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I used to be an IE8 user and refused to use IE9 or above due to how when there was a conflict with certain cases, it would allow that case. Chrome sucks and I'm never using it again... I hear it actually has security now, but I'm not chancing it …

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Are versions of Windows contained within VM have the same license as independent licenses of windows ? I'm always getting asked to activate windows within my VM.

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i have win xp (home) and i cant remember my password or i just put in the wrong word when i set it up i NEED to get into my computer

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Hello, I have this problem a very long time. Whenever I try to watch a video on youtube or google video or sites like these, the video plays only for two seconds and then picture freezes. On the other I always notice that the video loads normally and completely 100%. …

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hello my leptop (latitude d630) how to on blurtooth on my pc

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I want to be able to remotely reboot a windows 7 PC, reconnect it to network automatically and get its access using remote access/team viewer or something. Is that possible? And can it be done with account having password?

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Hi guys I am new to workflow but i have a task ahead of designing a workflow management for an organisation We have Windows 2003 Server installed on one system which acts as Oracle application server I want lots of details 1) How to go about creating a workflow from …

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can you help me find windows 7 iso file. I would like to use it as USB Bootalble Windows 7 Installer. Thanks a lot!!!

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Hi, I am studying Computer Engineering (2nd year). I would like to buy a laptop but dont really know anything about the laptop market. I was wondering if there is any specific laptop that would be recommended for programmers? i will use it mainly for my programming work and a …

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**here's what i've got -** in sharepoint i've added the 'page view' web part that displays the contents of a network share on the page using \\server\share\folder **here's what i need -** each user that logs into our domain has their 'documents' folder redirected to a server share. how do …

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Hi, I was wandering if anyone could assist. We are currently Trialing office365 and would like to know if there was some way to use sharepoint to store documents (service agreements with our suppliers and warranties etc) And then notify us when they expire on a pre-selected date. Is this …

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Unable to run this programme. I am unable to run as admin when I click command prompt. A message comes back saying: sfc is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable programme, or batch file. I ran disc check on start up but did not receive any report, …

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When I download Flash then run the application nothing happens. No windows pop up to install or anything. I've redownloaded several times from various sources. I'm using the latest Firefox and Windows XP.

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So I have an ESXi host and RAID problem with an Intel Server S1200V3RP motherboard. Basically the problem is that the ESXi 5.5 host isn’t recognizing the RAID array I setup with the integrated utility. See images below for what I mean. [Click Here](http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/omnispectralstudios/RAID5-RAPID_zps1fc92656.jpg) [Click Here](http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/omnispectralstudios/RAID10_zpsa075d9d7.jpg) [Click Here](http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae140/omnispectralstudios/ESXinotshowingRAID_zpse3c8af53.jpg) I did …

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PLEASE HELP MY COMPUTER KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN AND IT GIVES ME THIS ERROR Problem: Error video hardware WD-20130923-1359.dmp sysdata.xml WERIneternalMetadata.xml

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Hello-- I have two Microsoft Excel questions that I am not sure if I should post them separately or if it is okay that I post them both here. Also, I was not sure where to post them, so if someone sees this and can answer my questions or route …

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HI guys, I need to format andn reinstall windows 7 on my dell xps 17. Two things though: I don't have any windows installation disk - I suppose there will be a windows 7 iso stored by the manufacter somewhere - and it's dual boot as I have linux installed …

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I want to migrate from 7 to XP but when i load from disk it just goes back to Windows 7 loading screen

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hi, I'm using Windows7, My laptop is better in speed and working process when i install sql server2008 my system becomes very slow how can i recover this problem i need my system should be faster and also i need sql server,,. Please help me Thanks in advance

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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

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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 …

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I have a 320GB SATA drive that I was using as an external drive when, rather suddenly, the drive stopped functioning. Windows XP (which is what I was running on my old PC) didn't even recognize that I'd attached the drive. Well, I held onto the drive (it was actually …

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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 …

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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 …

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Hi I have an Epson R2400 A3 printer new but not connected as I am still reorgansing my cottage. I have a gigbit network connected by an 8 port switch on the ground floor. I have a CAT 6 connection to a PC on the 1st floor and want to …

Microsoft Windows pc-peripheral:printer wifi
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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 …

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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?

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On Windows7 I am trying to read file C:\programdata\microsoft\application virtualization client\SoftGrid Client\sftfs.fsd using a Python program, but I get a PermissionError. How do I get permission? Why does folder programdata not show in the Microsoft file manager/explorer?

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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. …

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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? …

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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

Microsoft Windows microsoft:windows-10-11 wifi
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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' …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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?

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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I put my vb6 exe program on flash drives of my students. Some of them say that it does not open. (Others have no problem and can left click). I told them to right click and "Run As Administrator". My program then opens. They are using school computers in a …

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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 …

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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?

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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) …

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