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I'm trying to find out how to open up my cache and turn it into spendable money. Like certificates. Can anyone help me.
Hello, I've encountered this problem with my PC recently. It randomly crashes from time to time (about 0 - 3 times a day). The crash can appear as following - the BSOD, a simple blank black screen, or a black screen that says "a disk read error occurred press ctrl+alt+del …
Just open the folder using WINRAR software.
Hi, every time i boot up my computer the hardware wizard starts up and looks for .Net, it doesn't find the drivers or whatever it's looking for and repeats this process four times. I've looked in device manager and sure enough there are four yellow exclamation marks alonside four different …
hello everybody! i'm trying to use msg in windows 7 but it doesn't work. It says, "*username* does not exist or is disconnected". Can anyone here help me? :)
I'm about to buy a new application server for my office. It will manage the key card system and the security cameras. Uptime is critical and I'm going to be working straight off of it for the cameras so I want a good video card. The server I was originally …
Hi, My Computer is acting strange. It lags/pauses when not in use for a while. For example, I am playing a game. All games have cinematics, right? when the short movie appear, I won't touch the keyboard or the mouse because I want to watch the movie. But suddenly, my …
I've been having a problem for (I'm guessing) a few months that I finally resolved and I'm posting it here as a warning. The problem occurs in Outlook 2003 but may also occur in later versions. **Symptoms** I'd start composing an email in Outlook 2003 and save it to the …
Most of the comments in the thread about startup (How do you add things to startup) look like they may still be appropriate, except they are nine years old! Where is the start menu in Windows 7? When I use sysconfig, I see that some things that definitely don't need …
Hi Guys I just registered my domain with hosting services and all, how can I join my PC running windows 7 ultimate x64 on my domain? Server software? I am Kinda new with this whole level.
Few days ago I was scanning a memory card with Avast and PC got shut down. Now there is file of 4GB in C:\ProgramData\AVAST Software\Avast and I need permission from SYSTEM to delete it. I tried to take permission from administrator account but didnt work. What should I do to …
One of the oldest technology truisms must be that you only realise the importance of backing up your systems after disaster strikes. This is especially true if you have no backups to turn to. There are, thankfully, few excuses aside from sheer laziness not to backup your data these days; …
Hi: Is there a way to remove/edit watermarks from an existing pdf file. If there is any software that can accomplish this, please let me know. I will greatly appreciate your feedback. Thanks Anthony
Hi everyone, I've Nokia Lumia 820 and i'm not able import contacts from SIM to the phone. Help me! Thank You
For some reason I'm having major trouble with my hotmail account. I can receive, open & read any emails I get, but I cannot send or reply to any emails. Does anyone know why? I have a yahoo account also and I am having the same problem with that account. …
hi! im not sure if these websites work, im crossing my fingeres hoping they do. my data is working on the dongle, as in i am able to browse the net. but for some reason im unable to open facebook on the computer, which is proving to be a serious …
I have a computer that came preloaded with windows 8, and I have noticed that when I leave it on without using it for a while (maybe 15 mins, haven't actually timed it) it will say that I am connected to the internet with internet access, but when I try …
I need to programmatically set the Internet Explorer home page for all local users (no domain). Can this be accomplished via a batch file, through C#, or through some other method that does not involve a gui?
Hi there, I am using Libre Office Calc in my windows 8 PC. I need to maintain a calc sheet for tracking my home electricity meter reading. pLEASE LOOK THE IMAGE. FUNCTION OF CELL A2 = if c2 = "" then value = "" otherwise value = TODAY(). This will …
Guys After a bit of help please. I have a toshiba laptop running windows 7 that wont let me log in. What I have done in the past with other laptops is to remove the hard drive, set the switches on it as a slave drive and install it into …
Hi, I have two errors which I haven't been able to resolve. 1. MSVCR80.dll not found. 2. APS Daemon.exe not located. itunes will not open either. I have gone into services and made sure MSV is on automatic and have ran a registry scan twice.Have reinstalled itunes. Vista 32 bit. …
my pc os is windows7 ultimate .curently my mobile not connected on pc .pc display windows divice driver not installed .please resolve my problem than you
Yesterday I followed a thread trying to learn to lock file folders using the cacls in the command window. I thought I'd use the "E:\Virus Converter\Daily" file folder in my "E:" as my target,....actually that folder has huge contents.....folder size may be more than 56GB..... I was able to lock …
We are operating a computer with 7. When we boot the computer up, a black screen pops up stating American Megatrends 3rd Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T. Status OKK, only f8 key for BBS popup menu here,,,by pressing f8 ,nthng happens....no CMOS setup occurs by pressing any of key,,,how to open …
Okay so I recently downloaded waterfox the a 64bit browser made by the makers of firefox. but now none of my other browsers work Opera/firefox/ie9/chrome If I uninstall waterfox it makes no difference nothing works. (I have also already tried taking off Use proxy for local servers) I would really …
Be curious. Security patch Microsoft updates to XP and the user has what relation From the day I bought a computer，automatic update I never open XP.I never have what problem.Just be alter system files.The CD re install it again,there is no problem.Security patch is really important? May my grammar problems.Because …
when i want to reinstall windows to my computer it doesnt happen and it says dat "a problem has occured while reseting ur pc and when i wanted to install microsoft office 2013 on my pc it says dat "deas not enough space in da hard drive"
Hello; I got some kind of infection or something last week, which caused my virus software not to update, and finally my computer to totally crash and would not reboot. I successfully recovered my system from an image (it was one level up of messy from actual system restore - …
**Hi, How would I write a Windows Command to delete all folders recurvsively with a specific wildcard name ({*}) under a specific path that is older than 10 days? I would like to run this on the command prompt and I also want to run it as a batch file. …
I can't figure this out but the network icon looks like this even though it is connected to the internet: [Image](http://i.imgur.com/U05pSNa.png) I didn't mess with any settings, but it just started to look like that one day. Any ideas? I looked at the settings, everything.
