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Installed the suite this day only to find that some junk apps installed with it. Uninstalled one only to find that the others cannot be uninstalled because of the order of uninstalling. Writing to inquire if others have encountered the same issue. Clicking the apps in the control panel generates …
window 7 work very good at start the only problem i encounter when i have some page saved on th tool bars then click again to appear a black screen appear for 5 seconds before i can log on the page.worst with skype about 20 seconds.
I cant using my bootable pendrive to setup windows xp in my PC. How can i create bootable pen drive and how can i use it?
I have a .dat file which is actually an mp3. It plays with all my audio players (winamp pro 5.1, windows media 9.0, etc), but i want to convert it to an mp3 so i can compile it to a disc. By renaming "Klubbheads - Let the party begin" to …
I have a 2008 server 1U, it is a very powerful bugger, 2xQuad/32GB and 2x500GB on RAID1, for the past year, I have been using NAS drives for network users to store, but I think I can do better with a proper storage server attached to the server as part …
hello every body...... How I can make some user account in active directory server 2008 that be login in one pc, not many PCs in same time, if he want login in another PC in another place in same network in my institution must be logoff from the first PC …
Large amount of HD space (70%, 136gb) and increasing, is being used by System Volume Information on Windows 7 Pro. I ran Windows Cleanup System Files several times. Most it reduces is 2 to 4 gbs. Considering the size of usage, the cleanup amount has virtually no impact. I got …
At a recent conference, Microsoft said that the switch to allow Secure Boot to be turned off would be optional. "Hardware can be Designed for Windows 10 and can offer no way to opt out of the Secure Boot lock down." The presenter did not touch on whether OEMS can …
Error loading win32com: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_75\jre\bin\win32com.dll: Can't load IA 32-bit .dll on a AMD 64-bit platform i am getting above error while running my program....my program need to read rfid tag from rfid reader through USB-RS232 cable. My system is 64bit windows7 my java version is also 64bit. how to …
I did a mistake and deleted the only user in my Chromium based browser, all my bookmarks up to recent bookmarks, gone, saved sessions, gone. There is no way to recover either, just a warning to anyone.
Hi Dear Friends, I am using Firefox 2.0.0.12 & IE 6. My os is XP SP2. All my images & graphics on both the Internet Browsers are highly distorted.I have installed my video drivers & then installed without any relief. Photos which i import from my digicam or exist on …
please my am runing a virtual server 2012 which is my domain controller and the time keeps changing, i tryed to change the zone but it coundn't help, this have affected all my client machine that are joined to the domain. please can some body help me????
I have a Macgo Mac Blu-ray Player with $39.95. I wondered your guys are using Blu-ray Player on Mac or PC.
I am trying to connect my laptop to my television by HDMI, i've done it before and it worked. But now I'm having some problems:: When I connect the HDMI cable to my laptop, my laptop's screen goes black, as if it didn't receive any image signal (neither the tv). …
Hi, guys, I just want to buy a blu-ray player software and an external drive, can you give me some advice? For I am a new user of blu-ray.
I'm unable to add IIS Apppool\<pool_name> into Permission for both Components and Folders. When using Check Name: seems like there was no matching Apppool name. My system: IBM server - Windows Server 2003. Beside, I have no experience for Win 03, but have always success with Win 08 - Really …
My daughter's laptop hung up during a Win 8 update, unfortunately she turned it off. Upon rebooting, got Flash BIOs screen, and it showed same message (Preparing to configure Windows, do not turn your computer off). It stayed that way for about 8 hours, so I inserted a linux (unbuntu …
Windows is, according to just about any security expert you ask, the operating system most vulnerable to attack. Unless the security expert happens to be from Microsoft, that is. So it was quite refreshing to see Microsoft admitting to a spike in attacks on Windows this week. [attach]15849[/attach]According to [URL="http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2010/07/13/update-on-the-windows-help-and-support-center-vulnerability-cve-2010-1885.aspx"]a …
Guys is there a way how I can use winsock to design a simple web server, if possible please help me.
i have transferred one file from one laptop to another via bluetooth. the second lapi already had a file with same name. the transferred file replaced the same name file in the second lapi. i want back the original file in second lapi. how it can be done?? can anyone …
**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 …
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 …
Hi, I'm trying to authenticate users with the use of Client SSL. I have installed the SSL on my Windows 8 PC and navigating to my website using IE and FireFox are fine. However when I navigate to same website Chrome asks to confirm the Certificate and after clicking ok …
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 …
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 …
unable to connect is it compatable to windows xp thank you
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
gday dont know if this is the right area to post this im building a linux based system pref ubuntu and use it for virtual os use like windows 8 ten etc plus xp get a lot of customers that still use xp i do a lot virus and malware …
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 …
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 …
Hi Guys, I'am curious if AD can be implemented over the network instead of joining the pc manually. Response is much appreciated. Thanks,
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 …
 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.
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
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 …
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 …
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