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Remove FilterHi all, and thanks in advance for any replies... So the other day I was tidying up my desktop, and tried to copy/cut and paste some files/folders etc, but whenever I tried to "paste" something - by right clicking, using keyboard shortcuts or edit menu - nothing happens except that …
Irrespective of what application I am in, the "help" windows keep opening automatically. Am not sure what triggers this. It seems to be some hesitation in moving the mouse. Very annoying. Thought it was a windows feature which could be turned off but it does not seem so. Others I …
Hallo, I am trying to browse a few websites using Ms. Internet Explorer 11 like google.com & daniweb and both of them mention that my certificate already expired. What should I do?
Is there any procedure to avoid failed updates to repeat with same message of failure again and again.
I have triad to install pastel Accounting version 6 application on windows 8 and it cant run and even on windows 7 you need to lower the user account settings for it to run. Can someone help me out? Can I be able to mount it using comand line? if …
I went into the following location of the registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon and the String key was there for 'shell' with value of 'explorer.exe' however still would not run on startup. I also went into the location of HKLU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon the string key for 'shell' was not there, so …
Hello ... I have ISA server 2006 + Bandwidth Splitter +GFI Web monitor,, I make rules in Bandwidth Splitter for limit speed to client and evry thing ok but if client download from youtube it's download takes all speed of the line "only youtube"...... Notice: not all client..... help plz...I'm …
How to delete history. .
i have installed Ubuntu OS as "install inside windows".when i've been running Windows unfortunately i deleted the Ubuntu files.i couldn't recover them.now the problem is, the shortcut to choose Ubuntu OS at boot time can't be remove. plz tell me how to remove it.
I'd like to apologise if I appear naive, also I'm not sure if I'm writing to the right people. But not long ago I upgraded my Laptop from Windows 7 32 bit to windows 7 64 bit. I was a clean install all right. The thing is that plenty of …
Hi All This is my first post trying to find any one discussing IBM Cognos BI? SP
I turned on my wife's laptop and Windows 7 wouldn't load. The loading bar came up at the bottom but then the screen went black. When I switched off the computer it rebooted itself to the same place again. Safe mode would work either. I ran the disk check(?) at …
Hello, I have HP ProBook 4720s Win 7 64bit and I have problem because while working on my laptop it suddenly freezes and I can't do anything beside holding shut down button for few seconds to shut down my laptop. I am not 100% sure but problem could be in …
I have tried to go through the bios and upgrade using a flash drive however when I try boot from the flash drive it just shows me a blank screen. Help please!
After problems with my wife's laptop that wouldn't boot into Vista, I decided to use the System Recovery disk to restore it to factory settings but I get so far then the error message crops up "Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the …
Aspire M5811 loads and shows "Detect Drives Done, No Any Drives Found" and after the windows logo screen it loops and does the exact same thing. It wont boot into Windows 7.
I restore my computer because it was stuck. After that, on the touch screen desktop, some aplications like games, calender, conracts, mail, maps , weather , one note, news, sports, have an X on the right corner of the icon. When I click the icon, I got a message saying …
HI, I have netbook with Windows 7. Below will describe what I've tried: 0) I have took Hard drive out and did chkdsk e: /f/r on other computer. I did that for all visible partitions. I put Hard drive back and this what I've tried: 1) When you select "Start …
**Bold Text Here**help me with Microsoft Windows 7 OEM EN 48 in 1 For All Laptop / PC ISO DVD <<<< i need it pleas
I am running Windows 7 with a HP printer after a period of inactivity on my pc I have noticed sometimes that when I want to print something the link has dropped out and does not go straight to print like it does normally do but the printer spool icon …
I have hundreds of music videos I have either downloaded or made myself using ATI TV Wonder. I have been storing these on a Seagate FreeAgent 1.5tb ext. USB drive. Space is now becoming an issue. These files are in mostly vob, mpg, mp4, mkv and avi formats. I want …
Hello, please how do i send message from my computer to the other computers on the same lan with me using windows7 with no software installed. I do this on other OS. Though, i have been told it's msg.exe, this does not seems to work with other lower OS. I …
This may be a bit more complex situation than someone wants to take on. I am not looking for the simple solution of reinstalling. There is something simple I am overlooking. The system boots to the point of selecting the OS. The only one is Windows 7. Win 7 was …
Hi, I have an Asus laptop, it's about 7 or 8 years old. The only thing wrong is that it is very very slow so I want to do a reinstall. I thought a clean install the best way to go, I did a repair a couple of years ago …
Help! I have windows xp and someone uninstalled or deleted a few microsoft programs from my pc and now i can't see any of my emails, can't compose emails, can't delete more than one at a time. Also I can't see any yahoo messenger messages, and alot of other crap …
I can't send out any mail from my hotmail account for some reason! I do get incoming mail but when I try to reply it gives me an error. Please help!!