I am using windows XP SP2 home edition and I can't add another user account...I can but it won't load. At present I have 2 user profiles running (both administrators) with the guest account turned off. I have visitors and for privacy reasons I want them to have their own …
When i tried to install Adobe illustrator CS2 11 at windows 7 and after installing when try to activate this software shows this error message. [QUOTE]You are not allowed to continue because your account does not have the proper privileges. Please log in using an account with administrator privileges and …
Hi, am creating my personal website and would like to host it on my own server, would like some advice on the best web server to purchase. thanks.
i recently purchased a Dell 17 (3721) Inspiron and when I turn it on recently I've been getting a blank black screen after i enter my password and click log in. I have to press ctrl + alt + delete shut down explorer then turn it back on to get …
Greetings! When I open the outlook web app on my computuer only the most recent email appears. I cannot click on and open any email before the most recent. Then the "Stop running this script?" box comes on and freezes the outlook web app. This computer has Windows XP. Not …
Hello, I wonder what is the difference between Windows Server & Windows Azure for Web Hosting? and which is better? Thanks before.
desktop.ini - A hidden file located in Windows folders that saves viewing options for that specific folder. This file can specify an image that is used for the folder icon as well as appearance options for files within the folder. It can be ignored, but if you delete the desktop.ini …
Hi there, My friend just formatted his pc in office and installed windows 8 32 bit. He had a samsung mobile phone with 2G/3G internet. He is using internet from the mobile through his laptop with usb cable in his home. So the phone part is ok. But he is …
Is there any way to transfer files via Wifi ..... from one computer to other computer...
harddisk recognize but fail to boot,a blue screen flash i think for errors but disappear rapidly.how to fix this and what is the problem?
Not sure if i'm posting to the right forum but basically I have an old game on CD I wanted to install (Fifa 99) but when i run it there is an error telling me that it can't run on 64-bit system. Is there any way i will be able …
Recently we made some changes here in our office and as a result I ended up with an old IBM laser printer (model 4019). But I'm also running Windows 7 and, on the surface, it appears that Windows 7 does not have a driver for my old IBM -- and …
Hi all, its been a while since i have been on DW. I have started tasking MDT deployment. The issue i have is i need to capture a user input, for example a custom serial number. This will then be passed into the registry hive for OEM'ing. I have a …
This may require an expert in MS Excel, I happen to have version 2007. The issue involves how Excel is distorting images when placed in a sheet. Imagine this scenario, and maybe duplicate it on your end: 1) I use the graphic borders feature of MS Word to create a …
i cant find driver for my magic disc V2.7 to install on my HP elitebook 8460 could you please advice. Thanks.
(I am not sure if this is the correct area for this thread - Admin/Mods, please more if necessary. Thank you.) Hello. I write a lot of code. I save many back-ups, that is, current versions of the code in case I need to roll-back. This can be quite tedious …
Hi all I would just like to find out, which VMWare product I should use when I want to create a virtual Network using Windows Server 2008 and a domain. I want other computers (running Windows 7 Ultimate) in our workplace to connect to the domain on the Virtual Machine …
I recently re-installed windows 7 onto my pc and was redownloading and installing all my old programs when I noticed I wasnt getting any sound from my headphones. I've looked at other forums and posts and tried them but no success. I was able to get sound to play though. …
Yesterday I started experiencing a very irritating problem on my Windows 7 Enterprise x64 machine. Somehow, and I don't know how, I've lost permission to download .exe files to my Desktop (if I create a new folder on the Desktop I can successfully download into that). I've tried using both …
one of my computers has this problem. All r configured the same way. W7, one user, **Admin**, on C drive All other users on D drive All systems r up to date. Network printer hard wired to router. All have the same printer drivers installed. I believe the following symptoms …
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