic on my motherboard to work and got a message that the hardware did not have a Microsoft digital signature, but I continued anyway. Ever since this attempt, I have been getting the following errors in the event viewer and my ip address is not …

My server goes off when I do a remote desktop after a few seconds of logon. I am

Hi All My internet browsers (Chrome, Mozilla, IE) started approximately 2 weeks ago to become 'unresponsive' from time to time. This has become very frequent now and I only get access to the browser for approximately 1 minute before it becomes unresponsive again. Restarting the Laptop allows me to re-access …

I got a new laptop and I didn't have enough money to buy Microsoft Office so I got Kingsoft Office instead. I'm trying to copy and paste a questionnaire that I completed online for a quiz for class. The questionnaire has the question and a box where you select true …

PLEASE HELP ME!!! I was trying to lock a folder with the cacls command, but accidentally typed this: cacls "C:" /e /p everyone:n but when I type this : cacls "C:" /e /p everyone:f It gives me access denied!!! How can I fix this????

my phone isnt receiving a code to verify my microsoft account,how can i solve this?

I got a call from recently from someone claiming to be a Dell tech rep. He said my laptop was reporting multiple errors. Realizing immediately that this was a scam I let him continue while I started a Windows 7 Virtual Machine session. Because I had some free time I …

Laptop Details: Asus Windows 8.1 64-bit Hi. Im having issues with my laptop lately, I kept getting BSOD with error PNP_DETECTED_FATAL_ERROR. I tried uninstalling softwares which I had previously installed but I still kept getting it so i did a reinstall of windows instead and now im having driver issues(with …

Hi all, I have a dual-boot laptop with Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 8 32 bit. I think i don't need that windows 8 any more. I want to delete it from laptop and add that empty hard drive space to the drive where windows10 located. How can i …

I created my virtual disk and all that good stuff. I inserted the CD and VMware detected it. I went through some installation questions like optimizing the disk ect. Then it told me to insert the boot disk into drive A:. I Inserted the boot disk and restarted VMware, and …

I have checked everywhere in Daniweb to see if this has been asked before but could not find the question. Forgive me if this is too simple an issue and it is my hope that my question is clear. I have an excel worksheet (see attached) with 4 columns. Column …

I've been having a problem trying to install Windows 7 on a Windows Vista computer. Vista was running fine but wanted to upgrade it, which should be simple. I've done the same thing countless times on other comuters without a problem. So I put the Win 7 install disk in …

I've tried everything, including running bootrec numerous times and I can't boot into Windows10. It started when I came home and noticed Windows was informing me I was missing my boot master. Everything was working wonderfully yesterday, what happened I have not a clue. Using Windows10 installation disc I was …