Win7/32/laptop: I don't know if this is the correct area or should I be in hardware. I've always understood you go in and click to remove USB hardware from the computer, and that if you don't it will eventually ruin the port, or screw up driver/software. On my wife's laptop …
[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Turn Off Automatic Updates [/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][size=2][font=Arial][color=#000000]Click Start , click Control Panel , and then double-click System. [/color][/font][/size] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click Turn off automatic updating. I want to …
Hi, I was recentley on my toshiba satellite pro l450d-12x laptop and it went completley dead my battery and as usal it shut off so i charged it up and tried powering up but it didnt. my battery said before it went off the it needed replacing could someone help …
internet explorer has stopped working i cant open any web pages. mozilla firefox will open the yahoo page but when i try to go to another site any site it says its untrusted i cant even check my email and i get a security warning? how do i fix this? …
I have a new windows 7 64bit machine. OS and all software already installed, running swell. But my old 32 bit xp machine has my big, monster file drive with all my music, pix etc. Can I just pop that file drive into the new box? thanks!
I locked my file with the command code below cacls "C:\Program Files (x86)\CrossTec\CrossTec Remote Control\Support" /E /P everyone:n it locked, but when i tried to unlock it by changing the last n to an f or a y, it wouldn't unlock. instead, it gave me this: NOTE: Cacls is now …
Hi As we know we can make image of HD and Clone Hard Disks and Partitions with dd.exe(http://www.chrysocome.net/dd) but How can I re-create a bootable disk from a raw image dd format to a bootable and executable HD installation?which commands I have to use? I appreciate your help
**Stick with me for some time, this may get pretty difficult and dizzy to understand. This isn't a bug that I want to resolve. It's rather a bug that I want understand and be able to answer "How it's possible?"** There is SMPlayer (Media Player) on internet. I watched "Seuss' …
I have a W2K system that suddenly locked. I had not noticed any slow downs or other booting problems. I shut my computer down while my cell phone was still charging thru the USB port. I don't know if that could have caused the problem to begin with. anyway, when …
Hello, I have a major problem with my Win Xp Professional. Every time I enter the Internet, windows shuts my computer automatically within a minute. The message presented is as the following: "This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off. Any ansaved changes will …
i have windows 7. what are the benefits of switching to windows 8?
How does this work? I need to setup something so I can access my home computer from anywhere. I followed the instructions [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx"]here[/URL] but I'm still having problems. I have a WRK54G v1.0 Wireless-G Broadband Router, I've setup WPA with a shared key. I turned off SSI broadcast, enabled MAC …
I have a template of a contract. The margin on the left holds but half way through typing in the contract the blue line on the ruler at the top that shows where the margin begins moves to the left and blocks all typing. I have used this template for …
Running Windows 7 and IE8. I've been trying to view my browsing history, but every time I click on History, it will only give me a list of my local searches (documents, saved files, etc.). It won't show me a list of internet sites I've visited. I've checked all my …
Ok, not really a tech guy, so hoping I can get some help around here. I was able to get my hands on a Z400, and thought I would install Windows Server Essentials. But after talking with someone, they stated they heard there will be issues installing. They didn't have …
Assuming I just bought laptop. Pretty cheap; and I have pretty good processor (let's say 48-bit) and RAM around. I start computer it works as it would. I turn off computer. Correctly change processor/RAM. I start computer again. Is there any type of risk?
I continue to get a script type font in various areas when viewing websites through Google Chrome as well as emails through Thunderbird. It is only occurring on one machine and only through those applications so my guess is it is the machine's settings that are the problem. However, I've …
this is just something I was just recently inspired to create... I've had tonz of issues with things that work perfrctly on WinXP, but yet are either buggy or don't work at all on Win7. one of those issues is the driver for my GameMon Universal USB converter which has …
Hi there, I need a simple audio or video editing software. I need to translate the dialogues of tv program. I have the video file(XviD) of that program and an audio track(mp3). All i need to play this file and write the dialogues in a word document. Now i am …
I use Chrome as my default browser. Until recently I had no problem using it to access my online banking site. Now after I enter the user/password it goes to the second authentication page (input three characters from memorable word), but when I click OK on this page it goes …
Hello, My old motherboard died without my having the ability to delete the old drivers off of the hard drive. I have installed a new motherboard and am attempting to boot into the old hard drive, however, Windows 7 will simply start up, try to load the files, and then …
Just changed out internet provider, including our 5 static IPs. Reconfigured sonic wall, and basically everything works (Internet, email, etc) but not Outlook Web Access / outlook anywhere. In fact, typing the usual mail.domain.com/exchange simply brings up search results now, rather than trying to connect. Our name servers are still …
I had to get the wife a new pc, she didn't want my 4 year old hand me down. While a 2.3 Ghz system with 3.5 terabytes of disk and 8GB ram are enough for her .5 hr a day use she wanted the new one. Having explained the situation …
Upgraded my computer from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. It's on a domain that uses Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2. In doing so, Windows Server Essentials no longer detects the computer. Do I have to run that /connect tool again??
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